TODAY'S PROMISE

"The LORD will give strength to his people;
the LORD will bless his people with peace.

(Psalms 29:11 AKJV)

"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNB)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

TRUE PEACE

"The Lord is at hand.

Have no anxiety about anything,

but in everything by prayer and supplication

with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

And the peace of God, which passes all understanding,

will keep your hearts and your minds

in Christ Jesus."

(Philippians 4:5b - 7 RSV)

MY TREASURE

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God said,

"Their greatest treasure is their

reverence for the LORD."

(Isaiah 33:6 GNB)

The fact is,

Our reverence for and our relationship to

the LORD is the only true treasure we have.

Every thing else is simply futility and frustration.

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Cast your burden on the LORD,
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit the righteous to be moved."
(Psalms 55:22 RSV)

"Cast all your anxieties on him,
for he cares about you."
(1 Peter 5:7 RSV)

"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNB)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

LONGING FOR GOD

"O GOD, you are my God;

early will I seek you:

my soul thirsts for you,

my flesh longs for you as in a dry and thirsty land,

where no water is; 

To see your power and your glory,

 as I have seen you in the sanctuary.

Because your lovingkindness is better than life,

my lips shall praise you.

Thus will I bless you while I live:

I will lift up my hands in your name.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness;

and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips:

When I remember you upon my bed,

and meditate on you in the night watches.

Because you have been my help,

therefore in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.

My soul follows hard after you:

your right hand up holds me."

(Psalms 63:1-8 AKJV)

WHEN I OPEN MY MOUTH

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Hopefully we all have someone we look up to, past or present.

Someone who is a model of what we strive to be, or wish to be.

Someone to look up to and copy, imitate or follow.

Those of us who are "Christians" look up to a number

of the heros of the faith.  Those we want to emulate.

Perhaps chief of these the apostle Paul.

In fact Paul himself said,

"I beg you then, to follow my example."

(1 Corinthians 4:16 GNB)

 and,

"Imitate me, then, just as I imitate Christ."

(1 Corinthians 11:1 GNB)

I know, that covers all of life.  But consider this 

one aspect of Paul's life.

"Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth,

words may be given me so that I will

fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel."

(Ephesians 6:19 NIV)

or from the GNB.

"And pray also for me, that God will give me a 

message when I am ready to speak, so that I

may speak boldly and make known the gospel's secret."

OUCH!

Did you catch that?

When Paul opens his mouth he wants it to be

God speaking.  Not Paul.

Enough said.

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HOW TO...

"If you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus,

and believe in your heart that God

has raised him from the dead,

you will be saved.

For with the heart man believes unto righteousness;

and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation...

For whoever will call upon the name of the Lord

will be saved."

(Romans 10:9,10,13 AKJV)