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Like so many of the psalms that mean so much to God’s children, this is one that outlines the many problems, mountainous difficulties, troublous times, and numerous enemies that were surrounding David on every side. He wrote this psalm when Saul's hatred of him began to be openly displayed, and the bitter-hearted king sought out ways to murder David, who had to flee the country to save his life. Remembering His past mercies is indeed a wonderful way to remove all the enemies of doubt and fear that trouble our minds and linger in our hearts, and recalling His many precious promises, help to strengthen our faith in God. Like so many of the psalms of David that mean so much to us all, this is a reminder to Glorify God in our darkest days as well as our times of joy. It is a reminder not to allow fear to take root in our heart but to speedily turn the eyes of our hearts to Him. Let us, with joyful abandon, sing of God’s power and make music in our hearts to Him, as we lift up holy hands to our faithful God and join our voices together in grateful hymns of praise. His mercies are new every morning and His grace is sufficient, no matter what we are going through. Let us sing aloud of His mercy in the morning and reflect on His goodness and grace all day long. Psalm 59:16 But I will sing of Your power; Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning; For You have been my defense And refuge in the day of my trouble.  Our United Prayer:
Thank You, Father, for the book of Psalms that so often comforts our souls in difficult times and refreshes our hearts in distressing circumstances. Help us to not focus on life's external problems nor the internal doubts that can enter our minds and cause us to fear. Help us, Lord, to bring to mind Your precious promises of refreshment and supply, and to cast all our burdens on You. Praise the Lord our souls and all that is within us praise Your glorious name. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN.
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God is outside of time and space while we are bound by His universal laws. God knows the end from the beginning but in His grace, He does not reveal our individual futures. We would not be able to bear the responsibility of knowing all that lies ahead. In His grace, He allows the problems and disappointments of the future to unfold one-by one, day-by-day, knowing that our brief lifespan is like a vapor that appears for a while and then vanishes away, He forwards His eternal plans and purposes, and includes us in His purposes for a brief time before we pass away. As His children, we should be very careful to Live According To His Will On A Daily Basis and be sure to include Him in our preparations and planning, rather than blithely making arrogant decisions and prideful pronouncements that exclude the Lord from the equation. May we be keen to go about our daily duties keeping God in the center and Jesus as our focal point. May we remember that none of us stands still in our Christian walk, we either grow in the grace of God and mature in the faith as we submit to God, humble ourselves before Him, seek His face and are led by the Spirit of truth, or we can regress into spiritual infancy through our arrogant behavior and puffed up boastings. James 4:14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.  Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, it is easy to get caught up in the joys and cares of this life. Help us to remember how fragile our lives are and how short our time on earth is, in relation to eternity. Help us to live our lives with eternal perspectives, knowing that You have our lives are in Your hands, and You do know what tomorrow will bring. May we take to heart the words of this precious old poem: "Only one life 'twill soon be past. Only what's done for Christ will last." Thank You, Lord. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN. God knows that a half-truth or part-truth can be equally deceptive as a full-blown lie. Adding to God's Word or removing sections of it can cause greater damage than ignorance of it. This is not only true of the Law of Moses, but is the case for all holy Scripture and we should be diligent to know the truth of God's Word, zealous in maintaining its purity, rigorous in the study of the Scripture, and discerning in its correct interpretation. Let Us Reject Those That Read Their Own Biased Opinions Into God's Word or try to supplement it with extra-biblical text, dreams, visions, or wild imaginations, which seek to add to God's final revelation, and thus, enlarge the completed principle of Scripture. Let us all seek out men and women of God, who are prepared to teach the whole council of God's Word, literally, historically, dispensational, grammatically, prayerfully, and to teach it in its correct, biblical context. Let us be like the Bereans of Paul's day, who were nobler than other Christians because they received the Word of God with all readiness of mind, and examined the Scriptures for themselves searching through them every day, to see if what Paul told them was the truth. Deuteronomy 4:2 You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.  Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word and the truths that it contains. Lord, we know that throughout the history of the world, mankind has sought to discredit and distort biblical truth. Give us teachable spirits and help us to read Your Word with wisdom and discernment. Provide teachers who do not distort the inspired text, through their own denominational biases or flawed understanding. Correct any biases we may have, and may Your Holy Spirit protect us from any half-truth or part-truths, that may distort our understanding, and guide us into all truth, we Pray. In Jesus' name, AMEN. One of the requirements for the Burnt Offering was that the fire which consumed the sacrifice, should be kept burning continually on the sacrificial altar and not be allowed to go out which causes those with an enquiring mind to ask why? The Burnt Offering was a voluntary act of devotion and dedication to the Lord. It was offered by an individual person or group of people. The significance of the fire which was to be kept burning continually, was a beautiful picture of continual, Voluntary Devotion To God. It portrayed a broken and contrite heart of loving trust that was dedicated to the Lord by the person, or group of people, who gave the offering. From writings of the past, we understand that the Lord desires mercy from His children and not sacrifice, and this picture of the Burnt Offering shows that the Lord yearns that His children grow in grace and gain a deeper, more intimate knowledge of the Father, and of Jesus Christ Whom He has sent. May we follow in the steps of our Savior and by the mercies of God, present our bodies and our very lives as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable unto God. This is our reasonable service of thanksgiving and praise to the One Who gave Himself for us. May our lives be our own, personal Burnt Offering to our Father in heaven. May our lives be our own voluntary sacrifice to the Lord Who loved the Church so much that He gave Himself for HER. Leviticus 6:13 A fire shall always be burning on the altar; it shall never go out.  Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for giving us such an amazing understanding of Who You are and what You desire from Your children. Thank You that Jesus was both the Sin Offering Who paid the price for our sins, but also the Burnt Offering Who willingly gave His life to fulfil Your plans and purposes for the redemption of the world. We pray that we may willingly present our bodies in continual devotion and dedication to You, by giving up ourselves to Your service. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN. On the seventh day, amidst His flawless and undefiled creation, God rested from all His work and blessed this holy day and sanctified it. It was God's sabbath. Having completed His work, the Lord ceased from His labor and celebrated His sabbath-rest. But man sinned, the world was cursed, and the icy fingers of death gripped the throat of every living thing. God began to work once again. The Sabbath-Rest in this verse is looking toward to The Full And Final Inheritance promised to every believer when God's work on His new creation is complete. Old Testament believers and the Christian Church, together with Tribulation saints and those saved in the Millennium, will all be partakers of God's Sabbath-Rest which will be established when Jesus hands over the Kingdom to God the Father, after He has abolished all rule and all authority and power. Christ must reign until He puts all His enemies under His feet, including the last enemy, which is death. The promised sabbath-rest, and the 'rest' that Christians enjoy through faith in Christ's finished work on Calvary, is a down-payment for the full sabbath-rest in which we will one day participate: "So there remains a sabbath rest for the people of God," in the eternal ages to come. Hebrews 4:9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.  Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for the 'rest' we already have by faith in Christ Jesus and for the full and final sabbath-rest that will one day be ours, when Christ finally defeats every evil principality and power. Thank You that the earthly kingdom which was lost through sin, will be handed back to You, and Your redemptive plan will be completed. Keep us looking to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith, the Beginning and the End of Your creative work. Thank You in Jesus' name, AMEN. The Person and work of Christ is the heart of the New Testament. We begin our Christian life by getting to know Him as our Savior, but as we grow in grace and deepen our knowledge of Him, we come to know Him better, to love Him more, and to acknowledge Him as our Lord and our God. Hebrews wanted to warn Jewish Christians against returning to the old ways, but it also is an encouragement to all believers to press on to maturity. As one reads through Hebrews, we see that the author systematically teaches that the old things have passed away and been replaced with the new, through Jesus Christ the righteous Who is a prophet greater than Moses, a High Priest greater than Aaron, and a King of kings greater than David. At His first coming, Jesus came as God's Prophet. When He returns, He will come back as God's anointed King. But today, the Lord Jesus is acting as God's great High Priest Who ever lives to make intercession for all who are His children. May we heed the warnings within the pages of Hebrews and Refuse To Be Pressured Into Any Form Of Legalistic Practices. Never forget that we are eternally saved and eternally secure in Christ. Our salvation is secure because of what Christ has done and not due to anything that we have or have not done. We are not only SAVED by grace through faith but we are to LIVE every moment of our lives by grace through faith. Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,  Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Your Son, Jesus Christ, to be our Savior and Lord. Thank You that He is our Prophet, Priest, and King, and for the great work He has done for us at Calvary. We confess that we have not always followed Him as we should, but we humbly pray that in Your power, we will live according to His perfect will. Help us to understand more fully the implications of His death and Resurrection in our lives, and we pray that we would come to know His love more deeply and honor Him in all we say and do. Give us strength to press on to maturity and to embrace the new life of righteousness we have in Him. Thank You for all You have done for us. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN. We have all been given the gift of the Holy Spirit of Christ, Who Himself triumphed over every proud principality and power, crushing the head of sin and darkness at the greatest Cross-Road of history. At the Cross of Calvary, our Savior victoriously and irreversibly pronounced: "It is finished!" Victory has been secured and the evil enemy of our soul is already defeated. Christ's sacrificial death and glorious Resurrection was the pivotal point in history when all who believe in God's only begotten Son became overcomers. God determined that all who believe in Him would become His children and be covered in Christ's righteousness. Faith is the key to being an overcomer, it is by faith that we are saved. It Is By Faith that we overcome. We are ambassadors of heaven. From the time of our rebirth into the family of God to the return of Christ for His Church, we are pilgrims passing through a world of sin, en-route to our eternal home. The reason we can rejoice is that as children of God we have overcome the enemy of our soul through faith, because greater is the Holy Spirit of God who dwells in our mortal frame and empowers us with His grace and sufficient strength. Greater is He than the defeated enemy of our soul who is in the world. The Spirit of God has taken up permanent residence in the hearts of all His children and we have become the dwelling-place of the all-powerful, all-mighty, all-knowing, all-gracious God. We can truly rejoice that we are from God and have overcome the enemy. 1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.  Our United Prayer:
Thank You, Father, that we are Your children, and thank You for the wonderful gift of Your Holy Spirit, Who is living within our bodies to lead and guide and protect us. Thank You that no power in heaven or hell can match His greatness. Thank You that by faith in Christ, we have overcome the enemies that seek our downfall and the downfall of those we love. Help us to withstand all forms of evil and to submit to You in all things. Give us the wisdom to resist Satan's wiles, and flood our hearts with Your perfect peace that passes understanding. Help us, Lord, to listen more earnestly to Your still, small voice, and to remember that greater is HE that is living in us than the defeated enemy that is in the world. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN. Though we have been eternally saved by grace through faith in Christ, and though we have been eternally freed from slavery to sin and severed from the old sin nature, attacks from without and failures from within can cause every one of us to stumble and fall. When we have been eternally saved by grace through faith, our steps are ordered and established by God our Savior Who is our heavenly intercessor. Though there are times when we will fall into sin, our heavenly Redeemer has promised that we will not be overwhelmed (by the sin we commit, nor the grief that may follow), He has promised to hold us steady and to order our steps. Our Heavenly Father takes pleasure in each of His children, and is intimately concerned and involved in each of our lives. Let us enjoy ourselves in the Lord, trust Him implicitly, and commit our ways to Him entirely. Our Steps Are Established By Him and though we may stumble, we will not be overwhelmed. The Lord our God is with us and He has promised to hold our hand every step in our lives. Psalm 37:24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the LORD upholds him with His hand.  Our United Prayer:
Thank You, Lord, that You are holding us steady in Your hand. Keep us from falling, we pray, and establish our goings out and our comings in, from this time forth and even forevermore. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN. Before we were saved, we had one single, sinful nature, the 'in-Adam' fleshly nature which is at enmity with God. But at our rebirth, we received a new, second godly nature, the 'born again' spirit of man. We were given a new 'in-Christ' spiritual nature that is eternally united with our Savior, at peace with God, and clothed in the righteousness of Christ so that we may not do the things that we please. But from the moment that we became a Christian, the old fleshly nature started to conflict with our new Christ-like spiritual nature, for the flesh lusts against the spirit, and our new spiritual born-again Christ-nature lusts against the old fleshly nature within. Instead of removing our old Adamic 'flesh', God in His grace came to dwell in our mortal frame. Although our 'fleshly' nature will continue to be in opposition to our new human 'spirit' during our journey through life, we are instructed to yield to the Holy Spirit of God: "For greater is He that is in us that he that is in the world." When yielded to the Holy Spirit, our human spirit will grow in grace. It will mature and ripen through the work of the Holy Spirit. Let Us Yield To The Spirit Of Christ so that we may not do the things desired by the flesh, but be increasingly transformed into the person that God wants us to be. Galatians 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.  Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, we know that we are weak and that our fleshly nature lusts against the new Christ-like nature that we received as a free gift of grace, when we first trusted Christ as Saviors. We pray that we would make the right choices and not yield to the old sin nature but submit to the leading and guiding of the Holy Spirit within. Help us to grow in grace and mature in the faith, to Your praise and glory. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN. As members of the Church, we are watching and waiting for Christ to return to take His redeemed saints to heaven which will happen at least seven years before He breaks through the clouds, riding a white horse, with his vestments dripping with the blood of His defeated enemies. On that day, every eye will see Him and every tongue will confess Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Today, the members of Christ's Body are a spiritual Temple whom the Lord is using to forward His redemptive plans and purposes. We are reminded by Paul that our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit Who is in us. The Church today is the Temple of God, made from living stone, and the Spirit of God dwells in our mortal bodies. We have this treasure in clay vessels, so that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves. However, a day is coming when Christ will return in power and great glory and enter the future, Millennial Temple, when the latter glory of God's House will be greater than the former, There Will Be Peace On Earth, And Goodwill To All. Haggai 2:9 ‘The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,’ says the LORD of hosts. ‘And in this place I will give peace,’ says the LORD of hosts.”  Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You that You are in control of history and that the day is coming when Christ will return to earth in power and great glory to set up His kingdom, rebuild His Temple, and bring peace and prosperity to all. Thank You that during this Church age, while Israel has been set aside for a season, You are using the Church as a living Temple and have commissioned the Body of Christ to be Your ministers of reconciliation. Thank You that Your plan of redemption continues to unfold, and that the day is coming when Christ will rule and reign and the earth will be filled with the glory of God as the waters cover the sea. Praise Your holy name! AMEN. There were many infidels in the early church, and there continues to be many today, who have set themselves up in places of authority within Christianity. They are men and women who reject biblical authority and substitute it with a range of unbiblical doctrines and ungodly philosophies. Peter warns us to avoid these ungodly and presumptions people... "especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires." These people enjoy to exploit those who listen to their falsehoods, and Peter warned that such people would face severe judgement. They will have to face the equivalent punishment that is awaiting the angels who rebelled against God, and left their first estate. Also, a day is coming when they will have to stand before God and give an account of their deeds, and face the terrible judgement of God that was prepared for the devil and his angels. This is not a fuzzy message, but a wake-up call to all of us to identify and reject the destructive, self-willed, False Teachers Of Our Day, who indulge their flesh in corrupt desires, despise authority, and do not even tremble when they twist God's word. Praise God that He knows how to rescue those that are His, and by His grace, we will stand in His presence in the Day of Christ. Let us trust in the Lord with all our heart and not lean on our own understanding. In all our ways, let us acknowledge Him, and reverence His holy name, and let us permit Him to direct our path into the way of peace. 2 Peter 2:10 and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,  Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, give us wisdom and discernment to recognize and reject those 'teachers' who indulge in fleshly desires, or present a watered-down gospel that deceives its hearers. Open the eyes of our understanding, that we may see wonderful truths in Your Word. Help us to be strong and very courageous in standing up for the truth of the gospel, and help us to be still before You and know that You are God, and there is none other. Thank You, for the promise of Your presence in the lives of all Your people. In Jesus’ name, we Pray, AMEN. It is the Holy Spirit Who has been sent by the Father to commune with us as Our Comforter And Guide, our Shield and Defender. He guards us from evil and guides us into the truth. He prompts us in our worship and empowers us in our witness. He enables us to carry out the good works that God has prepared for us to do, and He graciously bestows on us spiritual gifts which are used for God's glory. It is the Holy Spirit Who counsels and comforts us and is always there for us, no matter what difficulties or dangers we may have to face. It is the Holy Spirit that points us to Christ, our God and Savior. It is by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ that we have been saved. He set aside His glorious majesty to become one of us and to take upon His sinless body the punishment that we deserve for the sins we have committed. It is by grace that sinners, deserving of death and hell, have become blood-bought children of God and received an eternal citizenship in heaven. It is by the grace of Christ, that we have been purged, cleansed, forgiven, redeemed, and reconciled with the Father. It is by grace through our faith in Jesus that we have been given eternal life and an everlasting inheritance that is kept for us in heaven. May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you ALL. 2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.  Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for Your great love for us. Thank You for the gift of the Holy Spirit and thank You for sending the Lord Jesus to be the sacrifice for our sins. We pray that the grace of the Lord Jesus, the love of God the Father, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit would be with all Your blood-bought children, today and until the coming of Christ for His church. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN. The life of the Lord Jesus demonstrated a God-Focused Man that chose to please God before self, and who cared more for the needs of others before His own. Jesus was a Man Who delighted to do the Father's will and could pray in the most grueling of circumstances. Jesus set aside His own desires and needs because of His love for His Father in heaven, but He also had to suffer the reproaches of men because of His relationship to His Father. The reproaches of those who hated God were transferred as a concentrated loathing onto Christ Himself. We are not of this world, we have been born again into a new creation and have been imputed with the nature of Christ. How fitting that we should become imitators of Him; not in what He did, He was truly God and we are not, but in how He lived, He was truly Man and so are we. Jesus lived His life as unto to Lord and for the eternal benefit of all mankind. He only said and did those things that He heard from His Father and suffered reproach for His love of God and the people of God. Let us seek to live as He lived, in total obedience to God, only doing those things that we hear from Him, showing a zeal for His Word and a deep love for the Church, which is His Body, knowing that it is fitting and right that we should live as unto the Lord, for His greater glory. Romans 15:3 For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.”  Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You that Christ came to earth to become our Savior. Thank You that He did not come to earth to please Himself, but was prepared to say, "Thy will be done," even when He faced the Cross, knowing that it was only by His death that we can have life. Thank You so much, Lord. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN. The Galatian Christians were being targeted by legalistic Jews who were not only spreading a fabricated gospel, a distorted doctrine, and a false Christ to Christians, but were deliberately seeking to discredit Paul and the unique ministry and mission to which he had been commissioned by the Lord Jesus Christ, Himself. Paul's strong denunciation of this false teaching and his bitter attacks against those that were determined to bring the Body of Christ under the curse of the Law, demonstrated that he was never going to be intimidated by his accusers nor was he prepared to compromise the truth of the glorious gospel of Christ and neither should we! If Paul, in these early days of the Church, was so viciously attacked by these legalistic, Pharisaic teachers who deliberately tied up heavy legalistic burdens on men's shoulders in order to entrap them, manipulate them, enslave them, and place them back under the curse of the Law, how much more do we, in these closing days of Christianity, need to be equally vigilant in Our Defense Of The Gospel Of God. Christ died for our sins and rose again the third day so that by faith in His sacrificial work on the Cross and glorious Resurrection, we have been freed from the curse of the Law, which is death, and have been born anew where we walk in spirit and truth under the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. Galatians 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.  Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, as we continue to read through the book of Galatians and realize the terrible consequences of going back under legalistic rules and regulations which seem to be practiced by so many in Christianity today, we thank You that we have been set free from the law of sin and death and pray that we may walk in newness of life to Your praise and glory, as we apply all that You would teach us through Your Word. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN. It is during this post-Cross period that we who are saved by grace through faith in Christ are commanded to fulfil Our Instruction To 'Love' in the same selfless way that Christ loved us. So exalted is Christ's new command to Christians, that it surpasses our human understanding and is a human impossibility unless we abide in Him and He in us, without Christ we can do nothing. We are wretched men and women indeed if we seek to carry out this command (or indeed any of God's commandments) in our own strength. Jesus said, "Without Me you can do nothing," but thank God that we can do all things through Christ, Who enables us. We are to be saved by grace through faith, and then live by grace through faith in Christ (abide in Him and He in us) in order to be able to love as Christ loved and thus fulfil His commands. In John 15, he explains how to obey the commandments of Christ. We are to abide in Christ: "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in them, they will bare much spiritual fruit (godly love), apart from Me you can do nothing. Apart from me You cannot love as I have loved and the one who does this, abides in Him and He in him. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit Whom He has given us." 1 John 3:23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment.  Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You that even while we were sinners, Christ died for us and by believing in His name, we have been brought into Your family. We pray that we may learn to abide in Christ and He in us so that we may love as Christ loved and bring forth the fruit of love in our lives, for God and for others. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN. |
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