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[Joy]

isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

Thank God we are righteous by faith in Jesus Christ.

Amazing verse.

Thank you so much Doug, for sharing this powerful verse.

 

[Doug Melven]

The Lord is my friend, what a blessed thing. Praise the Lord.

That is absolutely amazing, He calls us friends.
This God who knows our every thought, good and bad, calls us His friend.
This all-powerful all-knowing, God who is everywhere at once calls us friend.
This God who inhabits eternity and is unapproachable to those who are proud, lets those who humble themselves into His Presence, and because of Jesus we can go boldly into His Presence. Ephesians 2:12, Hebrews 4:16

What a magnificent God we serve.

 

[W2L]

This is the most encouraging Thread I've read in a long time.

Thank you.

Thank you for participating.

 

[W2L]

That is absolutely amazing, He calls us friends.
This God who knows our every thought, good and bad, calls us His friend.
This all-powerful all-knowing, God who is everywhere at once calls us friend.
This God who inhabits eternity and is unapproachable to those who are proud, lets those who humble themselves into His Presence, and because of Jesus we can go boldly into His Presence. Ephesians 2:12, Hebrews 4:16

What a magnificent God we serve.

Amen Doug.

 

[Doug Melven]

Psalms 150
150:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
150:3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
150:4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
150:5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
150:6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

If you don't have any instrument to praise Him with, as long as you have breath, you can praise Him.

 

[W2L]

Psalms 150
150:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
150:3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
150:4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
150:5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
150:6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

If you don't have any instrument to praise Him with, as long as you have breath, you can praise Him.

The Lord is worthy of praise.

 

[Martyr's Crown]

 

[W2L]

Praise the Lord.

Colossians 3:15 Let the peace of Christ [m]rule in your hearts, to which [n]indeed you were called in one body; and [o]be thankful.

Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

 

[W2L]

A very deep Psalm.

 

[Martyr's Crown]

 

[Martyr's Crown]

"Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of His,
And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name". (Psalms 30:4)

 

[Martyr's Crown]

I am not sure if I have already shared this one in here?

 

[Doug Melven]

Proverbs 19:3 The foolishness of man perverts his way and his heart frets against the LORD.

When we follow our own way of doing things 11 times out of 10 we will mess it up.
And when we mess up we shouldn't blame God. He was right there wanting to help us.

 

[Doug Melven]

1 Peter 5:5 God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
This verse is telling us what God does.
1 Peter 5:6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God.
This verse is telling us what to do because of what God does. Makes sense, right?
1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon Him because He cares for you.
This verse tells us how we are to humble ourselves, by giving Him all we care about.
Because we aren't smart enough, or strong enough or talented enough to take care of these cares ourselves.
But He most definitely is wise enough, and strong enough, and perfectly able to take of these cares and He really does care for us. What a great God we serve.

 

[Martyr's Crown]

1 Peter 5:5 God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
This verse is telling us what God does.
1 Peter 5:6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God.
This verse is telling us what to do because of what God does. Makes sense, right?
1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon Him because He cares for you.
This verse tells us how we are to humble ourselves, by giving Him all we care about.
Because we aren't smart enough, or strong enough or talented enough to take care of these cares ourselves.
But He most definitely is wise enough, and strong enough, and perfectly able to take of these cares and He really does care for us. What a great God we serve.

Amen!

 

[Martyr's Crown]

"Do not be like the horse
or like the mule,
Which have no
understanding,
Which must be harnessed
with bit and bridle,
Else they will not come near
you." (Psalms 32:9)

 

[Doug Melven]

Psalms 82:2 It is good to declare Your lovingkindness in the morning and Your faithfulness every eveining.

Start the day declaring God's love for you. This will help you to remember that God loves you when something happens that might make you doubt His love. Like what happened to Joseph, sold into slavery by his brothers, then put in prison, then forgotten in prison for at least 2 years. But Joseph always knew God was with him.
And because of that, he was able to save many people, including his brothers who sold him.

End the day by declaring His faithfulness, see what God has done for you and thank Him.
This has the benefit of increasing our faith in Him.

What a good cycle this could be. Declaring His faithfulness at night will also make us understand how much He loves and declaring how much He loves us will give us strength to get through the day.

 

[Doug Melven]

Sometimes I wish there was a post rating for "That's one of the most idiotic statements ever".
Or maybe it could be labeled "I Dee Ten Tee error".
It would probably be considered flaming though.
Oh well, it was a nice thought while it lasted.

 

[Doug Melven]

We love Jesus because He first loved us.
There was nothing lovable about us. We were sinners, unclean, haters of God.
And yet He still loved us.
We were infected by sin.
But God saw beyond all of our faults and knew there was beauty there.
So He sent His only begotten Son to die for us so we could be made clean and have fellowship with Him.
What a glorious God!!!!!

 

[Martyr's Crown]

Today I am wearing socks with hearts! And I got to my mind whilst putting on my sandals, that I am walking in God's love, and I am walking with God who is Love.