Gratitude in the Gethsemane

[ultrasuede]

Deuteronomy 28
Blessings for Obedience
1 If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God:
3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.

6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

7 The LORD will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.

8 The LORD will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.

9 The LORD will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the LORD your God and walk in his ways. 10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will fear you. 11 The LORD will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your forefathers to give you.

12 The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. 13 The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. 14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.


I am thankful today that that I will be the head and not the tail and that everything I put my hands to will be blessed and that abundant prosperity will be mine.

 

[kayte]

Grateful for the Lord's blessings ...right now in this month


35] Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours

18 'From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought to the day when the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid. Give careful thought: 19 Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit,yet
" 'From this day on I will bless you.' "

 

[ultrasuede]

1 Peter 1:13-25 Be Holy
13Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 14As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."[a]
17Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear. 18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, 19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 20He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. 21Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.

22Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart. 23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 24For,
"All men are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25but the word of the Lord stands forever." And this is the word that was preached to you.

I am thankful today that word of the Lord stands forever and that he enables me to maintain my self control. I claim his grace and set my hope fully on his promises because I must walk by faith and not by sight. God is fully in control.

 

[Sashaa08]

Today, I am grateful for God's financial blessings! On Sunday, I stepped out on faith and gave a tithe-I just trusted that God would do more with the money that I had leftover. Today, I get an email from a hotel that I am staying at next month (me and a friend from high school are taking a trip next month). We were SHOCKED when we received an unsolicited email from the hotel offering us a 50% discount on our hotel stay!!!! No tricks, nothing to do other than call them back and confirm that we wanted the discount. I assume that fewer people are traveling this time of year which could be part of it, but I know that the main reason is God's unmerited favor!!!

 

[genesis132]

Jeremiah 29:11-14
"For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. I will be found by you," says the LORD.

Thank you all knowing GOD for knowing what my future holds for me. Especially during those hard times and my faith wears thin.

 

[kayte]

Grateful for my loving Father who keeps me as the apple of His eye


“The eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy . . . . He is our help and our shield” (vv.18,20).Keep your eyes on the Lord; He never takes His eyes off you.

 

[Sashaa08]

Jeremiah 29:11-14
"For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. I will be found by you," says the LORD.

Thank you all knowing GOD for knowing what my future holds for me. Especially during those hard times and my faith wears thin.

Hi, Genesis! One of my favorite scriptures! Sometimes when I am feeling discouraged, I say this outloud and it keeps me encouraged.

 

[ultrasuede]

Exodus 14:13-15



13 Moses answered the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. 14 The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still."

15 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on.




I am thankful to be able to be still and let the Lord fight my battles and bring deliverance.

 

[kayte]

18 'From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought to the day when the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid. Give careful thought: 19 Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit,yet
" 'From this day on I will bless you.' "

I opened my bible the other day..after asking for divine guidance and it fell to the above page a few days ago and I posted it.....

Well..today is the ninth month and the 24rth day

and oddly enough.... this was an online devotion today


The Prophet Jeremiah gives us a PROMISE from the LORD: “Call unto me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which thou do NOT know.” Jeremiah 33:3
The POWER of the LORD is present to heal you today, my friend: spiritually, mentally, physically, materially, socially, and in every other way, shape, or form.
Today is the day of your deliverance!


and then Ultrasuedea posted and I looked another version,too

13 Moses answered the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today.

And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today.

and this devotion also came today


Daily Strength
for Day 24


[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:2[/FONT]


The message is ....clearly this day.... Sept 24...is a miracle day
and I am saying as Habakkuk..though I do not see the figs or pomengrantes or blossoms.... I say THANK YOU GOD for the huge blessings YOU gave me today because you have answered
in the desires of my heart...the great and mighty
things being worked out on my behalf TODAY that I do not know....but still express deep gratitude...in a faith that is active..

I love You Lord

 

[Sashaa08]

I am grateful that God looks at our hearts and attitudes instead of how much we have or how much we can give. He can take our little, multiply it, and use it to bless us and others.

2 Corinthians 9:6-8
But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

 

[kayte]

As always ..so much anxiety....being self employed... but today an overriding sense of calm and quiet..
...a supernatural tranquility...and in that peace of prayerful rest...I booked important appearance work for next month..
and a lot of good leads...came in

but the most incredible was from my booking agent who had through a technicality a prior appearance fell through..
her email came in tonight as I was working late..

she said

K...
That quickly we found you a ...........
What do you want us to quote her for just two assemblies on a Thurs on Oct/Nov?

Because my agent emailed me tonght .. and her client thanked her for getting back so quickly with my info...this had to have been in the works only this week..maybe even yesterday


'From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought to the day when the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid. Give careful thought: 19 Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit,yet
" 'From this day on I will bless you.'


I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour:
other (wo)men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours

I didn't do this!!! My agent through Christ...labored to get this
I get to reap the benefits of her labors

] Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.


More will be coming...
my novel is be submitted on the 30rth as a sacrifice to the Lord. I worried if it would be okay being a holy day in the Jewish calendar which Ialso obesrve following the Messianic faith which is Christ based faith
I spoke with holy counsel and prayerfully decided to offer it as a sacrifice
and we prayed together for it to be of service...

This was the title of one of my devotions today

The Sacrifice Has Been Accepted

If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these thing. (Judges 13:23)

his is a sort of promise deduced by logic. It is an inference fairly drawn from ascertained facts. It was not likely that the Lord had revealed to Manoah and his wife that a son would be born to them and yet had it in His heart to destroy them. The wife reasoned well, and we shall do well if we follow her line of argument.

The Father has accepted the great sacrifice of Calvary and has declared Himself well pleased therewith; how can He now be pleased to kill us! Why a substitute if the sinner must still perish? The accepted sacrifice of Jesus puts an end to fear.

The Lord has shown us our election, our adoption, our union to Christ, our marriage to the Well-beloved: how can He now destroy us? The promises are loaded with blessings, which necessitate our being preserved unto eternal life. It is not possible for the Lord to cast us away and yet fulfill His covenant. The past assures us, and the future reassures us. We shall not die but live, for we have seen Jesus, and in Him we have seen the Father by the illumination of the Holy Ghost. Because of this life-giving sight we must live forever




My gratitude today is to Thank you Lord God for keeping YOUR Promises
and even more ..

Prayer

Lord, I love You, and give You praise for all that You have done and continue to do. My heart is grateful and anticipating what lies ahead, because I know beyond all doubt, You are in control of all things. Give me wisdom, joy, peace, courage, and the strength to stand firm and trust in You. I seek Your face today, I desire to do Your will. Open doors of opportunity that I may share the truth of Your love with all who don't know You. This world is hurting; You Lord are the healing balm. Allow the light of Your healing love to shine through me today, Amen.

Never a watch on the dreariest halt,
But some promise of love endears;
I read from the past, that my future shall be
Far better than all my fears.
Like the golden pot, of the wilderness bread,
Laid up with the blossoming rod,
All safe in the ark, with the law of the Lord,
Is the, covenant care of my God."

 

[ultrasuede]

2 Corinthians 1:3-7- The God of All Comfort
3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 5For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. 6If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.


I thankful for the compassion and comfort that the Lord gives just when I need it.

 

[Sashaa08]

Today I am grateful that a small thread that was started back in July and intended to only last for 7 days has continued to grow, develop, and encourage for close to 3 months. Even for those who don't post here, I am sure that there are many who login and read it and are encouraged!

 

[kayte]

small thread that was started back in July and intended to only last for 7 days has continued to grow, develop, and encourage for close to 3 months. Even for those who don't post here, I am sure that there are many who login and read it and are encouraged!

I am encouraged by your post,Sashaa! It fits in my gratitude

only last for 7 days

like the small vial of oil with the widow
the five loaves
the two pennies
the mustard seed

the Lord...the Giver of every perfect gift

My gratitude today is to Thank you Lord God for keeping YOUR Promises
and even more ..

DELIGHTS IN ME “…he rescued me because He delighted in me.” Psalm 18:19

What in all the world could God see in any of us that would cause Him to delight in us? We, who were such an abomination to Him because of the sin that was rampant in our life…whose lives were centered in, and controlled by “self’ with all of its lust and desires. Can you even conceive that God in His holiness would look down upon us with anything but wrath and judgment?

Certainly, when we take a rational look at this, we must cry out with David, "What is man that thou art mindful of him” (Psalm 8:4). O, the magnitude of God’s grace, the infinite condescending love of God, His fathomless mercy that withholds the fury of His judgment, which we rightly deserve. “BUT GOD, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, and hath raised us up together, and made us to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:4-6).

But there is more! Because He delighted in me, He delivered me! From what, some may ask? We need only to look at Calvary and see the debt He paid for your sin and mine. The heinousness of our sin is only exceeded by the all-sufficient grace of God. How beautifully it is expressed in this beloved hymn. “Marvelous grace of our loving Lord, grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt. Yonder on Calvary’s mount outpoured, there where the blood of the Lamb was spilt. Marvelous, infinite, matchless grace, freely bestowed on all who believe! You that are longing to see His face, will you this moment His grace receive?”

Yes, He delivered me not only from the penalty of my sin, but also from the power of sin. How blessed to have the assurance of being FORGIVEN, SET FREE, DELIVERED, SAFE IN HIS ABOUNDING LOVE!

But there is more! “He brought me forth also into a large place.” And what is this “large place?” It is the presence of God…access to the Holy of Holies, WHERE HE IS! We can come into His very presence anytime, anywhere, for whatever reason and bare our hearts before Him in praise, adoration, and thanksgiving. A place ever so large…to encompass all of our need…to encourage our every concern…to heal our every hurt…to bind up our every heartache…to minister to us in His loving care. There is never a time when His heart is not open to us! “I will never leave thee or forsake you…I am with you always.” WHY? Because of His amazing grace and love.

Meditate on these profound words by Annie Johnson Flint: “He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater; He sendeth more strength when the labors increase. To added affliction He addeth His mercy; to multiplied trials, multiplied peace. When we have exhausted our store of endurance; when our strength has failed ere the day is half done. When we reach the end of our hoarded resources, our Father’s full giving is only begun. His love has no limit; His grace has no measure; His power has no boundary known unto men. For out of His infinite riches in Jesus, He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again!” Ah, this is the “large place” He brings us into…the REALITY OF HIS PRESENCE! WHY? “…because He delighteth in me.”

I am grateful the Lord delights in me and sets me in a large place though I do not deserve it,...
made something wonderful and amazing out of nothing
AND
there is always more...more than I think there is going to be



now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly more than we ask

delight thyself in the Lord and He will give thee the desires of your heart

He will joy over thee with singing

 

[ultrasuede]

1 Chronicles 16:7-36 David's Psalm of Thanks
7 That day David first committed to Asaph and his associates this psalm of thanks to the LORD :
8 Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.

9 Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell of all his wonderful acts.

10 Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

11 Look to the LORD and his strength;
seek his face always.

12 Remember the wonders he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,

13 O descendants of Israel his servant,
O sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

14 He is the LORD our God;
his judgments are in all the earth.

15 He remembers his covenant forever,
the word he commanded, for a thousand generations,

16 the covenant he made with Abraham,
the oath he swore to Isaac.

17 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

18 "To you I will give the land of Canaan
as the portion you will inherit."

19 When they were but few in number,
few indeed, and strangers in it,

20 they [c] wandered from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another.

21 He allowed no man to oppress them;
for their sake he rebuked kings:

22 "Do not touch my anointed ones;
do my prophets no harm."

23 Sing to the LORD, all the earth;
proclaim his salvation day after day.

24 Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous deeds among all peoples.

25 For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
he is to be feared above all gods.

26 For all the gods of the nations are idols,
but the LORD made the heavens.

27 Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and joy in his dwelling place.

28 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations,
ascribe to the LORD glory and strength,

29 ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name.
Bring an offering and come before him;
worship the LORD in the splendor of his [d] holiness.

30 Tremble before him, all the earth!
The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

31 Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
let them say among the nations, "The LORD reigns!"

32 Let the sea resound, and all that is in it;
let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them!

33 Then the trees of the forest will sing,
they will sing for joy before the LORD,
for he comes to judge the earth.

34 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his love endures forever.

35 Cry out, "Save us, O God our Savior;
gather us and deliver us from the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name,
that we may glory in your praise."

36 Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Then all the people said "Amen" and "Praise the LORD."


I am thankful today that the Lord is my ever present help at all times and I thank and praise his holy name.

 

[ultrasuede]

Today I am grateful that a small thread that was started back in July and intended to only last for 7 days has continued to grow, develop, and encourage for close to 3 months. Even for those who don't post here, I am sure that there are many who login and read it and are encouraged!

I agree with you because this thread puts the focus on our many present blessings and our blessings to come. What the Lord has already done for us and what his word says he can and will do.

 

[kayte]

The im_possible comes true! Thanks be to God.
and for divine abundant restoration beyond human logic or human timing
or human worthiness.


Endurance

Devotional for Saturday, September 27, 2008 by Rod Marshall
Numbers 11:23 - And the Lord said to Moses, "Is the Lord's hand shortened? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not." (ESV)

This summer, I have had the excitement both of moving house and of the safe arrival of a daughter. My wife Caroline gave birth to Zoë Catherine six days after our move!

I thought, "How can I, an older man, have all this land on my lap at the same time, and not melt into a pool of stress, heart attack, and a broken body? How is this all going to work?"

I think Moses in his context may have had similar thoughts!

Despite my frenetic attempts throughout the springtime and early summer to manage to avoid the baby's arrival before the move, it became likely to be the outcome! How hard I pushed to get things done before the birth! How God overruled through all this is another saga.

In the nineties, we went to Spring Harvest, a Christian meeting held in the southwest of England. After one session, the speaker gave me a word:

Joel 2:25 - I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you. (ESV)

Now, in 2008, having settled for less, I had long given up any hope of it coming to pass. As I railed in vexation, God repeatedly told me to be patient -- not something I am good at.

The Saturday night after we moved in, Caroline, heavily pregnant, crashed out on the sofa in front of the television. As she did so, she told me she was reminded of a picture that God had given her many years before -- a picture of her sitting with a standard lamp lit and a family in the room. This was that room.

The next day during the worship service, God confirmed that it was not her imagination, but it was His will for us to be there. When she told me, I remembered the Joel prophecy. Sheepish? -- Oh, yes!

God will do what He says, no matter how improbable.

Prayer: Lord, forgive us our sins when we have lowered our expectations, faith, and imagination to what we think is the best for us, rather than trusting in Your greater purposes for our lives. We may not comprehend them as we seek to follow Your way, so please grant us the wisdom to trust in Your unfailing love, even through the tough stuff, because we ask it in the name of Jesus. Amen

 

[ultrasuede]

God will do what He says, no matter how improbable.

Prayer: Lord, forgive us our sins when we have lowered our expectations, faith, and imagination to what we think is the best for us, rather than trusting in Your greater purposes for our lives. We may not comprehend them as we seek to follow Your way, so please grant us the wisdom to trust in Your unfailing love, even through the tough stuff, because we ask it in the name of Jesus. Amen

This Prayer is so on point and it really lead me to remember that God knows best and that his wisdom and knowledge are greater than mine. I am thankful today that this prayer reminded me to contiue to trust God.

 

[Sashaa08]

Today I am thankful for the distance I have already come-I am not yet where I am supposed to be but I am closer than I was before. I am also grateful that although the full harvest isn't here, I am starting to see more and more confirmation that it is coming soon.

 

[ultrasuede]

James 5: 16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
17Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.


I am thankful today for wonderful prayer partners who encourage me and uphold me in prayer.

 

[kayte]

I give thanks the Lord has entrusted in me a gift of desire to write
and I give thanks for the right outcome knowing and praying for His will to be done with my novel which was gifted to me from Him and that I will work on tonight to submit tommorow and gratitude for the invaluable support the LHCF sisters have given in support of it,by word and by example.

Thus says the Lord, The God of Israel: Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book.Jeremiah 30:2.


Then said I, "Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me:
I delight to do Thy will, O my God; yea, Thy law is within my heart."
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; lo, I have not restrained my lips, O LORD, Thou knowest.Psalm 40

My heart is composing a goodly matter; I speak of the verses which I have made concerning the King; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Psalm 45


2And the LORD answered me:
(D) "Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets,
so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.
3 This vision is for a future time.
It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.
If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,
for it will surely take place.
It will not be delayed
Habakkuk 2

 

[ultrasuede]

1 Chronicles 17
God's Promise to David
1 After David was settled in his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am, living in a palace of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent."
2 Nathan replied to David, "Whatever you have in mind, do it, for God is with you."

3 That night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:

4 "Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in. 5 I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt to this day. I have moved from one tent site to another, from one dwelling place to another. 6 Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their leaders [a] whom I commanded to shepherd my people, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?" '

7 "Now then, tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says: I took you from the pasture and from following the flock, to be ruler over my people Israel. 8 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name like the names of the greatest men of the earth. 9 And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning 10 and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies.
" 'I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you: 11 When your days are over and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your predecessor. 14 I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne will be established forever.' "

15 Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.

David's Prayer
16 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said:
"Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? 17 And as if this were not enough in your sight, O God, you have spoken about the future of the house of your servant. You have looked on me as though I were the most exalted of men, O LORD God.
18 "What more can David say to you for honoring your servant? For you know your servant, 19 O LORD. For the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made known all these great promises.

20 "There is no one like you, O LORD, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. 21 And who is like your people Israel—the one nation on earth whose God went out to redeem a people for himself, and to make a name for yourself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt? 22 You made your people Israel your very own forever, and you, O LORD, have become their God.

23 "And now, LORD, let the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house be established forever. Do as you promised, 24 so that it will be established and that your name will be great forever. Then men will say, 'The LORD Almighty, the God over Israel, is Israel's God!' And the house of your servant David will be established before you.

25 "You, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. So your servant has found courage to pray to you. 26 O LORD, you are God! You have promised these good things to your servant. 27 Now you have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever."


I am thankful today that the Lord has brought me thus far and he is in charge of my future. I am thankful for a home in which I can live in peace. And for God's great promises.

 

[Sashaa08]

I am grateful that when times get tough, it is not the time to "cast away your confidence" but instead, it is an opportunity to endure and God will reward your endurance. He sees what we go through and what needs we have and He cares.


Romans 10: 35-39
Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.
For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
“ For yet a little while,
And He who is coming will come and will not tarry.
Now the just shall live by faith;
But if anyone draws back,
My soul has no pleasure in him.”
But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.

 

[ultrasuede]

Psalm 50:1-15 The Mighty One, God, the LORD,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets.
2 From Zion, perfect in beauty,
God shines forth.

3 Our God comes and will not be silent;
a fire devours before him,
and around him a tempest rages.

4 He summons the heavens above,
and the earth, that he may judge his people:

5 "Gather to me my consecrated ones,
who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."

6 And the heavens proclaim his righteousness,
for God himself is judge.
Selah

7 "Hear, O my people, and I will speak,
O Israel, and I will testify against you:
I am God, your God.

8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.

9 I have no need of a bull from your stall
or of goats from your pens,

10 for every animal of the forest is mine,
and the cattle on a thousand hills.

11 I know every bird in the mountains,
and the creatures of the field are mine.

12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?

14 Sacrifice thank offerings to God,
fulfill your vows to the Most High,

15 and call upon me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you will honor me."



I am thankful that in times of trouble the Lord invites us to call on him and he tells us that he will deliver us.

 

[kayte]

I am grateful for the will of God whether I agree or understand..HIS divine love is
all

Trust in the Lord and lean not on your own understanding,and he will guide thy paths

 

[ultrasuede]

Romans 4 16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham's offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. 17As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations."[c] He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.

18Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be."[d] 19Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah's womb was also dead. 20Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, 21being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. 22This is why "it was credited to him as righteousness." 23The words "it was credited to him" were written not for him alone, 24but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. 25He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.


Today I am thankful for the grace of God which allows us to believe for answers to prayer that seem impossible and also for the times that the Lord does more than we can ask or think. And let's not forget when he answers us before we even call him. Praise the Lord!

 

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Romans 4 16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham's offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. 17As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations."[c] He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.

18Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be."[d] 19Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah's womb was also dead. 20Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, 21being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. 22This is why "it was credited to him as righteousness." 23The words "it was credited to him" were written not for him alone, 24but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. 25He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.


Today I am thankful for the grace of God which allows us to believe for answers to prayer that seem impossible and also for the times that the Lord does more than we can ask or think. And let's not forget when he answers us before we even call him. Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord!

 

[kayte]

Today I am thankful for the grace of God which allows us to believe for answers to prayer that seem impossible and also for the times that the Lord does more than we can ask or think. And let's not forget when he answers us before we even call him. Praise the Lord!

amen..and amen

 

[kayte]

Grateful the Lord allowed me to finish a project..very grateful for the enlarged territory
of blessing


Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez saving. “I gave birth to him in pain. “Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil so that I will be free from pain. “And God granted his request. 1Chronicles 4:9-10

Jabez came from a dysfunctional family. He was cursed from birth by his own mother who labeled her newborn as a pain maker. We have no record of the names of the brothers of Jabez. Although he was named Sorrow Maker, the Scripture refers to him as an honorable man.


And God granted his request.
Jabez was blessed indeed. Jabez's wealth, influence and impact for God's kingdom remarkably increased. God presence and power was with him. Jabez was kept from evil and free from pain.

Have you come from a dysfunctional family? Are you burdened with the guilt or pain? Do want the power and presence of God in your life'? Then look to the cross of Jesus Christ.

1 Cor. 2:9 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

 

[kayte]

Grateful the Lord allowed me to finish a project..very grateful for the enlarged territory
of blessing


Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez saving. “I gave birth to him in pain. “Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil so that I will be free from pain. “And God granted his request. 1Chronicles 4:9-10

Jabez came from a dysfunctional family. He was cursed from birth by his own mother who labeled her newborn as a pain maker. We have no record of the names of the brothers of Jabez. Although he was named Sorrow Maker, the Scripture refers to him as an honorable man.


And God granted his request.
Jabez was blessed indeed. Jabez's wealth, influence and impact for God's kingdom remarkably increased. God presence and power was with him. Jabez was kept from evil and free from pain.

Have you come from a dysfunctional family? Are you burdened with the guilt or pain? Do want the power and presence of God in your life'? Then look to the cross of Jesus Christ.

1 Cor. 2:9 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.


Because You Believe
"You believed that God would do what He said; that is why He has given you this wonderful blessing" (Luke 1:45).

So much of the life you and I live as Christians depends on simple belief. Do we really trust God to do what He says He will do?

This particular verse, of course, concerns Mary. No doubt she was chosen to be the mother of Jesus because of the faith God knew she possessed. In any case, God honored that faith by bestowing upon her the highest privilege any mother could have.
Even taken out of context, the meaning is the same: If we truly believe God will do what He says, the wonderful blessing He promises will be ours. And that applies to every area of our lives - spiritual, physical, material.

What is your greatest need today?
In all probability, you cannot think of a circumstance or situation which is beyond the ability of God to control. The promises of God are both general and specific, so that they will meet the need of every heart and life.

We may expect a great blessing from God today. Why? Because we are going to believe He will do what He said.