Psalm 130
A Song of Ascents.
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
2 O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleas for mercy!
3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.
5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;
6 my soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.
O Israel, hope in the Lord!
For with the Lord there is steadfast love,
and with him is plentiful redemption.
And he will redeem Israel
from all his iniquities.
In an age of information, it seems odd we are to adhere rigidly to a set of ideas. To be taught doctrine all this year - we have had so much time to consider ourselves and those closest to us.
Rick Warren did a Sermon I recall with ease. His point was to Stand in God's Promises to you and believe He has made you.
Psalm 139
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Rick Warren's point was clear.
Judges 6
14 The LORD turned to Gideon and said, “Go in the strength you have and deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”
15 And he said to him, “Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.”
16 And the Lord said to him, “But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.”
The Midianites are the people who sheltered Moses. He married into the Midianite Culture. Which explains the Sermon well. Rick says he spends a lot of time with his Parish unraveling poor self-esteem.
People who have been told they disappoint their parents, spouses, children, friends. Instead, we find allies and allegiances always have some points of strain. We should always be more like Gideon. Ready to hear God asking us to step up in action, words, mercy and believe we are God's Precious, Chosen and Loved Child.
To each other - we reduce each other in ways we don't understand. Paul said we sin when we don't even know we are sinning.
Romans 7:15-20
15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
Rick Warren doesn't see us, or his congregation, as people who got the Soccer Award for Showing Up. He sees us as all putting strain upon each other. And it's not always parental fault or spousal or child fault. Children in Kindergarten are sure of their talents, by age 18 doubt their own abilities. We listen too readily, to ourselves, about having flaws.
God tells us we Walk in the Light.
Psalm 3:3
But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
We also face relationship, community, family and ourselves to God Almighty honestly. We don't paint a sunny, false narrative and live there for ourselves. We embrace the Truth.
Abba,
Mark 12:30
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
Encourage us to Love You first. To find more Heaven on earth to see as You see.
Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
To embrace in us all that is tender and merciful and to realize Prayer makes opportunities. To not fall down in hoping for Goodness in jaded reality.
Romans 5:6
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
To remember daily, the Generosity of our Good and Willing Father to save the world in Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My Power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.
To Believe in the Power of God. To not only see more Heaven on earth, but Give Heaven.
God finds a way to bring Life to His Good. We want to see this more clearly with faith. Believe. Accepting the mercy and Grace Father God provides.
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
Like God tells us, we want to trust Happiness. Not to dampen down hope. To see all others in a fog of what we call realism. And in trusting Joy, we rejoice with those who Rejoice believing in the Abundant Love and Ability Abba has.
Nehemiah 8:10
Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
All people fear. Pray for those who fear. Abba kept the Disciples who had fear quite a lot. So not punish yourself to have anxieties. Pray for God's Balm. The Holy Spirit calls this Comfort and Himself, Comforter.
Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
The Promises of God are true and for you.
Exodus 15:2
The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.
AMEN
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ.
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ.
2 Corinthians 8:2
In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty
welled up in rich generosity
In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty
welled up in rich generosity
Daniel 12:3
Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.
Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.
Abba,
In this Season, help us to take this day finding You first, to build Life in ourselves and
in the people we Love, in You let the Light of Jesus Christ fill us all to completion
in Your Love and Great Mercy.
Nehemiah 9:19
Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the wilderness.
By day the pillar of cloud did not cease to guide them on their path,
nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take.
Father God, fill us with Your Holy Spirit
Guide us on our Path You have for us
Shine Your Love upon the Way
Fill us with Your Truth and Life.
Help us to Seek You First,
Guiding us to open our eyes to You, Your Heaven and Possibilities.
Guiding us to open our eyes to You, Your Heaven and Possibilities.
To bring Heaven - by call, act and to give others Heaven.
Jesus, Wonderful Jesus, we ask despair, hopelessness to lift, any Emptiness to be lifted to You.
All are given the ministry to Have Your Living Spirit.
And in this ministry, we will not lose Heart.
And in this ministry, we will not lose Heart.
Hard pressed on every side, but we are not crushed. Perplexed - Not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. Life is At Work in Us in Jesus Christ. Raised with Jesus. He is Present.
Jesus praying for us daily.
All Things work together for Good, for those who Love the Lord
and work according to His Purpose.
and work according to His Purpose.
Jesus help us, this Nation
Covered in God's Love, we are with God.
President Donald Trump and his family
Vice President Mike Pence
The Presidential Team
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Robert Redfield, Dr. Deborah Birx
Governor Abbott and all 50 Governors and Legislatures.
Senator Tim Scott.
God is on our Side. For His Good Creation.
The end of trouble surrounding this Virus.
The Research being on the Vaccine.
Our Historic Employment Continue to Rise.
For the economic incentives to take hold and all Thrive.
Thank God for His Strength.
Please God end the divisions.
God's Blessings are for ALL.
Amen in Jesus Christ!
Please God end the divisions.
God's Blessings are for ALL.
Amen in Jesus Christ!
♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †
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