Psalm 103:1-5, 8-13 ~ Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His Holy Name!

10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord o my soul ) - Matt Redman

Psalm 103:1-5, 8-13

 Bless the Lord, O my soul,

and all that is within me,

bless his holy name!

2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,

and forget not all his benefits,

3 who forgives all your iniquity,

who heals all your diseases,

4 who redeems your life from the pit,

who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

5 who satisfies you with good

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

8 The Lord is merciful and gracious,

slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

9 He will not always chide,

nor will he keep his anger forever.

10 He does not deal with us according to our sins,

nor repay us according to our iniquities.

11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

12 as far as the east is from the west,

so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

13 As a father shows compassion to his children,

so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

Let's bless the Lord together. So, today we'll clean the house as much as we can. And we'll make sure the rest of the family does too. And work as hard as we can at our jobs. That blesses the LORD.

 ~ When our attitude is our efforts are for the LORD.

Well, it does. But the best way to bless the Lord, God Almighty - is looking at the Scriptures to find out what He loves to be honored with. Believing what He says and waiting upon HIM. Giving Him Thanks. Taking the blessings of the day and resting in them.  Looking at others around us with compassion.

Believing all things are possible with God. 

Believing the way things are, this is arranged by God.  

God never does expect us to earn His Promises.  He wants us to remember He benefits us. Renews us. Redeems us. We all want people to accept us for who we are. And not be loved for just the good things. In this passage, God reminds us, it is a blessing to remember all of the benefits of God.

2 Peter 1:4
by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.

Moving to The Woodlands, continuing to rely upon HIM

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

For me and ours

Matthew 11:28-29
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Resting in HIS promises.

Philippians 4:19
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Even when we mistake situations. Our talents of discernment are not enough. We needn't fault ourselves. God is still the One in Charge.

Romans 8:37-39
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

We can rest easily, like lambs

Proverbs 1:33
but whoever listens to me will dwell secure
and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.

Even when we acknowledge, just in a glimmer of temper at life and situational imperfections. We do not baby ourselves by imagined perfection.

John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

People will always let us down. We must realize it is God who is Good. Saved by God. Not by ourselves.

Romans 10:9
because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

When all is dark and dishonest, times of trouble. Or just not completely honest.

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 of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me."

Even in times of fellowship, joy, integrity. God is still the LORD.

Ephesians 2:8
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God

Gifts of God are our reason, our preferences, our determination, our insight, circumstance, accident and illness. Receiving insight from others. Discernment from within and from the Scriptures. Signs and wonders. And sometimes the plain Ewwww factor.

1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Freedom from living in fear of offending God.

Jude 1:24
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy.

1 Corinthians 15:3-10
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace towards me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.


Paul, a former murderer of Christians, was concerned with works and grace.

Peter, the rock of God's Church spoke of the way people fall, suffering for right causes as a Christian with hope.

2 Peter 1:5-8
5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Peter says with the gift of faith we should have brotherly affection with love. And be careful of lawlessness. Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Believing:

1 Corinthians 15:57 

 But thanks be to God, 

who gives us the victory 

through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Colossians 3:11 

 Here there is not Greek and Jew, 

circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but 

Christ is all, and in all.

Abba,

Bless the Lord, O my soul,and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Abba, Let us have Your Heart and Love and beat our swords into plowshares, and our spears into pruning hooks
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall we learn war any more. Isaiah 2:4. Isaiah 24 7. Isaiah 24 7
All in all.

And how shall we?

How shall we hear unless we tell ourselves of God in our heart, to live and dwell with us,
Steadfast Love never forsaking us.

As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!


Abba we will obtain Peace.
Grace upon Grace to live and move within us, to have our dwelling in God. All in all.

Have His Dream. Have His Dream. To live and move your heart. To dwell with God. All in all. Speak the truth with Love. Healing within ourselves. Healing within our Nation, Healing within the Nations, Blessing His Children looking for more Heaven on earth in His Good Will and His Word.

Ephesians 4:15
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

1 John 3:18
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Ephesians
Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Zechariah
These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace

John 17:17 

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

Jesus Christ is Lord.

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

1 Timothy 3:14-16 ~ believed in throughout the world

The Lambs of God Love Him. Draw close to Jesus.

1 Timothy 3:14-16

I hope to come to you soon,
but I am writing these instructions to you so that, if I am delayed,
you may know how one ought to behave
in the household of God,
which is the church of the living God,
the pillar and bulwark of the truth.

Without any doubt, the mystery of our religion is great:

He was revealed in flesh,
vindicated in spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among Gentiles,
believed in throughout the world,
taken up in glory

~He was revealed in the flesh
Remember His answered prayer to you. Miracles are very quiet. Faith is internal.

John 1:14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father,
full of grace and truth.

~vindicated in the spirit

John 1:-17
John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’” And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.


Life is always Changing. The Pew Reports show amazing new trends for life in the USA . Christmas, so incredibly celebrated, has challenges of opening the Gift Jesus Christ is. The faithful having the opportunity to speak of His enduring Love.


We know when we are saved. We know what we know that we know.  Vindicated in the Spirit of Father God in Jesus. The Holy Spirit living in us.

Jesus returned to life - Triumphant and what He wanted was His Disciples as they truly are. Acts 1 assures us of His Family - together again - with His Disciples. This is the Good Pleasure of  God's Son Triumphant - our Jesus.

 



~seen by angels

Luke 2:8-14

 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."

Almost all of the United States - believes in Angels.  We are aware of His Holy Kingdom. The New Covenant is seen in the polling of Angelic Belief and Prayer.

~proclaimed among Gentiles

Matthew 28:18-20
Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

The Pew Report shows dramatic changes in home structures in the family ages.  The Church going age is now living with the younger generations in their families. The Church has new open door needs to encourage all ages in families to come to God's House.

In 2001, The newspapers told us 2/3rd's of the world professed Christ as Lord. The Highest percentage ever. Christianity was on a new high. And then we were told the Muslim births proved to be moving faster than Christian births. But the Pew Report shows the births are  only 4% higher in Muslim births.  We need to be in firm belief of the truth.  To believe and proclaim Good News.




~believed in throughout the world

83% of the polled people, according to the Pew Report - pray and believe God is interested in their prayer conversations and will answer. We need to encourage faith. Not say something about the poll is incorrect. Find Encouragement. Believe. 2/3rd's of all college graduate marriages will be "until death we do part." Amazing. And not spoken of regularly. Support marriage, families and education. Support the Navy - their marriages are 70% Divorce Rates. They need support.

Babies born in marriage - on the rise. Births Outside of Marriage Decline for Immigrant Women. Long-term growth in total U.S. births driven by the foreign born, who account for 23% of all babies.

For First Time in Modern Era, Living With Parents Edges Out Other Living Arrangements for 18- to 34-Year-Olds. The older generation is not as spurned. This is the youth living with the Church attendance age. Millennials are the United States’ largest living generation. One in three live with a parent. A record number of Americans (nearly 61 million in 2014) were living in multigenerational households. Loans for home purchase are down substantially. Family is on the increase and changing.

As our population is not increasing, Immigrants are driving overall workforce growth in the U.S.




Time for us to learn to be Encouragers. At home. In all our words.

Hebrews 11:6

Without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Speak Life. Speak Love. Speak Faith. Speak Hope. Be known as people who believe and encourage because we Love Jesus. Jesus tells us in John 14, 15 and 16 Genesis 1 and 2 - the goodness of God's creation - exists today. Approach speaking with a zeal for Good News. Speak Truth.




Revelation 21:23-26

The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it,

For the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.

The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.

On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there.

The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it

Ezekiel 43:2

 I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east.
His voice was like the roar of rushing waters, and the land was radiant with his glory.

~ taken up in glory

Revelation 21:1-4

Then I saw "a new heaven and a new earth," for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.

4 'He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death' or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

Revelation 18:1
After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.

Revelation 21:25

On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there.
 

Revelation 21:11

It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

We cannot know Heaven - only glimpses. Yet our Father GOD created Heaven and Earth. Man only lives by His Word and His Word shapes our wonder.

Without any doubt, the mystery of our religion is great:

He was revealed in flesh,
vindicated in spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among Gentiles,
believed in throughout the world,
taken up in glory

Thank You, Father GOD, Blessed Lord Jesus.

Bless us this Year 2020, Year of God with us.

We are the People of God's New Covenant.

Jesus has told us Love Conquers all.

We will Believe Father God and are blessed.

In all Generations and to the People God has given us. 

Believing God upholds and support the believing world in prayer and His Works.

Jesus is God. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

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Luke 1:78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high

Luke 1:78

Because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high

We are coming to a New Year. And yet every day we have new opportunities for the Renewal of Father God's Mercies.

Our plans, our hope and our future are still in the Hands of God.

Imagine if we could interview Zechariah meeting the Archangel Gabriel. And find he says, "Because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high."

John explained Jesus and His Father. God is Love.


1 John 4:7-21

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 

9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

God abides in us and His Love is perfected in us. A difficult thing to understand. The Scriptures tell us we love because He first loves us. This could be the Giving is the perfection. The Majesty of God of All, Creator of All things gives Love.

Father God only expects a return like the Prodigal Son's Father.

He's Got the Whole World in His Hands. And Jesus did willingly open up his hands and let His Life be given that we might Live in God's Kingdom for the Righteousness of Jesus.

New Year 2020! Our God is Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.


Abba,

If we thank You every day for Your mercies - we are Blessed. Help us to gratefully see Your Giving. Our Willing Father.

And when we take our difficulties and search and search until we find a real reason to give Thanks, we have an understanding of Your Goodness.

Thank You for another year. To have Hope and a Future. Thank You for the gift of people You have given us to Love.

Blessed Lord Jesus for all of this. Amen.

Isaiah 55:10–11

 For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, 

And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, 

And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater

 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: 

It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, 

And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Matthew 13:31-32

 31 Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field. 32 Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

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