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'The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble! The name of the God of Jacob defend thee! May He send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion. May He remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice. Selah May He grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfill all thy counsel. We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners; the Lord fulfill all thy petitions! Now I know that the Lord saveth His anointed; He will hear him from His holy heaven with the saving strength of His right hand. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. They are brought down and fallen; but we are risen and stand upright. Save us, Lord! Let the King hear us when we call.' Psalm 20 (KJ21) With praise and with singing I keep Psalm 20 in my heart and on my lips today! In times of trouble I know who to call. I call upon the Lord. I pray to the God of Abraham, Isaa...

' Dear brothers and sisters, honor those who are your leaders in the Lord’s work. They work hard among you and give you spiritual guidance.   Show them great respect and wholehearted love because of their work. And live peacefully with each other.   Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those who are lazy. Encourage those who are timid. Take tender care of those who are weak. Be patient with everyone. See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to all people.   Always be joyful.   Never stop praying.   Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.   Do not stifle the Holy Spirit.   Do not scoff at prophecies, but test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good. Stay away from every kind of evil.' 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 (NLT)  We of the Faith, we are the redeemed, and for this reason, our whole lives ought to be about giving Go...

'“No, this is the kind of fasting I want:   Free those who are wrongly imprisoned;      lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free,      and remove the chains that bind people.     Share your food with the hungry,      and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them,      and do not hide from relatives who need your help.   “Then your salvation will come like the dawn,      and your wounds will quickly heal. Your godliness will lead you forward,      and the glory of the Lord will protect you from behind.     Then when you call, the Lord will answer.      ‘Yes, I am here,’ he will quickly reply.   “Remove the heavy yoke of oppression. Stop pointing your finger and spreading vicious rumors! '  Isaiah 58:6-9 (NLT) A homily, with right motive...

' I solemnly urge you in the presence of God and Christ Jesus, who will someday judge the living and the dead when he comes to set up his Kingdom: Preach the word of God. Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not. Patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your people with good teaching. For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear. They will reject the truth and chase after myths. But you should keep a clear mind in every situation. Don’t be afraid of suffering for the Lord. Work at telling others the Good News, and fully carry out the ministry God has given you.' 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (NLT) Jesus is the way. In Him there is no misdirection. In Him there is no misguidance. I am thankful that He stays close to me and never leaves my side. He takes me to the limits of myself. In Him do I trust. ...

'Praise the Lord !      For he has heard my cry for mercy. The Lord is my strength and shield.      I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy.      I burst out in songs of thanksgiving.     The Lord gives his people strength.      He is a safe fortress for his anointed king. Save your people!      Bless Israel, your special possession. Lead them like a shepherd,      and carry them in your arms forever.'  Psalm 28:6-9 (NLT) Save us! Bless us! Lead us! Dear Lord God. For You alone have heard my cry and You have helped me. You are my strength and my shield. I will trust in You. Because You have saved me, my heart is filled with joy. I will praise You with a song of Thanksgiving! I sing to You. I sing in Your honor. For thou art the Resurrection and the Life! In Jesus's Holy name. Amen. Source...

' And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t.   I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway.   But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God’s law with all my heart. ' Romans 7:18-22 (NLT)  Thankfully, the believer is under grace. She desires to live a life of holiness. Her desire is to be holy, even when there is a war of wills going on inside of her between the flesh and the Holy Spirit. She sees and recognizes this sin nature, and works with the inward man which after God is created in holiness and wants to obey and to do what is good. She delights in the law of God. Thankfully, the believer is under grace. Grace will pardon. Grace will cleanse. Grace is gre...

' Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters. Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it! Remember those in prison, as if you were there yourself. Remember also those being mistreated, as if you felt their pain in your own bodies. Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery. Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you.      I will never abandon you.”   So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper,      so I will have no fear.      What can mere people do to me?” ' Hebrews 13:1-6 (NLT) You have been bought with a price. God paid a great price for you! Christians, you and I, we belong to Christ and here's how to prove it. Check your zeal for good works and tr...

' Justice is a joy to the godly,      but it terrifies evildoers.' Proverbs 21:15 (NLT) '…that through the grace of His Holy Spirit we may be disposed and enabled to yield a more suitable obedience to His righteous requisitions in time to come; that He would interpose to arrest the progress of that impiety and licentiousness in principle and practice so offensive to Himself and so ruinous to mankind; that He would make us deeply sensible that “righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people;” that He would turn us from our transgressions and turn His displeasure from us; that He would withhold us from unreasonable discontent, from disunion, faction, sedition, and insurrection; that He would preserve our country from the desolating sword; that He would save our cities and towns from a repetition of those awful pestilential visitations under which they have lately suffered so severely, and that the health of our inhabitants generall...

' Is not this the fast that I choose:      to loose the bonds of injustice,      to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free,      and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,      and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them,      and not to hide yourself from your own kin?     Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,      and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you,      the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;      you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am.' Isaiah 58:6-9 (NRSV)   'Father, You have blessed us like no other nation in history. We praise You and thank You and give You all the glory! But we hav...

'If you don’t have all the wisdom needed for this journey, then all you have to do is ask God for it; and God will grant all that you need. He gives lavishly and never scolds you for asking.' James 1:5 (VOICE) ' We cannot wrap our minds around God’s wisdom and knowledge! Its depths can never be measured! We cannot understand His judgments or explain the mysterious ways that He works! For,     Who can fathom the mind of the Lord?      Or who can claim to be His advisor? ' Romans 11:33-34 (VOICE) 'O eternal and everlasting God, I presume to present myself this morning before thy Divine majesty, beseeching thee to accept of my humble and hearty thanks, that it hath pleased thy great goodness to keep and preserve me the night past from all the dangers poor mortals are subject to, and has given me sweet and pleasant sleep, whereby I find my body refreshed and comforted for...

'So, first and foremost, I urge God’s people to pray . They should make their requests, petitions, and thanksgivings on behalf of all humanity.  Teach them to pray for kings (or anyone in high places for that matter ) so that we can lead quiet, peaceful lives—reverent, godly, and holy —   all of which is good and acceptable before the eyes of God our Savior.' 1 Timothy 2:1-3 (VOICE)     'Pursue the peace and welfare of the city where I sent you into exile. Pray to Me, the Eternal, for Babylon because if it has peace, you will live in peace.”' Jeremiah 29:7 (VOI CE) 'Whereas the Honourable the General Congress, impressed with a grateful sense of the goodness of Almighty God, in blessing the greater part of this extensive continent with plentiful harvests, crowning our arms with repeated successes, conducting us hitherto safely through the perils with which we have been encompassed and manifesting in multiplied instances his divine care of these infant sta...

' For we have the living Word of God, which is full of energy, and it pierces more sharply than a two-edged sword. It will even penetrate to the very core of our being where soul and spirit, bone and marrow meet! It interprets and reveals the true thoughts and secret motives of our hearts.' Hebrews 4:12 (TPT)  ' As for us, we have all of these great witnesses who encircle us like clouds. So we must let go of every wound that has pierced us and the sin we so easily fall into. Then we will be able to run life’s marathon race with passion and determination, for the path has been already marked out before us .' Hebrews 12:1 (TPT) Dear Father  "I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection; that he would incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their ...

' “O n that Day I’ll replace Shebna. I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah. I’ll dress him in your robe. I’ll put your belt on him. I’ll give him your authority. He’ll be a father-leader to Jerusalem and the government of Judah. I’ll give him the key of the Davidic heritage. He’ll have the run of the place—open any door and keep it open, lock any door and keep it locked. I’ll pound him like a nail into a solid wall. He’ll secure the Davidic tradition. Everything will hang on him—not only the fate of Davidic descendants but also the detailed daily operations of the house, including cups and cutlery.' Isaiah 22:200-24 (MSG) Whom God calls He also equips. Our leaders in government should be like father figures to us. On that day, Shebna was deposed and Eliakim was chosen and on him was placed the robe of righteousness and the belt of truth. He was given all power and authority and the promises were even handed down to him through the key of King David's heri...

My darling, I am yours,      and you are mine, as you feed your sheep      among the lilies.     Pretend to be a young deer dancing on mountain slopes      until daylight comes      and shadows fade away.'  Song of Solomon 2:16-17 (CEV) Source: Biblegateway.com; google.com.  

' Watch out for people who try to dazzle you with big words and intellectual double-talk. They want to drag you off into endless arguments that never amount to anything. They spread their ideas through the empty traditions of human beings and the empty superstitions of spirit beings. But that’s not the way of Christ. Everything of God gets expressed in him, so you can see and hear him clearly. You don’t need a telescope, a  microscope, or a horoscope to realize the fullness of Christ, and the emptiness of the universe without him. When you come to him, that fullness comes together for you, too. His power extends over everything.' Colossians 2:8-10 (MSG) ' Don’t love the world’s ways. Don’t love the world’s goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from him. ...

'Before the mountains were brought forth,      or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,      from everlasting to everlasting thou art God.' Psalm 90:2 (RSV) Forever! There is a God.  Dear Father. I am so thankful that You are God. That You created it all. You declared that it is good. It is all working together to reveal Your Glory. That mountain is awe inspiring. As I look toward the heavens I ponder on Your Word. It all works together for good. You are drawing the lost to You. Even to the point where the heavens were aligned, the galaxies were created and gravity is the law that keeps my feet firmly planted on a planet that spins on its axis and hurls through vast space. How do You do it? I don't understand it all. All I know is that in all of it, there You are! From the beginning until the end. You knew me. You spoke my name. In Your name there is power. For evermore. You are Love. You are beautiful. In Jesus's name. Amen...

'I look up at the vast size of the mountains—      from where will my help come in times of trouble ? The Eternal Creator of heaven and earth and these mountains      will send the help I need.   He holds you firmly in place; He will not let you fall.      He who keeps you will never take His eyes off you and never drift off to sleep. What a relief! The One who watches over Israel      never leaves for rest or sleep.   The Eternal keeps you safe,      so close to Him that His shadow is a cooling shade to you. Neither bright light of sun      nor dim light of moon will harm you.   The Eternal will keep you safe      from all of life’s evils, From your first breath to the last breath you breathe,       from this day and forever.' Psalm 121 (VOICE) I'm on my way to worship. It's not the buil...

' Night after night I’m tossing and turning on my bed of travail. Why did I let him go from me? How my heart now aches for him, but he is nowhere to be found!   So I must rise in search of him, looking throughout the city, seeking until I find him. Even if I have to roam through every street, nothing will keep me from my search. Where is he—my soul’s true love? He is nowhere to be found.   Then I encountered the overseers as they encircled the city. So I asked them, “Have you found him— my heart’s true love?”   Just as I moved past them, I encountered him. I found the one I adore! I caught him and fastened myself to him, refusing to be feeble in my heart again. Now I’ll bring him back to the temple within where I was given new birth— into my innermost parts, the place of my conceiving.'  Song of Solomon 3:1-4 (TPT)   What does your song imply, Solomon? That I am to continue searching for You Lord! That I am to go from church to church in the city, s...

'and to overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I am about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations, and overthrow the chariots and their riders. And the horses and their riders shall go down, every one by the sword of his brother.   On that day, declares the Lord of hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel my servant, the son of Shealtiel, declares the Lord , and make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the Lord of hosts.”' Haggai 2:22-23 (ESV)   Dear Heavenly Fathers. Hear my prayer. I pray for the unity of Your Church. Continue to establish Your Kingdom of Christ on earth as it is in heaven and destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the goat nations. Holy Spirit, give her, the sheep nations, the power to occupy and to overthrow where Your cause is opposed.  Use our President, a believer of Christ, as your signet ring as He was chosen by You, to bring forth a new and fresh awakening revival across the waters...

' And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”' Revelation 21:5 (ESV) Write it down. Please write it down. Every word that our Lord Jesus said. So that the generations that follow will know the truth. He is coming again. He is coming again soon. He is the One that will. He is the One that has. He is the One that is seated with the Father on the Throne. He is the One who has ruled over all things from the beginning. He is the giver of rewards. He is the giver of life. He is the One that speaks. He will make all things new. The new creation will rise out of the chaos and it will be glorious. Write it down so that I might find it written here this day and be encouraged. Another mystery. Another hidden treasure. Everything. All things. New. Reveal it to me now Lord. 'Behold, I make all things new.' Amen.   Source: Biblegateway.com; Biblehub.com; google.com. ...

' When they got as far west as the borders of Mysia, they repeatedly attempted to go north into the province of Bithynia, but again the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to enter. ' Acts 16:7 (TPT) How did they know?  Their attempts to go north were stopped. The missionary work that went on during those days was lead by the acts of the Holy Spirit. It was by His activities that they saw success. Warnings were given. He spoke to them in dreams and visions. They were given signs that directed their paths. He still works in us today and in similar ways. He leads us. We are blessed by the works of the Holy Spirit. He leads us through open doors as He closes others. We are not discouraged because God uses us for His Will and leads us to better and greater things! He loves us. He is wise. He cares for us. Amen.  The lessons of the Bible are still true and applicable to us today. Even though the Apostles attempted to go into Bithynia on numerous occasions, they were ...

Behold, how good and pleasant it is      when brothers dwell in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head,      running down upon the beard,   upon the beard of Aaron,      running down on the collar of his robes! It is like the dew of Hermon,      which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the Lord has commanded the blessing,      life for evermore. Psalm 133:1-3(RSV) Unity? Unity is what God sees and demands of us because He loves us. Uniformity is what men wrongly try to force on one another and try to do to one another and to those things around them. Uniformity leads to chaos. It's a challenge to try to live together in unity when we see the things around us as they really area, different. It's a lot like trying to mix oil and water. There truly are so many things to deal with in life, all of various sizes and shapes and colors and purposes. Varie...