Bible Scripture Reading

"Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 29 December 2013, from Cindi, a daughter of the King of kings and Lord of lords."

Today's Blogs Title: "God's Wrath on His Enemies"
Today's Blogs Scripture Reading: Nahum 1:1-15
Today's Blogs Key Verse: Nahum 1:7 "The LORD is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows hose who trust in Him."

"God is jealous" in verse 2, is a positive emotion in God and is a deep, emotional concern for the well being of those whom He cares,  It is this passion for His own people who have been injured by Assyria which has filled Him with the anger about to be expressed in the judgment of Nineveh.

"Slow to anger" in verse 3, indicates the patience of the Lord.  However God's patience is not a reason to disbelieve His final judgment.  

Nahum had made statements about God.  Now he resorts to imagery to bring home the impact of what he has seen.  The images in verses 4-6, is that of an armed soldier on the march, stirring up  the dust as he treads across the ground.  This soldier is so powerful that nature itself draws back in awe, and the earth "trembles at his presence."  

In verses 5-8, the LORD is pictured pouring out Judgment "like fire."  "The mountains quake" and "the earth is burned at his presence."  Yet, He is a "stronghold in the day of trouble" to all  those who "trust in Him."  Like all the prophets, Nahum predicts both judgment and hope conditioned on man's response to God.

In plotting evil against the Lord, in verses 9 and11, two thoughts are expressed: evil, which is not simply wrong action but the intent to harm, and wickedness, which is a lawless disregard for what is right.  Not only have Assyrians affirmed their independence from the moral constraints imposed by God on all mankind, but they have determined to harm God by harming His people.  Wicked is one of the harshest terms in Biblical language, nearly a curse word.  The term speaks of someone who is utterly worthless.

In verses 12-13, God again addresses His people.  The domination of Assyria will end.  God's vengeance not only punishes the guilty, it brings freedom to God's own.

In verse 14, the speaker shifts again and addresses Nineveh.  the command for its destruction has been given.  "I will prepare your grave" reminds us that what God says is certain and sure.  

In verse 15, the thought that we have seen before is given clear expression here.  Israel and Judah literally, joyfully, triumphantly, celebrate the destruction of Nineveh.  Fear is gone, and the prospect of peace opens before God's people.

Click on this link at www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for Various Scripture Writing from Part 2 of "SEVEN REASONS WHY YOUR PRAYERS MAY NOT BE ANSWERED."

Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day.  Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness.  Love God More Today.  ALWAYS remember, that when you have a spiritual, emotional, relational, physical, or financial dilemma in your life, and you yell out, "I CAN'T" Listen to the Sweet, Soft, and Tender Voice of God as He WHISPERS to you, "BUT I CAN."   

Jesus Reigns, and He Is, Has Been, and ALWAYS Will Be In Complete and Total Control!! May God's Peace, Strength, and Grace be with you all.

Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi

Bible Scripture Reading

"Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 28 December 2013, from Cindi, a daughter of the King of kings and Lord of lords."

Today's Blog Writing is on "JESUS" and who He is and what He does for us.  This is perfect for this Christmas Season in which is why, that we as Christians, celebrate Christmas.

                                          "JESUS"

He is the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End!
He is the Keeper of Creation and the Creator of ALL!
He is the Architect of the Universe, and the Manager of ALL times.
He ALWAYS Was, He ALWAYS Is, and He ALWAYS Will Be
He is UNMOVED, UNCHANGED, UNDEFEATED and Never UNDONE
He was BRUISED and brought HEALING!
He was PIERCED and EASED Pain!
He was PERSECUTED and brought FREEDOM!
He was DEAD and brought LIFE!  He is RISEN and brings POWER!
He REIGNS and brings PEACE
The world can't UNDERSTAND Him, the armies can't Defeat Him,
The schools can't EXPLAIN Him, and the leaders can't IGNORE Him,
Herod couldn't KILL Him, the Pharisees couldn't CONFUSE Him,
The people couldn't HOLD Him, the rulers couldn't CRUSH Him,
Dictators couldn't SILENCE Him, the new age can't REPLACE Him, 
Talk show host can't EXPLAIN Him away!
He is LIGHT, LOVE, LONGEVITY, and He is LORD.
He is GOODNESS, KINDNESS, GENTLENESS, and He is God.
He is HOLY, RIGHTEOUS, MIGHTY, POWERFUL, and PURE
His ways are RIGHT, His Word is ETERNAL, His Will UNCHANGING.
His Mind is on me, and He is my REDEEMER, and my SAVIOR.
He is my GUIDE, My PEACE, My JOY, My COMFORT 
He is my Lord, and He RULES my LIFE
I SERVE Him because His BOND is LOVE, His BURDEN is Light,
And His GOAL for me is ABUNDANT, and ETERNAL LIFE
I FOLLOW Him because He is the WISDOM of the wise,
The POWERFUL of the powerful, the ANCIENT of Days,
The RULER or rulers, the LEADER of leaders,
The OVERSEER of the over-comers, and the SOVEREIGN Lord,
Of ALL that WAS, IS, and IS to COME
If that seems impressive to you, try this:
His Goal is a RELATIONAL with ME!
He Will NEVER LEAVE ME, NEVER FORSAKE ME, NEVER MISLED ME
NEVER FORGET ME, NEVER OVERLOOK ME and,
He WILL NEVER cancel my appointment in His APPOINTMENT BOOK!
When I FALL He LIFTS me up! 
When I FAIL He FORGIVES!
When I am WEAK, He is STRONG!  
When I am LOST, He is the WAY!
When I am AFRAID, He is my COURAGE! 
When I STUMBLE, He STEADIES me! 
When I am HURT, He HEALS me!
When I am BROKEN, He MENDS me! 
When I am HUNGRY He FEEDS me!
When I face TRIALS, He is WITH me! 
When I face PERSECUTION, He SHIELDS me! 
When I face PROBLEMS, He COMFORTS me! 
When I face LOSS, He PROVIDES for me!
When I face DEATH, The angels will CARRY me into His PRESENCE!
He is EVERYTHING for EVERYBODY, EVERYWHERE, EVERY TIME and
EVERY WAY.
He is God, He is FAITHFUL, and I am His and He is MINE!
My Father in HEAVEN, can WHIP the father of this world.
So if your wondering why I feel so SECURE, understand this:
He said it, and that SETTLES it.  God is in CONTROL and
As a child of the King of kings and Lord of lords, I am on His SIDE which means
"That All is Well with my SOUL."
Everyday is a BLESSING for God is in it!
As Christians we NEED to KEEP these things in the forefront
Of our MINDS and Hearts.
Don't ALLOW the things of this world to BLIND you
To the RICHES of His LOVE, MERCY, and GRACE.
In Jesus we have it ALL and that should be the reason,
That we are on fire for Him, for He is EVERYTHING we NEED,
In EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE of our LIFE'S.

Click on this link www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for a Part 1 Writing from Various Scripture Reading on the "Seven Reasons Why Your Prayers May Go UnAnswerd."

Jesus Reigns, and He Is, Has Been, and ALWAYS Will Be In Complete and Total Control!!! May God's Peace, Strength, and Grace be with you all.

Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi

   
  
  

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"Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 15 December 2013, from Cindi, a daughter of the King of kings and Lord of lords."

Today's Blogs Title: "Introduction into the Book of Nahum"

The prophecy of Nahum is dominated by a single idea, the doom of Nineveh.  In describing this doom, Nahum writes lyric poetry of the highest quality.  Is has been called the most poetical of all the prophetic writings, and certainly is the most severe in tone of the Minor Prophets.

Little is known of the Prophet Nahum, or of his home.  Most believe it was located in Galilee, which experienced the brunt of the initial Assyrian invasions.  His writing can be place with some accuracy: He wrote before the collapse of the Assyrian Empire in 612 B.C. and after the destruction of Thebes, which took place in 662 B.C.  It is not unreasonable to assume that the book was written shortly after the overthrow of the Northern Kingdom and the exile of its population. 

NAHUM AT A GLANCE

KEY THEMES

Causes of the fall of Nineveh: 

(1) Opposition to God (2:2-3, 8-9, 11, 13, 15)
(2) Decadence (3:12-133, 15-18)
(3) Cruelty (3:1, 14, 19)

Descriptions of the fall of Nineveh:

Disaster (1:10; 2:9-10; 3:11,13)
Flood (1:8; 2:6,8)
Dispersal (1:8; 2:1, 7-8; 3:7,10-11,16-18)
Fire (1:5, 10; 2:3-4,13; 3:3,13,15)

THEOLOGICAL OUTLINE OF NAHUM

I.  THE LORD  Chapter 1
II  THE CITY    Chapter 2 and 3

CONTENT OUTLINE OF NAHUM

I. The God of Israel (1:1-15)
   A. God's Greatness (1:1-6)
   B. God's Actions (1:7-11)
   C. God's Intent (1:12-15)
II. Nineveh's Fall (2:1-3:19)
   A. A Warning (2:1)
   B. A Promise to Israel (2:2)
   C. Its Destruction (2:3-3:19)
        1. Destruction Described (2:3-13)
        2. Destruction reviewed (3:1-6)
        3. Destruction celebrated (3:7-11)
        4. Nineveh ridiculed (3:12-19)

Click on this link at www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for a Bible Verse from Romans 8:22-25.

Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness. Love God More today.  When you have a spiritual, emotional, relational, physical, or financial dilemma in your life and you yell out, "I CAN," Listen to the Sweet, Soft and tender Voice of God as He WHISPERS to you, "BUT I CAN."

Jesus Reigns, and He Is, Has Been, and ALWAYS Will Be In Complete and Total Control!! May God's Peace, Strength, and Grace be with you all.

Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi


  

Bible Scripture Reading

"Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 14 December 2013, from Cindi, a daughter of the King of kings."

Today's Blogs Title: "Sorrow for Israel's Sins"
Today's Blogs Scripture Reading: Micah 7:1-20
Today's Blogs Key Verse: Micah 7:18-19 "Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage?  He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.  He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities.  You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea."

In this last Chapter of Micah, he imagines himself going out in an orchard at harvest time and finding NO fruit.  He is hungry for fellowship, but feels TOTALLY isolated.  He know no one else who HONESTLY seeks to SERVE God.  Elijah in 1st Kings 19:14 experienced similar feelings.

In verses 3-4, the people were pursuing evil with gusto.  The leaders of Israel were leading the way in evil.  "The day of your watchman" in verse 4, refers to a time when people needed to be alert for the approach of an enemy army.  In this context, judgment was imminent.  

"Therefore I will look," are words that a a pun on the words of verse 4.  While there world be a need to be "watchman" for the "coming of an enemy army," Micah was going to be the "watchman" for the advent of the Lord.  Micah's solution to the problem is practical. "Look to what God will do, not to what others are doing around you. The word "hope" in the Old Testament, indicates both a willingness to WAIT and a settled CONFIDENCE that what God has for us in the FUTURE is good. 

The speaker in verses 8-9, is the Nation of Israel after she comes to repentance.  "I have sinned" is the confession of the people in SAVING FAITH. In verse 9, "He pleads my case," is the Lord speaking on behalf of the people.  As God had DELIVERED Israel in the PAST because of His RIGHTEOUSNESS, so He would deliver a REPENTANT Israel in the FUTURE.

In verse 10, the people of Israel knew that they would suffer indignities at the hands of their enemies in the period of the divine judgment.  However, God's JUDGMENT of His people was designed to bring about their REPENTANCE.

In verses 14-15, Micah prayer the God the "Shepherd" would care for His flock. 
The shepherds staff was used to drive off wild animals and protect the sheep. Micah REQUESTED that the GREATEST wonders of the RELATIONSHIP between God and His people at the time of the Exodus would be REALIZED anew. 

The response of the "wicked nations" to the renewed mercies of God on the Nation of Israel would be "terror."  At last the enemies of Israel will have an appropriate awe (fear) of God, and so will turn to Him.  It is important to remember that the HURTS that HUMBLE us, are also meant to HEAL us and TURN our hearts back to God.

"Who is a God like you?" in verse 18, speak of the incompatibility of God.  What sets our God apart? His WILLINGNESS to PARDON sinners and to FORGIVE our transgressions.  Even when we fail Him, He remains FAITHFUL to us.  In FAITHFULNESS He will CLEANSE and TRANSFORM us and KEEP EVERY PROMISE He has made.

The concluding verse of Micah, is a reminiscent of God's promise to Abraham in Genesis 12; 15; and 22, and His promises to Jacob in Genesis 32.  The Lord had sworn to fulfill His promises to the patriarchs, and He WOULD NOT, He COULD NOT, leave His PROMISES unfilled.

Click on this link at www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for a Bible Verse from Psalm 8:3-5.

Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day.  Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness.  Love God More Today.  ALWAYS remember that when you have a spiritual, emotional, relational, physical, and financial dilemma in your life and you yell out, "I CAN'T," Listen to the Sweet, Soft, and Tender Voice of God as He WHISPERS to you, "BUT I CAN."

Jesus Reigns, and He Is, Has Been, and ALWAYS Will Be In Complete and Total Control!!!  May God Peace, Strength, and Grace be with all of you.

Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi

Bible Scripture Reading

"Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 9 December 2013, from Cindi, a daughter of the King of kings and Lord of lords."

Today's Blogs Title: "God Pleads With Israel"
Today's Blogs Scripture Reading: Micah 6:1-16 
Today's Key Verse: Micah 6:8 "He has shown you, O man what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?"

In verse 1 and 2,God (the Judge) calls for the people (the defendants) to "plead" their "case." The "mountains" and "hills" were among the witnesses to the covenant that God made with His people, Deuteronomy 4:26; 32:1; and Isaiah 1:2.  "He will contend:" If the people were silent before the "mountains" the Lord Himself would speak against their sin.

In verse 3, God asked, "What have I done to you? And how have I burdened you?" Does a relationship with God place a load on the believer? Do we carry Him? God's answer is to remind Israel of ALL He did to CARRY THEM in verses 4-5.  In fact, a relationship with God LIFTS our burdens as He FREES, GUIDES, PROTECTS, and TEACHES us.

Israel's first implied response to God's case against them was, "It to hard to serve God."  Their second is, "What does God want anyway?"  If we take this as a sarcastic reaction then we might be able to rephrase their response as "Does God want to ruin us? Would 10,000 sacrifices be enough? Does He want our children as well?"  These questions are a conscious distortion of known truth, for the answer to their question is found in Deuteronomy 12:10, where ALL that god is asking of any child of His is to:

(1) Respect Him
(2) Walk in His Ways
(3) Love Him Completely

Verse 8, is an unforgettable verse in that it speaks of the underlying attitudes that MUST accompany all TRUE WORSHIP.  This verse which in simple and beautiful terms sums up the way our walk with the Lord should be.  We are to: 

(1) Do Justly: A commitment to fairness in interpersonal relationships and in our social institutions  
(2) Love Mercy: Which goes beyond fairness, to a hearts response to the needs of others which compels a person to help when this is possible
(3) Walk Humbly: means to remain responsive to God, submitting gladly to His Will

In verse 10-12, the people of Judah were abusing others with false measures, with "violence" and with "lies."  Such practices were far removed from the description of true worship in verse 8.  This is the divine vindication of the Lord's determination to bring judgment on Jerusalem, despite the fact that His holy temple was there.  The worship that was being offered, although it followed the form of the Law, DID NOT come from TRUE BIBLICAL attitudes and practices of piety.

In conclusion to Chapter 6, when God judges the land, its productivity will e destroyed.  What irony that the very thing that motivated the rich to do evil, "wealth and plenty" will be lost because in their pursuit of it, they oppressed others.  The end NEVER JUSTIFIES the means.  Evil will ACTUALLY keep a person from gaining his or her ends.

Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day.  Go in Peace and Serve the Lord or God with Gladness. Love God More Today.  ALWAYS remember that when you have a spiritual, emotional, relational, physical, or financial dilemma in your life, and you yell out, "I CAN'T," Listen to the Sweet, Soft, and Tender Voice of God as He WHISPERS to you, "BUT I CAN."

Click on this link at www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for a Bible Verse Writing from 1st Peter 5:6-11 

Jesus Reigns, and He Is, Has Been, and ALWAYS Will Be In Complete and Total Control!!!  May God's Peace, Strength, and Grace be with you all.

Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi

   

Bible Scripture Reading

"Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 8 December 2013, from Cindi, a daughter of the King of kings and Lord of lords."

Today's Blogs Title: "The Coming Messiah"
Today's Blogs Scripture Reading: Micah 5:1-15
Today's Blogs Key Verse: Micah 5:2 "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be ruler in Israel, Whose coming forth are from of old, From everlasting."


The reference "gather yourself in troops," in verse 1, seems to refer to the assaults of the enemies of Judah on the people of God before their final defeat. "They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek," is a reference that one day the enemies of the Savior would strike Him, Mark 15:19, but on a future day, He will strike ALL of His enemies, Revelation 19.

This well known prediction of he birthplace of the Messiah in verse 2, who is destined to be Israel's King, illustrates how prophecy is fulfilled: literally and accurately.  When King Herod in Matthew 2:3-6, was told by the visiting wise men that the destined "King of the Jews" had been born, he asked the scribes where.  They turned to this passage from Micah and told King Herod that the Christ would be born in Bethlehem.

The future of Israel is pictured in verse 3, in the birth, life, and ministry of the Savior King.  The two advents of the Savior are seen as one event by Micah.  Whereas verse 2 speaks of the birth of the Savior in His First Coming, verses 3-5, speak of the time of the rule of Jesus in His Second Coming (Praise God).

"And this One shall be Peace," in verse 5, whereas Isaiah 9:6 refers to Jesus "as the Prince of Peace." The Assyrians, Israel's major foe in Micah's day, is probably best understood as representing ALL of Israel's enemies particularly those of the end times.

Verses 7-9, concerns God's Blessing on the remnant of Jacob. The wickedness of the people would bring about God's judgment, but He would not cast them off completely  "In the midst of many peoples," describes the spread of the Jewish people throughout the earth in the time of God's judgment.  Verse 7, describes the Jewish people as "dew" and "showers" that is, "Blessings from God on their neighbors."  Verse 8 describes the Jewish people as a "lion," that is, a powerful force that eventually would triumph.

In verses 10-15, God systematically destroys everything His straying people might rely on: their military, verse 10, their walled cities, verse 11, and especially their idols.  This is both punishment and preparation.  How often God MUST destroy the empty things that we rely on before we TRUST FULLY in Him.

Click on this link www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for a Bible Verse from Hebrews 12:28-29.

Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day.  Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness.  Love God More Today.  ALWAYS remember that when you have a spiritual, emotional, relational, physical, or financial dilemma in your life, and you yell out, "I CAN'T," Listen to the Sweet, Soft, and Tender Voice of God as He WHISPERS to you, "BUT I CAN."

Jesus Reigns, and He Is, Has Been, and ALWAYS Will Be In Complete and Total Control!!! May God's Peace, Strength, and Grace be with you all.

Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi