"Greetings Everyone in the Name of Our Lord and savior Jesus Christ"
Today's Blog Title: "The Safety of the Faithful"
Today's Scripture Reading: Genesis 4:1-8
Today's Key Verse: Genesis 4:1 "Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer."
Today's Psalm is linked to Psalm 3. David is pleading for God's help and he warms his enemies not to wrong him, because he is God's own. David is able to rejoice despite his desperate circumstances, because all he CARES ABOUT is GOD. The Lord, not his lost royal glory, is the source of his joy and of his inner peace. To the Chief Musician would indicate that this psalm if from an early collection of psalms used in temple worship.
The breakdown of this Psalm is :
(1) A petition for deliverance (verse 1)
(2) An address to the wicked, encouraging them to turn from falsehood and to trust in God (verses 2-5)
(3) An assertion that only God is able to provide genuine joy, deep, and abiding safety.
David found comfort in realizing what God was to and for him.
Today's Hymn: "Trading My Sorrows"
I'm trading my sorrows, I'm trading my shame
I'm laying them down for the joy of the Lord
I'm trading my sickness, I'm trading my pain
I'm laying them down for the joy of the Lord
Yes Lord yes Lord yes yes Lord
Yes Lord yes Lord yes yes Lord
Yes Lord yes Lord yes yes Lord amen
I am pressed but not crushed, persecuted not abandoned
Struck down but not destroyed, I am blessed beyond the curse
For His promise will endure, that His joy's gonna be my strength
Though the sorrow may last for the night, His joy comes with the morning
Heavenly Father, How thankful we are that You provide us genuine joy, deep peace and abiding safety as our Heavenly Father. Thank you for Your special care over us and listening to our prayers.
Today's Biblical Truth: "All of our righteousness is found in Him alone"
Click on the link at www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for the Daily Bible Verse from Revelation 22:18-21.
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord with Gladness. Love God More Today and always remember that when you have a spiritual defeat in your life and you yell out, "I CAN'T", God whispers to you, "BUT I CAN".
Yours in Christ,
Cindi
"Greetings Everyone in the Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"
Today's Blog Title: "The Lord Helps His Troubled People"
Today's Scripture Reading: Psalm 3: 1-8
Today's Key Verse: Psalm 3:8 "Salvation belongs to the Lord. Your blessing is upon Your people."
In this Psalm David is describing his feelings of abandonment as the northern tribes proclaim Absalom (his son) king and he is driven from Jerusalem. His memory of all that God has done for him sustains him and he finds rest. David appeals to God for deliverance and finds comfort how God has struck down his enemies in the past.
This psalm is a lament (mourning or weeping) song. This was written as he fled from his son Absalom. This is one of the few psalms titles that ties a psalm to a specific incident in the life of David. This brief poem has four parts:
(1) David's opening Lament (verses 1,2)
(2) His strong confession of trust (verses 3,4)
(3) His determined act of faith (verses 5,6)
(4) His continuing plea (verse 7,8)
David in this Psalm found courage in realizing what God was to and for him. Salvation here referes to deliverance from the immediate pressure that this psalm had already described.
Today's Hymn "He Leadeth Me"
He leadeth me, O Blessed thought! O words with heavenly comfort fraught!
Whatever I do, Wherever I be, Still its God hand that leadeth me.
He leadeth me, He leadeth me, By His own hand He leadeth me
His faithful follower I would be, For by His hand He leadeth me
Heavenly Father, We are thankful that as Your people, that You us are always with us. May we as Christians, realize that even when we have a problem in our life, whether they are big or small, to take them to You in prayer and supplication.
Amen
"Today's Biblical Truth: Trails are not obstacles to spiritual growth when you respond to them in biblical manner"
Click the link http://www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com/ to go to today's Daily Bible Verse which is from: Ephesians 2:8-10.
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord with Gladness. Love God more Today and always remember that when you have a spiritual defeat in your life and you tell out, "I CAN'T", God whispers to you, "BUT I CAN".
Yours in Christ,
Cindi
"Greetings Everyone in the Name of of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"
Today's Blog Title: "The Coming Messianic King"
Today's Scripture Reading: Psalm 2:1-12
Today's Key Verse: Genesis 2:11 "Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling."
Psalm 2 is a royal Psalm and focuses on the coming and glorious reign of the Lord's Messiah. In the Hebrew text the author is unknown but in the New Testament (Acts 4:24-26) the apostles assign it it to David.
Psalm 2 is a prophetically on the coming reign and rule of Jesus. This Psalm has four movements each related to a different voice or speaker:
(1) A description of the plans of the wicked (verses 1-3)
(2) The Father's derisive laughter from Heaven (verses 4-6)
(3) The Son's declaration of the Fathers decree (verses7-9)
(4) The Spirit's instruction to all kings to obey the Son (verses 10-12)
In our Key Verse today the words, "rejoice with trembling" would mean that with proper fear, adoration, reverence, and awe of the Most Holy God could there be real joy in the coming Kingdom.
The human society that lives here on this earth is rebellious against God's anointed Messiah, and is provoking God's scorn and judgment. God has declared that His Son will rule the earth. How essential is it to believe and trust in Jesus now, and find His Love, Grace, and Blessings rather than face destruction and spending all eternity away from God, for rejecting Him as God's Son and your Savior.
Today's Hymn: "Rejoice the Lord is King"
Rejoice, the Lord is King! Your Lord and King adore;
Mortals give thanks and sing, and triumph evermore;
Lift up your voice, lift up your voice; Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!
Jesus, the Savior, reigns, the God of truth and love;
When He had purged our stains He took His seat above
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say rejoice
Heavenly Father, May we as believers from the time we wake up to start our day, and until we finish our day, lift up our hearts and our voices in total adoration for you. May we rejoice in trembling with fear, adoration, reverence and awe at You the Most Holy God. Help us Lord in all aspects of our life's to keep focused on You.
Amen
Today's Biblical Truth: "The future Rule of Jesus Christ will be absolute. Are YOU ready?"
Click on the link www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for Today's Daily Bible Verse from Isaiah 41:10.
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord with Gladness. Love God More Today and always remember that when you have a spiritual defeat in your life and you yell out, "I CAN'T", God whispers to you, "BUT I CAN".
Yours in Christ,
Cindi
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Greetings in the Name of the Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"
Today's Blog Title: "The Way of the Righteous"
Today's Scripture Reading: Psalm 1:1-6
Today's Key Verse: Psalm 1:3 "He shall be like a tree, planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper."
To begin, I would like to say how excited I am to be doing the Book of Psalm. This Book shows us that our Almighty God, is aware and sensitive to our every emotion, our struggles and He is all powerful to reach down to help us through it all. We as Christians and Believers are, to give God our trust, our devotion, our obedience, our confidence, and our praise. By doing so we will live out our days enriched by His presence.
This Chapter is a wisdom Psalm and presents a sharp contrast between the way of the righteous, and the way of the wicked. There is no author named for this Psalm nor or we given the circumstances for the writing of this Psalm.
The focus on the Psalm is on the form of character and the difference between the righteous and the wicked. It will also set the theme for the entire Book of Psalms.
This Psalm is like a beacon of light coming through the darkness of a stormy night. It lights up and points out the truth, even when the untruths of our society begin to cloud our thoughts. It affirms that there is only way to true life, and to deny this is to foolishly accept the death sentence of God because of our sins.
We as Christians are to reject the lifestyle of the wicked, and to find delight in the word of God. Godly choices lead to stability and prosperity but wickedness leads to destruction. God who is, and always will be, is in control, and supervises the outcome of the moral choices that we make.
Today's Hymn: "Room at the Cross for You"
The cross upon which Jesus died,
Is a shelter in which we can hide;
And its grace so free is sufficient for me
And deep is its fountain as wide as the sea.
There's room at the cross for you
There's room at the cross for you
Though millions have come, there's still room for one
Yes, there's room at the cross for you
Heavenly Father, We as Christians live in this world, but because of what Jesus, Your Son did for us on the Cross of Calvary, we are not part of this world. May we continue, while we are here in our temporary home, find our deep enjoyment in serving you, studying Your Word, and Praising Your Name in everything that we do.
Amen
Truth for the Day: "God is always involved with the way of the righteous, but has no connection with the ways of the ungodly, except through Divine Judgment"
Click the link for Today's Daily Bible Verse at www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com which is Ruth:16,17.
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord with Gladness. Love God More Today and always remember that when you have a spiritual defeat in your life and you yell out, "I CAN'T", God whispers to you, "BUT I CAN".
Yours in Christ,
Cindi
"Greetings Everyone in the Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"
Today's Blog Title: : "Introduction Into the Book of Psalm"
Today is the introduction to the Book of Psalm. We will begin to read about one of the greatest collections of songs, prayers, and poetry. The Book of Psalm also expresses the deepest passions of humanity. In this Book we hear the desperate cry in the midst of despair, but will also see the overpowering joy, great delight and rapture in the praise to the Almighty Living God. We will read the pouring out of his soul in confession, but also the bubbling over with joy. The Book of Psalm leads us through the valleys and peaks of human experience, but in the end it will guide us to the Praise of Almighty God.
The Book of Psalm towers above other ancient and modern works of poetry, capturing not only the genius of men but the inventiveness of God who inspired them. The Book of Psalm touches us at the deepest levels of our personalities and probes every human experience and it lifts our eyes up to see God. We are drawn to worship the one who who is rightly the center of our existence and whose praise is our greatest good.
The Book of Psalm was written by various authors. But the dominant influence of David shaped the worship life of ancient Israel. Psalms reminds us, that love for God and celebration of His grace as well as an abiding sense of personal relationship with Him are important in the Believers faith.
The name for God that occurs most often in this Book is YAHWEH. That name gives special force to the Living presence of God. It is YAHWEH, the ever-present, ever-faithful, ever caring God that we will meet in Psalm and through Psalm we will see that God is YAHWEH for us.
He is present with us. He is here and aware of our every emotion, sensitive to our struggles and is powerful to extend His hand to aid us. It is through the Psalms that we realize we are to be there for Him as well. We are to give Him our trust, devotion, obedience, confidence, and praise. Hand in hand with God, we are to live out all our days enriched by his presence and offering Him praise.
Today's Hymn: "Praise My Soul The King Of Heaven"
Praise, my soul the King of heaven, To the throne they tribute bring
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven Evermore God's praises sing
Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise the everlasting King
Praise the Lord for grace and favor, To all people in distress
Praise God still the same as ever, Slow to chide, and swift to bless
Alleluia! Alleluia! Glorious now God's faithfulness
Heavenly Father, How thankful that we are to You YAHWEH, the ALMIGHTY GOD. How we are drawn to worship the One who is the center of our existence and who praise is our greatest joy. May we every day in our lives, be drawn to you, as we worship and praise the name which is above every name and Glorify You.
Amen
"Always appreciate the great gift God has given you, and open up your hearts and life to Him"
Today's Daily Bible Verse at www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com is from Isaiah 59:2.
Have a God Filled and a Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord with Gladness. Love God More Today and always remember that when you a a spiritual defeat n your life that yells out, "I CAN'T", God whispers to you, "BUT I CAN".
Yours In Christ,
Cindi
"Greetings Everyone in the Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"
Today's Blog Title: "The death of Jacob and Joseph"
Today's Scripture Reading: Genesis 50:1-26
Today's Key Verse: Genesis 50:19-20 " Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, for I am in the place of God". But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive."
Before I being to day's writing I want to say that this is the last Chapter of Genesis and will complete this Book of the Bible. I hope that you have enjoyed this guide through Genesis were we read about the Creation of the world, the creation of man, man's sinful fall, the first murder, the great flood, the tower of Babel and where the different languages first started and the call of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the covenant the Almighty God made with them and finally how Joseph being sold as an Egyptian slave come into power in Egypt and how through God's overall plan saved not only the people of Egypt but that of his family. Starting tomorrow I will start the Book of Psalm which I am of excited about.
On Friday we last saw that Jacob once he had blessed his sons took his last breath and died. Now we will read the conclusion of the Book of Genesis.
As the Chapter opens we see that Jacob has died and Joseph wept expressing his strong, genuine love for his father. Joseph had his father embalmed for the travel to Canaan to be buried. Joseph request to the "household of Pharaoh" to go to Canaan to bury his father would indicate here that Joseph do not have immediate access to Pharaoh. Pharaoh gives permission to Joseph to go and bury his father and they start to Canaan.
The brothers after they had buried Jacob, and now that they were back in Egypt feared that Joseph would take revenge on them since there father was dead. They sent messengers to Joseph to beg him for his forgiveness of there trespass against him. Joseph wept when hearing there pleas and he accepted the confession as a sincere confession from his brothers. He tells them "do not fear, I will provide for you and your little ones." Wow what a loving and forgiving heart Joseph had for his brothers.
As the Book of Genesis comes to a close we see that Joseph as he is dying makes a very important pledge to his descendants, "God will visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land that He swore to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob." Now after years of service during which Joseph abolished private property and started a system of taxation that became very profitable for the Pharaohs. Joseph before his death makes the the children of Israel swear to him that once they were headed to the promised land that they take his bones with them. With this oath Joseph expressed his complete belief that God would keep his promise to give the land of Canaan to the Nation of Israel. Joseph died at 110 and was embalmed, place in his coffin with his portrait on the outside, and was buried in his adopted land.
Today's Closing Question and Comment: "How can you best follow Joseph's example of willingness to forgive despite mistreatment?" In this last Chapter of Genesis we see that after Jacob had died, the brothers were worried about now that their father was dead, that Joseph would seek revenge against them
for there treatment of him, when they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But Joseph had experienced the grace of God, and he was able to be gracious and forgiving to his brothers. Joseph would die confident that God would bring the people of Israel back to the land of Canaan. In life, and death , we have this same hope, that God will keep his promises to us as Believers.
Today's Hymn: Fill My Cup Lord"
There are millions in this world who are craving, the pleasures earthly things afford
But none can match the wondrous treasure, that I find in Jesus Christ my Lord
Fill my cup, Lord; I lift it up, Lord! Come and quench this thirsting of my soul
Bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more, Fill my cup. fill it up and make me whole!
Heavenly Father, Help us Lord to forgive those that have done us any injustice or wrong just as You forgave us. Knowing Your grace Lord and what You have done for us, help us not only to forgive, but do them good.
Amen
"All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action"
James Russell Lowell
Today's Daily Bible Verse at http://www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com/ is from Isaiah 40:28-31.
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord with Gladness. Love God More Today and always remember that when you have a spiritual defeat in your life and you yell out, "I CAN'T", God whispers to you, "BUT I CAN".
Yours in Christ,
Cindi
"Greetings in the Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"
Today's Bible Verse: 1 Peter 3: 14-16
"And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good? But if you should suffer for righteousness sake you are blessed. "And do not be afraid of their threats nor be troubled." But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; having good conscience that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed. For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil."
Since everything in the sin filled world does not function as it should because of sin, we as Christians will and may undergo suffering. Peter gave the following guidelines to the Christians response to unjust suffering:
(1) Do not fear
(2) Remember Christ is Lord
(3) Remain hope filled and willing to explain why you are still positive about life (What a
testimony that will be)
(4) Keep on doing good so you will have a clear conscience, and your enemies will be ashamed
(5) Remember, it's better to suffer for the Lord, than to suffer for a wrong that we have done.
We as Christians, should make certain that when, or if we suffer, it is because we have served God faithfully, and not because we have done something wrong. God specially honors those who suffer for doing what is right (Matthew 5:10-12).
Today's Hymn: "God Is Good All The Time"
If you are walking through the valley, and there are shadows all around
Do not fear, He will guide you, He will keep you safe and sound
"Cause He's promised to never leave you, Nor forsake you and His Word is true
God is Good, God is good
All the time
Heavenly Father, How good it is to know, that when we suffer unjustly for our faith in You, that You have promised us that You would not forsake nor leave us and that You, would be there for us every step of the way. May others see Jesus in us, so that when they ask us, "Why are you so happy", we can then boldly tell them about You."
Amen
"Trust God to bring good out of your pain"
Today's Daily Bible Verse at http://www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com/ is from Hebrew 4:15,16.
Have a God Filled and and a Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord with Gladness. Love God More Today and always remember that when you have a spiritual defeat in your life and you yell out, "I CAN'T", God whispers to you, "BUT I CAN."
Yours in Christ,
Cindi
