Joining you in Prayer.

O LORD, all the earth shall worship you and sing praise to you.

2Th 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
2Th 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
2Th 1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
2Th 1:10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
2Th 1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
2Th 1:12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Father, please help our President to walk worthy of his calling.
Help him to do the right things and to have Wisdom through Jesus Christ.
Let him ignore and reject bad counsel and seek you and your guidance.
Strengthen him to obey your Word of Truth.
Let Your Righteousness prevail in this country if that is possible and according to your good purpose.
I ask this in the name of JESUS.

July 23, 2007

My Heart Condemns Me

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READ: 1 Timothy 1:12-17

If our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. —1 John 3:20

Do you sometimes feel guilty and unworthy because of something you did years ago? You have confessed it and asked God to forgive you, but the memory of it still haunts you.

I empathize with you. Feelings of guilt still sweep over me when I recall how I failed an elderly, childless woman while I was training for the ministry. She was a regular customer in a store where I worked part-time. After a while, I became a friend and spiritual counselor to her and her husband. I even conducted his funeral.

When I moved to a nearby town to become a student pastor, I lost touch with her. I intended to contact her but kept procrastinating. One day I saw her obituary notice. I was overwhelmed with grief and confessed my sin to God.

More than 30 years after Paul’s conversion, he referred to the time when he had been “a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man” (1 Tim. 1:13). He even called himself the “chief” of sinners (v.15). Yet he repeatedly exulted in the certainty that he was a forgiven sinner.

God, who is greater than our heart and knows us thoroughly (1 John 3:20), has forgiven us for the sins we’ve confessed (1:9). We can believe Him!

Come now to the fountain of cleansing,
Plunge deep in its lifegiving flow.
His mercy and grace are sufficient,
His pardon He longs to bestow. —Robinson

Confession to God always brings His cleansing.

Bible in One Year: Psalms 33-34; Acts 24

As God gave His only begotten Son, parents across this nation, and others, have given their sons and daughters. Others have come home maimed in the name of freedom and love of their brethren.

Let us remember them, and be encouraged to fight on, not only in Jesus name, but those who have sacrificed for us.

Dear Lord, thank you for Your many blessings. Thank You for keeping this continued war outside our borders, so far.

Bless all those representing us, and You, against legions of evil minds. May the enemy dwindle before You, our troops, and our President.

Amen

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Our Heavenly Father, Thank you for this day and all the beautiful things you have put before our eyes to love and appreciate your
Glory. We thank you for the small things, leaves, birds, squirrels and you have trusted us to be in charge of these little creatures. Lord, we ask this day that you once again will stand with your arms around each military man serving our country and others all around the world. Be with them, give them strength, hope and love to help them through this day. We thank you Lord for our wonderful country, our precious President and his family and hope you will be with them today also. We even ask you Lord to place some love in the hearts of those who despise our President and our country. I hope they ask you for forgiveness for hating as we ask you for forgiveness for the things we do that may be unkind. In your name we pray, Father, God and ask that you be with each of us today. Amen

AMEN DEAREST SISTER AND GRACE TO ALL CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS!

Psalms 138:1
A Psalm of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

Psalms 138:2
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Psalms 138:3
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

Psalms 138:4
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.

Psalms 138:5
Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.

Psalms 138:6
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

Psalms 138:7
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

Psalms 138:8
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
(KJV)

“The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me.”
- Psalm 138:8

Most manifestly the confidence which the Psalmist here expressed was a
divine confidence. He did not say, “I have grace enough to perfect that
which concerneth me-my faith is so steady that it will not stagger-my love
is so warm that it will never grow cold-my resolution is so firm that
nothing can move it; no, his dependence was on the Lord alone. If we
indulge in any confidence which is not grounded on the Rock of ages, our
confidence is worse than a dream, it will fall upon us, and cover us with
its ruins, to our sorrow and confusion. All that Nature spins time will
unravel, to the eternal confusion of all who are clothed therein. The
Psalmist was wise, he rested upon nothing short of the Lord’s work. It is
the Lord who has begun the good work within us; it is he who has carried
it on; and if he does not finish it, it never will be complete. If there
be one stitch in the celestial garment of our righteousness which we are
to insert ourselves, then we are lost; but this is our confidence, the
Lord who began will perfect. He has done it all, must do it all, and will
do it all. Our confidence must not be in what we have done, nor in what we
have resolved to do, but entirely in what the Lord will do. Unbelief
insinuates- “You will never be able to stand. Look at the evil of your
heart, you can never conquer sin; remember the sinful pleasures and
temptations of the world that beset you, you will be certainly allured by
them and led astray.” Ah! yes, we should indeed perish if left to our own
strength.
If we had alone to navigate our frail vessels over so rough a sea, we
might well give up the voyage in despair; but, thanks be to God, he will
perfect that which concerneth us, and bring us to the desired haven.
We can never be too confident when we confide in him alone, and never too
much concerned to have such a trust.

C.H.SPURGEON

SOLI DEO GLORIA!

Thank you for the ping and prayer.

“I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance.”

St. Luke 15: 7

Father, may all your lost children repent and seek Your everlasting love, mercy, and forgiveness. May we stumble less and when we stumble, please forgive us O Father and bless that we will stumble less and less.

We ask this in Your glorious name,

Amen.