I HAVE a serious problem...with myself and the culture I live in....it is called entitlement....we western christians get the sense and message that we are supposed to be healthy, wealthy and wise...or as the old testament would say..sleek and fat.....fully satisfied! WELL I THINK WE ARE JUST THAT! WE ARE SO FULL of culture..entertainment and self that non essential worry becomes a way of life..and we begin to walk around in a constant state of distraction and fear! FEAR....WHEN WE SHOULD JUST BE THANKFUL...GRATEFUL....SO FULL OF THANKSGIVING TO GOD EVERY DAY IS A GREAT DAY! NOW I KNOW WE ARE ALL GOING THROUGH SOME SERIOUS ISSUES AT TIMES AND TO BE RUNNING AROUND WITH A SMILE PLASTERED ON YOUR FACE, TELLING EVERYBODY THE STANDARD PAT CHRISTIAN ANSWER TO HOW ARE YOU? BLESSED.....THATS NOT WHAT I AM REFFERING TO LET ME GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO THINK ON... Psa 30:1
A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple.
I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up
and have not let my foes rejoice over me. IN YOUR SALVATION; GOD HAS SPARED YOU from the clutches of SATAN and his demonic host that would reek havoc on your everlasting frame for all eternity as they drink fromTHE CUP YOUR SOUL that is brimming with terror and misery and misfourtune forever! Psa 30:2
O LORD my God, I cried to you for help,
and you have healed me. SO GOD IN HIS INFINITE LOVE,WISDOM,MERCY AND GRACE HAS HEALED THE INCURABLE WOUND OF YOUR SIN....something that could not be accomplised apart from the generous fountain of the ALL SUFFICENT BLOOD OF CHRIST..that heals this terrrible plauge upon the hearts of all mankind..a plauge so terrible science cannot identify it.... nor do doctors even acknowledge it... but it is there....... rotting the hearts and souls of men women and children from the first day of birth. AS IT EVEN EFFECTS ALL OF NATURE and the course of this world! Psa 30:3
O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol;
you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit. SO THIS WONDERFUL GOD WHICH EVERYONE LOVES TO HATE,BLAME IGNORE AND CURSE......... HAS LAID BARE HIS HOLY ARM BY REACHING DOWN THROUGH TIME AND ETERNITY THROUGH THE BIRTH,LIFE ,DEATH AND RESSURECTION OF JESUS CHRIST ....REACHES TO YOU BY THE IMPARTATION OF FAITH AND THE DRAWING OF THE HOLY SPIRT SO YOU CAN SEE HIS GREAT HAND OF LOVE AND THE MAJESTIC GRIP OF THE GOSPEL AND YOU REACH OUT AND HE GRABS YOU AND PULLS YOU OUT OF YOUR SINKING CESPOOL OF RELIGION AND GOOD WORKS, SELF RIGHTOUSNESS AND HYPOCRISY..ONLY TO LIFT YOU ONTO THE BACK OF HIS EVERLASTING KINDNESS,MERCY AND ALL POWEFULL STRENGTH! and breath into you the everlasting gift of his holy GHOST! AND NOW DWELLING IN YOU..IS HIM!! Psa 30:4
Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints,
and give thanks to his holy name. SO I SHOULD BE THINKING ON THESE THINGS...THINGS THAT SHOULD MAKE A DEEP, DEEP MARK OF THANKSGIVING DOWN IM MY SOUL.... AND HIS LAW ETECHED UPON THE FLESHLY TABLETS OF MY HEART THAT I WOULD WANT TO OBEY HIM TO MY LAST DYING BREATH ALL THE WHILE CAUSEING TEARS OF REJOICING IF MEDITATED ON TOO LONG..AND EACH PRAISE OF REJOICING SHOULD CHANGE MY ATTITUDE TOWARDS MY WIFE AND CHILDREN...CO WORKERS AND FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE WAY...AND TOTAL STRANGERS THAT ARE SITLL IN THE CLUTCHES OF THE ENEMY...UNSHAKLED AND UNHEALED...BLIND TO THE PERFECT LOVE THAT CASTS OUT THE FEAR OF LIVING AND THE UNKNOWN.......HIS NAME SHOULD NEVER LEAVE OUR LIPS...... Act 16:25
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
Act 16:26
and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened. Isa 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;fn
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;fn
PEACE.
A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple.
I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up
and have not let my foes rejoice over me. IN YOUR SALVATION; GOD HAS SPARED YOU from the clutches of SATAN and his demonic host that would reek havoc on your everlasting frame for all eternity as they drink fromTHE CUP YOUR SOUL that is brimming with terror and misery and misfourtune forever! Psa 30:2
O LORD my God, I cried to you for help,
and you have healed me. SO GOD IN HIS INFINITE LOVE,WISDOM,MERCY AND GRACE HAS HEALED THE INCURABLE WOUND OF YOUR SIN....something that could not be accomplised apart from the generous fountain of the ALL SUFFICENT BLOOD OF CHRIST..that heals this terrrible plauge upon the hearts of all mankind..a plauge so terrible science cannot identify it.... nor do doctors even acknowledge it... but it is there....... rotting the hearts and souls of men women and children from the first day of birth. AS IT EVEN EFFECTS ALL OF NATURE and the course of this world! Psa 30:3
O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol;
you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit. SO THIS WONDERFUL GOD WHICH EVERYONE LOVES TO HATE,BLAME IGNORE AND CURSE......... HAS LAID BARE HIS HOLY ARM BY REACHING DOWN THROUGH TIME AND ETERNITY THROUGH THE BIRTH,LIFE ,DEATH AND RESSURECTION OF JESUS CHRIST ....REACHES TO YOU BY THE IMPARTATION OF FAITH AND THE DRAWING OF THE HOLY SPIRT SO YOU CAN SEE HIS GREAT HAND OF LOVE AND THE MAJESTIC GRIP OF THE GOSPEL AND YOU REACH OUT AND HE GRABS YOU AND PULLS YOU OUT OF YOUR SINKING CESPOOL OF RELIGION AND GOOD WORKS, SELF RIGHTOUSNESS AND HYPOCRISY..ONLY TO LIFT YOU ONTO THE BACK OF HIS EVERLASTING KINDNESS,MERCY AND ALL POWEFULL STRENGTH! and breath into you the everlasting gift of his holy GHOST! AND NOW DWELLING IN YOU..IS HIM!! Psa 30:4
Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints,
and give thanks to his holy name. SO I SHOULD BE THINKING ON THESE THINGS...THINGS THAT SHOULD MAKE A DEEP, DEEP MARK OF THANKSGIVING DOWN IM MY SOUL.... AND HIS LAW ETECHED UPON THE FLESHLY TABLETS OF MY HEART THAT I WOULD WANT TO OBEY HIM TO MY LAST DYING BREATH ALL THE WHILE CAUSEING TEARS OF REJOICING IF MEDITATED ON TOO LONG..AND EACH PRAISE OF REJOICING SHOULD CHANGE MY ATTITUDE TOWARDS MY WIFE AND CHILDREN...CO WORKERS AND FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE WAY...AND TOTAL STRANGERS THAT ARE SITLL IN THE CLUTCHES OF THE ENEMY...UNSHAKLED AND UNHEALED...BLIND TO THE PERFECT LOVE THAT CASTS OUT THE FEAR OF LIVING AND THE UNKNOWN.......HIS NAME SHOULD NEVER LEAVE OUR LIPS...... Act 16:25
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
Act 16:26
and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened. Isa 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;fn
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;fn
PEACE.