Sunday... But it backfires...

Sunday... There is so much that the Evil One and the wicked throws at us to hurt us or even destroy us but it backfires on him. Could that be true of the pandemic?

Psalm 7:14-16 (NLT) says, "The wicked conceives evil; they are pregnant with trouble and give birth to lies. They dig a deep pit to trap others, then fall into it themselves. The trouble they make backfires on them. The violence they plan falls on their heads."

Now whatever happens to those who follow God it must first go through His love. It may have been thrown at us to hurt us, to hurt God, to hurt His plan. It says, "they dig a deep pit to trap others, then fall into it themselves. The trouble backfires on them." The trouble is thrown at us to hurt us, to destroy us but God changes the purpose and uses it for our good and many times it backfires on them and they fall into the pit themselves.

Could it be that the pandemic was sent out to hurt us even to destroy us but that God is using it to reach the world, to bring good out of it, to not destroy the church but to revive it and transform it so He can better use it for His glory? Maybe we should be stepping back and looking at what God is doing instead of complaining about what is happening.

Psalm 7:17 says, "I will thank God because he is just; I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High." The pit of the pandemic may have been there to harm us or destroy us but God is using it for His glory. He knows what is happening and He is to be thanked. You see, "The trouble they make backfires on them." So, "I will thank God because he is just; I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." Monday... He did it by Himself. Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited. The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?" Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself." Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to ma...

Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

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