Thursday... So, do you have all you need and want?

Thursday... So, do you have all you need and want? Now there is a big difference in the two isn't there?

We have a tradition in our family at this time of the year. I ask every member of our family all 8 of them, kids and adults alike to give me their list of what they want for Christmas. It makes it so much easier to buy for them each Christmas. It is a fun thing to do.

So what do you want for Christmas?

Now there is another list that we each one have and it is the list of what we need. And that is really a more important list. Now David, the writer of Psalm 23 had this list all figured out. It wasn't a what but a WHO. Verse 1 (NLT) says, "The Lord is my shepherd, I have all that I need." Have you found that to be true? It is.

Proverbs 23:4-5 says, "Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich. Be wise enough to quit. In the blink of the eye wealth disappears, for it will sprout wings and fly away like an eagle." That is so true. We unwrap a present and then throw the paper away and look for the next one.

Now 2 Thessalonians shows us something that reinforces that He is all we need. Chapter 1 verse 6 (NIRV) says, "God is fair. He will pay back trouble to those who give you trouble. He will help you who are troubled. And he will also help us." This time that we are in has a lot of trouble and we need help and "He will help you who are troubled."

Psalm 23:1 (NIRV), "The Lord is my shepherd. He gives me everything I need." Now what more could you ask? 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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