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Monday... Two thoughts of encouragement for today.


Monday... Two thoughts of encouragement for today. One from the Old Testament and one from the New.

In facing what is ahead today, the best place to start is in God's Word. It really is.

I found this in Psalm 76:4 (NLT), "You are glorious and more majestic than the everlasting mountains." I love mountains and I love this verse. My wife and I live in one of the most sinful valleys in the world and we are surrounded by mountains. I don't need to look at what is happening in the valley and be overwhelmed and discouraged but I do need to look at the surrounding mountains. All that man has created and is doing in this valley does not hold anything to the everlasting mountains that God has created. 

The world is in great turmoil right now but God is more glorious and majestic than the everlasting mountains and he oversees as they do what is happening. 

And then Hebrews 13:6 (AMP) says, "So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently say, 'The Lord is my helper [in time of need], I will not be afraid. What can mere man do to me.'" In what our world is facing on this Monday morning God's Word says, that we can take comfort and be encouraged and be confident." Why? Because God is our helper in time of need and we don't need to be afraid of what man can do to us."

The Message Paraphrase says, "God is there, ready to help; I'm fearless no matter what. Who or what can get to me?" 

Verses 5 & 6 in the New International Reader's Version says, "Don't be controlled by love for money. Be happy with what you have. God has said, 'I will never leave you. I will never desert you' (Deuteronomy 31:6) So we can say boldly, 'The Lord helps me. I will not be afraid. What can mere human beings do to me?'" (Psalm 118:7)

So let's take these thoughts of encouragement from God's Word with us as we face today. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning  

    

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