Wednesday... It really is a beautiful sight.

Does doing something everyday get to the place that it loses meaning? I guess it can but still thank you, God for the good night's rest and moving and working in my life yesterday and now for the opportunity of a new day and with you at my side. Thank you, thank you so much. Also, I just checked in to Aspire Coffee Shop for the 406th time where I have spent time in your word and sharing uplifting thoughts out to others. Thank you so much for the desire and the privilege of fulfilling this commitment. Thanks for the opportunity.

Look at what the prophet Isaiah writes in 52:7 (NIRV), "What a beautiful sight it is to see messengers coming with good news! How beautiful to see them coming down from the mountains with a message of peace! How wonderful it is when they bring good news that we are saved! How wonderful when they say to Zion, 'Your God rules!'"

Now that is a tremendous privilege, isn't it? The world wants us to spread bad news. We constantly feed on bad news but what a difference if we hear the bad news and then put a good news spin on it. We have been saved. We are not lost. That is such good news, isn't it?

That is the opportunity that God has given each one of us who have been saved. So stop and thank him for that. "How wonderful it is when they bring good news that we are saved." Thank him for that, reveal in that. We are no longer lost. We have been saved.

I'm also reading over in the book of Revelation, the last book of the Bible. What an unbelievable picture of what is ahead for those who have been saved. In chapter 4:1-3 (NLT) it says, "Then I looked, I saw a door standing open in heaven, and the same voice I had heard before spoke to me like a trumpet blast. The voice said, 'Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this.' And instantly I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne in heaven and someone sitting on it. The one sitting on the throne was as brilliant as gemstones - like jasper and carnelian. And the glow of an emerald circled his throne like a rainbow."

You understand that those who are lost will be thrown into an eternal fire but we who are saved have something that is way beyond anything that we can ever image. Now I think that is really, really good news!

Look at this. Psalm 112:4 says, "Light shines in the darkness for the godly. They are generous, compassionate, and righteous." And then verses 7-9, "They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust in the Lord to care for them. They are confident and fearless and can face their foes generously forever. They will have influence and honor."

Again, "What a beautiful sight it is to see messengers coming with good news! How beautiful to see them coming down from the mountains with a message of peace! How wonderful it is when they bring good news that we are saved! How wonderful when they say to Zion, 'Your God rules!'"

Thank you so much, God, for the tremendous privilege of being a messenger coming with good news. It really is! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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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