Friday... We have such an advantage now.

Psalm 94:19 (AMP), "When my thoughts multiply within me, Your comforts delight me."

Friday... We have such an advantage now.

I am reading daily in different books in the Old Testament of the Bible. Now we today have such an advantage over the people in the book of Exodus the second book in the Bible.

Over in Exodus, God had sent Moses the writer of this book to Egypt to go before Pharaoh the leader of Egypt and to do all he could to convince him to release the children of Israel who had become slaves to go out for some focus time in their worship of God. It would be a step in there leaving Egypt and eventually setting up their own country. Now we have the whole Bible and we can read the whole story but they didn't. They had Moses who had a connection with God.

Now Moses said in Exodus 4:23 (AMP), "Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has harmed and oppressed this people, and You have done nothing at all to rescue Your people." That sounds a lot like what we would say and we have the whole Bible to read and we have the possibility of our sins taken care of by Jesus and we also have the potential for the Holy Spirit to live in us and guide us and encourage us and teach us. Yes, we have such an advantage now but we still act the same.

Now we can go to Psalm 94 and read in verse 14 (NLT), "The Lord will not reject his people; he will not abandon his special possession." Verse 19 says, "When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." And verse 11 in Psalm 84, "For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives grace and glory. The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do right."

And we also have the privilege of different translations. In verses 12-13 of Psalm 94 in the Amplified Bible it says, "Blessed [with wisdom and prosperity] is the man whom you discipline and instruct, O Lord, and whom you teach from your law, that You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked and ungodly." Now that is such an encouragement, "You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity," He is talking about us.

And then our highlighted verse for today, verse 19 says, "When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, your comforts delight me."

Now the interesting thing about today is, in my schedule, Psalm 84 was what I read but when I sat down to write I read Psalm 94 and as I read in the Amplified Version verses 13 & 19 came into focus with Exodus 4:23 in the Amplified Bible.

By the way, we can know the rest of the story. We can read about the parting of the Red Sea, And if we read the Bible much this whole story of the slaves in Egypt is told over and over to show God's power and love and to encourage us. In Zechariah 10:11 (NLT) I read today, "They will pass through the sea of distress, for the waves of the sea will be held back, and the waters of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be crushed, and the rule of Egypt will end."

Again, we have such an advantage now. And it can make such a difference in our days and in our lives. 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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