Wednesday... He continues, so I can too!

Psalm 116:1 (AMP), "I love the Lord, because He hears [and continues to hear] my voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs)."

Wednesday... He continues, so I can too!

The writer of Psalm 116:1 (AMP) says, "I love the Lord, because He hears [and continues to hear] my voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs)." But the writer doesn't stop there, in verse 2 he continues and says the reason why, "Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I will call on Him as long as I live."

It is so important that we start our day remembering what God has done and believing what he will continue to do if we through faith believe that he will continue to hear us. We just need to believe.

Over in Matthew 16, Jesus was talking about one thing but his twelve followers were thinking he meant something else. Verses 5-6 says, "Later, after they crossed to the other side of the lake, the disciples discovered they had forgotten to bring bread. 'Watch out!' Jesus warned them. 'Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.'" And they started arguing with each other because they hadn't brought any bread. And Jesus then had to remind them of what he can and will continue to do. It became a tremendous opportunity for them to remember because Jesus knew what they were arguing about. We need to remember what God has done and will continue to do.

Verses 8-11 says, "Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said, 'You have so little faith! Why are you arguing with each other about having no bread? Don't you understand even yet? Don't you remember the 5,000 I fed with five loaves, and the baskets of leftovers you picked up? Or the 4,000 I fed with seven loaves, and the large baskets of leftovers you picked up? Why can't you understand that I'm not talking about bread? So again I say, 'Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.'" In other words, I an going to take care of you. You just need to remember what I have done and have faith for what I will continue to do.

Psalm 116:3b-4 (NLT) says, "I saw only trouble and sorrow. Then I called on the name of the Lord: 'Please, Lord, save me!'" And then remember. Verses 5 says, "How kind the Lord is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours!" Verse 6a goes on, "The Lord protects those of childlike faith;" Verse 6 in the Amplified Bible says, "The Lord protects the simple (childlike); I was brought low [humbled and discouraged], and he saved me."

He what? "He saved me." He fed 5,000 with five loaves. he fed 4,000 with seven loaves and don't you remember, there were leftovers?

I love what the Psalmist says in verse 7a in the NLT. This is the thought that caught my attention today. it says "Let my soul be at rest again." Maybe you need to pray that prayer right now. Maybe your anxiety level is way up high. So pray, "Let my soul be at rest again." and then remember, "for the Lord has been good to me."

Verse 1 says, "I love the Lord, because He hears [and continues to hear] my voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs)." And he will, verse 7, "let my soul be at rest again, for the Lord has been good to me." He continues, so I can too! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit?

Nehemiah 6:16b (NLT), "They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit? Over in the Old Testament in the book of Nehemiah it tells of a major task that through the leadership of Nehemiah was accomplished. The walls of Jerusalem had been torn down and God had laid it on Nehemiah to build those walls back up. It was definitely an almost impossible task but Nehemiah 6:15-16 says, "So on October 2 the wall was finished - just fifty-two days after we had begun. When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Now, we so many times want to take credit for doing the impossible. It would make such a difference for us. But I wonder what would happen through us if God got the credit? Psalm 96 tells us what we are to do. Verses 2-3 says, "Sing to the LORD; praise his name. ...

Thursday... Maybe we need this word today.

Psalm 57:1b (NIRV), "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Thursday... Maybe we need this word today. There are words in life that give us confidence no matter what we are facing. Now we have to believe them in order for them to have an impact. David wrote Psalm 57 while he was in a cave hiding from Saul who wanted to kill him and he says in the last part of verse 1, "There I will stay." It was a safe place and Saul didn't know that he was there. But he doesn't stop there. With confidence he said, "There I will stay until." And until is definitely a word of faith and confidence. "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Do we need that today? Let me give you the whole verse. In verse 1 David says, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." And that is a great place to start in times of trouble. Maybe that is what we need to pray today, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." It is so great to have someone...

Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." Tuesday... We just have trouble listening. Over in Jeremiah 25:4 (NLT) it says, "Again and again the LORD has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention." And Jeremiah went on to tell what was going to happen. There will be consequences if we do not listen to what God says through his Word. Now the Apostle Paul over in 1 Corinthians was having a problem with some professed Christ followers who were having trouble at listening. And we too can have problems at listening. We can think that being a Christ follower means we do a lot of finger pointing and we give up on people who don't do what we say. We can even do that in our families. But Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." In verse ...

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