Wednesday... Love can be so powerful.

Psalm 44:3 (NLT), "They did not conquer the land with their swords; it was not their own strong arm that gave then victory. It was your right hand and strong arm and your blinding face that helped them for you loved them."

Wednesday... Love can be so powerful.

There is so much love going around. I love coffee but the lid of my coffee cup was not on on tight and I just got it all over me. But there is a love that makes all the difference in our lives. I hope you have experienced this love.

Well the writer of Psalm 44:3 (NLT) says this, "They did not conquer the land with their swords; it was not their own strong arm that gave them victory. It was your right hand and strong arm and the blinding light from your face that helped them, for you loved them." Love can be so powerful.

Now God had promised this land for them. They were slaves in Egypt and because of his love he wanted more for them so he took them through so much to get to this land. And he did it because he loved them.

But they were a mess. His plan was to give it to them as soon as it took them to get there but they were a problem and it took them 40 years but God waited and conquered the land for them. Love can be patient and powerful.

Over in John 3 there is also a reminder to us of God's love. Verses 16-17 says, "For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world but to save the world through him." Yes love can be so patient and so powerful. But somewhere in all of this we each one need to acknowledge this love to experience the whole power of this love.

Psalm 44:3 in the Amplified Bible says, "For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them, but Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, because You were favored and delighted in them." There is so much that he wants to do in our life. He really does love us.

And then John 3:16 in the Amplified Bible says, "For God [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that the whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life." Yes God's love is patient, is powerful and it means that you do not need to perish but have eternal life. But we have to believe and trust in Him as our Savior and accept His love. Yes God wants to save us. We cannot and we don't need to save ourselves.

As the Psalmist writes, "For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them, but Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, because You favored and delighted in them." And verse 17 in John 3 says, "God did not send the Son into the world to judge and condemn the world [that is, to initiate the final judgment of the world], but that the world might be saved through Him." And that means you and me.

Yes his love can be so powerful and it can save us!. 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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