Friday... There are awesome miracles for us to see.

Psalm 66:3 (NLT), "Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles he performs for people."

Friday... There are awesome miracles for us to see.

So many times we are in such a hurry. On my way to this coffee shop I was going the speed limit but some guy was on my tail. He finally got around me and was able to get to where he wanted faster. I think he was headed to playing a round of golf and some guys may have been waiting on him. I'm sure they had a good reason just like we do when it seems that God is going too slow in what we want him to do for us.

Now God always has a reason for what he does and it is amazing what he can do. David writes in Psalm 66:3 (NLT), "Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles he performs for people."

Now he also writes in verses 16-19, "Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me. For I cried out to him for help, praising him as I spoke." And we've been there. He continues and shows us a reason why it seems sometimes that he is slow. David says, "If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened." So there is the first thing we need to do. Is there a sin that we need to confess to God? Maybe God is waiting on us.

And this is important to see. Verses 19-20 says, "But God did listen! Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer or withdraw his unfailing love."

And here is something else we need to be doing. Instead of being anxious and griping we need to be praising. Verse 8 says, "Let the whole earth bless our God and loudly sing his praises. Our lives are in his hands, and he keeps our feet from stumbling. You have tested us, O God; you have purified us like silver." Yes, he has a purpose.

I also was reading this morning over in John 21 of one of the disciples who was having trouble in believing that Jesus had come back to life. Our non-believing can hold us back on our time. Verse 24-25 says, "One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), was not with the others when Jesus came. They told him, 'We have seen the Lord!' But he replied, 'I will not believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, and put my fingers into them, and placed my hand into the wound in his side."

Now look at this. Verses 26-29 says, "Eight days later the disciples were together again, and this time Thomas was with them. The doors were locked, but suddenly, as before, Jesus was standing among them. 'Peace be with you, ' he said. Then he said to Thomas, 'Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don't be faithless any longer. Believe!' 'My Lord and my God!' Thomas exclaimed. Then Jesus told him, 'You believed because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me." The key word here is "Believe!"

Yes, there are awesome miracles for us to see. It is not God who is slow. He knows what he is doing. So let's confess, praise and believe. And that can calm our anxiety and impatience. And Psalm 66:3 (NLT) says, "Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles he performs for people." 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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