Wednesday... Yes, we really will overcome.

Psalm 117:2 (AMP), "For His loving kindness prevails over us [and we triumph and overcome through Him], and the truth of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)"

Wednesday... Yes, we really will overcome.

When we have someone who loves us, really loves us, it seems that we can handle anything.

Here in Psalm 117, the shortest chapter in the Bible, the writer in verse 2 (AMP) says, "For His loving kindness prevails over us [and we triumph and overcome through Him], and the truth of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)" But what if something changes?

Now, God the Father showed how much He loved us by sending His Son to earth. He came to be the sacrifice for all who were lost, who had turned their backs on Him and of course it started in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve disobeyed Him and that changed every plan that God had for us so He had to do something about it because of His love for us.

Over in John 14 the disciples were having a major problem. Jesus was telling them that He was leaving them. Now even today that happens in many marriages. One of the love partners says they don't love the other anymore and that can wreak their whole life. And here Jesus was telling them that He was leaving them.

Now it wasn't because He didn't love them. He had to die and then be resurrected because that was why He had come to earth. He had to leave them because of His love for and obedience to His Father and for all of us. The human part of Jesus was holding him back.

Now Jesus turned it back on them. In verse 15 (NLT) Jesus said, "If you love me, obey my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you." Yes God had it all taken care of because of His love for us and we need to see that. Yes, God has been and will be always with us. We may turn our backs on Him but He still loves us.

We show our love to Him by obeying His commandments. And if we do that then Psalm 117:2 will prevail. "For His loving kindness prevails over us [and we triumph and overcome through Him], and the truth of the LORD endures forever." He always will love us. He will never leave us but we will not reap the benefit of His love if we do not obey His commandments.

Picture this. Jesus is sitting on His throne right next to His Father but God has sent another Advocate who will never leave us. And this Advocate is not held back by His humanness as Jesus was.

Jesus says in verse 26, "But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative - that is, the Holy Spirit - he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you." And we desperately need that. He goes on in verse 27, "I am leaving you a gift - peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift that the world cannot give. So don't be troubled or afraid."

Again, Psalm 117:2 says, "For His loving kindness prevails over us [and we triumph and overcome through Him], and the truth of the LORD endures forever." The NLT says, "For his unfailing love for us is powerful." NIRV, "Great is his love for us." And the Message, "His love has taken over our lives." And "God's faithful ways are eternal."

Yes, if we obey then we really will overcome. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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 ...

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...

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...

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