OUR LORD REIGNS FOREVER! But you, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations. —Lamentations 5:19             Our Lord reigns forever and we are His servants!  What greater joy can there be than that?  We get to serve our Lord forever.  He alone is perfect.  He alone is totally good.  He alone has our best interests in mind.  He alone loves us like no other.  We are fortunate to know Him!             All earthly rulers’ reigns last but a moment.  Their thrones are so temporary and their power wanes and vanishes, never to be again.  Ungodly rulers think themselves to be powerful when ruling, but they do not know…

WAIT PATIENTLY The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.  “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”  The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.  It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. —Lamentations 3:22-25 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad come? —Lamentations 3:38 His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”  He replied, “You are talking like a…

MY STRENGTH The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him. —Psalm 28:7             We go through life generally feeling pretty good, but then sickness hits us and our weakness is magnified.  Only to feel good again is our heart’s desire when we are not well.  To be able to attend to the basics of life again becomes our hope.  During those times we think of when we were well and appreciate those times and hope to return to them.              Sin sickness saps away the spiritual strength of our lives. …

I AM ETERNALLY SAFE! The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? —Psalm 27:1 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. —Proverbs 1:7 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.  Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD, —Proverbs 1:28-29             “Whom shall I fear?”  I am not to fear man.  That only leads to being snared— “Fear of man will prove to be a snare,…

RESTING IN THE LORD! The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him. —Psalm 28:6 The Lord is my strength The Lord is my shield The Lord is fully trustworthy The Lord helps How much strength do you and I really have?  Some little germ floating through the air can knock us down if it invades our body.  Pollen is so small and can make life miserable for those affected by it.  Even when we are in good health we are not very strong.  But our Lord is all-powerful and it is…

TRUST HIM! I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. —Psalm 25:2 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. —Psalm 20:7 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. —Proverbs 3:5-6             Who do you truly trust?  Or what do you truly trust?  Do you trust anyone or anything?  Are you truly trusting God and how is that seen in your life? To know my life is…

JESUS IS MY SHEPHERD!             Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd” (John 10:11).  With that in mind look again at Psalm 23 and inserting His Name at the proper places. JESUS is my shepherd; I shall not want.  JESUS makes me lie down in green pastures; JESUS leads me beside quiet waters.  JESUS restores my soul; JESUS guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.  Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for JESUS IS with me; JESUS’ rod and JESUS’ staff, they comfort me.  JESUS PREPARES a table before me in the presence…

OUR AWESOME LORD! But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.  All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads: “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.” —Psalm 22:6-8 Two rebels were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”  In…

NOTHING IS TOO DIFFICULT FOR OUR LORD! ”Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of hosts is his name:  “If this fixed order departs from before me, declares the LORD, then shall the offspring of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever.”  Thus says the LORD: “If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth below can be explored, then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done,…

HE IS THE OWNER AND GIVER It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever it seems right to me. —Jeremiah 27:5             By God’s great power He made: The earth The men on the earth The animals on the earth By God’s great power He gives that which He made “to whomever it seems right to (Him).”  He has plans and purposes that He is working out all over this planet.  The nations that ruled in the past, are ruling in the present and that will…