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IN HIM I TRUST! Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” —Psalm 91:1-2 You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. —Psalm 91:5-6 “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.  He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will…

MY DESIRE IS TO HONOR HIM! A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night. —Psalm 90:4 Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures. — Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. —Psalm 90:10 May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands. — Psalm 90:17             What is a thousand years in the sight of our Lord?  They “are like a day that has just gone…

OUR LORD IS ALWAYS GOOD! The Lord will do what is good in his sight. —II Samuel 10:12 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.  Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, Lord.  They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness. —Psalm 89:14-16             Our Lord always does what is good in His sight… always.  Now you say, if that is true then why is their suffering, conflict, mourning, death and so many tears and heartache?  Hold it… wait… are you trying to say that is our Lord God Almighty’s fault? …

LOVERS OF GOD ARE OBEDIENT TO HIM! The Lord said, “Go up.”  David asked, “Where shall I go?” —II Samuel 2:1             When our Lord says to go, then we should go.  David desired to go as our Lord told him to, but he asked about where specifically.  He said, “Where shall I go?”  In David’s case our Lord told Him to go to Hebron. But isn’t that a good question for us to ask as well?  Don’t we want to be going where our Lord wants us to go? “Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped…

LORD, I NEED YOU! Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. —Psalm 86:1 For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God. —Psalm 86:10             Truly, “Whom have I in heaven but you?  And earth has nothing I desire besides you” (Psalm 73:25).  “For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God.”  I am truly “poor and needy.”  Yet You have said that— “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then…

THE PERFECT KISS! Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.  Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven. —Psalm 85:10-11             “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).  The love of God came to this earth through His Son, Jesus.  “So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ” (Romans 10:17).  “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”  The faithfulness of believers meets with the love of God.  It is because “God…

 TRUST OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY TO WORK HIS WORK THROUGH YOU All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their commander. About four hundred men were with him. —I Samuel 22:2 So David and his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah and kept moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there. —I Samuel 23:13 Lord Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you. —Psalm 84:12             David trusted the Lord, even when he was on the run to keep away from Saul who was trying to…

LOVING OTHERS AS OURSELVES And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself. —I Samuel 20:17 Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.’” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town. —I Samuel 20:42             Oh, to have a friendship with someone like David did with Jonathan.  They had a loving friendship.  We are told that Jonathan loved David “as he loved himself.”  It is wonderful…

CONFIDENCE TODAY BECAUSE OF WHAT OUR LORD ACCOMPLISHED YESTERDAY For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry…. “I have sinned. I violated the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid of the men and so I gave in to them. —I Samuel 15:23-24 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” —I Samuel 17:36-37 All those gathered here…

LISTEN AND OBEY! I heard an unknown voice say… —Psalm 81:5            I remember very well when “I heard an unknown voice say” to me— “Turn from your evil ways or be condemned forever… and become a priest.”  The voice was like someone screaming at me as loud as you can possibly imagine, yet the voice was gentle.  Below is what followed… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqWYSyDZYIg A LIFE IS CHANGED in February, 1979 By Ted White   I was a junior in High School when my grandfather died.  It was the first funeral that I had ever been to and it shook me to the core.  My Grandfather was a mason, working with…