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Psalm 37 verses 1 to 5

Don’t worry about people who are not for you. People who pull you down. Those who discredit you. People who speak badly about you. Maybe at work there is a co-worker who is getting everything: the promotion, more money, the accolades. You do the same job, and yet no one notices you, but management gives that coworker the upper hand.

Maybe a friend is getting married and then another and another and you look around and there is no one for you.

Maybe a relative is just so ungrateful after you helped them financially, and they don’t remember your good deeds. Now, look at you with all those bills plying up, and you have no way out.

Don’t worry.

Let all of these people do what they do, but you stay close to the Lord and enjoy His word.

Those people will not last with their joy because it is only for a short time.

You will be rewarded. The Lord will bless you in His time.

Stay strong in the Lord and the power of His might.

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If we believe not, he abides faithful. He can not deny himself.

He remains faithful even when we are not. He will never fail his people, those he loves and are called by his name.

God is not a man that he shall lie.

( 2 Timothy 2 verse 13 and Numbers 23 verse 19)

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My words are not fake.

I do not want to speak peace to my neighbors but have mischief in my heart. ( adapted from Psalm 27 verse 3.)

My prayer today is that I want my words to be pure and sincere. I pray daily that my ways might please the Lord. I pray my heart might be right before the Lord who dwells in holiness and who is holy and cannot look upon sin. But he might be pleased with me and that my enemies will be at peace with me.

Amen.

There Is No Shame

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Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashame: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame. Isaiah 54 verse 4.

His words are true. His love is real.

His promises can never fail.

With his blood, he has bought our hearts.

Now, seen in him, we will never part.

Standing in faith, there is no shame, no press of fear.

Because the God of peace, our eternal Lord, is here and will remain near.

God’s Word is Yes and Amen

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The Lord is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

His benefits and blessings are renewed every day.

Of his lovingkindness, there is no end.

Trust him where you cannot trace him, where things seem bleak.

When the way seems dim.

When the path to walk looks dark, impassible.

There is no God like him.

There is no help like his aid.

Take that leap of faith and trust in a God who fulfills all his promises.

A God whose love is everlasting.

And his word is yea and amen.

Fear Not the Ides of March

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For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. Jeremiah 17 verse 8.

No matter the circumstances.

No matter what is happening in the world today; war or rumors of war, poor economy, inflation or natural disasters;

God will see us through.

He protects his own.

He cares for his children.

He will never leave us or forsake us.

A thousand shall fall at our side and ten thousand at our right hand and it will not come near us.

We only need to believe.

Neither Good or Bad

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They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.  Jeremiah 10 verse 5.

Some people are good, and in all appearances, they do well.

They are not the ones to fear.

They will do nothing; they will say nothing, nor do they see anything.

They have no life within them.

They will neither be against you or be for you.

They are like a vapor; here, one moment, then gone the next as if the vapor never existed.

Give Thanks For God’s Goodness

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Oh, Lord, with praise and joy, I give thanks.

I do not deserve thy goodness.

I live in fear and anxiety about things I cannot control.

Yet, when I cry to thee and call upon thy name, I feel a peace that surrounds me;

I breathe and move forward.

Not knowing what will happen or where I should go.

But belief inhabits my heart, and I trust thee.

So, I give thanks.

Jesus Lives…

This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased. Matthew 3 verse 17.

He finished the work which the Father gave him to do.

Perfect completion.

God the Father is well pleased with His son.

He raised him from the dead.

And seated him at his right hand in the glory.

There he lives the die no more.

The Son of Man, the son of God, Jesus Christ the Lord.

Jesus lives.

God Will Help You Fear Not.

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Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; fear not… Isaiah 44 verse 2.

God knows you.

You are special.

You are unique.

He understands you because He made you.

You are not alone.

He sees you.