Tag: hope

Comfort Others…

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Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; He will come and save you. Isaiah 35 verse 4

Take time, a mere moment from your life to comfort someone else.

Pray for the sick.

Encourage the faint-hearted.

Pay attention to the lonely.

Give thanks to God for those in your life.

Help those who are helpless.

Be strong in the power of the Lord’s might, knowing he will sustain you and keep you in all your ways.

Remembering Jesus…

Where is He now?

We see Jesus…

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in times past unto the fathers by the prophets. Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds. Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. Being made so much better than the angels. as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. Hebrews 1 verses 1 to 4

He is now crowned with honor.

Seated at the Father’s right hand in the glory.

Having completed the work that the Father gave him to do.

There he lives.

We remember him.

God is My Salvation…

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Behold, God is my Salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord, Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Isaiah 12 verse 2

He is my protection and in him, will I trust.

I am not afraid of the terror that walks in the day nor of the darkness that shrouds the night.

His song will be forever in my heart and his joy on my lips.

I will praise him forever through all eternity.

He is my strength, my song, and my salvation.

And in him, I lack nothing.

When God Makes Bare His Arm

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Therefore thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts: O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt; for yet a very little while and the indignation shall be accomplished, and mine anger, in their destruction. Isaiah 10 verses 24 and 25.

Don’t worry about those who rise up against you.

Their end is near.

Because their time is brief and full of vanity.

God is not blind and neither is he deaf.

In the fullness of time, He will make bare his arm and descend in judgment against them.

Do not fret, the Lord himself will defend you.

If They Conspire Against You

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Ye shall not say, Conspiracy, of everything, of which this people saith, Conspiracy; and fear ye not their fear, and be not in dread. Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your dread. Isaiah 8 verses 12 and 13.

They are some who live in constant fear while delighting to plot against you.

They view your every move as a mark on them.

Seeing you as the enemy, therefore, despising you for no good reason.

Sometimes it does not take two hands to clap, with these people jealousy lines their hearts.

They ride a slippery slope and quickly give in to paranoia as they go about living.

Don’t be like this lot so easily swayed and give in to the feeling of dread.

Remember you have a sanctuary in God.

Reverence Him and let Him work for you.

Sudden Fear…

God is our Champion

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Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked when it comes. For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. Proverbs 3 verse 25

Unexpected danger can rise up against us at any time.

We are not immune to the darkness or the violence that surrounds every nation on this earth nor even to the dangers outside our window.

But as a child of the true and living God, we have security in his care.

Confident that his word is true.

He will never leave us.

He will always take care of us.

He is our protector.

Our Champion.

Our Saviour and shield.

He knows the right way to take, all we have to do is follow and not be afraid.

I Can Sleep and Not Be Afraid…

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When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. Proverbs 3 verse 24

I grow weary.

Fatigue seeps deep into my bones while my eyes threaten to close.

The day is long and the night is longer still yet I hold my breath and wait for sleep to shroud me into quiet oblivion.

I am safe cocooned in the confidence of God’s promise to stay with me.

With God There is Peace…

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Great peace have they which love thy law and nothing shall offend them. Psalm 119 verse 165

There is no peace when we are surrounded by strife, poverty, and violence.

To have a little solace in our private space is something elusive.

If we cannot have it we decide to create our own brand of comfort and race toward that ultimate goal.

Hooked on the rush of the moment, that sense of euphoria we run the mill like rats on a wheel moving over and over again until we tear off the routine, the same old, same old when things grow stale or we become too weary to go on.

Unaccommodated, stripped of all the trappings of society left alone with the nakedness of our emotions, we are now ready.

Ready to enter into a place of quietness where God is our focus.

In his presence, there is no censor, no criticism.

We learn of true peace.

We learn there is rest and we delight in his word.

God is My Strength…

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The Lord is on my side; I will not fear what can man do unto me? Psalm 118 verse 6

If God is for me who can be against me?

My heavenly Father is the Creator. He made heaven and earth with the wave of His hand.

He called into existence those things that didn’t exist to be alive.

He hung the worlds in space and He made the sun for the day and the moon for the night.

And He hears my prayers as I cry Abba Father.

I pity those who rise up to do me harm.

The Day After…My Soul is Pleased

His comforts delight my soul.

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In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts delight my soul. Psalm 94 verse 19

As I contempt the Lord who He is and what He has done for me, I wonder what it is about me that He would die for me?

Who am I that He should stoop so low from the palace of His glory to take my place in death?

I can say that it is His great love that makes Him mindful of me.

He saw me afar off and He prepared a way for me.

Nothing I have done and nothing I will do can take Him surprise.

Nothing that I face daily will cause Him to turn His back on me.

So vast and free is His love for me.

To my Saviour I am priceless.

His ways bring joy to my soul.