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The Wisdom of the Proverbs:

Proverbs 27:11 (NLT)

Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad. Then I will be able to answer my critics.

The Encouragement of the Psalms:

Psalm 107:1 (NLT)

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.

The Hope of the Old Testament:

Psalm 107:2 (NLT)

Has the LORD redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies.

The Gospel Message:

Hebrews 9:11-12 (NLT)

So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come. He has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle in heaven, which was not made by human hands and is not part of this created world.

With his own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever.

Observation:

Have you been redeemed by the precious and royal blood of Jesus? Listen to the word of encouragement from the heart and pen of David.

Psalm 107:2 (NLT)

Has the LORD redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies.

Every believer in Christ has a story to tell. Think about your testimony, write it down, and pray for a divine appointment to tell someone your story. It will be a blessing to them and you. However, most of all it will glorify God.

Prayer:

Our Father in heaven, we are so grateful for what You have done for us in sending Jesus to pay our sin debt.

Romans 6:23 (NLT)

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Father, we thank You for doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.

2 Corinthians 5:21 (NLT)

For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

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1 Samuel 3:10 (NLT)
¹⁰ And the LORD came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”

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Are You Walking In the Way of Wisdom?

Text:

Psalm 90:12 (ESV)

12 So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Observation:

Do you have a heart of wisdom? If you have Jesus in your heart, He is wisdom, and He has made you to have a heart of wisdom. Notice what the Bible says.

1 Corinthians 1:30-31 (ESV)

30 And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

If you are in Christ you have wisdom, and you have hope because Christ in you is the hope of glory.

Our circumstances should not determine our outlook, or our attitude about life today, and our blessed hope for tomorrow. In Christ, we have hope, and in Christ we have the wisdom of God living is us. So, today why not walk in wisdom, and boast in the Lord; your redeemer, and provider.

Psalm 90:14-17 (ESV)

14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil.

16 Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.

17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!

Prayer:

Father, when the weight of the world, and the problems of the world, get burdensome, Lord help us to remember who we are, and whose we are. Father, we make this our prayer, and song of praise.

Psalm 90:17 (HCSB)

17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish for us the work of our hands— establish the work of our hands!

In the mighty name of Jesus we pray, Amen.

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Ephesians 6:10-11 (ESV)
¹⁰ Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
¹¹ Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

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Who Is the Keeper of Your Soul?

Text:

Psalm 23:1 (HCSB)

1 The LORD is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack.

Observation:

As I listened to the lyrics of this song early in the morning, the thoughts I share with you today were birthed in my soul.

“He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock,

That shadows a dry, thirsty land;

He hideth my life in the depths of His love,

And covers me there with His hand,

And covers me there with His hand.”

Yes, Jesus is a wonderful Savior. He’s a wonderful Savior to me. This song speaks volumes into my soul, and it thrills my soul. O the security, and the comfort of being hidden in the depths of God’s love.

Are you covered by the hand of God? There is no place I would rather be than in the hand of my God.

“He hideth my life in the depths of His love,

And covers me there with His hand.”

Listen to what the Bible says about the one who wants to be the shepherd of your soul; the keeper of your life now, and for eternity.

The Good Shepherd

John 10:11 (HCSB)

11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

The Great Shepherd

Hebrews 13:20-21 (HCSB)

20 Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus—the great Shepherd of the sheep—with the blood of the everlasting covenant,

21 equip you with all that is good to do His will, working in us what is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ. Glory [belongs] to Him forever and ever. Amen.

The Chief Shepherd

1 Peter 5:4 (HCSB)

4 And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

Prayer:

Our Father in heaven, I am so thankful, and will be forever grateful for all that You have done for all of Your children.

Father, I rejoice to associate myself with Your people of every age. O, what a day that will be when we all get to heaven. Yes, we will surely sing, and shout the victory in Jesus. In the name of Jesus we pray, Amen.

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Ephesians 6:10-11 (ESV)
¹⁰ Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
¹¹ Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

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What Is the Way to Heaven?

Text:

James 4:8 (HCSB)

8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people!

Observation:

Are you a believer in Jesus? Have you received Him into your life? Notice what the Bible says.

John 1:12-13 (HCSB)

12 But to all who did receive Him, He gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in His name,

13 who were born, not of blood, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God.

John 3:3 (HCSB)

3 Jesus replied, “I assure you: Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

This is the Gospel of Christ in a nutshell.

John 3:16-18 (HCSB)

16 “For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

17 For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

18 Anyone who believes in Him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the One and Only Son of God.

I appreciate straightforward talk. What has Jesus said about how to have eternal life? How can you live forever in the presence of God? How do you get from this world to heaven?

John 14:6 (HCSB)

6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

John 5:24 (HCSB)

24 “I assure you: Anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.

These are the lyrics of a song expressing a loving invitation from the heart of Jesus to your heart; the title “Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling”.

“Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,

Calling for you and for me;

See, on the portals He’s waiting and watching,

Watching for you and for me.

? Refrain:

? Come home, come home,

? You who are weary, come home;

? Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,

? Calling, O sinner, come home!”

Prayer:

Father, I give You the highest praise that my heart can render. Father, Your love is so unconditional, Your grace so amazing, Your forgiveness so far reaching, and Your mercies so tender.

Father, I thank You that the power of the Holy Spirit of God draws people to Jesus, and I pray that He would draw any that have not received Jesus into their life to Jesus before it is to late. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.

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Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
¹¹ So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

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The Joy of Living In the Presence of God

Text:

Zephaniah 3:17 (HCSB)

17 Yahweh your God is among you, a warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with gladness. He will bring ?you? quietness with His love. He will delight in you with shouts of joy.”

Observation:

When I take inventory of my cup of blessings, there is none that I treasure more that what is described in our focal passage for today’s meditation.

I draw strength, courage, and peace from knowing that Yahweh, my God, is with me.

But, not only is He with me, the Word says, “He will rejoice over you with gladness”.

There is nothing more important to me in life than to be pleasing in the eyes of the Lord.

Therefore, I can live with the confident assurance that nothing can separate me from the love of God. This includes these schemes of the enemy of God, and our souls.

No place can separate me from God.
No person can separate me from God.
No circumstance can separate me from God.

Romans 8:35 (HCSB)

35 Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or anguish or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

Romans 8:37 (HCSB)

37 No, in all these things we are more than victorious through Him who loved us.

Prayer:

Father God, I am so grateful for the relationship that You desire to have with Your people, and the extent You went to make it possible.

Titus 3:5 (HCSB)

5 He saved us— not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

Father, O the joy of knowing that our God rejoices over His children with gladness, and with love. Father, give us a burning desire in our hearts to rejoice in You, and in the victory You have given us through Jesus our Savior, and Lord. In the mighty name of Jesus we pray, Amen.

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