A Bowl of Encouragement by Herb Cotton
God Speaks:
Psalm 116:1-2 King James Version (KJV)
116 I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Listen to God Speak & Obey:
Do you know the God of the Bible? In whom do you trust? Where is your God? To love the Lord, you must know Him.
Psalm 115:1-3 King James Version (KJV)
115 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.
2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
The following conversation of Jesus with a Gentile woman informs my understanding of the God of the Bible.
John 4:21-26 King James Version (KJV)
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
The Bible describes God in human terms that we can understand. He has eyes that can see us, ears that can hear us, and hands that can touch us. God is a great God and a loving heavenly Father.
There is no place I would rather be than in the hands of God.
Psalm 31:15 King James Version (KJV)
15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
There is nothing beyond the reach of God, and there is nothing too difficult for our Father in heaven.
Luke 1:37 King James Version (KJV)
37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Prayer:
Our Father in heaven, we offer up to you our prayers of praise and thanksgiving. Father, we acknowledge that You are God, and we are not.
Father, we are so grateful that You have eyes to see us, ears to hear us, and hands that can reach down and touch us.
Father, we rest in the knowledge that nothing is too difficult for You. Father, we stretch our hands and surrender our lives to You. In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray, Amen.
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