THE LORD JESUS IS OUR ONLY HOPE

We humans are under the dominion of darkness. We are consigned to darkness because we, as a race, forfeited our sovereign position of leadership we were give over the earth.

The Lord our God, not willing to lose any of us, provided a way for salvation through the suffering and death of His only Son, Jesus. 

The death He underwent secured for us who believe a reprieve from our sentence of darkness. His subsequent resurrection granted us a chance to rise with Him into His kingdom of righteousness. 

Without this hope, we are doomed to existing in eternal darkness forever. This is not the environment we were made for. We were made for light and love and hope and life. For creatures like us, living eternally in a realm of darkness, hate, doom and death would be an unbearable existence.

The Lord Jesus paid the high price for us and is willing to save all those who call upon Him  asking for salvation from an eternity in darkness. 

He will not overlook the request of a humble heart. 

Amen.

BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD.

The name of the Lord is greatly to be praised.

 The name of the Lord is like a strong tower. 

The name of the Lord is the only name given by which we might be saved.

Call upon the name of the Lord and be saved.

Amen.

THE LORD OUR GOD IS A MIGHTY WARRIOR

The Lord our God is mighty. He is strong and unconquerable.

He fights against darkness and evil and injustice and cruelty. He is strong to defend the weak and the helpless.

He is their defender.

He teaches His people to fight against the forces of malice and rebellion and He replaces evil with good. 

Bless His holy name.

THE LORD OUR PROVIDER.

The Lord Jesus is the good shepard. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

He know when every sparrow falls. He knows what you have need of before you ask.

He is patient. He is kind. He keeps no record of wrong. He bears all things and forgives all things. He always protects. He always trusts.

His ways are ways of righteousness and all his paths are peace.

Wait upon the Lord and He will give you wings like eagles. You will run and not grow weary. You will walk and not faint.

Amen.

THE LORD IS OUR FORTRESS

The Lord Jesus is our fortress. He is our salvation. We who trust in Him run to Him and we are safe.

He is strong and He is mighty. Praise and honor to the Lord our God.

He is the perfect and only  Son of God who reigns forever and of His kingdom there shall be no end.

OUR GOD WHO SAVES

The very God who made us, knew that our free nature would lead us into a state of rebellion against Him.

Yet He wanted free people who could, as free entities, willingly choose the path of God.

Having chosen the life of rebellion, it is not easy to turn against our intrinsic nature and live a live of abandon to God. In fact, everything in us and around us works very hard to keep us in a perpetual state of enmity with God.

But the Lord is a capable shepard and is well able to provide all that is needed to guide His people to the knowledge of His salvation and persuade them that they want a relationship with God rather than with the king of darkness.

The darkness tries to disguise itself as a kingdom of light and  it clothes itself with promises of pleasure.

We live for a while in this realm and for some of us, the Lord lets us see the shallow futility of living selfishly and engaging in deeds approved by the agents of darkness. We know that we must find away out before we are engulfed in the miasma of savagery and mediocrity.

It is at precisely this time that a sliver of the gospel is offered to us and we are awakened to the possibility of redemption from our evil ways and our evil fate.

The Lord God is good. He has paid the costly price to redeem you. He is presenting the offer of the free gift of salvation.  

Accept this gift and be saved.

OUR LORD AS SERVANT

The Lord Jesus, to whom all authority and power over heaven and earth and over all men was given, modelled the life of a servant. 

He ministered to the poor and the sick. He washed the feet of His disciples to set the bar of service to each other.

The Lord wants  all subjects of His kingdom  to serve one another. The standard is clear: those who would be great in His kingdom would be servant of all.