OUR LORD IS OUR REST

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”         - Mathew 11 verse 28 - 30

A gift that  the Lord gives us is the gift of rest. Whereas spirits can search to and fro seeking rest and not finding it, we who are children God are given inner rest so that we can be refreshed and revived.

We are granted rest for our spirits so that we can be renewed daily in our pursuit of our Lord and His kingdom.

Praise our God.

Amen.

 THE LORD'S  EVERLASTING ARMS

What a fellowship, what a joy divine,

 Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!

What a blessedness, what a peace is mine,

 Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!

      Leaning, leaning,

      Safe and secure from all alarms;

      Leaning, leaning,

      Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.

O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way,

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!

O how bright the path grows from day to day,

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!

What have I to dread, what have I to fear,

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!

I have peace complete with my Lord so near,

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!

 THE LORD'S WONDERFUL NAME

I will praise the name of Him who died

Now lives forever

Jesus lives forever

He shines brighter than the sun

He shines forever

Jesus shines forever

Chorus:

We call upon His wonderful name; JESUS !

We call upon His mighty name; JESUS !

THE LORD OUR MAKER AND OUR FATHER

God is our maker in that He made the  bodies of our progenitor out of clay and He made the human soul. It was into this construction that God breathed that made Adam a living being.

Whereas God made us all in our corporeal and soulish selves, our spirits come from Him and He is thus the Father of our spirits.

As the bible says; Moreover,  we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!     - Hebrews 12 verse 9

Before we are born again, with our spirit selves dead in sin, we are not able to approach God as Father because we are only alive in body and soul which is the "made" part of us. We can only correctly call God, "our maker".

However, when we are born again, our spirits are made alive and now we are able to call God,  "Abba, Father".

As it says in scripture ; The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” - Romans 8 verse 15

We who are believers in Jesus are able to call our God, "Our maker and our Father".

How wonderful He is. 

Amen.

THE LORD OUR GOD DELIGHTS IN US

The LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.

                                -  Psalm 147 verse 11

The Lord sees all those who seek Him with humble hearts and those who are contrite before Him.

He is moved by their gestures and His favor is directed to them with tenderness. 

As His people grow in their knowledge and love for Him, He delights in them and takes pleasure in relating with them.

Let us seek God with sincere and grateful hearts for He delights in us.

Amen.

THE LORD IS OUR SHIELD 

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.  - Psalm 28 verse 7

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

                                  - Psalm 84 verse 11

The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.       - Psalm 18 verse 2

Amen.

 MAJOR EARTH SHAKING

A Pacific ocean quake that will  rattle the world. 

OB 44 is in peril.

THE LORD OUR GOD MAKES A WAY

I will bless the Lord 

        Forever

I will praise His name

        Forever

I will give Him thanks 

For He died for me

I will shout for joy

         Forever

I will sing and dance

         Forever

I will give Him thanks

For He made a way for me