God's Love Endures Forever

Psalm 136

 ¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good.
            His love endures forever.
² Give thanks to the God of gods.
            His love endures forever.
³ Give thanks to the Lord of lords:
            His love endures forever.

 ⁴ to him who alone does great wonders,
            His love endures forever.
⁵ who by his understanding made the heavens,
            His love endures forever.
⁶ who spread out the earth upon the waters,
            His love endures forever.
⁷ who made the great lights—
            His love endures forever.
⁸ the sun to govern the day,
            His love endures forever.
⁹ the moon and stars to govern the night;
            His love endures forever.

 ¹⁰ to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt
            His love endures forever.
¹¹ and brought Israel out from among them
            His love endures forever.
¹² with a mighty hand and outstretched arm;
            His love endures forever.

 ¹³ to him who divided the Red Sea^[a] asunder
            His love endures forever.
¹⁴ and brought Israel through the midst of it,
            His love endures forever.
¹⁵ but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;
            His love endures forever.

 ¹⁶ to him who led his people through the desert,
            His love endures forever.
¹⁷ who struck down great kings,
            His love endures forever.
¹⁸ and killed mighty kings—
            His love endures forever.
¹⁹ Sihon king of the Amorites
            His love endures forever.
²⁰ and Og king of Bashan—
            His love endures forever.
²¹ and gave their land as an inheritance,
            His love endures forever.
²² an inheritance to his servant Israel;
            His love endures forever.

 ²³ to the One who remembered us in our low estate
            His love endures forever.
²⁴ and freed us from our enemies,
            His love endures forever.
²⁵ and who gives food to every creature.
            His love endures forever.

 ²⁶ Give thanks to the God of heaven.
            His love endures forever.

Desire to be at my Eternal Home!

"For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven, inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked. For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life. Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge. Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord— for we walk by faith, not by sight— we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him." 

~ 2 Corinthians 5:1-9

Jesus Christ, my ALL in all

For the last few weeks, the single thing in my mind which was causing me to think about is, “How to truly walk in the Power of the Holy Spirit in order to live a victorious Christian life?” This thought has always been my food for thought since the day I read this passage:

“It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God; and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister. The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before. For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.”

-        1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

As Ray Stedman puts in his book, “Authentic Christianity”, we as His children are all partakers of the New Covenant. This means that there is absolutely nothing coming from us but everything coming from God. Jesus Christ is my Savior but I will need to put Him as my LORD and it should stay that way. He should always be the LORD of all things in my life. All aspects of my life. Jesus Christ is my ALL in all. 2 Corinthians 5:21 said it so well:

“God made Him who has no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God"

Nothing coming from me, nothing coming from my efforts. My self righteousness is filthy rags to Him (Isaiah 64:6). There is a great need for me to be walking in the Power of His Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:16) in order to continually trust, obey and wait upon Him. In all things, I need to submit to Him alone so that His Will can be truly lived out in my life.

Father, please help me to abide in You as I do my best to walk in Your Spirit to live out a victorious Christian life so that I can be a clean vessel to be used by You for Your Kingdom. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

Encouraging Hope for the Future

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly, we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweights them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 

- 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

This is the World we live in...

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Once again, I am reminded of Matthew 6:19-21:
¹⁹ “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰ But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.