And so the ascent begins…
Psalm 120 begins the Psalms of ascent!
It begins with recognizing our distress internally and in our world
And there, it turns to the LORD in prayer
And wonder of wonders…He hears!
Psalms 120:1
In my distress I cried to the LORD,
And He heard me.
A Biblically balanced life is beautiful!
Godliness, seeking, pursing God, to know Him more, walk more in His ways…is beautiful
Contentment with life…whatever God provides and the doors He opens, but not making “stuff” a great focus…is beautiful.
I want to live out
Treat fellow Christians like family…because we are family!
Fellow Christians are not acquaintances or coworkers or even friends…we are family…and because we are - it should show in the way we treat and speak to each other.
Jesus said world will know we are His by this love
O Lord, help me to be a good minister of Jesus Christ
help me be nourished
In the words of faith
Of good doctrine
help me to be one who is carefully following these!
And from that nourishing and following…help me instruct Your people!
1 Timothy 4:6
O Lord rescue us from false teachers and give us good, godly teachers
Ezekiel 13:3
Thus says the Lord GOD: “Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!
1 Timothy 3:2
A bishop then must be blameless,
Our lives are meant to be a message people can hear!
May God truly help us to live in such a way that the gospel is seen and people are saved!
“Is your life an action sermon that catches the attention of people who are blind and deaf to God’s truth?”
~ Warren Wiersbe
The Word of the LORD is pure…it is very pure.
Perfect, unadulterated truth.
In a world where sin taints literally everything, this is so good to know.
O Lord, I come as Your servant, thinking on Your pure Word…
And I love it. I love Your Word!
O Lord, give me understanding
God works in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform!
Admitting ignorance can be a hard thing, but so good for us.
The rest God invites us to is not found in figuring our lives out, but in trusting the One who has it all figured out for our good and His glory.
I want to be about Godly edification in faith!
To do that, is to give the Word of God as it is mean to be given, its purpose is to grow us as a people that love God and love people!
O how I want to be about that!
Peace
the tranquil state of the soul.
now may the LORD of Peace HIMSELF (He is this, He does this)
Give you Peace (I pray this for you and for me)
Always and in every way. (this peace is not contingent on circumstances, so we can have it no matter what is going on)
Now…I like the word “now”
Now may Jesus Himself and God our Father…
Now may He comfort our hearts
Now may He establish us in every good word
Now may He establish us in every good work
Now…today, Lord I ask for this in us Your people!
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I pray this prayer for you and me
I pray God would enable us to live a life worthy of being called His.
I pray God our faith lead us to all He has for us.
I pray that God would give us the power to accomplish all those good things
I pray Jesus would be glorified in all this
I need to pray more…
I am so thankful for the access I have in prayer thru Jesus…
But I confess…I don’t take advantage of this enough…
O Jesus, teach me to pray…more
1 Thessalonians 5:17
pray without ceasing,
O LORD, Make Your Face Shine upon Your servant…
How I long for You my Lord, to know You…to be before You, to be in a space of Your face shinning on me.
With that…with Your shinning face, teach me…help me to know Your words…Your ways and Your truth.
Psalms 119:135
I am made and fashioned by God!
God, as I consider this…I find of hope
You understand me, You know how my brain functions, You understand how I learn…
Lord…therefore…I plead with you to give me undertnsaning that I can learn Your word more and more!
Psalms 119:73
May the Lord MAKE you…
May He cause, stir, empower, encourage and build love in us.
May our love increase…more than we love now.
May our love abound…and overflow
1 Thessalonians 3:12
And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all…
Dr. James Dobson has gone to Heaven at the age of 89.
I knew James very well, and I can tell you he was a true man of God who lived a life of integrity. I’ll never forget that after our son Christopher went to Heaven 17 years ago, Dr. Dobson personally called us and spent a…
O God may it be today,
That my Works are produced by Faith
That my Labor is prompted by Love
That my Endurance is inspired by Hope
(That I not be driven by sin, selfishness, jealousy, envy or pride)
Father, help this to be a description of me!
1 Thessalonians 1:3
Fellowship with Christians is a powerful part of life in Christ.
Be one that seeks fellowship with others…find it.
Be one that welcomes fellowship when others seek you
Paul did…he thanked God, rightly, for fellowship.
and fellowship…gave him courage, it strengthened him.
I believe God…everything He says will happen!
I love and want the faith Paul shows in Acts 27
I want to hear His voice
I want to believe His Word
I want to be one that is encouraged by God’s Words
Acts 27:25
…for I believe God that it will be just as it was told me.
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