Posted on 11/26/2007 7:50:08 AM PST by Kitty Mittens
We Come into Your Presence with Joy, our Hearts Filled with Thankful Praise. Your Love is Precious to us, Great King of Saints. Saved from Darkness through Marvelous Light, we Walk in the Radiance of the Son. Could we be Any More Blessed, O Lord? Thank You for Redeeming us, through Your Grace!
We Bring Before You our Brother-President, Grateful he Dwells in Your Praise. May Reverance for Jesus Christ be Evident in his Every Deed. Please Help him, Your Majesty, to Share Your Gospel with the Lost. We are Thankful, Loving Lord, that he Receives Many in Your Name. May the Winsomness of our Christ Fill and Overflow his Heart. In his Every Word and Work, may he Hold High the Banner of the King.
Thank You for Preserving our Military, Awesome God! We Glorify You for Your Power that Keeps them Safe. May Every Heart be a Dwelling Place for Jesus Christ. Please Immerse and Surround them with the Omnipotence of the Sovereign God.
Our Father, we Fervently Seek the Salvation of our Wayward Land. Iniquity Abounds, O Lord, and we Know Your Judgement Must Come. Please Pour Out Your Spirit Upon us, Dear Lord. Be Pleased to Draw Many to Jesus Christ.
For All our Blessings, Shepherd-King, we Offer our Heartfelt Praise. Please Grant Thy Help to the Suffering, the Hurting, and the Weak. Thank You for Your Compassions, Loving God. The Name of Jesus will be our Eternal Song.
We Love You, Abba-Father, and Pray through the Grace of Your Son, amen.
I join in prayer for President Bush, the Administration and our heroes standing in harm’s way!
Amen.
Grace be with you. (Col.4:18)
Grace and Peace be Multiplied to you. (1Pet.1:2)
November 26, 2007
READ: Habakkuk 1:1-5
You are of purer eyes than to behold evil. —Habakkuk 1:13
I’m a news junkie. I like knowing what’s going on in the world. But sometimes the atrocities of life make me feel as if I’m a kid watching a scary movie. I don’t want to see what happens. I want to turn away to avoid watching.
God reacts to evil in a similar way. Years ago, He warned the Israelites that He would turn away from them if they turned toward evil (Deut. 31:18). They did, and He did (Ezek. 39:24).
The prophet Habakkuk had not forsaken God, but he suffered along with those who had. “Why do You show me iniquity,” he asked the Lord, “and cause me to see trouble?” (Hab. 1:3).
God’s response to His confused prophet indicates that even when evil obscures the face of God, our inability to see Him does not mean He is uninvolved. God said, “Look among the nations and watch—be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days which you would not believe, though it were told you” (v.5). God would judge Judah, but He would also judge the invading Babylonians for their evil (see Hab. 2). And through it all, “The just shall live by his faith” (2:4).
When world events cause you to despair, turn off the news and turn to Scripture. The end of the story has been written by our holy God. Evil will not prevail.
Amen, and Thank you for this Excellent Word, your Honor.
AMEN DEAREST ELECT SISTER AND GRACE TO ALL CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS!
Psalms 26:1
A Psalm of David. Vindicate me, O LORD, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the LORD; I shall not slip.
Psalms 26:2
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart.
Psalms 26:3
For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.
Psalms 26:4
I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites.
Psalms 26:5
I have hated the assembly of evildoers, And will not sit with the wicked.
Psalms 26:6
I will wash my hands in innocence; So I will go about Your altar, O LORD,
Psalms 26:7
That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, And tell of all Your wondrous works.
Psalms 26:8
LORD, I have loved the habitation of Your house, And the place where Your glory dwells.
Psalms 26:9
Do not gather my soul with sinners, Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
Psalms 26:10
In whose hands is a sinister scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes.
Psalms 26:11
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; Redeem me and be merciful to me.
Psalms 26:12
My foot stands in an even place; In the congregations I will bless the LORD.
(NKJV)
“Gather not my soul with sinners.”
- Psalm 26:9
Fear made David pray thus, for something whispered, “Perhaps, after all,
thou mayst be gathered with the wicked.” That fear, although marred by
unbelief, springs, in the main, from holy anxiety, arising from the
recollection of past sin. Even the pardoned man will enquire, “What if at
the end my sins should be remembered, and I should be left out of the
catalogue of the saved?” He recollects his present unfruitfulness-so
little grace, so little love, so little holiness, and looking forward to
the future, he considers his weakness and the many temptations which beset
him, and he fears that he may fall, and become a prey to the enemy. A
sense of sin and present evil, and his prevailing corruptions, compel him
to pray, in fear and trembling, “Gather not my soul with sinners.” Reader,
if you have prayed this prayer, and if your character be rightly described
in the Psalm from which it is taken, you need not be afraid that you shall
be gathered with sinners. Have you the two virtues which David had-the
outward walking in integrity, and the inward trusting in the Lord? Are you
resting upon Christ’s sacrifice, and can you compass the altar of God with
humble hope? If so, rest assured, with the wicked you never shall be
gathered, for that calamity is impossible. The gathering at the judgment
is like to like. “Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in
bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.” If, then, thou
art like God’s people, thou shalt be with God’s people. You cannot be
gathered with the wicked, for you are too dearly bought.
Redeemed by the blood of Christ, you are his for ever, and where he is,
there must his people be.
You are loved too much to be cast away with reprobates.
Shall one dear to Christ perish? Impossible! Hell cannot hold thee!
Heaven claims thee! Trust in thy Surety and fear not!
C.H.SPURGEON
SOLI DEO GLORIA!
Amen to your beautiful prayer, KM!
Holy Father, Author and Giver of life, we pray for the children of this nation---that they would be reared in God-centered, loving homes; that they would rise up and call You blessed; that they would be open and tender to Your Spirit; that they would be rooted and grounded in Your love; and that they would become the Spirit-filled mothers and fathers of a future generation that will put You first in their lives. In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Our Lord Be Praised for this Spirit-Encouraging Devotional! Thank you for your God-Blessed Ministry, my Pastor in Jesus Christ!
Hello Kitty, I pray for our President this day in his duties. I also pray for our wonderful Military and ask God to protect them and bring them home safely to their loved ones. God, bless those families who have lost their loved ones in the service to our country and give them peace and comfort. Thank you, dear Lord, for all you do for each of us daily. We always want you by our side. Amen.
The LORD Bless thee! (Ps.134:3)
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Amen to your lovely prayer, Kitty Mittens! God bless our President, George W. Bush!
Amen.
Thank you both for the lovely photos you posted.
Great pic...God Bless the children.
Amen, Kitty, and thank you for the pictures.
Father, in agreement with my brethren here, we pray for renewal for those of Your children who are not following hard after You. Rekindle the flame of love and the fear of God in their hearts. Refresh them with the wind of Your Spirit and remind them of the depth, length and height of Your love for them. Where there is bitterness—even against you—bring Love and forgiveness. You told us that we could ask You for life for those who have committed sin not leading to death. We do that this day. Father, give them life. We thank You for Your awesome mercy in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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