Guard Your Heart

                        Guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it - Proverbs 4:23.

A heart that trusts God

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths - Proverbs 3:5-7.

A heart that serves God

Serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul - Deuteronomy 11:13.

A heart that is pure

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God - Matthew 5:8. 

A heart that is at peace

A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones - Proverbs 14:30.

A heart that is happy

A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit - Proverbs 15:13.

A heart that is cheerful

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones - Proverbs 17:22.

A heart that fears God and always keep all His commandments

Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever! - Deuteronomy 5:29.

A heart that is sincere

Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water - Hebrews 10:22.

A heart that is not troubled

Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me - John 14:1.

A heart that thinks carefully before speaking

The heart of the godly thinks carefully before speaking - Proverbs 15:28.

A heart that hides the Word of God

Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You - Psalm 119:11.

A heart that returns to God

Return to me with all your heart - Joel 2:12.

A heart that is wise and discerning

I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be - 1 Kings 3:12.

A heart that is clean

Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me - Psalm 51:10.

A heart that seeks God

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart - Jeremiah 29:13.

A heart that loves God

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength - Deuteronomy 6:5.

A heart that fears and serves God

Only fear the Lord, and serve Him in truth with all your heart - 1 Samuel 12:24.

A heart that obeys the voice of God

Return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul - Deuteronomy 30:2.

A heart that give thanks to God

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart - Psalm 9:1. 

                                                                         

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Purify our heart. Let us guard our heart with things that please You as everything we do flows from our heart. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Our Soul Waits For The Lord

Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield - Psalm 33:20.

             God is our help and shield as our soul waits for Him. While waiting for Him, God wants us to wait patiently in silence by hoping in His word, praising Him and looking to Him with faith and courage. He is good to all those who wait for Him. The Lord is good to those who wait for Him - Lamentations 3:25.

Wait in silence for God only

My soul, wait in silence for God only, for my hope is from Him - Psalm 62:5.

Be still

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him - Psalm 37:7.

Hope in the Word

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope - Psalm 130:5.

Thank & praise God

Why, my soul, are you cast down? Why do you groan within me? Wait for God; I will yet thank Him, For He is my deliverance and my God - Psalm 42:11.

Look to the Lord

Therefore I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me - Micah 7:7.

Stand fast in the faith

Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong - 1 Corinthians 16:13.

Be of good courage

Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord! - Psalm 27:14.

Keep His way

Wait on the Lord, And keep His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the land - Psalm 37:34.

Renew the strength

But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint - Isaiah 40:31.

Wait patiently

I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry - Psalm 40:1. 

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are our help and shield and our soul waits for You only in silence. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Daniel's Wisdom

For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding - Proverbs 2:6.

Daniel and his friends were ten times better in all matters of wisdom and understanding 

Then the king interviewed them, and among them all none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; therefore they served before the king. And in all matters of wisdom and understanding about which the king examined them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers who were in all his realm - Daniel 1:19,20.

The king ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon for not telling him both the dream and its interpretation

This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon. So the decree was issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death - Daniel 2:12,13.

Daniel spoke to Arioch with wisdom and tact and went to the king and asked for time

When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon, Daniel spoke to him with wisdom and tact. He asked the king’s officer, “Why did the king issue such a harsh decree?” Arioch then explained the matter to Daniel. At this, Daniel went in to the king and asked for time, so that he might interpret the dream for him - Daniel 2:14-16.

Daniel turned to God in prayer by gathering his friends and urging them all to pray for God’s mercy and help in this situation

Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. He urged them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon - Daniel 2:17–18.

Daniel thanked and praised God for answering their prayer and giving him the wisdom and power to know the dream of the king

During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven and said: “Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his. He changes times and seasons; he deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him. I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king.” - Daniel 2:19-23.

Daniel and his friends promoted

The king answered Daniel, and said, “Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.” Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts; and he made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon. Also Daniel petitioned the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel sat in the gate of the king - Daniel 2:47-49.

Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and the satraps because of an excellent spirit was in him

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps, to be over the whole kingdom; and over these, three governors, of whom Daniel was one, that the satraps might give account to them, so that the king would suffer no loss. Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm - Daniel 6:1-3.                                                                                                                

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the giver of wisdom. Give us wisdom, knowledge and understanding to be wise in all we do. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.  

Seek The Lord And His Strength

                              Seek the Lord and His strength - Psalm 105:4. 

                God is our strength. The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation - Exodus 15:2. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me - Psalm 28:7. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble - Psalm 46:1.  

               God strengthens us and helps us in our troubles and weaknesses.  It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure - 2 Samuel 22:33. So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you - Isaiah 41:10. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak - Isaiah 40:29.    

              When Sovereign Lord is our strength, He will make our feet like the feet of a deer and enable us to walk on the high places no matter the circumstances. The Sovereign Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; He enables me to tread on the heights." – Habakkuk 3:19. 

               Let us seek the Lord and His strength. I can do all things through him who strengthens me - Philippians 4:13. But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me - 2 Timothy 4:17. I will go in the strength of the Lord God - Psalm 71:16. Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might - Ephesians 6:10. 

                                                                               

Prayer: Dear Lord, You are our strength. We thank You for Your strength that carried us through our troubled times. Let us always seek You and Your strength. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

The One Who Breaks Open The Way

The One who breaks open the way will go up before them - Micah 2:13.

             God did marvelous things for Israelites by miraculously parting the Red Sea that stood as an obstacle and opening a way for them. Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. He divided the sea and caused them to pass through; And He made the waters stand up like a heap - Psalm 78:12,13. Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters - Psalm 77:19.  

                  God opened a new way in the Red Sea and the Israelites crossed the Red Sea by faith put into action. By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned - Hebrews 11:29. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left - Exodus 14:21,22. 

              God who did marvelous works in the Red Sea by opening a way for Israelites will also break obstacles and open a way in our life too. Come and see the works of God; He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men. He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the river on foot. There we will rejoice in Him - Psalm 66:5,6. To Him who divided the Red Sea in two, For His mercy endures forever - Psalm 136:13.                                                                                                      

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the one who breaks open the way. We thank You for breaking obstacles in our life and opening a way for us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

The Lord Is Good

                                                         The Lord is good - Nahum 1:7.

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. 1 Chronicles 16:34

And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord: “For He is good, for His mercy endures forever toward Israel.” Ezra 3:11

Good and upright is the Lord. Psalm 25:8

For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. Psalm 100:5 

The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works. Psalm 145:9

No one is good but One, that is, God. Mark 10:18

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Psalm 34:8

Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting. Psalm 100:4-5

You are good, and do good; teach me Your statutes. Psalm 119:68

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Psalm 107:1

         

                                                                                              

PRAYER:Dear Lord, We thank You and praise You for You are good all the time. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Worship And Sing Praises to God For Who He is

All the earth shall worship You And sing praises to You - Psalm 66:4.

Great

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable - Psalm 145:3.

Faithful

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness - Lamentations 3:22,23.

Merciful

For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them - Deuteronomy 4:31.

Unchanging 

For I am the Lord, I do not change - Malachi 3:6.

Near

The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit - Psalm 34:18.

Just

He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He - Deuteronomy 32:4.

Wise

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! - Romans 11:33.

Good

The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him -  Nahum 1:7.

Gracious

The Lord is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy - Psalm 103:8.

Sovereign

The Lord has established His throne in heaven, And His kingdom rules over all - Psalm 103:19.

Holy

You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy - Leviticus 19:2b.

Shield

He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him - Proverbs 30:5. 

Helper

So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?” - Hebrews 13:6.

Promise Keeper

God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? - Numbers 23:19.

                                                             

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We worship You and sing praises to You for who You are. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.