Known By God

You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar - Psalm 139:1-2.

                 We are deeply loved by God as the God who created the universe knows everything about us. He is with us every moment and knows our thoughts from afar. I have loved you with an everlasting love - Jeremiah 31:3. Give thanks to the God of heaven. His faithful love endures forever - Psalm 136:26.

I. GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT US 

God knows everything about us and nothing is hidden from Him.

You have searched me, Lord, and you know me - Psalm 139:1.

And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered - Matthew 10:30.

II. GOD IS WITH US EVERY MOMENT 

God is with us wherever we are. He never leaves nor forsakes us and we are never alone.

You know when I sit and when I rise - Psalm 139:1.

The Lord your God is with you wherever you go - Joshua 1:9.

III. GOD KNOWS OUR THOUGHTS FROM AFAR

God fully knows all our thoughts from afar and every motive behind our thoughts.

You perceive my thoughts from afar - Psalm 139:2.

The Lord searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts - 1 Chronicles 28:9.

                                                      

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for Your unconditional love. We thank You for knowing everything about us, being with us every moment and knowing our thoughts from afar. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

Power of The Holy Spirit

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth - Acts 1:8.

            Our life empowered by the power of the Holy Spirit will be supernatural. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God - 1 Corinthians 2:12. God will fill us with the Holy spirit as we ask Him.  If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! - Luke 11:13. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them - Acts 2:4.

Transformation

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord - 2 Corinthians 3:18.

Freedom

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom - 2 Corinthians 3:17.

Spiritual gifts

There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord.  And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills - 1 Corinthians 12:4-11.

Boldness

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness - Acts 4:31.

Helps in our Weakness

Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered - Romans 8:26.

Great wonders and signs 

And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people - Acts 6:8.

                                                                  

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for the gift of the Holy Spirit. Let our life be empowered by the power of the Holy Spirit. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

He Divided The Sea

 He divided the sea and led them through; he made the water stand up like a wall -Psalm 78:13.   

                God divided the Red Sea by His power and led the people through the midst of the sea on dry ground. And You divided the sea before them, So that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land - Nehemiah 9:11.He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap - Psalm 33:7.

Red Sea

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. And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen - Exodus 14:21-23.

By His power

It was you who split open the sea by your power - Psalm 74:13.By his power he stilled the sea - Job 26:12. And with the blast of Your nostrils The waters were gathered together; The floods stood upright like a heap - Exodus 15:8.

Jordan

           God who divided the Red Sea, dried up the waters of the Jordan also until the Israelites crossed over. For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over -Joshua 4:23.

           Let us thank God who divided the Red Sea by His power. To Him who divided the Red Sea in two, For His mercy endures forever - Psalm 136:13. You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples - Psalm 77:14.

                                                                      

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the God who divided the Red Sea and Jordan by Your power. We thank You for performing miracles in our life by displaying Your power. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Taste And See That The Lord Is Good

                                Taste and see that the Lord is good - Psalm 34:8.

                   Our God is good. You are good, and do good; teach me Your statutes - Psalm 119:68. He is good to all. The Lord is good to all; He has compassion on all He has made - Psalm 145:9. No one is good except our God. No one is good but One, that is, God - Mark 10:18. 

 Seek God & put Your Hope in him

The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him - Lamentations 3:25.

Call upon God

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You - Psalm 86:5,6.

Trust God

The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him - Nahum 1:7. 

Be pure in heart

Truly God is good to Israel, To such as are pure in heart - Psalm 73:1. 

                    Let us thank our good God and taste and see that He is good in our life. I will sing the Lord’s praise, for He has been good to me - Psalm 13:6. Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His love endures forever - Psalm 107:1. Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever - Psalm 118:29.  For the Lord is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations - Psalm 100:5. 

                                                                                      

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us taste and see that You are good all the time. In Jesus; name we pray. Amen. 

Stand still

Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God - Job 37:14.

Be still, and know that I am God - Psalm 46:10.

In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength - Isaiah 30:14.

Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still - Exodus 14:13,14.

Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still - Psalm 4:4. 

But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me - Psalm 131:2.

You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you - 2 Chronicles 20:17.

Now therefore stand still and see this great thing that the Lord will do before your eyes - 1 Samuel 12:16.

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways when they carry out their wicked schemes - Psalm 37:7.

For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken - Psalm 62:5,6.

Teach me, and I will be silent - Job 6:24.

I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me - Habakkuk 2:1.

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint - Isaiah 40:31.

But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him - Habakkuk 2:20.

 Be still before the Lord, all mankind - Zechariah 2:13. 

Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer - Romans 12:12.

Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! - Psalm 27:14.

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the Lord - Lamentations 3:25, 26.

                                                              

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us stand still and consider Your wondrous works. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

Looking Unto Jesus

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God - Hebrews 12:2.

              God guides us on the right path and direction as we look unto Him and fix our eyes on Him. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye - Psalm 32:8. Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” Whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left - Isaiah 30:21.

a) Jesus is the Way 

Jesus alone is our way can provide us the right path.

 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me - (John 14:6).

b) The Good Shepherd Guides 

God goes before His sheep to follow Him safely.

And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice - (John 10:4).

c) The Word of God Gives Light 

God's Word guides us and gives us light.

Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path - (Psalm 119:105).

d) Trust in the Lord Who Directs Our Paths 

God directs our paths as we trust Him.

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 3:5-6).

                                                                 

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us always look unto You and trust You as You alone can guide us and direct us on the right path and Your Word gives us light. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

See The Salvation of The Lord

            Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord - Exodus 14:13.

Israelites who saw that the Egyptians marched after them were very afraid and cried out to the Lord and they saw them dead on the seashore

            The Israelites who were very afraid when they saw Egyptians marched after them cried out to the Lord. And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the Lord - Exodus 14:10. God saved Israelites that day out of the hand of the Egyptians and they saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. So the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore - Exodus 14:30. My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies - Psalm 92:11.

Israelites saw the salvation of the Lord & His great works at the Red Sea and they never saw the Egyptians again

             The Israelites saw the salvation of the Lord & His great works at the Red Sea and they saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.  And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.” - Exodus 14:13,14. Thus Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done in Egypt; so the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord and His servant Moses - Exodus 14:31. You will look in vain for those who tried to conquer you. Those who attack you will come to nothing - Isaiah 41:12.

Like how Israelites cried out to the Lord for help, let our eyes look to the Lord for help 

             God will help us as our eyes look to the Lord. Our help will come from the Lord as our eyes look to the Lord. I will lift up my eyes to the hills - From whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth - Psalm 121:1,2. Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the Lord our God, Until He has mercy on us - Psalm 123:1,2. They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed - Psalm 34:5. 

Our eyes will see salvation, marvelous things and glory of the Lord 

            Our eyes will see salvation, great, marvelous works and glory of the Lord as our eyes look to the Lord for help. Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will work for you today - Exodus 14:11. You will see greater things than these - John 1:50. The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes - Mark 12:10,11. If you believe, you will see the glory of God - John 11:40. 

                                                                     

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let our eyes always look upon You and see Your salvation, great, marvelous works and your glory in our life. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.