Oh How I Love Jesus!!

 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength - Deuteronomy 6:5.

                  We love God because He first loved us. We love Him because He first loved us - 1 John 4:19. Let us love God with all our heart, soul and strength. That you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days - Deuteronomy 30:20.

                The love of God is perfected in us when we keep His word. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him – 1 John 2:5. For if you carefully keep all these commandments which I command you to do - to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him - Deuteronomy 11:22.

            Let us hate evil and love the Lord. You who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked - Psalm 97:10. Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints! For the Lord preserves the faithful - Psalm 31:23. Let us love God by keeping His Word and hating evil.  Let those also who love Your name be joyful in You - Psalm 5:11.                                             

      

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We love You and thank You for Your great love towards us. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

God of Every Victory

                          But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ - 1 Corinthians 15:57.

For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory - Deuteronomy 20:4.

For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith - 1 John 5:4.

The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord - Proverbs 21:31.

But he stationed himself in the middle of the field, defended it, and killed the Philistines. So the Lord brought about a great victory - 2 Samuel 23:12.

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it- 1 Corinthians 9:24.

Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! For He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory - Psalm 98:1.

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us - Romans 8:37.

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, And You are exalted as head over all - 1 Chronicles 29:11.

                                                  

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the God of every victory. We thank You for giving us victory. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Whom Shall I Send?

 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me” – Isaiah 6:8.

           Moses, Jonah, Jeremiah and Gideon first hesitated to obey the voice of God when they are called to do His work. They told God about their weaknesses but later obeyed and finished the work assigned by God to them. God did mighty things through them and delivered people from destruction.

Moses

        Then Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue” - Exodus 4:11. But Moses said, “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else” - Exodus 4:13.

Jonah

        The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”  But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port - Jonah 1:1,2.

Jeremiah

           Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” Then said I: “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.” But the Lord said to me: “Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’ For you shall go to all to whom I send you, And whatever I command you, you shall speak - Jeremiah 4:1-8.

Gideon

         So he said to Him, “O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.” And the Lord said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man” Do not be afraid of their faces, For I am with you to deliver you,” says the Lord - Judges 6:15,16.

              God is looking for people with willing hearts to go for His mission work. Let us obey the voice of God and serve Him with the gifts that we have. God will use us mightily according to His plan and purpose. The harvest is truly great but the laborers are few - Luke 10:2.                                            

                                                                

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to obey Your voice and fulfill Your work. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Prayer of Eliezer

 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.

                 Abraham told his chief servant Eliezer to find a bride for his son Isaac as he became old. Eliezer prayed for God to give him success in finding the bride for Isaac. Then he said, “O Lord God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham. Behold, here I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.  Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink’- let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master - Genesis 24:12-14.

                 Even before Eliezer had finished his prayer, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. But before I had finished speaking in my heart, there was Rebekah, coming out with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the well and drew water. And I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’ And she made haste and let her pitcher down from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also. So I drank, and she gave the camels a drink also - Genesis 24:45,46. Eliezer wondered as it happened like how he  prayed.

                 God answered the prayer of Eliezer and made his journey prosperous. Eliezer prayed and trusted God instead of him while seeking the bride for Isaac. Like Eliezer, let us also pray and seek the guidance of God in all we do. The Lord is near to all who call Him in truth. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye - Psalm 32:8. Let us submit all our ways to God and trust Him so that He will direct our paths. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need - Hebrews 4:16.      

                                       

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to trust You and seek Your guidance in all we do. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Blessings of Pleasing God

 Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God - 1 Thessalonians 4:1.

            We will be fruitful in every good work and increase in the knowledge of God when we walk a life that is pleasing God. Walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God - Colossians 1:10. Enoch walked closely with God and pleased Him. By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God - Hebrews 11:5.

               We will receive whatever we ask from God when we keep His commandments and do things that are pleasing to Him, And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight - 1 John 3:22. So we make it our goal to please Him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it - 2 Corinthians 5:9.

                 God will make even our enemies to be at peace with us when our ways please Him. When our ways please Him. When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him - Proverbs 16:7. Let us please God on all occasions of our life and be blessed. Find out what pleases the Lord - Ephesians 5:10.

                                                       

      

PRAYER : Dear Lord, Help us to please You in all we do. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Treasure God's Word

                    I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great treasure - Psalm 119:162.

               There is no great treasure in the world as precious as the Word of God. My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you, So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding; Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding, If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures; Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And find the knowledge of God - Proverbs 2:1-5.

              The Word of God is a treasure that teaches us, corrects us and trains us to be equipped for every good work. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work - 2 Timothy 3:16,17. Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will by no means pass away - Mark 13:31.

                Let us treasure God’s Word that brings great peace and joy to us. Great peace have those who love Your law, And nothing causes them to stumble - Psalm 119:165. Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart - Jeremiah 15:16. Let us keep hiding the treasure of God’s living Word in our heart. Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You - Psalm 119:11.                                        

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us treasure Your Word more than anything else in this world. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.  

God's Rewards For Us

                      He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him - Hebrews 11:6.

               God rewards all those who seek Him. God promises to reward when we help the needy people. But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly - Matthew 6:3,4. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge - Ruth 2:12.

                God will reward us when we love our enemies and help them. If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; For so you will heap coals of fire on his head, And the Lord will reward you - Proverbs 25:21,22. And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward - Matthew 10:42.

              God rewards all those who suffer for Him. Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you - Matthew 5:11,12. He will reward us with riches and honor and life when we are humble and fear Him. The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life - Proverbs 22:4.

                God rewards those who serve Him. And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ - Colossians 3:23,24. Sometimes, we may not be recognized by others for what we do. But God will reward us according to our works when He comes. Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done - Revelation 22:12.

                                                       

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for rewarding us for our works. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.