Blessings For All Who Obey The Voice of The Lord

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. 6 And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation - Exodus 19:5,6.

Deuteronomy 28:2-14

2.  And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:

3 . Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.

4. Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.

5. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

6. Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

7. The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.

8. The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

 9. The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways.

 10. Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you.

 11. And the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. 

12. The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 

13. And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. 

14. So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them. 

                                                                  

PRAYER:Dear Lord, Help us to obey Your voice. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

Preach The Word

Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching - 2 Timothy 4:2.

Peter & John

And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness - Acts 4:31.

Paul

At Damascus

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus - Acts 9:27.

At Ephesus

And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God - Acts 19:8. 

Paul & Barnabas

In Pisidian Antioch

On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him.  Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. For this is what the Lord has commanded us: “‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’” When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed - Acts 13:44-48.

At Iconium

At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed. But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders - Acts 14:1-3.

Apollos

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things of the Lord, though he knew only the baptism of John. So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue - Acts 18:24-26. 

                                                                          

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us be ready in season and out of season to preach the Word boldly. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

I Will Instruct You And Teach You In The Way You Should Go

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye - Psalm 32:8. 

              Jesus asked the disciples if they have any food and they answered no as they had been fishing all night and caught nothing. They went out and immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Then Jesus said to them, “Children, have you any food?” They answered Him, “No.” - John 21:3-5.

             Jesus instructed the disciples to cast the net on the right side of the boat. With trust in God's guidance, the disciples casted the net on the right side of the boat and they were not able to draw the net because of the large number of fish. And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish - John 21:6.  Simon Peter went up and dragged the net to land, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not broken - John 21:11. 

             God will instruct us and teach us in the way we should go. Let us trust God's guidance instead of leaning on our own understanding and be blessed. 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. 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.                                                             

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank you for instructing us and teaching us in the way we should go. Let us trust Your guidance in our life instead of leaning on our own understanding. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Great And Marvelous Are Your Works

 Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! - Revelation 15:3. 

Great are Your works       

               Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them - Psalm 111:12. You who have done great things; O God, who is like You? - Psalm 71:19. For He who is mighty has done great things for me - Luke 1:49. He does great things beyond our understanding - Job 37:5. Do not be afraid, land of Judah; be glad and rejoice. Surely the Lord has done great things! - Joel 2:21. It was your own eyes that saw all these great things the Lord has done - Deuteronomy 11:7. The Lord has done great things for us, And we are glad - Psalm 126:1-3. 

Marvelous are Your works

             The Lord has done marvelous things! - Joel 2:21. I will show them marvelous things - Micah 7:15. For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God - Psalm 86:10. Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! For He has done marvelous things - Psalm 98:1. I will praise You, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works - Psalm 9:1. Remember His marvelous works which He has done -1 Chronicles 16:12. 

 Great and marvelous are Your works

                Let us thank and praise God for doing great and marvelous works in our life.  But as for me, I would seek God, And to God I would commit my cause - Who does great things, and unsearchable, marvelous things without number - Job 5:8,9. For You, Lord, have made me glad through Your work; I will triumph in the works of Your hands - Psalm 92:4.  How many are your works, LORD! - Psalm 104:24. He has made His wonderful works to be remembered - Psalm 111:4. 

                                                                       

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for doing great and marvelous works in our life. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

         

The Wind Ceased And There Was A Great Calm

Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm - Mark 4:39.

            Jesus went in a boat with the disciples in the sea of Galilee to cross over the other side. Suddenly a great storm arose and the boat was covered with the waves. The disciples were filled with fear, lacked faith and they awoke Jesus who was asleep. And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep. Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” - Matthew 8:24,25. 

               Jesus rebuked the wind and said to the sea to be still, the wind ceased and there was a great and complete calm.  He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm - Mathew 8:26. He calms the storm, So that its waves are still. Then they are glad because they are quiet - Psalm 107:29,30. For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast - Psalm 33:9. The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!” - Matthew 8:27.        

             Let us also speak to every problem in our life with faith instead of being fearful and there will be a great calm and peace. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid - John14:27. I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you - Mathew 7:20. Be still, and know that I am God - Psalm 46:10.                                                                       

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for calming all the storms in our life and giving us peace. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

You Will Tread On The Heights of Your Enemies

   He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will cower before you, and you will tread on their heights - Deuteronomy 33:29.

              Our enemies will cower before us and we will tread on their heights as God is our shield, helper and glorious sword. You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent - Psalm 91:13. Nothing will harm us as God had given us authority to tread and trample the enemies and to overcome all the power of the enemy. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you - Luke 10:19.            

              God our Helper will help us and make us into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth to thresh the mountains and beat them small and make the hills like chaff. “Fear not, you worm Jacob, You men of Israel! I will help you,” says the Lord And your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. “Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff. You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them; You shall rejoice in the Lord, And glory in the Holy One of Israel - Isaiah 41:14-16.

                  Let us rejoice and thank God for being our shield, helper and glorious sword and helping us to tread on the heights of our enemies. But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head - Psalm 3:3. The Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies - 2 Chronicles 20:27. My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies - Psalm 92:11. Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked - Psalm 91:7,8. They have bowed down and fallen; But we have risen and stand upright - Psalm 20:8.                                                                                      

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are our shield, helper and glorious sword. We thank  You for helping us to tread upon the heights of our enemies. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Through The Lord’s Mercies We Are Not Consumed

 Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning. Great is Your faithfulness - Lamentations 2:22, 23.    

Great mercies

            The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and great in mercy - Psalm 145:8. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him - Psalm 103:11. For great is Your mercy toward me - Psalm 86:13.

Abounding mercies    

           The Lord is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us - Psalm 103:12. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more - Hebrews 8:12.          

Everlasting mercies

              For the Lord is good. His mercy is everlasting - Psalm 100:5.  

             I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations - Psalm 89:1.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Your mercies are new every morning. Through Your mercies we are not consumed. We thank You for Your great, abounding and everlasting mercies towards us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.