Ps 66:1-2 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
Ps 66:17-18 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Something that will rob the Christian of the joy they are to have is sin. As we see inverse 18 sin disrupts our fellowship and communion […]
Ps 66:1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
Ps 66:10-13 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I […]
Ps 66:1-4 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
Did you know the Christian life is to be a joyful life? For many […]
Matt 25:20-21 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
One last thing about words, those above are perhaps the […]
James 5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Something else about our words, people often make promises that they never keep. If our words are remembered, if they are important, that means we need to keep our word. Yet how many times do we say things we never follow through with? […]
Rom 10:14-15 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
As we have observed over he past few days our […]
Matt 12:36-37 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Just how important are the words we speak? The Bible says that we will be judged for “Every idle word”. We can do great damage, as we saw yesterday, or great good with our words. This does not […]
Prov 25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Do you ever stop and think of how much power there is in the words that we speak? The gospel message is of course the power of God and we know that when we speak for Christ through the leading of the Holy Spirit of God that is a powerful thing. Ever Christian has at least one time been […]
Ps 63:1-7 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in […]
Jer 1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
There are a lot of faces that people are afraid of today. There is the face of illness, of old age, of loneliness, of finances and so on. There are a lot of things people are called to deal with or will be one day that causes them fear. In our text Jeremiah is being sent to Israel, sent to […]