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EMBRACE THE LORD
PSALM 18
18 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
I love the psalms, this one especially, it is so personal.
All the promises of God are Yes and Amen, they are not Yes and No.
Look at all the things, that the psalmist is saying, he makes God personal.
Over and over, he uses the words, my and mine.
God is not some being far off, he is right here with us, he is personal to us.
Every one of these mighty My's are so wonderful. Make these personal to yourself.
Embrace these words, cling to these words and make them personal to yourself.
The bible and it's promises are not abstract, they are personal to us.
Every time, you read the bible, ask, what promise does have for me today and then embrace it, bring it close to your heart.
God's promises are for his people corporately, but they are also personal to me and you, embrace the power of each one.
God bless you
Keith
FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
How are we to have fellowship with our father God, many of you have bad experiences with your fathers, some have been beaten by your father, some have been abandoned by theirs.
This verse taken at face value, maybe brings bad thoughts to your mind, but it shouldn't.
This is not human fear, this is reverential fear. The whole focus of the book of proverbs is to share the truth of this verse.
We need to remember, who God is and who we are, he is the creator of the universe, we are his created beings, sinful beings, who were alienated from him Ephesians 2, but those who are now sons and daughters of His.
Therefore, we can come not trembling, but in reverential fear, knowing exactly who God is, but knowing that God is our father, the best father.
We can come to the father with confidence Hebrews 10:19-25, yes with confidence, but with reverence.
We can come as little children, the parents in Luke 18:15, were bringing their children to Jesus, people tried to stop them, we are to come as little children humbly and childlike, running to the father, every need brought to him, every problem brought to him.
We are to come for communion with Him, in Luke 10:38-42, Mary had the best part, she was sat at the feet of Jesus.
He wants us to sit and learn of Him, for us to be teachable. I envy two people in scripture, those two guys on the road to Emanus, what a blessing that was to them, wish I could of been them.
We are to come continually, never stop coming to Him, everyday seek him, run to daddy. Fellowship with your father God is the best thing, spending one minute in his presence is like spending twenty four days with anyone else, spending ten minutes in his word, is better than reading twenty books.
Run for fellowship with your father, come with reverential fear, knowing that He is God, but also that he opens his arms and wants you to sit at his feet and learn of Him.
He's waiting to welcome you, what's stopping you?
God bless you
KK
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PSALM 18
18 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
I love the psalms, this one especially, it is so personal.
All the promises of God are Yes and Amen, they are not Yes and No.
Look at all the things, that the psalmist is saying, he makes God personal.
Over and over, he uses the words, my and mine.
God is not some being far off, he is right here with us, he is personal to us.
Every one of these mighty My's are so wonderful. Make these personal to yourself.
Embrace these words, cling to these words and make them personal to yourself.
The bible and it's promises are not abstract, they are personal to us.
Every time, you read the bible, ask, what promise does have for me today and then embrace it, bring it close to your heart.
God's promises are for his people corporately, but they are also personal to me and you, embrace the power of each one.
God bless you
Keith
FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
How are we to have fellowship with our father God, many of you have bad experiences with your fathers, some have been beaten by your father, some have been abandoned by theirs.
This verse taken at face value, maybe brings bad thoughts to your mind, but it shouldn't.
This is not human fear, this is reverential fear. The whole focus of the book of proverbs is to share the truth of this verse.
We need to remember, who God is and who we are, he is the creator of the universe, we are his created beings, sinful beings, who were alienated from him Ephesians 2, but those who are now sons and daughters of His.
Therefore, we can come not trembling, but in reverential fear, knowing exactly who God is, but knowing that God is our father, the best father.
We can come to the father with confidence Hebrews 10:19-25, yes with confidence, but with reverence.
We can come as little children, the parents in Luke 18:15, were bringing their children to Jesus, people tried to stop them, we are to come as little children humbly and childlike, running to the father, every need brought to him, every problem brought to him.
We are to come for communion with Him, in Luke 10:38-42, Mary had the best part, she was sat at the feet of Jesus.
He wants us to sit and learn of Him, for us to be teachable. I envy two people in scripture, those two guys on the road to Emanus, what a blessing that was to them, wish I could of been them.
We are to come continually, never stop coming to Him, everyday seek him, run to daddy. Fellowship with your father God is the best thing, spending one minute in his presence is like spending twenty four days with anyone else, spending ten minutes in his word, is better than reading twenty books.
Run for fellowship with your father, come with reverential fear, knowing that He is God, but also that he opens his arms and wants you to sit at his feet and learn of Him.
He's waiting to welcome you, what's stopping you?
God bless you
KK
THE BOTTOM LINE
https://www.tblfaithnews.com/category/tbl-china