Light and Pearls: September 2011

Thursday 29 September 2011

Sweet are His Words

Songs of Solomon 2

³ Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest
is my beloved among the young men.
I delight to sit in his shade,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

I love to sit in the shade of a huge tree,
birds singing and bees all around,
listening to the voice of Jesus in the soft breeze ….

Enfolded in His presence - hearing His heartbeat
Sweet is the taste of His words in my heart.

Please open my ears Lord help me to hear
Your beautiful voice in quietness of the day.

Monday 26 September 2011

YOU ARE LORD

'You alone are the LORD.

You made the heavens, even the highest heavens,

and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it,

the seas and all that is in them.

You give life to everything, and the multitudes

of heaven worship you.'

—Nehemiah 9:6 (NIV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

Our praise is pretty irrelevant to everyone and everything but us, those closest to us, and amazingly to God. In a universe so vast, so much bigger than Nehemiah could have imagined, what is our small voice and our song of praise? The billions of stars and innumerable creatures of the immense seas all cry out that our Creator is LORD. God will receive the worship of the angels and all the heavenly beings. What difference does it make if we praise him? To the universe, to be blunt, it doesn't matter. But it does to us! It matters even more to the LORD, who longs to be our Father and wants to bring us into relationship with himself.

Prayer...

Holy and amazing God, you alone are Lord -- Lord of all creation and Lord of my life. You are praised by all you have made. Your works cry out and declare your creative genius and your loving kindness. Father, I want to add my heartfelt praise to the chorus of creation, the voices of the angels, and the praise of many who have come before me. You are truly worthy to be praised. I gladly offer you my words, my songs, my heart, and my life. In Jesus' name. Amen.

http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/todaysverse.cgi

Friday 23 September 2011

Trust

— Psalm 20:6-8 —

“Now this I know:
The Lord gives victory to his anointed.
He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary
with the victorious power of his right hand.
Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
They are brought to their knees and fall,
but we rise up and stand firm. “

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As long as there have been armies and weapons, nations have boasted of their power, but such power does not last. Throughout history, empires and kingdoms have risen to great power only to vanish in the dust. David, however, knew that the might of his nation was not in weaponry, but in worship — not in firepower but in God's power. Because God alone can preserve a nation or an individual, be sure your confidence is in God, who gives eternal victory. Whom do you trust?

http://www.lehrmangroup.com/verse/

Thursday 22 September 2011

My hope is in You

My hope is in You

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 40:28-31

New International Version

http://www.christnotes.org/dbv.php

Thank you Lord that our hope is in You! Only You!

Blessings for today!