Pax Vobiscum (peace be unto you) my brothers and sisters. I pray that your day is filled with blessings beyond your imagination. We need to pray for our country and the lost souls within it. Be a blessing to someone today; tell them about the mercy of the Father and the grace of the Savior. Psalm 95: 1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. 5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. 6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. 7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. KJV THOUGHT: The vivid wording of the following hymn assures us that we too are safer during life’s storms with Christ in control than in the calm times without Him. We as Christians must rest assured that “no fears alarm, no foes affright” in the shelter of His safe retreat. Just as a young bird would never fly if not pushed out of its nest, we would never develop spiritual strength if we did not learn to handle—with absolute confidence in God—the storms He allows to come our way. The Lord’s our Rock, in Him we hide—a shelter in the time of storm, secure whatever ill betide—a shelter in the time of storm. A shade by day, defense by night—a shelter in the time of storm; no fears alarm, no foes affright—a shelter in the time of storm. The raging storms may round us beat—a shelter in the time of storm; we’ll never leave our safe retreat—a shelter in the time of storm. O Rock divine, O Refuge dear—a shelter in the time of storm; be Thou our helper ever near—a shelter in the time of storm. In these times of turmoil and stress we need to focus upon the solid rock of our strength. No person will ever calm your fears more completely than the Son of God – our Savior. In recent years that foundation is under attack and although we know that He will overcome all attempts it is necessary to keep reminding our fellowman of the strength of Christ Jesus. Thank God for the storms in life that have helped you develop spiritual strength. Seek to encourage someone who may be floundering in a difficult situation. It is a truism that Jesus will calm the roughest sea, the strongest wind, and the hottest fire when we seek Him in faith and believe He WILL, not that He can. Father lead us through the shadows of evil overcoming our nation; enlighten us with your wisdom; and empower us with your Spirit, in Jesus’ name, AMEN.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 11:15:46 +0000