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Psalm 25:14-15 (New Living Translation)

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The Lord is a friend to those who fear him. He teaches them his covenant. My eyes are always on the Lord, for he rescues me from the traps of my enemies.

The Godly people find a friend in the Mighty he alone is friend he teaches them his ways and covenant that no one knows his decree but him

My eyes are always on the Lord for he teaches me and rescues me from traps of my enemies for the godly lack evil

What does Psalm 25:14 mean?

The Lord draws those who fear Him into the close bonds of friendship, and He will share His covenant with them. The Bible presents every person with a choice. He or she must choose to serve the Lord or to disobey Him.

In his old age Joshua summoned the people of Israel together and reminded them of this choice. He challenged them to “fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods your fathers served beyond the [Euphrates] River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD” (Joshua 24:14). Then Joshua called for a decision. He demanded, “Choose this day whom you will serve,” declaring, “But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD” (Joshua 24:15).

Jesus cited obedience to His commandments as the prerequisite to friendship with Him. He said, “You are my friends if you do what I command you” (John 15:14). James 2:23 says, “‘Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness’—and he was called a friend of God.” Among other acts of obedience and faith, Abraham reverenced God so much that he willingly obeyed God’s command to offer Isaac, his son whom God had promised would be Abraham’s heir, on the altar (James 2:21–22; Genesis 22; Hebrews 11:17–19)). God stopped Abraham from killing Isaac and provided a ram as a sacrifice instead. It is a privilege to be called God’s children, but only those who obey Him can be rightfully called His friends.

Context Summary

Psalm 25:8–14 was written by David about the character of God. He expresses the fact that it is wise to trust in God. David trusted God when life seemed tenuous. His foes made treacherous plans to disgrace him, but David trusted God to deliver him, forgive him, and guide him through life. Ephesians 2:8–10 is a companion passage. It teaches that God has a plan for all whom he saves.

Chapter Summary

This prayer of David uses the Hebrew alphabet as a pattern. This is an acrostic, where verses each begin with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The final verse, however, repeats the letter used in verse 16. David declares his trust in God and the value of the Lord’s wisdom. Mixed into these praises of God’s truth are multiple requests that David be forgiven of his sins. The psalm ends with David asking for rescue from his enemies, and for a similar redemption for the nation of Israel

In life we do a lot of searching especially for our purposes and reason for the good in life the biggest thing in it all is that with God we don’t have to search far he knows all about our searching and life for we are his he knows our destinations and our beginnings if we believe as Christians in God we may still question our understanding of purpose and reason but we can have more peace in knowing it is already claimed for us through God and our studying his word 

for those who search the Lord shall not lack anything good

Leviticus 5:4

or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil (in any matter one might carelessly swear about) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt—

For those who seek the Lord live Godly lifestyles and all good shall come they’re way for they seek truth and don’t conform of the worldly life that seeks trouble and sin while all good come to those ones who are God fearing and obedient

Ecclesiastes 7:13

New King James Version

13 

Consider the work of God;

For who can make straight what He has made crooked?

God is not to be left empty handed or out of thought our God is an amazing God

consider and think about all the things he’s ever done and created both in and out of your life no one can repeat what work he’s done he’s no more than spectacular he made things crooked for some reason and only he can make them straight again I think about my fiancé Shane in that case for he is a full out miracle as he was born with a backwards heart and chances of a baby also known as a blue baby has a very low chance of life without surgery at less than 5% thankfully God made what was wrong possible for blue babies to have life by a doctor in the 1930’s Alfred Blalock who created by the knowledge of God a way to create the first surgery to give these babies a chance at life now giving the doctors this knowledge and changing lots of small lives my fiancé is living proof that this surgery works as he is now forty years old with this surgery it improves and changes life by a higher percentage and surgery gives him normal live expectency with dr care through out his life he is walking living proof that this surgery is worth it however given life it also may come with complications like anything for this is something created wrong that was later made right there are now over thousands of blue babies given life each day there was a movie made about the Alfred Blalock story from the 1930’s and John Hopkins University called something god made movie – Google Search Shane has a backwards heart which doesn’t pump blood right and is called L transposition of the great arteries ventrical septala defect, pulmonaty stenosisa and a severe type heart murmur doctors time this day don’t even know how Shane is doing so well in life

Transposition of the great arteries

Unfortunately Shane can not goto regular hospitals has to go to a CHD clinic when he needs to go somewhere and currently is in one right now battling Covid which for him is putting extra stress on his heart and it’s condition

These things God does are amazing works of wonder and are ire measurable

Ecclesiastes 7:13

New King James Version

13 

Consider the work of God;

For who can make straight what He has made crooked?

Psalm 19:14 (New King James Version)

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Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.

Verse Thoughts

So many of the psalms of David rejoice our heart as he pours fourth a harmony of poetic praise for God’s merciful forgiveness and favour; the wonders of His mighty works and ways; the glories of His creative wisdom and His gracious acts towards the rebellious children of Israel.

So many of the sacred words that have been penned by Israel’s shepherd king are prayers that have been rehearsed on the lips of many saints, over centuries of time, who have found comfort and grace in his pleadings to the Lord.

David was the man after God’s own heart for he realised that it is not only the outside of a cup that needs to be clean and unsullied, but God desires an inner purity, which stems from a heart that is humble before the Lord and from whom will stream rivers of living water. Words of worship that flow from a proud, rebellious or unrepentant heart are like an open sewer to the Lord, but worshipful words that flow from a life that is pure in thought and motive, word and deed ascend to the Father, as a sweet perfume.

A heart that meditates on the Lord and lifts up the person of the Lord Jesus, is the one that exhibits an inner grace and beauty, for such a one is willingly being transformed into the likeness of the Christ, for out of the mouth come thoughts that are conceived in the heart.

David not only understood the need for an inner cleansing and purity on a day by day basis, where God Himself governs and sanctifies the thoughts of the heart and the words of the mouth, but he had come to an understanding that the Lord Jesus – the coming messiah; the divine days-man of Job and the coming seed of the woman was the strength of his life and the only kinsman redeemer for his soul. 

May we like this David, in humility of heart, sanctify the words of our mouth; the meditation of our heart; the thoughts of our minds and the motives of our inner being, so that we too are pleasing and acceptable in the sight of our precious Lord and Saviour.

Source: https://dailyverse.knowing-jesus.com/psalm-19-14

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.

We all want to be perfect Christians however no one but God is perfect he knows are secular, reckless, rebellious ways and yet he still puts honor in us may we remember this and be humble and meditate on those words he teaches us in honor and praise to him may we walk like a believer should and live a lifestyle pleasing to he who is honorable who should be himself honored for his grace and mercy accepting us even at our faults and backsliding May our words be everything pleasing from our mouths and our spirit be outgoing and pouring out of who he is and the work he does and all the praise that he is that it may be what God wants to hear and see that we may be all acceptable in his sight for I myself do not claim in anyway to be perfect either but when we live a lifestyle pleasing to him we also study and learn more about him as well teaching us more intimately and studying what he teaches us a relationship in and with him is what he asks us for even past our faults he promises so much to us not only to be our strength and redeemer but so much even more than that as well I may study God’s word everyday and wright these writings but I’ll never mellow out to perfect and I admit to still need his redemption and strength for it is all I have his love is amazing his work is wonders and he is God the only God there is he deserves all our purest words and life he deserves a relationship pleasing in his sight one accepting to his honor let this scripture teach us and remind us how to love in and for him

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.

My Prayer

My prayer would be this

Father God in all we do and say may we remind ourselves to be humble and accepting in your very eyes always remember that you are to be praised and we can never measure up to whom you are may we always remember this and be acceptable to your liking so that you may always be pleased and honored O Lord you are my strength that keeps me going in such a tough out of control world and you O Lord are in whom we find redemption for you are the only redeemer May we be accepting in your sight in everything and all we do and say in a Christ driven relationship focused everyday on you may we be role models even to the children who are the next voice of this world may we be all about who you are and hope for acceptance in you

J. Palmer

2 Samuel 7:22 (New King James Version)

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Therefore You are great, O Lord God. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

Verse Thoughts

David’s dear desire was to build a Temple for the Lord, but he was required to forgo the longings of his heart in favor of his son, whom God had decided would be the man to erect the House of God – for His greater glory.

God’s call on David’s life was to fight the enemies of His people, and to establish peace in the Promised Land. King David was permitted to make preparations for the foundation of the Temple, but the building and beautifying of the House of the Lord, was to be carried out by his son, Solomon.

Both kings of Israel were human vessels, whom God would use to forward His eternal plans and purposes for the human race – and both men are also seen as a type of the Lord Jesus Christ, in a particular role that they were called upon to play.

Both David and Solomon illustrate their own unique aspects of Christ’s role as Saviour of the world and King of Israel. The lives of both these kings were used by God to illustrate different aspects of the Person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ, Who like David, would shepherd His people Israel and like Solomon, will one day set up His eternal kingdom of peace and prosperity, to the praise of God and for the benefit of humankind.

David was a man whose life illustrated much of the suffering service of Christ’s ministry, during his sojourn on earth. Like David, Christ is the anointed king of Israel, but like him, He is having to wait many years for his coronation. And Christ, like David, was rejected by His brethren, despised by his family and lived much of his life wandering from place to place with nowhere to lay his head.

But David slew the mighty Goliath, which paints the picture of Christ’s eternal, triumphant victory over Satan, sin, death and hell. The conflicts, hostility and rejection that peppered David’s path exemplifies the conflicts Christ endured during His earthly walk, but just as David was finally enthroned by all the 12 tribes of Israel, so the nation that rejected their anointed Messiah will welcome Him at His second coming, to rule and reign as King of kings and Lord of lords.

What heartfelt devotion David displayed towards the Lord in his psalm of praise, Whose glory and greatness, might, majesty, dominion and power so starkly contrasts with His lowly servant, who is proclaiming his rapt adoration of His heavenly Lord.

No surprise that David would proclaim: “You are great, O LORD God, there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears”. How similar to the lowly life of Jesus Christ Himself, Whose delight was to carry out the will of the Father – and to do God’s perfect will.

David rejoiced to sing praises to the Lord His God, Who does great things for His servants and Whose glorious character and attributes are proclaimed abroad, trumpeted throughout the extremity of the heavens by creation itself, and hidden in plain sight within the pages of sacred scripture. 

Both the performances and the promises of God are the subject of David’s high acclaim and great rejoicing in God’s eternal splendour, which is further revealed in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ, Who is the final revelation of the greatness of God – Whom to know is life eternal.

Source: https://dailyverse.knowing-jesus.com/2-samuel-7-22

Read 2 Samuel 7:22 Using Other Translations

KJV

Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

ESV

Therefore you are great, O LORD God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

NLT

“How great you are, O Sovereign LORD ! There is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!

There is no other God like Him no one can match up to who he is and who am I that he’d want to save me but he is our true God a forgiving, loving, sincere God we are not to believe in other Gods for its against his honor and no one can ever match up there will be false Gods but only He is the One God he is the savior, provider, teacher, friend he is so many other names and so much more than that he is the only true God trust in no one but the true father he is trustworthy he is mighty and majestic, he is all living mercy and grace he is God alone we proclaim no other Name but the name of Jesus the ONLY God we can rejoice in knowing that we are loved by one God and honored in his sight that he is love and loved us enough to give his life for us making not only a day about his death but a day of our life in one God

Psalm 136

New King James Version

Thanksgiving to God for His Enduring Mercy

136 

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!

For His mercy endures forever.

2 

Oh, give thanks to the God of gods!

For His mercy endures forever.

3 

Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords!

For His mercy endures forever:

4 

To Him who alone does great wonders,

For His mercy endures forever;

5 

To Him who by wisdom made the heavens,

For His mercy endures forever;

6 

To Him who laid out the earth above the waters,

For His mercy endures forever;

7 

To Him who made great lights,

For His mercy endures forever—

8 

The sun to rule by day,

For His mercy endures forever;

9 

The moon and stars to rule by night,

For His mercy endures forever.

10 

Psalm 136

Psalm 136

For his mercy endures for God created all things and the world he was pleased and his Mercy lasts forever in all he does and gives and says his masterpiece and work done holds all mercies give all thanks to God for the great works he’s done

4 

To Him who alone does great wonders,

For His mercy endures forever;

5

To Him who by wisdom made the heavens,

For His mercy endures forever;

Romans 12:2 (New King James Version)

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Romans 12:2 NLT

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

Don’t live a secular life as it is of the world and not a life God chose for you be humble in all you do and let God transform you and your behaviors bettering your lifestyle and making a new masterpiece changing your actions and thoughts from him doing this you will begin to see Gods will for your life and his works in action be accepting of his ways for he is prospering you and bettering you in his perfect way good and pleasing to him and all goods for you don’t conform and be comfortable in the way of the world for it is not pleasing of God it is not his will

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” ( Jeremiah 29:11)

Theology Thursday: God has a Plan: Jeremiah 29:11 in Context

Stop Taking Jeremiah 29:11 Out of Context | RELEVANT

Jeremiah 29:11 contains a precious promise held dear by Christians the world over. It is also likely one of the most misapplied verses in all of Scripture. In this verse, Jeremiah affirms that God is in control, and moreover, He has good things in store: “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

Comforting words, to be sure. But what does Jeremiah mean? Some have taken this verse and applied it to themselves and others in an unqualified way. “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life,” they say. “He has mapped out the course of your life, and you only have to be obedient to Him to step into His blessing.”

Some go further and say that this verse promises earthly prosperity. Health and wealth are the lot of Christians. We are not to settle for second best, for we are children of the King. In this view, suffering and deprivation signal a lack of faith.

The context of Jeremiah 29:11 indicates that it is not meant as a blanket promise of worldly blessing.

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They say that the three most important factors when it comes to buying real estate are “location, location, location.” Similarly, the three most important factors when it comes to understanding a given passage in the Bible are “context, context, context.” When texts are isolated, they can be made to mean almost anything. But when they are read in context, their intended meaning becomes clear.

The context of Jeremiah 29:11 indicates that it is not meant as a blanket promise of worldly blessing. Jeremiah the prophet ministered before and during the Babylonian exile, when the southern kingdom of Judah suffered the covenant curse of expulsion from the promised land for its continued unfaithfulness to the Lord (Deut. 28:36; 2 Chron. 36:15–21). Jeremiah had warned the Judahites that punishment was coming, and he pleaded with them to repent of their idolatry and evildoing. When they did not, he prophesied that Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, would conquer Judah and Jerusalem and carry off the people into exile (Jer. 25:1–11).

Even in the midst of this prophecy of punishment, there was a sliver of hope: the exile would be long, but it would not be permanent. God purposed to chasten His people, but He would not destroy them utterly. He would in fact bring them back to their land—after seventy years (v. 11).

Moreover, the Lord promised to bless the people during their exile. This promised blessing is the subject matter of chapter 29, which conveys the contents of a letter that the prophet sent to the people in exile (29:1). God encourages the people to build houses, to marry and give their children in marriage, to plant vineyards, and to “seek the welfare of the city” (vv. 5–7). These blessings are a reversal or suspension of the covenant curses in Deuteronomy 28:30–34.

The Lord promised that after a time, He would bring them back (Jer. 29:10). This is the context for Jeremiah 29:11. The Lord was not done with His covenant people. He called them to faithfulness and obedience in their suffering. There was an element of obedience to the promise; the Judahites were to wait on the Lord, to trust in Him and follow Him while away from the temple and apart from the priesthood and sacrifices. When they learned patience and obedience, He would bring them back. He assured them that He was near and able to restore them (vv. 12–14; see 24:4–7).

We simply cannot apply this verse directly to ourselves. It was not originally written to us; it was written to a particular group of people living in a particular place at a particular time. Does that mean that this verse has no application at all to us as Christians? No, it does not. In fact, the application to us is glorious but indirect.

Paul says of Jesus Christ that “all the promises of God find their Yes in him” (2 Cor. 1:20). Jesus is the true Israel, the inheritor of all the promises made to the old covenant people, the righteous remnant (Ps. 2:7; Acts 2:16–21; 15:16–17; Gal. 3:16). Ultimately, the promise of blessing during and after exile in Jeremiah 29:11 was made to Christ, and it was fulfilled in His earthly sojourn and His restoration to His heavenly dwelling—that is, His life, death, resurrection, and ascension.

Christians inherit that promise, too, by virtue of our being united to Christ by faith. He has suffered the covenant curse and fulfilled the law of obedience on our behalf, and all that is His becomes ours according to the grace of God (Eph. 1:11–14). So, while we will likewise suffer during our earthly sojourn, we are blessed through the work of the Holy Spirit, and we will be raised with Christ and enjoy unspeakable blessings in the presence of our Lord. This is ultimately what is meant by God’s promise of “plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” And it is so much better than any promise of worldly prosperity.

Rev. Kevin D. Gardner is associate editor of Tabletalk magazine and a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America.

For we don’t know our own Destiny but the Lord knows all he’s an all knowing God https://lifewaterministries.wordpress.com/2020/04/08/all-knowing-god/ for we don’t know our destiny and fate but he does he promises in Jeremiah 29:11 that it’s one to protect and prosper and help us not harm and hurt us with hope provided for a good future he knows us better than our own selves he knows all as he formed us even in our mothers wombs I take pride and hope knowing of this promise when all around me seems lost and unknown even in our own understandings sometimes my hope would be that you as my readers would prosper from this verse also.

J. Palmer

Psalm 63:1

New King James Version

Joy in the Fellowship of God

A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

63 

O God, You are my God;

Early will I seek You;

My soul thirsts for You;

My flesh longs for You

In a dry and thirsty land

Where there is no water

Verse Thoughts

Life often takes us through the weary place and the parched wilderness on this journey through life, where only God can provide the comfort and sustenance we desperately need. He alone is our present help in time of trouble, and His compassion and mercy towards us is new every morning.  How precious that as His children, we can legitimately cry out: “O God, You are MY God.”.

It was David who penned this hymn of worship and praise as he trudged through the arid, waterless, Judean wilderness. He was without friends, hunted by enemies and placed in an enforced exile from his people and homeland. But in simple, yet beautiful language he compares his deep yearning for the Lord with parched land that is dry and desolate. He compares his desperate longing for the Lord with a place that is devoid of water, as he cries out to God: O God, You are MY God. Early will I seek You. My soul thirsts for You. My flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land – where there is no water.

David was a man who had developed a passion for God from his youth. He sought the Lord early in life and at the break of each day he yearned for the Lord with childlike simplicity. David found out that God was his faithful Shepherd and strong Tower. He had discovered that the Lord was His abiding Treasure and the Rock of my Salvation.

David sought after God with an eager intensity that we would do well to emulate, for we too are His people and we are also the sheep of His pasture.  We are His by creation, and His through purchase – we are His by promise and His by permission.

We are the people of God and He the God our salvation. He is ours through time and we are His into eternity. He chose us before the foundation of the world and knit us together in our mother’s womb. We are fearfully and wonderfully made and the works of His hand are marvellous to behold.

The Lord is the Redeemer of my spirit, the Lover of my soul and the permanent Resident within this body of flesh. He is the One to Whom I must fly in all circumstances of life, and in every season of my earthly wanderings, He is the one Who comforts and succours.

When I stray from His side, I must quickly return and seek Him with my whole heart. I must covet His favour with my entire being for He is the Lord and there is no other. He upholds the world by the might of His power yet has become the Comforter of my soul. He has rescued me from the miry clay and set my feet upon the solid Rock. He has filled the hungry with good things.. but the rich have been sent empty away.

Let us seek Him early and pursue Him earnestly because His loving-kindness is better than life itself. Let us long for Him ardently and desire Him incessantly. . and let us cry out to Him day by day: O Lord, You are MY God. Early will I seek You. My soul thirsts for You. My flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land – where there is no water.

Source: https://dailyverse.knowing-jesus.com/psalm-63-1

As Christians we humble ourselves on the Lord proclaiming him fully as our God saying You are My God we best seek him early in the morning for he longs for us all day we thirst for him as we seek him so profoundly and our flesh being our kingdom long’s for his judgement of ourselves where we wait in submission to his silence in a dry and thirsty land of the unknown but obedience and belief

J. Palmer

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