Let me say: I see the motive behind this word picture I scrolled across today on my Facebook feed. We want to identify with others, we want to be honest, and we don’t want to appear all high and mighty like we have it all together.
But wait a minute, how encouraging is it really for a struggling soul to come to another soul struggling? What are we doing, comparing our battle wounds; comparing our defeats? Doesn’t someone need to demonstrate there is Victory in JESUS?
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Ephesians 6:10 – Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Soon and very soon we begin a new calendar year – 2025. Do any of you remember Y2K? We were leaving 1999 and moving into 2000. There was panic in many homes and businesses but the Internet, banking institutions, and the power grid kept on clicking that January morning numbered 1, 2000. Here’s an article if you care to read it. Y2K
January 1, 2025. What do you hope for in 2025? What would you like to accomplish? What do you want to see GOD do in 2025?
At the end of many years, I have asked The Father for a word to ponder and explore during the coming year. I have not done that this year. It might still come but that is not my focus this time. This time my focus is just keeping clean. Clean living, clean eating, clean loving of my family, friends, and any new people He may bring my way in 2025. Just staying clean before The LORD. Keeping my slate as clean as possible, keeping as little as possible to have to bring to Him for forgiveness AGAIN. You know what I mean?
That’s about it. That’s what is on my mind to put on this screen tonight for you to read tomorrow — LORD willing.
1 Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens. 2 Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness. 3 Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. 4 Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute. 5 Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals. 6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!Psalm 150 BSB
Yes! Let everything that has breath praise the LORD!
I just have to add one little note. Verse 1 says Praise God in His sanctuary. With the Resurrection and Ascension of YESHUA and then the coming of HOLY SPIRIT, where is His Sanctuary now? It’s not the building on the corner. What does Scripture tell us?
1 Corinthians 3:16 Young’s Literal Translation 16 have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?LINK
Praise God in His sanctuary. Wherever we are, whatever the season, whatever the year, let us ensure there is Praise to our GOD rising in the sanctuary.
Good Morning, Family and Friends.
I have been reading from The Psalms this morning. As I have said previously, I am continuing to read the Bible through. I hope to begin 2025 with The Proverbs.
But today I am here with something to consider from Psalm 143.
GOD’s part – our part.
7 Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit. 8 Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul. 9 Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge. 10 Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground. source Psalm 143
I see verse 7 as an urgent cry for help; a desperate situation we think we won’t live through, so we call on The LORD. And naturally, we want Him to answer quickly.
Now let’s get to the HIS part, our part. We want His loving devotion in the morning and all day long and we can have it — here’s our part: I have put my trust in You. To know the loving devotion of The Father, we have to trust Him. If we lack trust, we will doubt His loving devotion toward us.
If we want Him to teach us the way we should walk, we have a part in that and our part is to lift our soul to Him — that is all our emotions we check with Him. When feelings come, when desires come, we take them to Him, and we see what His Word says — are these worthy and holy or not. And if not, in His power and grace, we reject them. And day by day we learn from Him how we should walk. It’s a perfect system.
Next. Deliver me from my enemies. Who are my enemies? My flesh, the world’s systems, and the principalities and rulers of darkness. (See Ephesians 6: 10-12)
GOD’s part: Deliverance. He delivers!
My part, your part: Flee. Run to The Father for His Strength to say NO to the temptation, whatever it is. No, I’m not doing that!
Oh, the taste of Victory!!
Teach me to do Your Will and why would He do that? Because HE is our GOD. Why would He lead us? Because HE is good. There is no darkness in Him at all. HE is worthy of our trust. HE is worthy of our sole allegiance.
HIS part. Our part.
Something to ponder, don’t you think?
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I scrolled across today on my Facebook feed. 
have a part in that and our part is to lift our soul to Him — that is all our emotions we check with Him. When feelings come, when desires come, we take them to Him, and we see what His Word says — are these worthy and holy or not. And if not, in His power and grace, we reject them. And day by day we learn from Him how we should walk. It’s a perfect system.