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All Who Wait

21 Jan 2022 Kathie Whitestone Thompson 2 Comments

I encourage you to read Psalm 31 today.
Mark 10 too.

I hope you will read these passages. They may be just what you need today.

And if your hearts are heavy with all the boasts you hear, if your soul cringes daily, allow verse 18 to remind you our Father is faithful and while He is full of mercy He is also JUST.

¹⁸Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. (KJV)

Psalm 31 closes with this:

“²³Love the Lord, all His godly ones! The Lord watches over the faithful But fully repays the one who acts arrogantly.
²⁴Be strong and let your heart take courage, All you who wait for the Lord.” source

As Paul prayed for the people of Ephesus I offer this on our behalf today.

Father GOD, I pray today You will empower us with inner strength by Your Spirit; so that JESUS will live through us as we trust You and that we will be rooted and grounded in Your love for You and all Your people; that we will be given strength as Your people to grasp the breadth, height, and depth of Your love; to know beyond all-knowing and be filled with You, Holy Spirit. For we know and are confident that You are able to do more, beyond anything, we could ask or imagine. Thank You, Abba, for always hearing Your children when they pray.
Taken from Ephesians 3: 16-21

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Nine Words

10 Jan 2022 Kathie Whitestone Thompson 2 Comments

Malachi 4

I am taking 9 words from Malachi 4 as my focus for this piece.
Actually, in my Complete Jewish Bible, there is no chapter 4 but there is a Chapter 3 continuing beyond verse 18, and it is in these beyond verses that these 9 words reside.

Allow me to give you a link to the CJB and a link to NASB, KJV, and NLT.

So what are the words?

“on the day when I take action,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.”

These words encourage me. These words give me patience.
These words crucify my flesh that wants to rise up in fear and anger.
Why?

Because these words tell me GOD is going to take action. If we read the whole of the Text we see upon whom He is going to take action.
That is and I quote from verse 1 (or 19 depending on your translation): “all the proud and evildoers”.

Let us be honest.

Right now today we don’t see His actions against the proud and the evildoers, particularly for several years now.
We see them doing their evil with no punishment, little if any visible restraint — but that will not always be.

So take heart, my brothers and sisters. Take heart.
Fret not because of evildoers. (Psalm 37)

Let us focus not on the evil but on our Father who does all things well, perfectly well, and perfectly on time.

And remember too that just because we do not see His Hand does not mean He is not working.
I mean JESUS told us He was preparing a dwelling place for us — we have not seen it yet but we believe, we KNOW He does not lie and He is surely preparing just as He said. (John 14:3)

So.
In the time we have left on this earth, let us live in love and trust; let us repent and forsake fear and anger; which will open us to sharing the Gospel of JESUS with anyone in our path who is willing to hear.

Our Father wants NO ONE to perish. (2 Peter 3:9)
That must be our desire as well.

P.S. The nine words — “on the day when I take action,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.”

It’s a set date, y’all.
Did you notice that?

2021, Psalms

In This Erring World

22 Dec 2021 Kathie Whitestone Thompson Leave a comment

Just a Word this morning.
A Word of hope for us living in an erring world.
A world that grieves the soul of every born from above brother and sister.
The airwaves are filled with the voices and images of people that make this Word imperative for us.

Psalm 37.
The whole of it is so needed and I encourage you to read it all today but let me give you a few verses to start.

1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

³Trust in the Lord and do good; Live in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
⁴Delight yourself in the Lord; And He will give you the desires of your heart.
⁵Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

⁷Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper
or fret about their wicked schemes.
⁸Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper— it only leads to harm. source