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2024, Ephesians, Psalms, Questions

Parts . . .

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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 garaden+path+curve-2293325470 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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Until next time, holy hugs, Kathie

2024, Psalms, Repentance, Will you pray with me?

Heavy Hand

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May it be that my own heart is right when I bring Father’s Word to Him in prayer for others. 

I have precious people in my world. They live undone lives—I mean, they live their lives their way, not God’s way.  I don’t say that without thought and compassion. I say this because when people watch our lives, it does not take long to see whether the Bible is our Guide. That is whether we are submitted to the LORDship of JESUS or we run our lives, our way. 

I said that to say this. I came across (probably not the first time) Scripture verses to pray back to Father for the precious people in my life. 

infinite-blessing-7-30-2992945211Psalm 32:4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat.  Selah 
5 Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity.  I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin.    Selah SOURCE

Father, please lay YOUR Hand heavy upon my precious people, You know their names, and may their strength to resist Your love and grace and conviction of sins be drained like energy in Alabama’s Summer heat. Help them, Father, to acknowledge the sins so easily besetting them; help them to cease to deny their iniquity. I know it is not hidden from you, don’t let them continue to hide it from themselves.  And thank You, thank You that when they confess and turn from their sins to You, You will forgive them. You will lift them up and give them life brand new.  In this prayer, I am bringing them all, Father, each and every one of them asking You for the holy gift of Your heavy hand upon them until they turn and say YES to JESUS.  Amen.
And all GOD’s People said . . .  .

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Until Next Time, Holy Hugs, Kathie

2024, KWT Paraphrasing, Psalms

Under Siege

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I haven’t done this in a while.
Today I am.
A KWT paraphrase. I hope it lights up your Spirit Man.
It has mine.

In a city under siege, it says.

img_3618-1America is under siege—it may not be visible to the natural eye, but a siege is upon us. Western North Carolina is under siege. Florida has siege barreling toward it—yes, we can say we are under siege. All of us are under siege of some nature and kind.

But hear this today.
Psalm 31, beginning with verse 21— He has shown me His loving devotion.

Okay. Here goes. KWT Paraphrase.

How has HE shown me His loving devotion? 
When I was under siege and I was alarmed and thinking the wrong way, by His Grace, even while under siege I called out to HIM. And He heard me. And He helped me.
And now I can say to you all.  
Love the LORD, all His saints.
He preserves the faithful. But oh the arrogant, He will fully repay you. (While I can,  I must plead with you, Please repent while you can.)
To those whose hope is in The LORD, He says, Be strong and courageous. 

While under siege we must think right.
We must not succumb to the voice that says: “I am cut off from Your sight!”
No! We will say: “The LORD preserves the faithful”.
And in CHRIST JESUS we have been made faithful and we have been given Father’s loving devotion to enable us to remain faithful even under siege.  Be strong and courageous.

Never stop praying for one another.
We all need prayer and we all need the practice.

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Until Next Time, Holy Hugs, Kathie