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The word “Vision” really means spiritual understanding. It’s the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, giving understanding of the Word of God.

Spiritual discernment is one of the gifts that God has given to the church, an understanding of His Word, the Word of God.

The fear of man brings a snare: but whoso puts his trust in the Lord shall be safe. Proverbs 29:25

And then there is this verse- “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of righteousness.” Isaiah 41:10

God’s children of every age have found comfort in this verse. A pillar of strength that is timeless…

God uses times of stress, strain, and testing to develop our spiritual character. This is the way God grows us. It is at these times that we bring forth the spiritual strength that we have.

Look at God’s Word for examples to us, Elijah in 1 Kings 19 and David as he was hunted by King Saul. Both became very discouraged, but Elijah and David learned in their lowest times that the Lord would and did give them strength.

Someone once told us that you can’t trust your heart, your heart is desperately wicked. That’s right if you are not saved, not born again. God here, is talking to His child. He is talking to the one that He has given a new heart, a new nature, one that has been born again. God is saying to this person, “I want you to come to Me and I want you to yield yourself to Me. If you love Me, keep My commandments.”

If you have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ, you can sing:

Take my poor heart, and let it be

Forever closed to all but Thee

Take my love, my Lord; I pour

At Thy feet it’s treasure- store.

“In God you come against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that – and therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison – you do not know God at all.” – CS Lewis 

“A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher; he would be either a lunatic, on the level of a man who says he’s a poached egg, or else he would be the devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was and is the Son of God or else a mad man or something worse.” – CS Lewis

“You can show Him up for a fool. You can spit at Him. You can kill Him as a demon. Or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let none of us come away with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great teacher. He’s not left that open to us.” – CS Lewis

What can wash away my sin?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

What can make me whole again?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Oh! precious is the flow

That makes me white as snow;

No other fount I know,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 2:15

Most of the Walt Disney parks have an exclusive area known as Club 33, a VIP lounge modeled after the private areas of the 1967 World’s Fair. Walt Disney wanted an area where he could conduct business and entertain high-income guests. Club 33 locations are hidden in the various parks, and most tourists walk by them without knowing they’re there. It takes years to join the club. There’s a $33,000 initiation charge plus an annual $15,000 fee.

As for Walt Disney himself? He passed away six months before the club’s official opening, so he never experienced the luxury he designed.

All our lounges and luxuries and worldly trappings disappear from our view the moment we pass away, so it’s best to live as unattached to them as possible. On the other hand, the followers of Christ can look forward to Club Forever—our eternal inheritance in the new heavens, new earth, and New Jerusalem. We can’t afford the admission cost, but Jesus paid it for us.

Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace.
Helen Howarth Lemmel, “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus”

Turning Point with David Jeremiah.

“The Bible clearly teaches that all are sinners and that all the saved are saved by grace through faith. Add anything else to what God has said and you are left with futile efforts to adhere to or achieve something that can only lead to disappointment, while striving for salvation-worthiness which is something that cannot be achieved.” Amir Tsarfati.

Verse 2- “A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.”

A modern proverb- “If I stop to think before I speak, I won’t have to worry afterward about what I said before.”

Verse 3- “When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.”

A modern proverb- “Some persons cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.”

Verse 8- “The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.”

A modern proverb- “Be considerate. Most people know how to express a complaint, but few utter a gracious compliment. The bee is seldom complimented for making honey; it is just criticized for stinging.”

Verse 14- “The spirit of man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?”

A modern proverb – “Joy is the flag that is flown in the heart when the Master is in residence.”

Verse 24- “…and there is a Friend that sticketh closer than a brother.”

Jesus is the One! Jesus is the friend that will stick closer than a brother. He is our Savior. He loved us enough to die for us. He says “…lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world…” (Matt. 28:20) and “…I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” Jesus gave us this promise: “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also” (John 14:3). Do you know Him? He is a wonderful Friend…

The Day of Atonement is the only day of mourning and fasting that God had given to His people. This day was to be observed until the permanent and eternal day for sin came . That was fulfilled by the death of Jesus Christ.

“Man of sorrows!” what a name

For the Son of God who came

Ruined sinners to reclaim!

Hallelujah! what a Saviour!

Bearing shame and scoffing rude,

In my place condemned He stood;

Sealed my pardon with His blood;

Hallelujah! what a Saviour!

Guilty, vile and helpless, we;

Spotless Lamb of God was He:

“Full atonement!” can it be?

Hallelujah! what a Saviour!

“Lifted up” was He to die,

“It is finished,” was His cry

Now in heav’n exalted high;

Hallelujah! what a Saviour!

When He comes, our glorious King,

All His ransomed home to bring,

Then anew this song we’ll sing:

Hallelujah! what a Saviour!

If we succeed without suffering, it is because someone suffered before us…

“ I went to my psychiatrist to be psycho analyzed to find out why I killed my cat and blackened my wife’s eyes. He put me on a downy couch to see what he could find, and this is what he dredged up from my subconscious mind. When I was one, my mommy hid my dolly in the trunk and so it follows naturally that I am always drunk. When I was two, I saw my father kiss the maid one day, that’s why I suffer from kleptomania. When I was three, I suffered ambivalence from my brothers, so it follows naturally that I poisoned all my lovers. I’m so glad I have the lesson it has taught, that everything I do that is wrong, is someone else’s fault.” Anna Russell.

The first part of this verse makes us think of those women mentioned in the Old Testament. Eve, despite listening to the servant must have been a wonderful lady. First Peter 3:6 tells us that Sarah was a model wife. Jochebed was Moses mom, another remarkable woman.

The last part of this verse should bring to mind Job’s wife. She was not much of a help to him. She could very well be described as “rottenness in his bones.” Interestingly, Satan took away everything from Job, except Job’s wife. Hence her advice, curse God and die. Thanks Honey…

To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you’re wrong, admit it; Whenever you’re right, shut up. Ogden Nash.

The word “thanksgiving “ comes from the Hebrew word “today” and it means two things: first is to give thanks by the spoken word, and second, it means to give thanks by an action.

Our acceptance of God’s Covenant love should be followed by our actions. We become God’s missionaries!

From “The Complete Psalms In Meter by Ryan Stewart.

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth. Proverbs 27:1

I read some research by psychologist William Morriston who reported that 94% of the 3,000 persons he surveyed were enduring today in order to get to tomorrow.

Do you know anyone like that? Perhaps you are one of those.

Tomorrow, you’re going on vacation. Tomorrow, you’re going to get the house cleaned. Tomorrow, you’re going to start your diet. Tomorrow, you’re going to balance your checkbook. Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow.

The only problem is … tomorrow never arrives. When it gets here, it is today. And today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

It is always today. Act accordingly!

Dr. Adrian Rogers

Tell God all that is in your heart, as one unloads one’s heart, it’s pleasures, and it’s pains, to a dear friend. Tell Him your troubles, that He may comfort you tell Him your joys, that He may sober them, tell Him your longings, that He may purify them, tell Him your dislikes, that He may help you conquer them, talk to Him of your temptations, that He may shield you from them, show Him the wounds of your heart, that He may heal them, lay bare your indifference to good, your depraved tastes for evil, your instability. Tell Him how self-love makes you unjust to others, how vanity tempts you to be insincere, how pride disguises you to yourself and others. If you thus pour out your weaknesses, needs, troubles, there will be no lack of what to say. You will never exhaust the subject. It is continually being renewed. People who have no secrets from each other never want for subject of conversation. They do not weigh their words, for there is nothing to be held back, neither do they seek for something to say. They talk out of the abundance of their heart, without consideration they say just what they think. Blessed are they who attain to such familiar, unreserved intercourse with God. Francois Fenelon.

“That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all Thy wondrous works.” Psalm 26:7.

“Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with psalms.” Psalm 95:2.

Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks to the Holy One…

Verse 2. “If any man” means “ whosoever will may come.”

Verse 3. “He shall offer it of his own voluntary will.” This is, FREE WILL! “If any man thirst, let him come…” An invitation from Jesus Christ that is for everyone in the human family. Nobody is left out. The only condition is , you have to be thirsty. Read Isa. 55:1. Anyone can come to Christ if he or she chooses to come.

Heard this today….”Women- last at the Cross, first at the tomb.”

“Jesus the eternal Word is called Wonderful, and all the uttered words of God are wonderful in their degree. Those who know them best wonder at them most.” Charles Spurgeon.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments (Psalm 119:176).

As believers we need this today. Praise to the Word of God. We don’t need more programs, methods, or ceremonies, we need the Word of God.

“God is going to win. There will be more saved than there will be lost.” Charles Spurgeon.

“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides forever.” 1 Peter 1:23.

“It is strange that of all the pieces of the Bible which my mother taught me, that which cost me the most to learn, and which was to my childish mind most repulsive- the 119th Psalm- has now become of all the most precious to me in its overflowing and glorious passion of love for the Law of God.” John Ruskin.

“Walked from Hyde Park corner, repeating the 119th Psalm in great comfort.” William Wilberforce.

Read this beautiful Psalm and look for these terms, “saying, way, testimonies, judgments, precepts, commandments, law, statues, and faithfulness.”

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes. For the Lord shall keep thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. Proverbs 3: 25-26.

“The Church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord. She is His new creation by Spirit and the Word. From Heaven He came and sought her to be His holy bride. With His own blood He bought her, and for her life He died.”

Verse 4, Abide in me…except ye abide in me.

Verse 5, He that abideth in Me…

Verse 6, If a man not abide in Me…

Verse 7, If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you…

Verse 10, If you keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love… and abide in His love.

Reading, meditating, memorizing, and studying the Word of God is how we abide in God. We need to become strong spiritually.

Holiness is not freedom from temptation, but power to overcome temptation. G. Campbell Morgan.

A Pastor who got tired of hearing reasons why people don’t go to church, have quit coming, decided he would quit bathing and gave the reasons why.

1. I was forced to as a child.

2. People who wash are hypocrites, they think they are cleaner than anyone else. 

3. So many different kinds of soap, I can’t decide which is best for me.

4. I used to wash, but I got bored and stopped.

5. I wash only on special occasions, like Easter and Christmas.

6. None of my friends wash.

7. I’ll start washing when I get older and dirtier. 

8. I can’t spare the time.

9. The bathroom is never warm enough in the winter or cool enough in the summer.

10. The people that make soap are only after your money.

TO ALL OF YOU IN AUTHORITY:

It’s time for you to wake up out of your fear and stop allowing yourself to be intimidated. Your cowardice has rendered you unfit to lead.

To the rest of us, it’s time to join the groundswell of hope, freedom and logic and stop stupidity from being imposed upon you, your family, your job and our nation.

It’s time for you take back your God given life – remember that? Your life belongs to God and no one else has that authority over you.

We are in the Last Days. Evil is loose and we must stand against it on all fronts! By doing so you will be letting your light shine before the men of this world, just as Jesus commanded. Pastor Jack Hibbs.

These two Psalms are the most quoted Psalms in the New Testament.

But none of the ransomed ever knew How deep were the waters crossed; Nor how dark was the night that the Lord passed through. Ere He found His sheep that was lost. (“The Ninety and Nine”- Elizabeth C. Clephane)

“Scarcely anywhere do we find faith in God more nobly asserted, more victoriously triumphant; the vanity of man, of human strength and riches, more clearly confessed; courage in the midst of peril more calm and more unshaken, than in this Psalm, which is as forcible in its conception, and its language, as it is remarkable for the vigorous and cheerful piety it breaths.” Perowne