Behold, God is my Helper and Ally; the Lord is my Upholder (my Sustainer)... -- Psalm 54:4 (Amplified Bible)
Cast your cares on the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken. -- Psalm 55:22 (NIV)
Lord, search my motives, my mind, and my mysteries...
Grateful
Showing posts with label cares. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cares. Show all posts
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Worries, Cares, & Problems?
Let Him have all your worries and cares, for He is always thinking about and watching everything that concerns you.
-- 1 Peter 5:7 (TLB)
And now just as you trusted Christ to save you, trust Him, too, for each day's problems: live in vital union with Him.
-- Colossians 2:6 (TLB)
By Faith! In Faith! (Hebrews 11)
Grateful
-- 1 Peter 5:7 (TLB)
And now just as you trusted Christ to save you, trust Him, too, for each day's problems: live in vital union with Him.
-- Colossians 2:6 (TLB)
By Faith! In Faith! (Hebrews 11)
Grateful
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Bored to Tears in Heaven?
If your heart takes more pleasure in reading novels, or watching TV, or going to the movies, or talking to friends, rather than just sitting alone with God and embracing Him, sharing His cares and His burdens, weeping and rejoicing with Him, then how are you going to handle forever and ever in His presence? You’d be bored to tears in Heaven, if you’re not ecstatic about God now! — Keith Green
Link for "Oh, Lord, You're Beautiful" sung by Keith Green:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ3lvN4tQmY&feature=related
A single day in Your courts
is better than a thousand anywhere else!
I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
-- Psalm 84:10 (NLT)
IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL! God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
Grateful
Link for "Oh, Lord, You're Beautiful" sung by Keith Green:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ3lvN4tQmY&feature=related
A single day in Your courts
is better than a thousand anywhere else!
I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
-- Psalm 84:10 (NLT)
IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL! God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
Grateful
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Stop And Feed The Horses Along the Way
Pastor Jim is a partner in minstry alongside me. Pastor Jim's specialty is caring for others. Recently, my wife and I spent a day with him and his wife in Oberrammergau, Germany. We were there to attend the world famous, 400-year-old Passion Play that communicates the last four days in the life of our Lord, including His Crucifixion and Resurrection. While the play is an amazing event of inspiration, a highlight for me happened as the four of us walked towards the Passion Play Theatre. It was a simple moment, but full of wonder for me. What happened? Pastor Jim, who is known for his love of Creator God and also for his love of God's creation of horses, stopped along a fence line to feed four of his newest four-legged friends. Yes, grabbing big handfuls of tall grass along the outer side of the fence, Pastor Jim provided each of the four, four-legged animals a mouth full of unexpected nouishment. Somehow his spontaneous act of kindness touched me deeply. Yes, he obviously fed the horses' stomaches, but he also fed my soul. Maybe it was his boyish grin that inspired me most. All I can say it this: It's all joy to spend time with a person who loves Creator God and cares for God's creation, whether the creations happen to be two-legged or four. If you ever get a chance? Stop and feed the horses along your way.
IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL! God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
Grateful
IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL! God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
Grateful
Monday, April 19, 2010
Love God. Stay Close.
Love God, all you saints;
God takes care of all who stay close to Him,
But He pays back in full
those arrogant enough to go it alone.
-- Psalm 31:23 (The Message)
My God, You are My God Who knows me, cares for me, loves me and waits for me to trust You completely. Help any human unbelief that may still exist in my life to be changed to holy belief. In Jesus' name. Amen.
IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL! God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
Grateful
God takes care of all who stay close to Him,
But He pays back in full
those arrogant enough to go it alone.
-- Psalm 31:23 (The Message)
My God, You are My God Who knows me, cares for me, loves me and waits for me to trust You completely. Help any human unbelief that may still exist in my life to be changed to holy belief. In Jesus' name. Amen.
IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL! God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
Grateful
Sunday, April 11, 2010
He Cries When You Cry
John 11:32-35 (NLT) -- (32) Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” (33) Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. (34) And He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” (35) Jesus wept. (36) Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
I remind you of a song written by a Gospel piano man named Mr. Ross. The encouraging words are engraved in my mind. I pray you will be blessed by them as well:
Just remember Jesus cares. He cries when you cry.
And He pleads your case, to the Father up on high.
Place your trust in Him today. For there is no other Way.
And remember Jesus cares. Just remember Jesus cares.
IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL! God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
Grateful
I remind you of a song written by a Gospel piano man named Mr. Ross. The encouraging words are engraved in my mind. I pray you will be blessed by them as well:
Just remember Jesus cares. He cries when you cry.
And He pleads your case, to the Father up on high.
Place your trust in Him today. For there is no other Way.
And remember Jesus cares. Just remember Jesus cares.
IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL! God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
Grateful
Thursday, April 8, 2010
God, Be God, All By Yourself!
Until we totally commit our troubles and burdens to God, that is, until we leave our cares with God alone, we will not be able to fully trust God, and we will surely sabotage His ability to work on our behalf.
It is wrong to say God cannot be fully trusted to work on our behalf, if we have not yet totally committed our troubles and burdens to Him. I say, Lord help us to pray the seven-word prayer that I have often heard my dear friend, Brother Earl Clarke pray: God, You be God, all by Yourself.
God doesn't need our help to be God. When we totally commit our cares to Him and leave them with Him, we take our hands off and only then do we really begin to fully trust Him alone with those cares. God is then able to work out those things we have totally committed to Him in His wonderful ways -- ways that we never could have imagined.
In a few words: If we will totally commit our cares, our kids, our burdens to God and take our hands off, we can finally begin to fully trust God to be God. Then and only then God can work!
2 Kings 4:8-37 (NLT) -- (8) One day Elisha went to the town of Shunem. A wealthy woman lived there, and she invited him to eat some food. From then on, whenever he passed that way, he would stop there to eat. (9) She said to her husband, "I am sure this man who stops in from time to time is a holy man of God. (10) Let’s make a little room for him on the roof and furnish it with a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp. Then he will have a place to stay whenever he comes by." (11) One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to his room to rest. (12) He said to his servant Gehazi, "Tell the woman I want to speak to her." When she arrived, (13) Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tell her that we appreciate the kind concern she has shown us. Now ask her what we can do for her. Does she want me to put in a good word for her to the king or to the commander of the army?" "No," she replied, "my family takes good care of me." (14) Later Elisha asked Gehazi, "What do you think we can do for her?" He suggested, "She doesn’t have a son, and her husband is an old man." (15)"Call her back again," Elisha told him. When the woman returned, Elisha said to her as she stood in the doorway, (16) "Next year at about this time you will be holding a son in your arms!" "No, my lord!" she protested. "Please don’t lie to me like that, O man of God." (17) But sure enough, the woman soon became pregnant. And at that time the following year she had a son, just as Elisha had said. (18) One day when her child was older, he went out to visit his father, who was working with the harvesters. (19) Suddenly he complained, "My head hurts! My head hurts!" His father said to one of the servants, "Carry him home to his mother." (20) So the servant took him home, and his mother held him on her lap. But around noontime he died. (21) She carried him up to the bed of the man of God, then shut the door and left him there. (22) She sent a message to her husband: "Send one of the servants and a donkey so that I can hurry to the man of God and come right back." (23)"Why today?" he asked. "It is neither a new moon festival nor a Sabbath." But she said, "It’s all right." (24) So she saddled the donkey and said to the servant, "Hurry! Don’t slow down on my account unless I tell you to." (25) As she approached the man of God at Mount Carmel, Elisha saw her in the distance. He said to Gehazi, "Look, the woman from Shunem is coming. (26) Run out to meet her and ask her, ‘Is everything all right with you, with your husband, and with your child?’" "Yes," the woman told Gehazi, "everything is fine." (27) But when she came to the man of God at the mountain, she fell to the ground before him and caught hold of his feet. Gehazi began to push her away, but the man of God said, "Leave her alone. Something is troubling her deeply, and the LORD has not told me what it is." (28) Then she said, "It was you, my lord, who said I would have a son. And didn’t I tell you not to raise my hopes?" (29) Then Elisha said to Gehazi, "Get ready to travel; take my staff and go! Don’t talk to anyone along the way. Go quickly and lay the staff on the child’s face." (30) But the boy’s mother said, "As surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, I won’t go home unless you go with me." So Elisha returned with her. (31) Gehazi hurried on ahead and laid the staff on the child’s face, but nothing happened. There was no sign of life. He returned to meet Elisha and told him, "The child is still dead." (32) When Elisha arrived, the child was indeed dead, lying there on the prophet’s bed. (33) He went in alone and shut the door behind him and prayed to the LORD. (34) Then he lay down on the child’s body, placing his mouth on the child’s mouth, his eyes on the child’s eyes, and his hands on the child’s hands. And the child’s body began to grow warm again! (35) Elisha got up and walked back and forth in the room a few times. Then he stretched himself out again on the child. This time the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes! (36) Then Elisha summoned Gehazi. "Call the child’s mother!" he said. And when she came in, Elisha said, "Here, take your son!" (37) She fell at his feet, overwhelmed with gratitude. Then she picked up her son and carried him downstairs.
IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL! God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
Grateful
It is wrong to say God cannot be fully trusted to work on our behalf, if we have not yet totally committed our troubles and burdens to Him. I say, Lord help us to pray the seven-word prayer that I have often heard my dear friend, Brother Earl Clarke pray: God, You be God, all by Yourself.
God doesn't need our help to be God. When we totally commit our cares to Him and leave them with Him, we take our hands off and only then do we really begin to fully trust Him alone with those cares. God is then able to work out those things we have totally committed to Him in His wonderful ways -- ways that we never could have imagined.
In a few words: If we will totally commit our cares, our kids, our burdens to God and take our hands off, we can finally begin to fully trust God to be God. Then and only then God can work!
2 Kings 4:8-37 (NLT) -- (8) One day Elisha went to the town of Shunem. A wealthy woman lived there, and she invited him to eat some food. From then on, whenever he passed that way, he would stop there to eat. (9) She said to her husband, "I am sure this man who stops in from time to time is a holy man of God. (10) Let’s make a little room for him on the roof and furnish it with a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp. Then he will have a place to stay whenever he comes by." (11) One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to his room to rest. (12) He said to his servant Gehazi, "Tell the woman I want to speak to her." When she arrived, (13) Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tell her that we appreciate the kind concern she has shown us. Now ask her what we can do for her. Does she want me to put in a good word for her to the king or to the commander of the army?" "No," she replied, "my family takes good care of me." (14) Later Elisha asked Gehazi, "What do you think we can do for her?" He suggested, "She doesn’t have a son, and her husband is an old man." (15)"Call her back again," Elisha told him. When the woman returned, Elisha said to her as she stood in the doorway, (16) "Next year at about this time you will be holding a son in your arms!" "No, my lord!" she protested. "Please don’t lie to me like that, O man of God." (17) But sure enough, the woman soon became pregnant. And at that time the following year she had a son, just as Elisha had said. (18) One day when her child was older, he went out to visit his father, who was working with the harvesters. (19) Suddenly he complained, "My head hurts! My head hurts!" His father said to one of the servants, "Carry him home to his mother." (20) So the servant took him home, and his mother held him on her lap. But around noontime he died. (21) She carried him up to the bed of the man of God, then shut the door and left him there. (22) She sent a message to her husband: "Send one of the servants and a donkey so that I can hurry to the man of God and come right back." (23)"Why today?" he asked. "It is neither a new moon festival nor a Sabbath." But she said, "It’s all right." (24) So she saddled the donkey and said to the servant, "Hurry! Don’t slow down on my account unless I tell you to." (25) As she approached the man of God at Mount Carmel, Elisha saw her in the distance. He said to Gehazi, "Look, the woman from Shunem is coming. (26) Run out to meet her and ask her, ‘Is everything all right with you, with your husband, and with your child?’" "Yes," the woman told Gehazi, "everything is fine." (27) But when she came to the man of God at the mountain, she fell to the ground before him and caught hold of his feet. Gehazi began to push her away, but the man of God said, "Leave her alone. Something is troubling her deeply, and the LORD has not told me what it is." (28) Then she said, "It was you, my lord, who said I would have a son. And didn’t I tell you not to raise my hopes?" (29) Then Elisha said to Gehazi, "Get ready to travel; take my staff and go! Don’t talk to anyone along the way. Go quickly and lay the staff on the child’s face." (30) But the boy’s mother said, "As surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, I won’t go home unless you go with me." So Elisha returned with her. (31) Gehazi hurried on ahead and laid the staff on the child’s face, but nothing happened. There was no sign of life. He returned to meet Elisha and told him, "The child is still dead." (32) When Elisha arrived, the child was indeed dead, lying there on the prophet’s bed. (33) He went in alone and shut the door behind him and prayed to the LORD. (34) Then he lay down on the child’s body, placing his mouth on the child’s mouth, his eyes on the child’s eyes, and his hands on the child’s hands. And the child’s body began to grow warm again! (35) Elisha got up and walked back and forth in the room a few times. Then he stretched himself out again on the child. This time the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes! (36) Then Elisha summoned Gehazi. "Call the child’s mother!" he said. And when she came in, Elisha said, "Here, take your son!" (37) She fell at his feet, overwhelmed with gratitude. Then she picked up her son and carried him downstairs.
IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL! God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
Grateful
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Our Living and Loving God
Reading Hebrews 11:6 we discover that our God lives and our God loves. Let us pray that our faith goes far beyond believing that our God exists to the sacred grounds of knowing that our God cares, too. Yes, our God reigns and our God rewards. Indeed, He is our compassionate Creator God.
Hebrews 11:6 (NLT) -- So, you see, it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to Him must believe that there is a God and that He rewards those who sincerely seek Him.
ALL JOY!
Grateful
Hebrews 11:6 (NLT) -- So, you see, it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to Him must believe that there is a God and that He rewards those who sincerely seek Him.
ALL JOY!
Grateful
Monday, August 31, 2009
Just Remember Jesus Cares
A Gospel song I heard in the early eighties encourages me to this day. Here are some of the encouraging words of the song written and performed by the Ross Family from Monroe, N.C:
Just remember Jesus cares.
He cries when you cry.
And He lifts your case,
to the Father up on high.
Place your trust in Him today;
For He is the only Way.
And remember Jesus cares;
Just remember Jesus cares.
Mt. 9:36 (NKJV) -- Jesus was moved with compassion for them...
Romans 8:34 -- (NKJV) -- Christ... is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
1 Peter 5:-6-7 (NKJV) -- (6) Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, (7) casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
ALL JOY!
Grateful
Just remember Jesus cares.
He cries when you cry.
And He lifts your case,
to the Father up on high.
Place your trust in Him today;
For He is the only Way.
And remember Jesus cares;
Just remember Jesus cares.
Mt. 9:36 (NKJV) -- Jesus was moved with compassion for them...
Romans 8:34 -- (NKJV) -- Christ... is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
1 Peter 5:-6-7 (NKJV) -- (6) Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, (7) casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
ALL JOY!
Grateful
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