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“God actually delights in exalting our inability. He intentionally puts His people in situations where they come face to face with their need for Him. In the process He powerfully demonstrates His ability to provide everything His people need ways they could have never mustered up or imagined. And in the end, He makes much of His own name.” — David Platt, Radical (via breanna-lynn)
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[1] Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
[2] Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
[3] From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD’s name is to be praised.
[4] The LORD is high above all nations, and His glory above the heavens.
[5] Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
[6] Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
[7] He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
[8] That He may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
[9] He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
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“Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life.” — Proverbs 6:21-23
How I love Him. ♥
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By Chris at Blue Letter Bible on May 24, 2012
The following has been adapted from The History and Authenticity of the Bible, a free class available at the Blue Letter Bible Institute.
In Psalm 119, we have a lot of beautiful statements. Let’s just highlight a few.
In verses 26 and 27, we see a prayer. “I have declared my ways and Thou heardest me. Teach me Thy statutes. Make me to understand the way of Thy precepts. So shall I talk of Thy wondrous works.”
What about you? Do you ask God, “Teach me Your statutes?” Do you say, “Make me understand?” To say, “Make me understand”—and it’s because of a grammatical form of the word that it’s translated “make me to understand”—it suggests that there’s a natural tendency on our part not to do this. Somehow, God needs to give us nudgings and proddings to make us understand. The psalmist was recognizing his own depravity and resistance when he says, “make me to understand.”
Psalm 119:33-34 says, “Teach me [again the prayer] Teach me O Lord, the way of Thy statutes.” Notice back in verse 26 he said, “Teach me Thy statutes” and here he says, “Teach me the way of Thy statutes.” See, when you come to study the Bible, it’s not just the content that you get down, but it’s the point of the content. It’s the direction in which God wants you to go by what you have learned. And sometimes we see people who are very intelligent in the Bible, but they don’t know what it means. They don’t know how to apply it. They don’t know the direction they should walk because of it. And that comes as a result of dependency upon God as well.
“Teach me [not only Your statutes, but teach me] the way of Your statutes and I shall keep it unto the end. Give me understanding. I shall keep Thy law. Yeah, I shall observe it with my whole heart.” Sometimes when the Bible clearly shows you something you should do, but it’s contrary to what you do, all of a sudden your mind thinks, “I wonder if there’s another interpretation?” Funny how that works, isn’t it?
In Psalm 119:68 it says, “Thou art good and doest good. Teach me Thy statutes.” Here we have a motive for our obedience and conforming to the word of God—because everything behind it is good. “All things work together for good” (Romans 8:28). God is good. “His goodness leads to repentance” (Romans 2:4). So pray, Lord, I want to learn. I know that behind all of this is Your goodness.
Verse 73 says, “Thy hands have made me and fashioned me. Give me understanding that I may learn Thy commandments.” You know you can learn how to recite something by memorizing it. But did you actually learn it? You might be able to reduplicate something on a test, but has it become part of your lifestyle? Has the word of God conformed you from the inside out?
Verse 169 says, “Let my cry come near before Thee O Lord. Give me understanding according to Thy word.” All the way through this, there’s a hunger. There’s a thirst. There’s a cry from God’s servant to the Lord. “Lord, I want to know Your word more than anything else.”
By God’s grace, may we hunger in this way!
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“I worship You, with ALL of me! My heart, my life, I’ll give You everything! *I’ll pay the price! Such a small sacrifice,* to worship You with all of me.” — Mary Alessi, “I Worship You With All Of Me”
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“Most of us verbally declare that Jesus Christ is important to us than our friends, movies, music, internet. But what does our life say? Where do we spend the best hours of our day? What do we turn for enjoyment and comfort? All of it either brings glory to Christ or distract us from Him. It is either light or darkness.” —
Leslie Ludy (via jesusmysuperhero)
This is so true. HELP US LORD!
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Why settle for anything less? He literally came to earth and died so we could have life in Him, with Him (John 3:16; Romans 6:23). John 10:10-11 said,
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
He gave His life for us and gave us life. And He didn’t just give us any old kind of life, but life more abundantly. “More abundantly” is the Greek word perissos (Strong’s G4053) which means,
1) exceeding some number or measure or rank or need
That is the life He came to give us! We go through lives living far beneath our privilege, below what He came and died to give us — in sin, going our own way, living separate from Him, neglecting true, vibrant relationship with God and others, forfeiting the peace, guidance, love, purpose, and strength of God, choosing doubt, fear, worry, and stress. Walk in His word, be led by His spirit, and surrender to His will and live, with gratitude, the truly abundant life in Him He has for you to live.
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Yes. Yes. Yes.
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