Sunday School: Psalm 119 vs 73-88 Hebrew letters: Yodh and Kaph.
God made me......a distinction is drawn between the creator and the created. If He made me, surely He can best teach me and enable me to understand His law and statutes. Please give me understanding!
God's ways are righteous, NOT the ways of the world. God convicts us through affliction, but in His steadfast love there is comfort.
Mercy! Help me live well, according to Your Law. Let those who do not live by Your law be shamed. (this is not an evil thing to pray, provided the motive and feeling behind it is to see God's name glorified, and that the evil itself be put down. This isn't a motive of vengeance or a personal desire to delight in another's demise.)
Even when I am hurt by them, I will still delight in Your Word, oh Lord. I will meditate on it.
May I be an example of one who knows and lives by Your Word. I don't want to be shamed because I fail to know it or live accordingly.
I long for Your salvation....the end of turmoil. The only hope is found in God's Word....His great promises to His children. But sometimes it seems far off.....We are finite and can't see beyond today for the most part, but God is infinite, and knows all things. But the hope is this.....that even when you can't see the light at the end of the tunnel, you know it is there! And you WILL see it, because God has promised, and His promises are true.
"When?" will the comfort come? When will the end of the turmoil come about? How long?
Though I am suffering, I will not forget God's statutes.
**illustration about the wineskins...... when exposed to smoke, the wineskin would become dried up and shriveled, and both the skin and the wine would be wasted.
The Psalmist says even when I am like that smoke exposed wineskin, I will not forget God's laws.
Even when I can't see that light at the end of the tunnel, I will act like I know it is there. I am sure of it.
****Worship
We sang Hymn 16 in the Trinity Hymnal....and as I read the words during the time for meditation, I figured it was from a Psalm. Turns out it is Psalm 98.
The men sang "Great is Thy Faithfulness" How I love that hymn! What a reminder of His greatness, and His love for us.
Sermon: Joshua 1:1-9 Pastor Billy. Transitions.
God is giving them the land because He chose them and promised to give it to them. It is implied that it won't be easy. If it were going to be easy, why would Joshua need to be admonished to be strong and courageous? This is repeated even. But even though God was giving it to them, there were requirements of them. They needed to persevere, follow, trust, and obey. He will fight for them as they move forward in obedience. Faithful attendance to God's Word is required:
Know God's Word. Know the Law.....Know the promises......and remember the past....all that He has done. This enables us to be strong and courageous. We are to read God's word and know it, remember the past, and meditate on both. Think of it all the time.....in every situation. Think of it, talk of it, pray it, listen to it.
Sunday evening: Pastor Henry. Titus 2:11-15. The grace of God appeared once to us in the humble form of a babe in a manger, and a man without a place to call home, who was put to death on a cross. But He will appear again....in clouds of glory!
Grace is our teacher......teaching (training) us to "renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives.
"Blessed hope" of His next appearing. We know it will happen, even though we haven't seen it yet. Not a wish....but a sure knowledge.
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