240. Not one of all the Lord's good promises failed: His promises have been thoroughly tested.

14 January 2022
Not one of all the Lord’s good promises failed.

Joshua 21
45 Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.

Psalm 119
65 Do good to your servant
    according to your word, Lord.
140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested,
    and your servant loves them.

In one particular prayer meeting at church, we dwelt on spending time reading the Bible, to wit:

• 30 March 2016
• Prayer Begins With Me
• “WORN OUT”
• “Is your Bible worn out?”
• “Every believer should wreck
      a copy of the Bible every
     10 years.”
• “In the margin of many
      pages in D.L. Moody’s
      Bible, he wrote the letters
      T and P, meaning 
      “Tried and Proved” .
• This is an encouragement.
       Once upon a time, our life
       seemed falling apart, and
       we recovered by God’s
       grace.
• This can also be a rebuke, if
       our priorities are not in
       accordance with
       teachings in the Bible.
• Are we trying to keep away
       from God?
• Every time we try to distance
       from God, trying to have a
       good time, we are in
       trouble. Every time. - Billy
       Graham 
• King David tried to have a
       good time, then he
       committed adultery and
       murder.
• We may reason out that our
       situation may be not that
       complicated.
• But still, every time we miss
       our time of devotion, our
       time of prayer, our time of
       reading the Word, we are
       in trouble. That’s every
       time.
• Prayer and meditating on the
       Word goes together.
• Prayer is two-way
       communication; God
       speaks to us through the
       Bible.
• Needless to say, the Bible is
       meant to be bread for our
       daily consumption, not
       cake for special
       occasions.
• Prayer points:
      1. Adoration
      2. Confession
      3. Thanksgiving
      4. Supplication
      5. Spouse, Parents,   
        Children, Family
      6. Grief or Fear
      7. Financial Needs
      8. Addiction
      9. Illness
    10.Special Intention

The theme for said prayer meeting was inspired by Our Daily Bread devotional.



One of the Lord's good promises.

I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the Lord Almighty.
“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the Lord Almighty. Malachi 3:10-12

"Lord, "Your promises have been thoroughly tested,
    and your servant loves them.
My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,
    that I may meditate on your promises.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
    and your dominion endures through all generations.
The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises
    and faithful in all he does.
The Lord upholds all who fall
    and lifts up all who are bowed down.
The Lord is good to all;
    he has compassion on all he has made.
Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;
    his greatness no one can fathom.
Every day I will praise you
    and extol your name for ever and ever"
(Psalm 119:140, 148; 145:13-14, 9, 3, 2). This I pray in Jesus' name. Amen.

11 March 2018"

May you be blessed with God's Word.

Maraming salamat.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

102. Wala ka sa Lolo ko. The Lord has given him a crown.

Image
25 January 2021 1 Timothy 5 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God. Let me share my reflection 7 October 2017 which I have updated. "Grandchildren. Children’s children are a crown to the aged. (Proverbs 17:6) 1 Timothy 5 9 No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband,  10 and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the Lord’s people, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds. Let me make the connection between grandchildren and a widow. Marlou and I recently spent a weekend in Lipa to visit my mother-in-law. We went to Lipa New Hope Church for the Sunday worship service. From the back, I can see the petite figure of "Nanay" (...
Read more

119. Wala ka sa Lolo ko. For him, there is no righteousness apart from God in Jesus Christ.

Image
28 February 2021 Photo by Shaun F from Pexels Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens, you who have done great things. Who is like you, God? (Psalm 71:19) 2 Peter 1 1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: 2 Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. The Apostle Peter. "Do you think that we are too tough on Peter for denying Christ? Note that after the Resurrection, Jesus told the women: "Go tell my disciples and Peter." Why "and Peter"? I see myself in Peter. I also see my neighbors and friends in him. Perhaps you see yourself in Peter as well. There's something of this man in us all, and the way God used him with his faults and failures gives me hope, for the God who changed his life is still in the business of changing people. As I think of Mr. Peter, I think o...
Read more

226. We will be blessed: The Lord washed our feet, we should wash one another's feet.

Image
6 December 2021 You will be blessed. Deuteronomy 28 3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. 2 All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God. John 13 17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. Maundy Thursday. " Maundy (from Old French mandé, from Latin mandatum meaning "command"), or the Washing of the Feet, or Pedelavium, is a religious rite observed by various Christian denominations. This is also seen as referring to the commandment of Christ that believers should emulate his loving humility in the washing of the feet (John 13:14–17). The term mandatum (mandé, maundy), therefore, was applied to the rite of foot-washing on the Thursday preceding Easter Sunday, called Maundy Thursday. " From Wikipedia " As Jesus was t...
Read more