25 Tuesday Jul 2023
Posted in Encouragement
This Is The Day!!! A Word from THE WORD!!! #112
“This is the day
which the LORD hath made;
we will rejoice
and be glad
in it.” Psalms 118:24
Just a word to cheer your day! Blessings on your day!
Amen and Amen!!!
18 Thursday May 2023
Posted in A Father's Love, Living TODAY!, This IS The Day, This is the Way
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Isaiah 40:29-31, Matthew 6:33-34, Psalm 118:24, This IS The Day, This IS the day which The Lord has made, Today IS Today!, What will you do with Today?
Another Day??? A Word from THE WORD!!! #92
“This is the day
which the LORD hath made;
we will rejoice
and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24
God is the creator of each and every day–HE started them, and He keeps them going–and His blessing is there for us if we will but look up and rely upon HIS care, love and direction. The problem comes when we go off on our own, believing the lies and schemes of the enemy, Satan! We have an ever-present God, who cares, loves, and provides when we will but look up, press on and wait upon HIS direction! What will you do with this day? It’s your choice but choose wisely there is a test.
“He giveth power
to the faint;
and to them that have no might
he increaseth strength.
30 Even the youths
shall faint and be weary,
and the young men
shall utterly fall:
31 But they that wait upon the LORD
shall renew
their strength;
they shall mount up
with wings as eagles;
they shall run,
and not be weary;
and they shall walk,
and not faint.” Isaiah 40:29-31
Jesus calls us to follow HIM today, without fretting, fear, or frustration over tomorrow before it gets here. We are to live in the “today”–the “today” that God gives us each morning, rejoicing in HIM and the task that HE sets before “me” “today”! I don’t have to worry about your work, or anyone else’s (other than as I am called upon to help others) but I can rejoice in the privilege of serving my KING TODAY! How about you? Whose kingdom are you seeking? Men’s or God’s?
“But seek ye first
the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness;
and all these things
shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought
for the morrow:
for the morrow shall take thought
for the things of itself.
Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof.” Matthew 6:33-34
So, it’s “today”, what will you do with it? As I said, it’s your choice, but choose wisely there is a test; and I choose to “rejoice” that:
“This is the day
which the LORD hath made;
we will rejoice
and be glad in it.”
Amen and Amen!!!
06 Monday Mar 2023
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Confidence IN God, Confidence IN Jesus, God's Got This, HOPE, Isaiah 30:21, Matthew 11:28-30, No Regrets?, Psalm 118:24, Rejoice, This IS The Day, This is the way...walk ye in it!, Trust Jesus--HE knows!
This IS The Day??? A Word from THE WORD!!! #73
“This is the day
which the LORD hath made;
we will rejoice
and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24
What will you and I do with our “day”? Whatever you are facing, whatever trials have come your way, whatever choices are crushing your soul–God is in your day! If we will but look up and be willing to receive the answers that God whispers into our hearts! Just a word from an old grandma–the choices that you make today can be led by God or your own fleshly desires–they will be the delights or regrets of your old age! Let God rule in your day today–and today–and today–and today!
“Come unto me,
all ye that labour and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you,
and learn of me;
for I am meek
and lowly in heart:
and ye shall find rest
unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy,
and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30
And as God spoke long ago, I have found this to be a dependable truth!
“And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying,
This is the way, walk ye in it,
when ye turn to the right hand,
and when ye turn to the left.” Isaiah 30:21
Amen and Amen!!!
19 Friday Aug 2022
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1 Corinthians 15:57-58, Don't Fear, Don't fret, Live today TODAY, Matthew 4:15-16, Matthew 6:10-11, Matthew 6:31-34, Psalm 118:24, Rejoice IN The Lord, This IS The Day
What Day Is It??? A Word from THE WORD!!! #30
Just a brief post today, for I feel impressed to remind us all that “today” IS just that, “Today”! We must not let yesterday ruin our today, not make choices today that will be regretted tomorrow! So often that is one of the slyest tools of the enemy, to either keep us drowning in the past, or fearful of the future. God gives us some good advice in that regard, and I’d just like to spend just a few moments considering HIS WORD for “Today”!
“This is the day
which the LORD hath made;
we will rejoice
and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24
“Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done
in earth,
as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day
our daily bread.” Matthew 6:10-11
And more advise from our Lord and Master!
“Therefore take no thought, saying,
What shall we eat?
or, What shall we drink?
or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:)
for your heavenly Father knoweth
that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first
the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness;
and all these things
shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought
for the morrow:
for the morrow
shall take thought for the things of itself.
Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof.” Matthew 6:31-34
And a final word from Paul and the author of Hebrews:
“But thanks be to God,
which giveth us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren,
be ye stedfast,
unmoveable,
always abounding
in the work of the Lord,
forasmuch as ye know
that your labour
is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:57-58
“For we have not an high priest
which cannot be touched
with the feeling of our infirmities;
but was in all points tempted
like as we are,
yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore come boldly
unto the throne of grace,
that we may obtain mercy,
and find grace to help
in time of need.” Hebrews 4:15-16
So, don’t fret over yesterday’s regret, or worry about tomorrow, but live today in light of the perfect provision of our precious Lord Jesus—and when you need to, run—yes run—to that “throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need”!
Remember, we win!
Amen and Amen!!!
13 Friday Nov 2020
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2 Timothy 2:19, Choose to Praise, John 10:27-30, John 1:12-13, Joy, Open the Door, Philippians 1:6, Psalm 118:24, Rejoice, Rejoice IN The Lord, Revelation 3:20, This IS The Day, Well Done
Bible Ballistics: BBs #692 It’s Not Tomorrow Yet???
I simply want to share a brief (you do know that is a totally subjective word!) word of encouragement with you on this Friday; and I hope it will lift you up wherever you are “today”!
“This is the day
which the LORD hath made;
we will rejoice
and be glad
in it.” Psalm 118:24
Unlike the song from Annie, if I don’t’ “love you today”, I may not get ‘tomorrow’. I may be gone—you may be gone—our circumstances may prohibit our being together, you/I only have today! And today is “the day” which God has set before us; what will we do with it? Let’s make today a day to “rejoice” and “be glad” in all that our God is! Not just what HE does, but who HE is and the great confidence that we can have when we are HIS!
“My sheep hear my voice,
and I know them,
and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them
eternal life;
and they shall never perish,
neither shall any man
pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father,
which gave them me,
is greater than all;
and no man is able to pluck them
out of my Father’s hand.
30 I and my Father are one.” John 10:27-30
When we belong to Jesus, having been born again of His Spirit, we can know that HE has us in HIS hand, and He keeps that which is HIS. We just need to be sure that we are HIS! And when we belong to Jesus, we can sing with confidence “Because He Lives” (A Hymn written by Bill and Gloria Gaither)…I can____!
“But as many as received him,
to them gave he power
to become the sons of God,
even to them that believe
on his name:
13 Which were born,
not of blood,
nor of the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of man,
but of God.” John 1:12-13
“Being confident
of this very thing,
that he which hath begun a good work
in you
will perform it
until the day
of Jesus Christ:” Philippians 1:6
God is ever at work in His own, and we can be sure of HIM today; and while we never know what tomorrow holds—even Jesus’ eminent return—God knows those who are HIS own and what each day holds for each of us! Always!
“Nevertheless
the foundation of God standeth sure,
having this seal,
The Lord knoweth them
that are his.
And, Let every one that nameth
the name of Christ
depart from iniquity.” 2 Timothy 2:19
So, my simple advice to us all is, “Be ready”! Jesus could come today! And even if He tarries, may we be found faithfully serving our King when HE does come!
If you don’t know Him, and you hear His voice speaking to your heart, then open that door!
“Behold,
I stand at the door,
and knock:
if any man hear my voice,
and open the door,
I will come in to him,
and will sup with him,
and he with me.” Revelation 3:20
And for those of us who are His sheep, may we live in such a way that we will hear Jesus say to us, “Well done, good and faithful servant……enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” (See Matthew 25:21)!
Praise God we can ‘rejoice’ and ‘be glad’ today! What’s your decision? Will you choose to rejoice today? May it ever be so!
Amen and Amen!
Bible Ballistics 