Great Is Your Mercy

 

PSALM 86:13

Great is Your Mercy toward me: You have delivered my soul from the lowest hell. 

Psalm 56:13

For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in The Light of Life.

John 8:12

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am The Light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have The Light of Life.”

    As long as I remain in The Light of God's Love, I can see clearly enough to know that God is with me and will not abandon me to my own follies. His grace, after all, is "sufficient for me".     The Lord is, as David writes in Psalm 27:1, "My Light and My Salvation, and My Strength of Life." The Lord is with me and I am content.

    

    See how David writes that The Lord God has delivered him from 'the lowest hell'? The very bottom of hell, where no light pierces. All is darkness, despair and hopelessness. His soul was in a very dark place. But God reached down when David reached up and lifted him out of the worst of the worst. Why? Because God loved David and David loved God.

    He faith in His God remained strong despite all the troubles and pitfalls David found himself in. This great faith can be ours, too. We just need to reach up to God, with our praises and prayers, and He will lift us up out of the dark places we find ourselves in from time to time.

    It's lonely in those dark places. A person would begin to believe they are all alone; that no one loves them or even thinks about them. No one reaches out to rescue them from the darkness and discouragement. It appears to the lost or lonely soul that they are the only ones to experience such thoughts. Not so, for even the faithful believer has to battle the thoughts that threaten their souls.

    Let us open our hearts and our mouths, lift our hands and begin to praise God right here, wherever you are, with every breath that is within us. Give God the glory. Give God adoration. Give God you. And you will find yourselves walking in His Light.

The Name of The Lord

     SALVATION IS IN THE NAME OF THE LORD

    Joel 2:32

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on The Name of The LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as The LORD has said, and in the remnant whom The LORD shall call.

    Romans 10:13

For whosoever shall call upon The Name of The Lord shall be saved.

    Acts 2:21

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on The Name of The Lord shall be saved.

    THE NAME OF THE LORD IS 

SAVIOR

     Isaiah 45:17

But Israel will be saved by The LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.

    

DELIVERER

    Romans 11:26

And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

     

REDEEMER

    Isaiah 59:20

"The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression," declares the LORD.

    Titus 2:14

Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. 

NO OTHER NAME

    Acts 4:11-12

This Jesus is ‘The Stone you builders rejected, which has become The Chief Cornerstone.’ Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

IN THENAME OF THE LORD IS 

FORGIVENESS

    Acts 2:38

Then Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in The Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of The Holy Ghost.

WHOLENESS

    Acts 3:6-7

Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

UNITY

    1 Corinthians 1:10

 Now I plead with you, brethren, by The Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

STRUCTURE

    Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in The Name of The Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

POWER

    John 20:31

But these are written, that you might believe that Jesus is The Christ, The Son of God; and that believing you might have life through His Name.

    Acts 10:43

"All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His Name.”

JESUS LOVER OF MY SOUL (IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU) - Stuart Townsend

AT THE CROSS (LOVE RAN RED) - Chris Tomlin

YOU ARE HOLY - Andrew Hopkins

THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU - Lenny LeBlanc

    Why does anyone ever run from the only Name that can save us? For we do, indeed, need saving. Our souls are in grave danger on a daily basis. It is the soul - how we think, how we emote, how we act- that is eternal. Whether that eternity is death eternal or life eternal, the soul will live beyond this life. 

    We are only fooling ourselves when we turn our backs on God. God sees us. God knows us. He waits for us to turn to Him; He is not forceful yet, nor is He pushy. God is gentle and patient (longsuffering) and merciful. He waits for you to come home. The welcome mat is always out...for now. There will come a time, a day, when it will be too late to make a commitment to trust in God, to believe in God, to follow Jesus Christ. Don't let your souls see that day come to you. 

    My Mother prayed for you as she lay dying. She prayed for the salvation of her family: her children and grandchildren and great grandchildren; her sister and brother and their children and grandchildren; her husband's siblings and their families throughout their generations. Salvation is the only thing she prayed for. We prayed together. It is the first and the last time my Mother and I ever prayed together. We prayed for you. 

    Now, it's up to you to make a decision. Do you choose Christ Jesus, The Only Begotten Son of God, The Lamb of God? The only God Who died for you and rose from the dead? or do you choose to follow dead gods who died and never came back from the grave?  

    In The Name of The LORD JESUS CHRIST is LOVE. He is The LOVE OF GOD personified. He is The Glory of God personified. He is The POWER OF GOD personified. IN THE NAME OF THE LORD IS THE NAME OF THE LORD. 

ROOFTOPS - Jesus Culture

    

    

Redeeming Israel

 

REDEEM ISRAEL

Psalm 25:22

Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress.

Psalm 14:7

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

Psalm 122:6-7

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper. May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.

Romans 25:26-27

I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob."

Romans 8:10

For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

This covenant is JESUS CHRIST. He is the New Testament through which GOD saves all who believe on His name.

John 3:16-17

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

Romans 10:12-13

For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him, for, "Whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord will be saved."

Joel 2:32

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

Acts 2:21

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 

You. Me.  It is for you and me that God sent His Son to die on the cross, taking the punishment for our sins. Jesus Christ is our Deliverer, Redeemer, Savior, Messiah, Friend. 

I know my Redeemer lives. And I know His Name. Do you?

JEHOVAH-PALAT

Today's Blessing is knowing that Jesus Christ is my Deliverer. 

JEHOVAH-PALAT (pronounced YAHWEH-PAH-LAHT) 

He has delivered me from living a sin-filled life to living a Spirit-filled life, a life that will take me beyond death into God's eternal presence. 

John 3:16 tells us "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes on Him should not perish but have everlasting life." That's deliverance: believing that Jesus Christ is (1) God's only begotten Son; (2) Savior {shall not perish/die/be destroyed}.  

Romans 10:13 "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved."

 

Blessed Is Egypt Assyria & Israel

In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing upon the earth. 
The LORD of Hosts will BLESS them, saying, BLESSED be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, Israel My inheritance.
ISAIAH 19:24-25

Studying through this I see that the names of these countries are all people and their descendants. We know Israel is Jacob and Jacob's descendants. But how many of us knew that Egypt is Ham (a son of Noah) and Ham's descendants? Or that Assyria is Ashur, Shem's second son? Granted I have read through my Bible several times, but I had not realize this part before. And I love the study of naming.

When the 'that day' happened and will happen, the Truth of the Word of God would forever change some of the people who lived in these three countries. Why only some? Not everyone would believe in the God of Israel. But those who do are forever blessed.

• The Name of The Lord would be their refuge
• The Word of The Lord would be their strength
• The Truth of The Lord would be their blessing

All nations involved would in turn be able to bless the lands around them. When refuges from Israel would flee to Assyria and Egypt, they would bring the gospel with them. 

Have you ever thought about how God removes idol worship from a person's heart? He doesn't just yank it out and leave a gaping hole. No, first the hearts have to be shown that the idols are useless. And how does He do that? God causes great disasters to happen and when people turn to their idols for help which never comes, they turn to God, who will be their help, their deliverer. 

But God delivers us from so much more than disasters of the land: The Lord Is Deliverer (2 Samuel 22:2) YAHWEH-PALAT. 

God delivers us from the punishment for sin which is death. He did this great deliverance through the obedience of His only begotten Son who died on the cross in our place: Jesus Christ the Messiah.

Isaiah 53 describes the awful ways in which God's only begotten Son was treated by us, the people He came to save. Isaiah 53:5 "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; And with His stripes we are healed." 

His stripes could only be upon His back through His back being torn apart by a whip, a leather strap which had pieces of bone and lead  intertwined in the leather braids. The whip was made of several straps of such combinations, not just one. Picture that and think on these things. Our Deliverer took a beating none of us would have survived and still was made to carry His cross through the city and up the hill to where He would be crucified and die. For us. Thank You, Jesus, for taking my place in death. 

But God wasn't finished. Beyond the cross was the grave and Between the cross and the grave was death and hell. For our sins were upon Christ Jesus and with these sins on Him He must first need to enter hell and conquer that. Then He arose from death, conquering that. God rolled away the stone and Jesus walked out of the grave, conquering that, too. Woo-hoo! He is risen!! 

Our Deliverer. God made a Way, a high Way, in which all who believe that Jesus Christ is God's only begotten Son who died on the cross and walked out of the grave may traverse. In that day.

In that day in which you believe, you, too, will walk in the Way.