The Hand of The Lord in The Book of Psalms

Spiritual Delights
Psalm 16:11 "Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."

Holds Me Up
Psalm 18:35 "Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great."
Psalm 37:24 "Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand."
Psalm 63:8 "My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me."


Contains My Times (My Days)

Psalm 31:15 "My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me."

Teaches               
Psalm 45:4  "And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things."

Is full of Righteousness
Psalm 48:10 "According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness."

Saves
Psalm 60:5 "That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me."

Psalm 20:6 "Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand."

Psalm 17:7 "Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them."

Holds A Cup
Psalm 75:8 "For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them."

Leads His People
Psalm 77:20 "Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron."
Psalm 23:2 "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters."

  
Purchases
Psalm 78:54 "And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased."

Plants
Psalm 80:15 "And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself."

Is Strong and High
Psalm 89:13 "Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand."

Creates All Things: Deep Places to High Places
Psalm 95:4 "In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also."


Gets Him Victory
Psalm 98:1 "A Psalm. O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory."


Does Valiantly
Psalm 118:15 "The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly."

Is Exalted
Psalm 118:16 "The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly."

My Keeper and My Shade
Psalm 121:5 "The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand."

Delight In His Law--Psalm 1:1-6

1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

3. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

4. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

and
Philippians 1:10 "that you can discern what is best, that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ".

Make wise choices. Know what wisdom is by reading The Book of Proverbs. And follow after it, meaning hold onto it like glue (Psalm 63:8)

A New Song

He has put a new Song in my mouth, even praise unto our GOD: many will see it, and fear, and put their trust in The LORD.

 Psalm 40:3

Waiting on God for deliverance does not mean just sitting around like a lump on a log. We are to continually seek Him out, praise Him for who He is and what He has done. 

Each time we open our mouth to praise Him,

 thank Him, love Him, 

we are rendering to our God a NEW SONG, 

a song which has not been uttered by us before,

nor through our mouths, until that precise moment 

when we open our mouth and declare His glory.

And where does this song come from?

HE has put a new song in my mouth. 

Not like we put such and such an item in its place, 

but through our faith in our God, 

such peace and joy as only comes from Him,

instantly fills us with the desire to sing His praises! 

Let us give God the glory for His is GOD! 

And greatly to be praised and adored! 

Waiting On God

Waiting on God does not mean doing nothing on our part. In this passage 'waiting' means 'to bind together (by twisting {think braiding] ). Waiting on God means to 'wait upon'. We wait for Him to speak to us, then we obey what we have heard Him say to us. Each of us has a purpose which God wants to fulfill in us. Each of us has at least one mission field to which God not only sends us, but goes with us.
Do you not understand even yet that God goes with you? In His Word He tells us that He will never leave us: "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for He has said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee (cf. Genesis 25:15, wherein God makes a promise to Jacob).

Wherever God is fear is not. Speaking to Joshua: "Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for The LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest". Joshua 1:9.

Speaking through King David to Solomon: "All this, said David, The LORD made me understand in writing by His hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. And David said to Solomon, Be strong and of a good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for The LORD God , even my God, will be with thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of The LORD." 1 Chronicles 28:19-20.

So, don't be afraid to wait on God. Be more afraid of not waiting on God.

When Samuel first heard God speak to him, he did not know it was God speaking, for "he did not know The LORD yet". He ran to the man he thought was calling his name, only to be informed on the third call that this was God's voice, not Eli's. It is only when we know The LORD that we will learn to listen and obey His voice.

You are not past the point of no return. You can still learn to listen to God, learn to know His voice. It is the voice of love, mercy and patience.
God is patient with us. Way more patient than we are with each other.
God is longsuffering. He puts up with quite a bit of our unrighteous acts. Why? Because He loves us and He only wants to bless us. He can't do that unless we obey His Word.

Obedience to God's voice brings God's blessings. Disobedience to God's voice brings God's curses, His wrath.

See this little scale? God has treasures set aside for each of us on a daily basis, when we obey His voice, His Word. But on the other end of the scale? Nothing. No blessings, no treasures, no gifts.

Waiting on God means to go where He sends us and to not be afraid when He sends us in a direction we are fearful of going. That bend in the road will glorify God. That steep climb will glorify God. That speech, that marathon, that song will glorify God. Whatever it is you think you can't do even though God has called you to do it, you can because God will be with you wherever He sends you, whenever He sends you.
Waiting on God means to be patient. (Warning: do not pray for patience. God will give you trials to learn to be patient in). Actually, when we are filled with The Holy Spirit, we have patience: we just need to exercise it. It is, after all, part of the fruit of The Spirit -- Galatians 5:23 -- "longsuffering".

Waiting on God means to live in love, as Christ loves us. John 15:12 "This is My commandment, That you love one another as I have loved you." How has God loved us? Unconditionally. Sacrificially.

Waiting on God means to do God's will. "And this is the will of Him that sent Me (Jesus speaking), that every one which sees the Son, and believes on Him, should have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day." John 6:40

Waiting on God means to serve Him, not as slaves, nor servants, but as friends. We like to do things for our friends, do we not? To show them how much we love them. We bring them smiles on cloudy days. We clean their houses, when they are laid up. We care for their children when they are overwhelmed. We prepare meals when they are grieving. Because we love our friends we choose to make them happy, at times meeting their needs before meeting our own. Why? Love.

God loves us and wants us to obey Him in love. "We love Him because He first loved us". 1 John 4:19

Are you truly waiting on God? Do you wake up in the middle of the night, when you hear Him speaking to you? Are you digging into His written Word, eagerly turning pages, seeking Him out? Have you heard Him speak and known it was God who was speaking?

It's not too late. God is calling you right now. Some of you He is calling to salvation. Some to service. Some to healing. Some to rest. Some to the baptism of His Holy Spirit, to be filled with power to walk in His Word. Some of you He is calling for the last time. I hope you are ready. I know I am.

Hid In My Heart

I have difficulty finishing one thing before starting another. This is not multitasking, this is a lack of focus and being able to accomplish the objective(s) I set for myself every day.

I can read a portion of Scripture and still must read it over again several times. It has helped to read my Bible out loud, but I can only do that outside.

While I have never been super focused, I used to be better at it than this. I comprehend what I am reading, but I do not retain what I have read. Understand?

I know that God is helping me every step of the way we are walking together. So, when I am able to quote Scripture, it is not from memory, but from reading The Word into heart, where The Holy Spirit can draw it up, like from a well, and quench the thirsty, feed the hungry.

I have both a large print Bible, which I take outside and read, and giant print Bible, which remains on my desk in plain sight. When these both become just blurs, I also have the whole Bible on cassette. Old school, yes; but I can stop when and where I need to to get what I need when I need it.

How we get God's Word into our hearts is not as important as the fact that we get it in there. It helps to know that God's Word is Jesus Christ. John 1:1, 14 (1) "In the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God....(14) And The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of The Father,) full of grace and truth."

In order to get The Word into our hearts we need to acknowledge that we have sinned against God. We need to repent, turn away from doing such sins, and ask God to forgive us. And He will. Now The Word is in our hearts, But it is up to us to maintain it. The engine of that beautiful automobile will break down and refuse to run smoothly, if we do not take care of it, right? But we need help.
That is why God sent The Holy Spirit: to help us maintain The Word which is living in our hearts. 
I need my Jesus. I need God's Holy Spirit. It is He who guides me, teaches me, helps me, reminds me. It is God's Holy Spirit who called me to salvation through God's only begotten Son Jesus Christ. It is how I am able to accomplish my purpose in life. 
When I surrendered all, I always kept back a part of me. Maybe it was fear. Maybe it was anxiety Whatever it was, I never really surrendered ALL OF ME to God. I must take the next step and be fully committed to what God wants me to do. 
His Word is in me, His Spirit is on me, and I will go where He wants me to go.

Sure Footed Confidence

O people of faith, wonder not why your feet hurt for God is making

your feet new, that His purpose may be fulfilled in you.

Your faith is growing because you have placed your trust in your God.

In His Word you are made new and whole and perfect.

His strength is ours for our journeys. 

His Wisdom is ours for our

understanding and undertakings.

His Love is the love wherewith we love others. 

His Peace is beyond the

scope of human understanding.

His Joy is unspeakable; 

there are no words that can adequately

describe it.

The Lord Jesus Christ alone is our Hope of Salvation, for there is no

other Name under heaven by which man can be saved.

His way is perfect and we are to walk in it by faith.

Determination: I will walk.

Perseverance; I am walking.

Overcomer: I have walked.

Catching Up and East From West

I know it's been awhile since last I posted. One of the main reasons? My browser was infected with some kind of advertisement bug and it wouldn't let me access my pages without a ton of interference.

There is coming a day, however, when I will no longer be able to share my studies with you. Until that day occurs, these studies will keep coming.

Psalm 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

As Rudyard Kipling stated in his epic poem 'The Ballad of East and West',

 "East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet."

He knew his Scripture when he used that statement. And it's true: no matter how you shape it or imagine it, east will never meet west. When God forgives us for our sins, after we repent of our sins, the penalty for those sins committed, is forever paid by another: JESUS CHRIST, God's only begotten Son. Thus those sins will never be judged, for they have been forgiven and forgotten by God. 

It is by God's mercy that we are forgiven-Psalm 103:17-18  "But the mercy of The LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear (hold in awe and wonder) Him, and His righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep His covenant, and to those that remember His commandments to do them."

What is God's covenant with us? His Son, The LORD JESUS CHRIST. 

Hebrews 13:20,21 "Now The GOD of Peace, that brought again from the dead our LORD JESUS, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in His sight, through JESUS CHRIST; to Whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen."

Jeremiah 31:33,34  "But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith THE LORD, I will put My Law in their hearts; and will be their GOD, and they shall be My people. 

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know THE LORD': for they shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them,' saith THE LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."

Hebrews 8:6 "But now has He obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also He is the Mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises." Hebrews 8:10 "For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith THE LORD; I will put My laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a GOD, and they shall be to Me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying Know THE LORD: for all shall know Me, from the least to the greatest. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more."

I love that God's mercy endures for ever. I love that God's mercy is not just for me and you, but for our children and their children, as well. The prayers we pray now are impacting not only us, but they who will come after us: children's children's children. Someone prayed for us before we were ever born. Let's keep this legacy of remaining in prayer with our God going.

In Your Tabernacle

Revelation 21:3 states that at a future and permanent time "the Tabernacle of God is with men". 
This Tabernacle is Christ Jesus, God's Son. 





The Tabernacle of God stated as such in Revelation 21:3 is that same Tabernacle to which David referred in Psalm 61:4. 

I will abide in Your Tabernacle for ever: 

I will trust in the covert of your wings.

At both times, the word 'tabernacle' refers to a dwelling, a tent which can be seen from afar. These are not the only two verses, however, which mean tent or dwelling. 

In The Old Testament of The Bible the word 'tabernacle' with this meaning is referred to 182 times; in The New Testament, 15 times. Of these references, here are two more to think on:

>Psalm 27:5-6 "For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion, in the secret of His Tabernacle shall He hide me: He shall set me upon a Rock. And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in His Tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises unto The Lord."

>Hebrews 9:1-12 "But Christ being come a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of the building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us."

And while the word 'covert' may trip some up, it simply means 'hiding place, secret place, protection'. 

Se'lah is a musical pause, a suspension of music in between verses. 

A Shelter For Me-Psalm 61:3

As Christians, we know where to go when we are distressed: to God. Our Bibles tell us that God is many places of rest and hiding when the enemy of our souls comes against. Whether the enemy whispers in our ears that we are not enough, not worthy to be heard by God, we know that we are. When the enemy attacks us via the people we love, and who say they love us, but refuse to believe the Truth of The Word of God, we know we can run to God and He will comfort us. 

For Thou hast been a Shelter for me, and a 

Strong Tower from my enemy. 

Psalm 61:3

There is nowhere else we can go to hide, to recuperate. We are not running away from the fight, we are running to God that He might fight for us. These battles against the enemy cannot be won by sheer will power on our part. We must turn to God or we will lose the fight.

With God as our Shelter, we are covered above and below, on every corner and walled about. Psalm 32:1 "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered." Romans 4:7 repeats this verse "Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered." We are in the secret place of The Most High God; we are in Jesus Christ. And having overcome the enemy of our souls by His Blood and His Resurrection, we know that we are safe and sound in Him. 

With God as our Strong Tower none can come against Him and win. Many have tried and still attempt to erase God and God's Word by eradicating His people and His Church. They will not succeed. Psalm 92:7-8 "When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish: it is that they should be destroyed for ever: But Thou,  LORD, art Most High for evermore." Revelation 1:18 "I AM He That Lives, and was dead; and, behold, I AM Alive For Evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and death." 

Why we would turn to anything man has to offer in this world when we can turn to God every single time for every little or huge thing that comes against us? Anything or anyone that is against any part of God's Word is against God, God's people and God's church.

Now is the time to fall on our knees, beg God's forgiveness, get renewed in The Spirit and tell this world in which we live that God Is Love; that God's Love was manifested in His only begotten Son Jesus Christ for the sins of the  whole world, not just a few. 

And remember, God is as close as the next breath of air we breathe, for with Christ living in us and we living in Him, we have become one in Spirit. We are an empowered Church and God will change the hearts of those who hear and believe. 

Psalm 144:1

As I study this verse, I am reminded of a conversation I had with Linda B before she passed away. She had asked me about altars and why we don't build them. I said that we carry our altars with us wherever we are. Our hands. When we bring our hands together and lock our fingers, whether prostrate or kneeling, then the 'altar' which we have put together is set before God. And that's when we lay our sacrifice across it and surrender such to God. 

Once we place our faith in God, it is with our hands and fingers that wars and battles are won. Our individual submission to God's will is not easy but a necessary action nonetheless. That's why it's called a sacrifice. We are giving up, surrendering, that which is precious to us and placing it on the altar to give it to God. That's where we lay ourselves, our families, our friends. Praying for their salvation, their baptism of The Holy Spirit, and that God would fill them also with a desire to know Him more and serve Him with joyful hearts and lips. 

With our hands we open our Bibles. With our fingers we turn the pages. With our hands upraised and our fingers stretched forth in worship. In agreement we reach across time and distance, standing together in spirit, agreeing by Amen, that God will accept our sacrifices and be blessed by our words and actions. 

"Blessed be The LORD my strength, which teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight." Psalm 144:1

Psalm 143

 Today's thoughts from Psalm 143 are a compilation of study from this past week and into this weekend. The mind is a hard thing to keep focused on any one train of thought at any given time, let alone trying to remain focused on the things which God is directing me to. I have so many trains of thought running through my mind that I feel as if I am the main railway branch by which many run, like in Thomas the Train, with all his friends.

So here goes Psalm 143

1. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in Thy faithfulness answer me, and in Thy righteousness.
2. And enter not into judgment with Thy servant: for in Thy sight shall no man living be justified.

3. For the enemy  has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
4. Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

5. I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Thy works; I muse on the work of Thy hands.

6. I stretch forth my hands unto Thee: my soul thirsts after Thee, as a  thirsty land. Se'lah.
7. Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit fails: hide not Thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

8. Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindess in the morning; for in Thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto Thee.

9. Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto Thee to hide me.

10. Teach me to do Thy will; for Thou art my GOD: Thy Spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

11. Quicken me, O LORD, for Thy Name's sake: for Thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

12. And of Thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am Thy servant.

Why I Sing

I will sing unto The Lord as long as I live: 

I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

My meditation of Him shall be sweet:

I will be glad in The Lord.

Psalm 104:33, 34

Breakfast of Champions

Both our home and our house are under reconstructive remodeling. Half the basement is living quarters and pantry, the other half is going to be laundry-workshop when fixed. Upstairs are two master bedrooms, the office (which is complete) 1 full bath and 1 half bath, the kitchen, the dining room and the living room. Now that my husband can see every shade on the color wheel, we are doing the house up nice. 

The basement stairwell is a wet sand hue. The basement living quarters are paneled and carpeted. Upstairs my room is pink and white. The office is painted a warm yellow shade called Fleeting Fawn; when the sun rises and shines into our office it is absolutely gorgeous. 

When we get to the kitchen, I have selected a pale yellow called Cornmeal. And I will be doing a custom border all along the top of the two walls that don't have cabinetry. I tell you these things to introduce you to our God, should you not know Him. Psalm 34:8" O taste and see that The Lord is good: blessed is the man who trusts in Him" will be written across it. And I am thinking I will have all of our friends sign it. I like different. And being someone who trusts in The Lord with all of my heart makes me different. 

I have perfect peace. I do not worry as much as I used to, in fact I would like to believe that All is well in Jesus' Name for every aspect of my life, our life. Our finances have been blessed that our needs and wants have been given. Our love is blessed because we honor God with our lives. We tithe of our incomes, of our time, of our gifts and talents, of our hopes and dreams and goals. Our home is blessed because we bless God with our home. 

Our home is open to visitors, friends, family, strangers. You knock on our door and want to tell us about your religion, we tell you about our Savior. You dial our numbers and we will pray with you, encourage you, lift you up right where you are. You dine at our table and God's blessings are invoked when we pray. You know our kids and are welcome in our home. You know our testimony and our witness is for God's glory, and none of the credit is due us for anything we have done. 

Taste and See, two major senses which are given us by God are meant to draw us closer to Him, as well. Taste The Word, The Manna from God, The Bread of Life. While Taste and See are two major players in the sensory world, they are different but still able to work together well. How would you know, understand, see? how The Word tastes, if you cannot first have it cross your lips, lie on your tongue and then swallow it? You can't. 

After that first bite, that first lesson, that first Sunday School class, that first message preached, that first small group session, that first knowledge of the Truth of the Holy Word of God, we hunger for more. This world is so full of fakes and falsehoods, deceits and greed, tainted messages that twist Scriptures or just plain leave them out that quite a few people really do want to know What is Real? 

God Is Real. God's Word Is Real. God's Righteousness Is Real. God's Holiness Is Real. 

I want The Whole Word of God. I am hungry and thirsty for righteousness and I will be filled. God says so in Matthew 5:6 "Blessed are they (me, you) who hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled."

Psalm 63:1 "A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah. You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water."

Psalm 107:9 "for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things."

Proverbs 10:24 "What the wicked dread will overtake them; what the righteous desire will be granted."

Proverbs 21:21 "Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor." 

Gee all of these promises in God's Word sound yummy. Let us find some more to savor and learn.

Isaiah 55:1&2 ""Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost..Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare."

John 4:14 "but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

John 6:35 "Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty."

I believe. My hunger for Christ is satisfied in knowing Him, loving Him, serving Him. My thirst is quenched in His love, in His arms, in His heart. I believe that Jesus Christ Is Lord. Lord of All. Lord of my life. Lord of every beat of my heart. I believe that I am His and He is mine. 

My voice is His and I sing for Him, under the anointing of The Holy Spirit of God. For Him I study, I write, I preach, I witness, I encourage and I sing. In fact, I will do whatever He wants me to do when He wants me to do it. Remember, it is more important to be obedient to God, than it is to make sacrifices in His Name. He may call us to do what seem to be silly things, what seems to be little jobs or, to us, unimportant things. Do them anyway. God uses the weak things, the foolish things of this world and this world's understanding to confound and confuse the strong: the strong-willed, the strong-minded. He has His own way of doing things and He wants to do them through us. O taste and see that The Lord is good. 

Preparing for Pentecost-Psalm 51

Psalm 51:1
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Colossians 2:14
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to His cross...
 
Psalm 51:2
Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Revelation 1:5
..And from Jesus Christ, who is The Faithful Witness, and The First Begotten Of The Dead, and The Prince Of The Kings Of The Earth. Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood.
Romans 5:8
But God commended His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Proverbs 31:21
She (the virtuous woman) is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Isaiah 53:1-12
 
Psalm 51:3
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Psalm 32:5
I acknowledged my sin unto Thee, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, 'I will confess my transgressions unto The Lord'; and You forgave me the iniquity of my sin.
Romans 10:9-10
That if we confess with our mouths The Lord Jesus, and believe in our hearts that God raised Him from the dead, we shall be saved. For with the heart we believe unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Galatians 3:22
But The Scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
 
Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right (constant) spirit within me.
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 1:18
Come now, and let us reason together, says The Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
 
Psalm 51:11-15
Cast me not away from Your presence; and take not Your Holy Spirit away from me.
Restore unto me the joy of my salvation; and uphold me with Your free Spirit.
Then will I teach transgressors Your ways; sinners will be converted unto You.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.
O Lord, You open my lips; and my mouth shall show forth Your praise.
2 Corinthians 3:17 
Now The Lord is that Spirit: and where The Spirit of The Lord is, there is liberty.
Acts 1:8
But you shall receive power, after The Holy Ghost is come upon you: and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judah, and in all Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts 2:1-4
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
And they were all filled with The Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as The Spirit gave them utterance.
Galatians 5:22-26
But the fruit of The Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
If we live in The Spirit, let us also walk in The Spirit.
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

God has redeemed my soul from the snares and traps of Satan. I have been redeemed (bought back) through the blood of Jesus Christ, when He obediently surrendered His will to His Father's will and died on the cross carrying the weight of my sins upon Him. 
     When the spear pierced His side, and water poured forth, it was because His heart broke within Him. For when God had laid the sins of the world upon The Lamb whom God had chosen to carry the blood-guiltiness of our transgressions and iniquities, no longer could Jesus be in God's presence: for God is holy. Sin cannot exist in God's presence; God had to turn His face away from His only begotten Son and when that happened, Jesus heart broke open within Him. 
     Has your heart broken open within you to the point of submission and surrender? Truly? Have you put God's desires, God's needs, God's will, ahead of your own? Do not answer me. For as these questions are put forth to you, they have first been put to me. 
Paul was right when he said, "I die daily." For when we crucify our will and submit ourselves to God's will, it is then that the desires of our hearts and minds die. To be replaced by the will of God. 
    First and foremost, God's will for us is that we repent. Repent of our wickedness. Repent of our disobedience to Him. Repent of any wickedness we are aware of and know which resides in us. Repent means to turn back from; cease to do any longer. When we give God our hearts, He begins to clean house. He removes the bigger sins which are visible. But removing the roots of these sins takes time. It is just like gardening. Think of our hearts as God's garden. When God takes up residence in someone's heart, the light of God's holiness reveals sin, and in order for God to stay in us, the sin needs to go. So we repent.
    Secondly, God's will for us to be sanctified. Now that the surface of our heart is clean and shiny, the nooks and crannies need to be fully cleansed. So The Spirit of God begins to work in our thoughts and our minds. But to even get that far, we need God's Holy Spirit in us and on us. 
     Galatians 5:22,23 speaks of the fruit of The Spirit. There is only one fruit, but it has many parts, like an orange. The visible part is the rind, the outer rim if you will. We remove that and set it aside for future use. Next is the inner covering, which protects the individual slices of the fruit. That needs to be removed also, in order to reach the juicy bits of fruit.
The Spirit is all of these: outer rind, inner rind, slices of fruit, juice and seeds. Therefore, The Spirit of God can be seen as that which covers us, protecting us. The inner Spirit covers us inwardly, sheltering us from that which could take us apart. His fruit, His characteristics begin to flow within us. There is one Spirit, but many aspects of that Spirit can be seen, can be felt, can be heard, can be touched. "And where The Spirit of The Lord is, there is liberty." 
    We are able to come together as one in the bonds of fellowship because we recognize this Spirit in each other. Each believer in The Lord Jesus Christ has a measure of The Holy Ghost breathed upon him or her at baptism. As we walk in The Spirit and live in The Spirit, then The Spirit of God is with us always. 
     But daily we are tempted and daily the death of our faith is sought after by Satan and his spirits, and they are many. As the demon within the man spoke when questioned by Christ, "We are legion". Tens of thousands. And that was just within one man. Multiply that by the current population of this earth 6.9 billion and you can see that Satan's minions are not few.
     But of this population, perhaps, and optimistically on my part, perhaps 3 billion of these are Christians. In this smaller section the term Christian is broken down by denomination. But let me remind you: it is not denomination which God looks at to determine who will enter heaven for ever: it is the heart of the believer. But it is this heart, where The Spirit of God lives and works, that will be able to come against the many spirits of the enemy. 
     Once you accept Christ as your Lord and Savior, a spiritual target is place on you. Whereas Satan once ignored you because you were already his slave, now because your heart and your mind and your will (desires, wants, emotions) are no longer directed on his lusts, you have become someone he desires to destroy. He will use every weapon at his disposal to throw against you, every wandering thought, every meditation of the heart, every person in your life to bring you to your knees and take you out. 
    Guess what? You who have chosen Christ as your own and opened your heart to God and The Spirit of God can overcome everything the devil will try to use against you. As long as you stay near God and in His protection, the devil cannot destroy you or your faith in God. As long as you read His Word and live in it and have it live in you, you win. Jesus Christ already beat the devil and won, when He died on the cross and rose from the dead; when every drop of His blood which flowed out of His body and onto the generations of mankind: onto you and onto me. 
     I have read the end of The Bible: we win. Rise up from where you huddle in fear and doubt! For Christ has set you free. You who were once dead in your sins are now alive in Christ. Rejoice! Be happy. Be joyful. Be aware of who you are now and where you stand. Watch and pray: be alert, be careful, be vigilant and diligent in your actions and activities. Prayer keeps us close to our God and draws us closer daily to His side. Prayer feeds our spirits. The Word of God, the written Scriptures, feeds our souls, our minds/thoughts, our bodies, our hopes/dreams/visions/goals. 
     And again, with much love in Christ and for you, I say Be blessed.