HE
IS PRECIOUS TO HIS OWN
BREAD
6 For in
Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious
cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.” 7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to
those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the
capstone,” 8 and, “A
stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” 1 Peter 2:6-8 (NIV)
5 For
the Lord is good and his love
endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. Psalms 100:5 (NIV)
4 For
great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the
skies. Psalms 108:4 (NIV)
24 Declare
his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. 25 For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; he is to
be feared above all gods. 26 For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens. 27 Splendor and majesty are
before him; strength and joy in his dwelling place. 1 Chronicles 16:24-27 (NIV)
11 He
tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries
them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young. Isaiah 40:11 (NIV)
28 Do you
not know? Have you not heard? The Lord
is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow
tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. 29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men
stumble and fall; 31 but
those who hope in the Lord will
renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and
not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:28-31 (NIV)
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life
for the sheep.” John 10:11 (NIV)
7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my
heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give
thanks to him in song. 8 The Lord is the strength of his people, a
fortress of salvation for his anointed one. 9 Save your people and bless
your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever. Psalms 28:7-9 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Reader,
put these few following questions to thine own heart, as in the presence of
God; if thou canst answer them affirmatively, doubt not thy real interest in
him, and in his great salvation: Is the
Lord Jesus Christ precious to me, as he is to all that believe? Once he was to me without form or comeliness,
and I saw no beauty in him; is he now to me the chiefest of ten thousand, yea,
altogether lovely? Do I behold an
infinite amiableness and glory in his person, a transcendent excellency in his
righteousness, an inexhausted fullness in his grace, and a heaven of happiness
in his love? Do I esteem him above every
name, love him above every creature and thing, and value an interest in him before
ten thousand worlds? Is the language of
my soul, ‘None but Christ! None but
Christ! Whom
Have I in heaven but thee? And there is
none upon earth that I desire besides thee?’”
K. H. Von Bogatzky
“All
we love is in his hands. He hears our prayers and our tears when there are no
words. He counts them as liquid intercession, which is precious to him (Ps.
56:8a). He is our Mighty Warrior and contends with those forces that are contending
with us (Isa. 42:13; Ps. 35:1).” Sylvia Gunter
“It costs much to obtain the power of the Spirit: It costs self-surrender and humiliation and a yielding up of our most precious things to God; it costs the perseverance of long waiting, and the faith of strong trust. But when we are really in that power, we shall find this difference, that whereas before, it was hard for us to do the easiest things, now it is easy for us to do the hard things.” A J. Gordon
“It's a promise that whatever you might be experiencing today is
just one chapter in a story that He is writing, and that story isn't over
yet....extract the precious from the worthless (Jeremiah 15)..Life has far more
sticky situations than miraculous moments. As you encounter challenges,
difficulties, and setbacks, train your eyes to "extract the
precious." Train your ears to hear the promise. And train your heart to
pursue relentless hope.” Beth
Guckenberger
“He
is present and precious to His own.” Hudson Taylor
“I
have continually to mourn that I follow at such a distance and learn so slowly
to imitate my precious Master.” Hudson
Taylor
“His
love is unfailing, His Word unchangeable, His power ever the same; therefore
the heart that trusts Him is kept in ‘perfect peace’…I know He tries me only to
increase my faith, and that it is all in love.
Well, if He is glorified, I am content.” Hudson Taylor
“It is a precious doctrine that the saints
are safe, but it is a damnable inference from it, that therefore they may live
as they please. It is a glorious truth that God will keep his people, but it is
an abominable falsehood that sin will do them no harm. Remember that God gives
us liberty, not licence, and while he gives us protection, he will not allow us
presumption.” C. H.
Spurgeon
HEART SAVOR
- · The Lord is precious to me – my heart trusts in Him and I am helped.
- · He keeps me in perfect peace as my mind stays fixed on Him.
- · He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. In His all sufficient hands, all things rest.
