THANKFUL
FOR HIS LOVE
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4 Rejoice
in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident
to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything,
by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which
transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ
Jesus.
Philippians 4:4-7 (NIV)
3 You
will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in
you. 4 Trust
in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the Rock eternal. Isaiah 26:3-4 (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)
1 The Lord is my light and my salvation-- whom
shall I fear? The Lord is the
stronghold of my life-- of whom shall I be afraid? Psalms 27:1 (NIV)
28 For
the Lord loves the just and will
not forsake his faithful ones. Psalms
37:28 (NIV)
1 Then
Job replied to the Lord: 2 “I know that you can do all
things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. 3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my counsel
without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too
wonderful for me to know.” Job 42:1-3
(NIV)
1 I love
you, O Lord, my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my
rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my
stronghold. Psalms 18:1-2 (NIV)
17 The
righteous cry out, and the Lord
hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. 18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are
crushed in spirit. 19 A
righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord
delivers him from them all. Psalms
34:17-19 (NIV)
5 Blessed
are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. 6 As they pass through the
Valley of Baca (tears), they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also
cover it with pools. 7 They
go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion. Psalms 84:5-7 (NIV)
11 For
the Lord God is a sun and shield;
the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. 12 O Lord Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you. Psalms 84:11-12 (NIV)
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“God’s
love is always supernatural, always a miracle, always the last thing we
deserve.” Robert
Horn
“We are never beyond the Shepherd’s eye. In our sorrows He observes us incessantly, and not a pang escapes Him; in our toils He sees all our weariness, and writes in His book all the struggles of His faithful ones. These thoughts of the Lord encompass us in all our paths and penetrate the innermost regions of our being. Not a nerve or tissue, valve or vessel of our bodily organization is uncared for: all the littles of your little world are thought of by our great God.” Charles Spurgeon
“Luther
was once found at a moment of peril and fear, when he had need to grasp unseen
strength, sitting in an abstracted mood tracing on the table with his finger
the words, ‘Vivit! Vivit!’ (‘He lives!
He lives!’). It is our hope for
ourselves, and for His truth, and for mankind.
Men come and go; leaders, teachers, thinkers speak and work for a
season, and then fall silent and impotent.
He abides. They die, but He
lives. They are lights kindled, and,
therefore, sooner or later quenched; but He is the true light from which they
draw all their brightness, and He shines forevermore.” Alexander Maclaren
“God is our
Refuge, our Strength and Salvation, A Mighty Fortress is the Lord
Almighty. There is no equal, no power
beside Him. Forever our Champion is the Lord
our God. Our Savior, He is King over all
the earth.” Lyrics to Defender (Call
Upon The Name Of The Lord)
“Christian thanksgiving is the life of
Christ in the heart — transforming
the disposition and the whole character.
Thanksgiving must be wrought into the life as a habit—before it can
become a fixed and permanent quality. An
occasional burst of praise, in the midst of years of complaining, is not what
is required. Songs on rare, sunshiny days; and no songs when skies are
cloudy—will not make a life of gratitude. The heart must learn to sing
always. This lesson is learned only when
it becomes a habit which nothing can weaken. We must persist in being thankful. When we
can see no reason for praise—we must believe in the divine love and goodness,
and sing in the darkness. Thanksgiving has attained its rightful
place in us, only when it is part of all our days and dominates all our
experiences.” J. R. Miller
“One
act of thanksgiving when things go wrong with us is worth a thousand thanks
when things are agreeable to our inclinations.” Saint
John of Avila
HEART SAVOR
·
If God is for me who can be against me?
·
Because He loves me and has my best interest
at heart, where He leads me I will follow.
·
Thanksgiving in all circumstances shows trust
in the One Who controls all.
