EXCEEDINGLY
PRESENT
BREAD
1 God is
our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Psalms 46:1 (NIV)
9 For
the eyes of the Lord range
throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to
him. 2 Chronicles 16:9 (NIV)
5 No one
will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with
Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. Joshua 1:4-5 (NIV)
7 “But
blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence is in him. 8 He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends
out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are
always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear
fruit.” 9 The
heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? 10 “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man
according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve.” Jeremiah 17:7-10 (NIV)
13 Nothing
in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid
bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. Hebrews 4:13 (NIV)
15 “If you love me, you will obey what I command. 16 And I
will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you
forever-- 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it
neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and
will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” John 14:15-18 (NIV)
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help
come from? 2 My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth. 3 He will not let
your foot slip-- he who watches over you will not slumber; 4 indeed, he who
watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord watches over you-- the Lord is your shade at your right hand; 6 the sun will
not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The Lord will keep you from all harm-- he
will watch over your life; 8 the Lord will watch over your coming and
going both now and forevermore. Psalms
121:1-8 (NIV)
BUTTER
“O the deep, deep love of Jesus.
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!
Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me! Underneath me, all around me, is the current
of Thy love, leading onward, leading homeward, to my glorious rest above! O the deep, deep love of Jesus, spread His
praise from shore to shore! How He
loveth, ever loveth, changeth never, never more! How He watches o’er His loved ones, died to
call them all His own; how for them He intercedeth, watcheth o’er them from the
throne! O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
love of every love the best! ‘Tis an
ocean full of blessing, ‘tis a haven giving rest! O the deep, deep love of Jesus, ‘tis a heav’n
of heav’ns to me; and it lifts me up to glory, for it lifts me up to Thee!” Samuel Trevor Francis
“We judge things
by their present appearance; but the Lord sees them in their consequences. If we could do the same we would be perfectly
of His mind; but since we can’t, it is an unspeakable mercy that He will manage
for us, whether we are pleased with His management or not; and it is regarded
as one of His heaviest judgments when He gives any person up to the way of their
own hearts, and to walk according to their own wisdom.” John
Newton
“If I am going to
walk in this present life according to my high calling as a Christian, I need a
strength higher than my own strength. I need the power of Christ. How is this
power of Christ to be mine? It’s not enough just to imagine that I have this
power. It’s not even enough to take the second step and reckon myself dead to
sin and alive to Christ. There must also be a communication of the power of
Christ to me through the agency of the Holy Spirit who indwells me.” Francis Schaeffer
“The
Almighty and everywhere present power of
God; whereby, as it were by His hand, He upholds and governs heaven, earth, and
all creatures; so that herbs and grass, rain and drought, fruitful and barren
years, meat and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty, yea, and all
things come, not by chance, but by His fatherly hand.” The
Heidelberg Catechism
“He
is present and precious to His own.”
Hudson Taylor
“He who stands today representing
the interests of His people is very God of very God, to whom every knee shall
bow. Happy are we who belong to such a
Shepherd, whose humanity communes with us, and whose divinity protects us. Let us worship and bow down before Him as the
people of His pasture.” Charles H.
Spurgeon
“Take heed that you do not glory in your graces, but let all
your glorying and confidence be in Christ and His strength, for this is the
only way you can be kept from falling.
Pray more often. Spend longer
periods of time in holy adoration. Read
the Scriptures more earnestly and constantly.
Watch your lives more carefully.
Live nearer to God. Take the best
examples for your pattern. Let your
conversation emit the fragrance of heaven.
Let your hearts be perfumed with affection for the souls of others. So live that others may recognize that you
have been with Jesus, and have learned of Him…On, Christian, with care and
caution! On, with holy fear and trembling! On, with faith and confidence in Jesus alone,
and let your constant petition be, ‘Sustain me according to your promise.’ He, and He alone, is able ‘to keep you from
falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with
great joy.’”
Charles H. Spurgeon
HEART SAVOR
- · God is always with me. He ever leads, guides, protects and provides – praise Him!
- · If God is on my side who can be against me?
- · He is exceedingly present in all my comings and goings.
