DESPERATE
NEED
BREAD
8 Do not
hold against us the sins of the fathers; may your mercy come quickly to meet
us, for we are in desperate need. Psalms
79:8 (NIV)
6 The Lord protects the simplehearted; when I
was in great need, he saved me. 7 Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. Psalms 116:6-7 (NIV)
3 Yet
you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel. 4 In you our fathers put their
trust; they trusted and you delivered them. 5 They cried to you and were
saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed. Psalms 22:3-5 (NIV)
8 We do
not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the
province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to
endure, so that we despaired even of life. 9 Indeed, in our hearts we felt
the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves
but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he
will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver
us. 2 Corinthians 1:8-10 (NIV)
7 But we
have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is
from God and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed;
perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not
destroyed. 10 We
always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus
may also be revealed in our body. 2 Corinthians 4:7-10 (NIV)
12 I know
what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned
the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or
hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do everything through
him who gives me strength. Philippians
4:12-13 (NIV)
19 And my
God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. 20 To our God and Father be glory
for ever and ever. Amen. Philippians
4:19-20 (NIV)
15 For we
do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but
we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without
sin. 16 Let us
then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy
and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:15-16 (NIV)
BUTTER
“It is well to be poor, when the knowledge
of our poverty serves but to unfold to us the exhaustless riches of divine
grace. That grace can never suffer any one to go away empty. It can never tell
anyone that he is too poor. It can meet the very deepest human need; and not
only so, but it is glorified in meeting it. This holds good in every case. It
is true of every individual sinner…Grace is the grand and only resource for us
all. It is the basis of our salvation;
the basis of a life of practical godliness; and the basis of those imperishable
hopes which animate us amid the trials and conflicts of this sin-stricken
world. May we cherish a deeper sense of grace, and more ardent desire for glory! C H MacIntosh
“O
God, never suffer us to think that we can stand by ourselves, and not need
Thee.” John
Donne
“Considering Mary, how did she ‘walk by
the Spirit’ and glorify Christ when God gave her an impossible
circumstance? She believed God for the
impossible---‘How will this be, for I am a virgin?’ And she lived a life of
repentance—“I am the Lord’s servant, may it be to me as you have said” What
does a life of repentance look like? It
is a daily recognition that you are not your own, for you have been bought with
a price. What is your life response to
the impossible issues you are facing?
How must you walk by the Spirit, in the way of repentance and faith,
like Mary? I must believe God that I am
an adopted son or daughter. That I am
loved unconditionally; that I am forgiven and really free from sin in my life.
I must believe I have the Holy Spirit’s seal of approval…I must believe God can
and will do miraculous things in my life….in the lives of others around me…. “I
must stop living life by and for myself… I must repent of my self saving
ways….My idols of comfort, security and approval. And I can because Jesus has already done all
for me. Not just some of what I need,
but all of what I needed and need, on the cross and He continues to do, by the
active Presence and Power of His Holy Spirit.” Tom
Wood
“But there’s a decision that I find God is asking us to make: whether
we are going to choose to interpret our circumstances based on what we hold to
be true about God, or whether we’re going to judge what we hold to be true
about God based on our circumstances. People ask how we’re doing, and I like to
say: ‘We have a faithful God.’ Every promise he’s kept, every need he’s met.” Laura
Story
“Give
me all needed strength of body, wisdom of mind, grace of soul to do this Thy so
great work.” Hudson Taylor
“You will never need more than God can supply.” J. I. Packer
“A
ministry which flows from abiding dependence upon the Holy Spirit can never
become barren. If a man is drawing on his own resources, he will soon run dry.
It matters not what his powers may be, or how extensive his reading, or how
vast his stores of information; if the Holy Spirit be not the spring and power
of his ministry, it must, sooner or later, lose its freshness and its
effectiveness. How important then, that all who minister (and live) in the
gospel…should lean continually and exclusively on the power of the Holy Spirit.
He knows what souls need, and He can supply it. But he must be trusted and
used. It will not do to lean partly on self and partly on the Spirit.” C H
Macintosh
HEART SAVOR
- · My God meets needs. His grace is always more than sufficient. He gives not sparingly to His children but overflows their cups.
- · God is faithful and able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all I can ask or imagine.
- · The Lord is on my side – who can be against me?
