The Lord's Message on 02/21/2015; Timidity (humbleness and meekness) produces power, love, and self-discipline

Lord, you have placed us in the United States of America and other nations of the world so we would seek you!

Lord, it is time for us to claim the Spirit according to your will.

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

Lord, when we claim the Spirit; help us to live by the Spirit.

The Power Of Your Love

Ravi Zacharias Q & A: Did Man Create God and What About Those Who Is there a true belief?

Job 42 NIV Audio Bible, Dramatized

Job 42 New International Version

Then Job replied to the Lord: “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

“You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.’ My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.
Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”

Epilogue

After the Lord had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.” So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.

After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. And he also had seven sons and three daughters. The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.

After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. And so Job died, an old man and full of years.

God will make a way

We Claim these things with the Power in the Name of Jesus; Christ the Messiah. Amen.

Footnotes:

1. Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. Purchased Product License 01/09/2015

Notes:

• We literally interpret the Bible (Please, do the same by reading verses in context of whole chapters and with cross-references (to other whole chapters). We believe God’s instruction to us to not change anything in God’s Perfect Word.
• We may paraphrase, summarize concepts presented, God’s Perfect Word; but we will always offer direct quotations when requested.
• In general our words are base in God’s Perfect Word as our beliefs; please respect them. We will respect your beliefs as supported by God’s Perfect Word. We reserve the right to remove comments that lack respect or are not supportable in God’s Perfect Word as opinions!
• We believe writings, messages, pictures... are authored by God as the only copy-righter; we will honor governmental copyright laws as per God’s Instructions. However, we stand in the 1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the United States of America of freedom of religion without constraint as intended by our founding fore fathers. To Us Gods Perfect Laws trump any nations or countries laws; we will fight for this right unto death!

The Lord's Message on 02/20/2015; Love your neighbor as you love yourself; do not love evil; let evil exhaust itself!

Lord, we trust in you.

Lord, guide us away from loving evil.

Lord direct our actions and efforts to let evil exhaust itself.

TIS SO SWEET TO TRUST IN JESUS

How do we love our enemies? - Ravi Zacharias answering a question.

1 Thessalonians 5 NIV Audio Bible, Dramatized [1]

1 Thessalonians 5 New International Version

The Day of the Lord

Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

Final Instructions

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil.

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.

Brothers and sisters, pray for us. Greet all God’s people with a holy kiss. I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Are You Washed in the Blood?

We Claim these things with the Power in the Name of Jesus; Christ the Messiah. Amen.

Footnotes:

1. Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. Purchased Product License 01/09/2015

Notes:

• We literally interpret the Bible (Please, do the same by reading verses in context of whole chapters and with cross-references (to other whole chapters). We believe God’s instruction to us to not change anything in God’s Perfect Word.
• We may paraphrase, summarize concepts presented, God’s Perfect Word; but we will always offer direct quotations when requested.
• In general our words are base in God’s Perfect Word as our beliefs; please respect them. We will respect your beliefs as supported by God’s Perfect Word. We reserve the right to remove comments that lack respect or are not supportable in God’s Perfect Word as opinions!
• We believe writings, messages, pictures... are authored by God as the only copy-righter; we will honor governmental copyright laws as per God’s Instructions. However, we stand in the 1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the United States of America of freedom of religion without constraint as intended by our founding fore fathers. To Us Gods Perfect Laws trump any nations or countries laws; we will fight for this right unto death!

The Lord’s Message on 02/19/2015; Encountering Jesus Christ... A life with meaning; but not without tears!

Lord, lead us to give our best actions to defeat sin and evil in this nation and the world.

15 Best Christian Worship/Gospel Songs of all time

Let My People Think: Ravi Zacharias at Constitution Hall.

What our country (nation) needs! We will never hear the Gospel until we have actually been made uneasy by it. When pleasure has nothing to give to you anymore!

Proverbs 21 NIV Audio Bible, Dramatized [1]

Proverbs 21 New International Version

In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him.

A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart.

To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.

The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

The wicked crave evil; their neighbors get no mercy from them.

When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.

The Righteous One takes note of the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.

A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.

When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.

Whoever strays from the path of prudence comes to rest in the company of the dead.

Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.

Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.

The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down.

Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.

One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.

Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.

The proud and arrogant person—“Mocker” is his name— behaves with insolent fury.

The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work. All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing.

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with evil intent!

A false witness will perish, but a careful listener will testify successfully.

The wicked put up a bold front, but the upright give thought to their ways.

There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord.

The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord.

My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior

We Claim these things with the Power in the Name of Jesus; Christ the Messiah. Amen.

Footnotes:

1. Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. Purchased Product License 01/09/2015

Notes:

• We literally interpret the Bible (Please, do the same by reading verses in context of whole chapters and with cross-references (to other whole chapters). We believe God’s instruction to us to not change anything in God’s Perfect Word
• We may paraphrase, summarize concepts presented, God’s Perfect Word; but we will always offer direct quotations when requested.
• In general our words are base in God’s Perfect Word as our beliefs; please respect them. We will respect your beliefs as supported by God’s Perfect Word. We reserve the right to remove comments that lack respect or are not supportable in God’s Perfect Word as opinions!
• We believe writings, messages, pictures... are authored by God as the only copy-righter; we will honor governmental copyright laws as per God’s Instructions. However, we stand in the 1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the United States of America of freedom of religion without constraint as intended by our founding fore fathers. To Us Gods Perfect Laws trump any nations or countries laws; we will fight for this right unto death!

The Lord’s Message on 02/18/2015; tell others what this is all about; hope for mankind in a home.

Lord, move us for forward in fighting sin and evil with faithfulness!

A Mighty Fortress is our God

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Ravi Zacharias Speaks of Christ Jesus

Ravi Zacharias Speaks to the heavy laden

Colossians 1 NIV Audio Bible, Dramatized [1]

Colossians 1 New International Version

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.

Thanksgiving and Prayer

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people— the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

The Supremacy of the Son of God

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

Paul’s Labor for the Church

Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness— the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.

Colossians 2 NIV Audio Bible, Dramatized [1]

Colossians 2 New International Version

I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally. My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments. For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.

Spiritual Fullness in Christ

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Freedom From Human Rules

Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.

Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings. Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.

Because He lives I can face tomorrow

How Great Thou Art

We Claim these things with the Power in the Name of Jesus; Christ the Messiah. Amen.

Footnotes:

1. Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. Purchased Product License 01/09/2015

Notes:

• We literally interpret the Bible (Please, do the same by reading verses in context of whole chapters and with cross-references (to other whole chapters). We believe God’s instruction to us to not change anything in God’s Perfect Word.
• We may paraphrase, summarize concepts presented, God’s Perfect Word; but we will always offer direct quotations when requested.
• In general our words are base in God’s Perfect Word as our beliefs; please respect them. We will respect your beliefs as supported by God’s Perfect Word. We reserve the right to remove comments that lack respect or are not supportable in God’s Perfect Word as opinions!
• We believe writings, messages, pictures... are authored by God as the only copy-righter; we will honor governmental copyright laws as per God’s Instructions. However, we stand in the 1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the United States of America of freedom of religion without constraint as intended by our founding fore fathers. To Us Gods Perfect Laws trump any nations or countries laws; we will fight for this right unto death!

The Lord’s Message on 02/17/2015; the essence of the past, present, and future.

Lord, guide us in understand, that while we reside on earth we are not of this world.

Lord, lead us to know that while we are on this earth, we must take actions to serve You and every cause You present to us.

Lord, this nation and the world needs to be changed so we support families with moral and ethical solutions.

Lord, this includes that we fight masters (businesses and the wealthy) by putting them on notice that they are breaking Your commandment on how to treat workers!

The Battle Hymn Of The Republic

Ravi Zacharias Speaks to the essence of the past, present and future.

Psalm 133 NIV Audio Bible, Dramatized [1]

Psalm 133 New International Version

A song of ascents. Of David.

How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!

It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron’s beard, down on the collar of his robe.
It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion.
For there the Lord bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.

Colossians 3 NIV Audio Bible, Dramatized [1]

Colossians 3 New International Version

Living as Those Made Alive in Christ

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. ³ For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Instructions for Christian Households

Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism.

Colossians 4 NIV Audio Bible, Dramatized [1]

Colossians 4 New International Version

Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

Further Instructions

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Final Greetings

Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. I am sending him to you for the express purpose that you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts. He is coming with Onesimus, our faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. They will tell you everything that is happening here.

My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you his greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas. (You have received instructions about him; if he comes to you, welcome him.) Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews among my co-workers for the kingdom of God, and they have proved a comfort to me. Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured. I vouch for him that he is working hard for you and for those at Laodicea and Hierapolis. Our dear friend Luke, the doctor, and Demas send greetings. Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house.

After this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.

Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”

I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

Rock of Ages

We Claim these things with the Power in the Name of Jesus; Christ the Messiah. Amen.

Footnotes:

1. Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. Purchased Product License 01/09/2015

Notes:

• We literally interpret the Bible (Please, do the same by reading verses in context of whole chapters and with cross-references (to other whole chapters). We believe God’s instruction to us to not change anything in God’s Perfect Word.
• We may paraphrase, summarize concepts presented, God’s Perfect Word; but we will always offer direct quotations when requested.
• In general our words are base in God’s Perfect Word as our beliefs; please respect them. We will respect your beliefs as supported by God’s Perfect Word. We reserve the right to remove comments that lack respect or are not supportable in God’s Perfect Word as opinions!
• We believe writings, messages, pictures... are authored by God as the only copy-righter; we will honor governmental copyright laws as per God’s Instructions. However, we stand in the 1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the United States of America of freedom of religion without constraint as intended by our founding fore fathers. To Us Gods Perfect Laws trump any nations or countries laws; we will fight for this right unto death!

The Lord’s Message on 02/16/2015; moral decay, eliminating the words sin, evil, and truth.

Lord, I seek actions from those who truly believe in Jesus; to shut the mouths of hating government officials in this nation. 

Lord I now understand, radicalized non-believing, so called Christian, extremists are at war with immigrants, poor citizens that need health care, women, college students, people on Social Security, disabled persons, veterans, the military, poor workers, Muslims, Islam, and generally anything not of their ideological views in the world.

Lord, convict each of us of our inaction; not voting, not calling, and not writing our governments officials.

Above All (Crucified)

Ravi Zacharias speaks to love of Jesus.

Ravi Zacharias speaks to sin, evil, and truth.

Psalm 104 NIV Audio Bible, Dramatized [1]

Psalm 104 New International Version

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Lord my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.

The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.
He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.

He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.
You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight; they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them.
You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.

He makes springs pour water into the ravines; it flows between the mountains.
They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
The birds of the sky nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.
He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.
He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate— bringing forth food from the earth: wine that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts.
The trees of the Lord are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the junipers.
The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.

He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down.
You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl.
The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
The sun rises, and they steal away; they return and lie down in their dens.
Then people go out to their work, to their labor until evening.

How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number— living things both large and small.
There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.

All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time.
When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.
When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works— he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke.

I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the Lord.
But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more.

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Praise the Lord.

Lord I Offer My Life To You

We Claim these things with the Power in the Name of Jesus; Christ the Messiah. Amen.

Footnotes:

1. Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. Purchased Product License 01/09/2015

Notes:

• We literally interpret the Bible (Please, do the same by reading verses in context of whole chapters and with cross-references (to other whole chapters). We believe God’s instruction to us to not change anything in God’s Perfect Word.

• We may paraphrase, summarize concepts presented, God’s Perfect Word; but we will always offer direct quotations when requested.

• In general our words are base in God’s Perfect Word as our beliefs; please respect them. We will respect your beliefs as supported by God’s Perfect Word. We reserve the right to remove comments that lack respect or are not supportable in God’s Perfect Word as opinions!

• We believe writings, messages, pictures... are authored by God as the only copy-righter; we will honor governmental copyright laws as per God’s Instructions. However, we stand in the 1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the United States of America of freedom of religion without constraint as intended by our founding fore fathers. To Us Gods Perfect Laws trump any nations or countries laws; we will fight for this right unto death!