ADVENT-Hope

ADVENT-Coming

Christmas is the season of hope. Children hope for the latest popular toy or game. Families hope that everyone can make it home for the holidays. But the hope that Christmas commemorates is much bigger than our holiday desires. JESUS, the “Desire of All Nations” (Hag. 2:7), HAS COME! He has “delivered us from the power of darkness,” bought our redemption, and forgiven our sins (Col. 1:13-14).Christ in us gives us the hope of glory. Praise God for the hope of Christmas!-From the pages of Our Daily Bread

My Redeemer Lives

 

Scripture Job 19:25-26 I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth; And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God,

Observation In the midst of pain, suffering, loss, Job’s trust/faith was in a Living Redeemer that one day he would meet/see face to face.

Application No matter what I am facing, how trying things may get, my hope, my faith, my trust is in a Living Lord, my Savior and Redeemer Who I will one day, with a new body, see face to face.

Prayer Thank You, Jesus, for Redeeming my soul and giving me an eternal hope/home and future with a new body, no more sickness or pain and I’ll see You face to face and spend eternity with You.

Victory in Jesus

 “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. -1 Corinthians 15:55-57

I heard about a mansion he has built for me in glory,

And I heard about the streets of gold beyond the crystal sea;

About the angels singing and the old redemption story,

And some sweet day I’ll sing up there the song of victory.

O victory in Jesus, my Savior, forever!

He sought me and bought me with His redeeming blood;

He loved me ere I knew Him, and all my love is due Him.

He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood.-E.M. Bartlett

Eternal Redeemer

 Scripture Lamentations 3:22-25 Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!” The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

Verse 41 Let us lift our hearts and hands to God in heaven.

Verse  58 O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul; You have redeemed my life.

 Verse 5:19 You, O Lord, remain forever. Your throne from generation to generation.

Observation The Lord is a merciful, compassionate, faithful, eternal redeemer.

Application My faith and trust is in a merciful, compassionate, faithful, eternal Redeemer God. 

Prayer Father God my faith and trust is in You alone.

FOREVER WORTHY

 

SCRIPTURE Psalms 111:3-4 His work is honorable and glorious, and His righteousness endures forever. He has made His wonderful works to be remembered; The Lord is gracious and full of compassion.

Psalms 111:9-10 He has sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant forever: Holy and awesome is His name. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments.

Observation The LORD; great, true, just, powerful, sure, upright, honorable, glorious, righteous forever, gracious, full of compassion, redeemer, eternal, holy, awesome, to be held in reverence, wise, to be forever praised.

Application The LORD is infinitely more than I could ever need or imagine.

Prayer LORD GOD, my Father, You are exceedingly, abundantly, above all I could ever ask, think, or imagine and I would forever praise You.

HIS NAME is JESUS

 

Scripture Isaiah 60:16b You shall know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

60:19b But the Lord will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory, 20b  For the Lord will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.

61:1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound.

John 1:4-5, 1:45  

Observation Lord, Savior, Redeemer, Mighty One, Everlasting Light, Anointed One, HIS NAME IS JESUS.

Application JESUS is Lord, Savior, Redeemer, and so much more to me.

Prayer Thank You, Jesus, for being all of these and infinitely, beyond my comprehension, more to me.

ONLY ONE

 Scripture

Isaiah 43:11 I, even I, am the Lord, and besides Me there is no Savior.

Isaiah 44:6 I am the First and I am the Last; Besides Me there is no God.

Isaiah 44:8 Is there a God besides Me? Indeed, there is no other Rock; I know not one.

Isaiah 44:24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb: I am the Lord, who makes all things.

Isaiah 45:5 I am the Lord, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me.

Isaiah 45:6 There is none besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Isaiah 45:14b Surely God is in you, and there is no other; There is no other God.

Isaiah 45:18b I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Isaiah 45:21b There is no other God besides Me, a just God and a Savior; There is none besides Me.

Isaiah 45:22 Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.

Isaiah 45:23 I have sworn by Myself; The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.

Observation/Application There is only One Lord, God, Rock, Redeemer, and Savior and to Him every knee will bow, and every tongue take an oath.

Prayer Thank You Jesus, my Lord, my God, my Rock, my Redeemer, my Savior,  my Creator, for loving me, for saving me, for letting me know and worship You. I look forward to the day when my knees will bow and my tongue will confess and forever worship You my Lord, God, and Savior.

Only Jesus

 Scripture-Psalms 49:8-9 For the redemption of their souls is costly, and it shall cease forever—That he should continue to live eternally, and not see the Pit. (Matt. 16:26), Ps. 89:48

Observation The price/cost for our souls and the gift of eternal life came at a high price.

Application  Only Jesus can pay the price for my soul and give me the gift of eternal life.

Prayer Thank You, Jesus, for paying the price for my soul and giving me the gift of eternal life.

My Body is Your Temple

 

Scripture I Corinthians 6:19-20 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore, glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

John 2:21; 1 Cor. 3:16; 2 Cor. 6:16, Rom. 14:7, Acts 20:28; 1 Cor. 7:23; Gal. 3:13; 1 Pet. 1:18; 2 Pet. 2:1; Rev. 5:9

Observation God paid a high price for my soul through His Son Jesus.

Application I would seek to glorify/honor God in this body, this temple of His Holy Spirit.

Prayer Thank You Father for sending Your Son, Jesus, to pay the immeasurable cost to redeem my soul, to place Your Holy Spirit in me and purchase for me the gift of eternal life.

FOREVER FAMILY-Thank You Jesus

Scripture Galatians 4:4-7 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, Abba, Father!” Therefore, you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. Romans 5:8, Romans 8:11, 15-18

Observation At just the right time God sent Jesus to redeem us so that we might be adopted into God’s family, that His Spirit might abide in our hearts, that we may be God’s children and heirs.

Application I am God’s child/heir, redeemed by Jesus, adopted into His family, and His Spirit lives in my heart.

Prayer Thank You, Jesus, for coming for me, for paying the price that I might become part of God’s forever family. THANK YOU LORD FOR SAVING MY SOUL – SETH AND BESSIE SYKES https://discerningmusic.wordpress.com/2015/10/24/thank-you-lord-for-saving-my-soul-seth-and-bessie-sykes/  https://jimdavenport.me/2015/10/21/thank-you-lord-for-saving-my-soul-seth-and-bessie-sykes/ 

Jesus Paid it All

 

Scripture -Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.

Romans 3:22-26, Ephesians 1:7-In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.

Observation-All throughout Leviticus there is the repeated shedding of blood for atonement for the soul. However, Jesus Christ came to bring redemption, forgiveness, through His blood once and for all, by His grace.

Application-Jesus paid it all, once and for all, once and for always.

Prayer-Thank You, Jesus, for being my Redeemer!

Status Week Thirty-One 2010

Let’s always be reminding fellow believers of all that Jesus has done and of how truly wonderful He is.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my Strength and my Redeemer. ~Psalm 19:14

 I will love You, O LORD, my strength. ~Psalm 18:1

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." ~Matthew 5:16

LORD, help me remember, recognize, and rejoice that You are always trustworthy and present.