Guardian's Blog – April 2013 Archive (8)

"Why art thou cast down, O my soul?... hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise Him."   Psalm 42:5

 

 

Here's an anchor for your soul in the storms of life:  "I am growing by His plan."

 

What is God's plan for you?  He wants to enlarge you, not…

"Iron sharpeneth iron;  so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend."   Proverbs 27:17

 

 

True friends will put an edge on your life.  They will make you a sharper person.  Not all friends do that for me, but my best friends do.

 

Have…

"Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in unity!  It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!  It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion!  or there the Lord commanded the blessing, life forevermore.   Pslm 133:1-3

 

 

Bickering. …

"Surely goodness and loving-kindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."   Psalm 23:6

 

 

God's promise for those in covenant with Him is that they will be stalked people.  Goodness and loving-kindness' will follow them throughout life.  God chases His people with "goodness"; that which is for their benefit and well-being.  His loving-kindness' is unfailing love…

 

 

The Lord Jesus Christ gives us beatitudes - attitudes that ought to be.  They are not platitudes.  They are attitudes that deal with Christian character.

 

Your reputation is what others think about you, but character is what God knows about you.

 

The beatitudes do not say,…

"Blessed are the meek:  for they shall inherit the earth."   Matthew 5:5

 

 

What does it mean to be meek?  First, let me tell you what it is not before I tell you what it is.

 

Meekness is not weakness.  The word "meek" means yielded. …

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all  our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God."

 

 

Somewhere outside of Largo, MD.  All alone.  Discouraged, and perhaps even a bit depressed.  Questioning myself.  Confused about the direction my life was…

"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."   1 John 1:9

We can be forgiven our sins!  That's great.  We can be purified of any stain from sin!  That's incredible.  But only because of God's grace and His willingness to give us the perfect sacrifice for our sins. The gift of His Son, Jesus Christ.  The…