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A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold is as pictures of silver.(Prov.25:11) It is so important to speak the right words to people at the right time to produce the right results. When you think of apples of gold in pictures of silver, then you are thinking of wealth and excellence. When we speak wisdom into the lives of others we are making them wealthy. Therefore we must seek God for He is the source of all wisdom and He will give us just the right words needed at the right time.
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#And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalms 139:24 Search me, Oh God
The Hebrew word for everlasting is Owlam, meaning concealed, i.e., the vanishing point past or future, eternity, without end. Search me, Oh God, is the prayer of King David, and my prayer. As I write this Blog, my bank account is in negative balance, and I have never had this happen in all my life. I worked hard providing for my family, and now my children are successful, and my wife has been separated for almost nine years. Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. Search me, Oh God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts. I have been loaning money to a woman who lost her parents in a plane crash when she was 14, and her uncle, who was providing a home for her with his two kids. Now she is unable to pay me back as she promised, and scammers have made promises that have proven to be false regarding contest winnings. Search me, Oh God, I have always lived a righteous life, and why would all this evil happen to me? Why does the way of the wicked prosper? They do not suffer as other men do, and I am being chastened every morning. Help me, O God, to dwell in thy sanctuary, so that I will know thy end. It is time to seek the Lord early. My family has counted on me, and now I need help, and only the Lord can save me from this peril. Search me, Oh God, and know my ways and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. I worked for thirty-one years, and now retired on disability and a small pension. Truly, the Lord is God unto Israel, and all those who trust in him. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thy understanding, but in all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy pathway. Trust in the Lord and do good, and so shall thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. All the promises of God are yes, and we say Amen to His glory. I know that my redeemer lives, and He shall help me. The Lord knows the way that I will take, and though I am being refined in the furnace, I shall come forth as pure gold. My God shall deliver me from every evil way. I praise thee with all my heart, and thank you, Lord, for all my troubles, for it is then that I see all your faithfulness.
#And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 2 Corinthians 12:7. His grace is sufficient for thee
The Greek word for revelations is Apokalupsis, meaning disclosure. Paul knew a man how he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Of such an one will I glory; yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth; but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then I am strong. His grace is sufficient for thee. I have experienced the grace of God with my mental illness, and truly, it is sufficient, and I have learned to glory in my infirmities, as the power of Christ rests upon me. The experience of Paul with the thorn in the flesh is an example of how Satan can use a messenger to afflict us. We do not know if that was a demonic attack or if some theologians believe it was his eyesight, since he was blinded on the Damascus road for three days. Whatever it was, His grace is sufficient for thee. So no matter what you are going through, know that when we are weak, we are strong. God gave Paul this thorn in the flesh because of the abundant revelations that he had received, to prevent him from being exalted above measure. So thank God His grace is sufficient for thee too, and rejoice in weakness, insults, and trouble, for then the power of Christ rests upon you.
#Say unto them, As I live saith the Lord GOD. I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? Ezekiel 33:11 Turn to the Lord and live
The Hebrew word for GOD is YHWH. A variation of Yhovah (used after Adonay, and pronounced by Jews as Elohiym, to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce Yhovah as Adonay). Turn to the Lord and live. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he does not turn from it, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? Turn to the Lord and live. Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness and commit iniquity, all his righteousness shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
#What shall I render unto the LORD for all His benefits toward me? Psalms 116:12 Give unto the LORD the glory due His name
The Hebrew word for benefits is Tagmuwl, meaning a bestowment. I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: I said in my haste, All men are liars. I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all His people. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints. Give unto the LORD the glory due His name. I agree with King David, all men are liars, but thank God, Jehovah God can't lie. All of His promises are true, and we say Amen for His glory. We must praise God for His holiness and know that He is a good God at all times. Forever, Oh God is thy word true, and we can take this as an anchor for our souls that when we die, we will be absent from the body and present with the Lord, when we place all our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. So let us not sorrow as those who have no hope. Thank God that precious in the sight of Jehovah God is the death of His saints. The Lord looks down on the earth and pulls out one of His choice flowers to take to heaven. Yes, heaven is a beautiful rose garden, where we will bloom forever in the presence of the Lord. Do not weep as others who have no hope, for God weeps along with man. Just as Jesus wept over the death of Lazarus, and He said Lazarus, come forth, and out of the grave Lazarus arose, then Jesus said Loose him and let him go. I praise God that one day the Lord Jesus will descend from heaven with a shout, Come up Hither, and all those in the graves who trusted in Jesus will be raised to their glorified bodies, and those who are awake will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet sound will receive their glorified bodies. This is true because God has said it, and that settles it. It is Impossible for God to lie. So thank God death is not the end, but a coma, and waiting for the Lord to finish what He has started. May the Lord comfort all those who have lost a loved one; just know we are not lost in the presence of the Lord.
#For whom the Lord loveth, He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth. Hebrews 12:6 The darkest side of love
The Greek word for scourgeth is Mastigoo, meaning to flog literally or figuratively, from scourge. The darkest side of love is that God will flog us because He loves us, and this is very painful. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, or illegitimate, and not sons. Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? The darkest side of love calls our parents to chastise us out of love. My parents would always say This is going to hurt us more than you. So it is with our heavenly Father that we can know when He chastens us; it is because He loves us so much. This is the agape love that God has for us, and it is that love that caused Father God to send His only Son to die on the cross for our sins. If you can sin and get away with it, then you are not a son, but a bastard. God does not chasten the devil's children; He will punish them in the lake of fire. We are chastened by the Lord so that we will not be judged with the world. Thank God for the darkest side of love, which will not let us sin with impunity, and be lost. There is a sin unto death, whereby if we commit it, God will call us home. We are better Christians when we submit to the Lord's chastening. For the chastening of the present time is not joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, it yields he peaceable fruits of righteousness to all those who are exercised thereby.
#Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? And your labor for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Isaiah 55:2 Seek ye the Bread of life
The Hebrew word for money is "keceph," which means "silver." Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea buy wine and milk without money and without price. Seek ye the Bread of life, Jesus Christ, for He came down from heaven to do the will of the Father by shedding his blood on the cross. Incline your ear, and come unto Me, hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. Seek ye the Bread of life. Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for He hath glorified thee. Seek ye the Bread of life, for all the silver and the gold cannot redeem your soul. Stop wasting your labor on that which is not bread. Jehovah God owns all the cattle on a thousand hills, and ye have not been redeemed with corruptible things such as silver and gold. Seek ye the Bread of life, and you will save thy soul from death. May the Lord bless you and keep you is my prayer.
#Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. Romans 3:30 Faith is our victory
The Greek word for justify is dikaioo, meaning to render just or innocent, to be righteous. Faith is our victory over this world. Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay, but by the law of faith. Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Is He the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. The law is our school master to bring us to Christ. For without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins. Isaiah 53:11 He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied: by His knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for He shall bear their iniquities. Faith is our victory, for faith without works is dead. The law is virtuous, but it cannot save us; only when we place our faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ on the cross are we justified by grace through faith.
#And the Lord said, if ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. Luke 17:6 Mustard seed faith
The Greek word for mustard is Sinapi; from Simomai, meaning to hurt, i.e., sting. Jesus is telling us we need to have a mustard seed faith. Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. And the apostles said unto the Lord, increase our faith. Mustard seed faith stings and hurts, but we must have it to forgive others when they repent. But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, until I have eaten and drunken and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? Did he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded of him? I think not. Mustard seed faith takes action. Jesus came down from heaven to do the will of the Father and die on the cross for our sins. When we believe in Him, we are forgiven and cleansed from all unrighteousness. This is mustard seed faith, and it calls us to believe. Faith without works is dead. So we, in turn, have to forgive our brother or sister who repents. We must rebuke them first, so that they will be sorry for their sins, and then we must forgive them. For if we fail to forgive them, then neither will our Heavenly Father forgive us. This Mustard seed faith stings and hurts our pride, so we must repent of our pride to be forgiven. The pride of life is the sin that we are all guilty of, and we think that because we did not commit certain sins, we are better than them. All unrighteousness is sin, and we must repent of our self-righteousness. For all our righteousness in the sight of God is as filthy rags. So we must have mustard seed faith and pray to God, just like the apostles did, to increase our faith. Faith comes by hearing the word of God. So to increase our faith, we must saturate our hearts with the Word of God. When we do this, we will have mustard seed faith and be able to move mountains in our pathway. When Jesus was dying on the cross, the first of His last seven words was, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." When we can do that, we have mustard seed faith. Thank God for mustard seed faith and live life victoriously by walking in forgiveness.
#And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast. 1 Samuel 25:6 Shalom to you
The Hebrew word for peace is Shalown or Shalom, meaning happy, friendly, welfare, i.e., health. and prosperity. Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance; but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name: And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. Ask thy young men, and they will show thee. Wherefore, let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David. When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in David's name and ceased. Shalom to you is a word of peace that David wanted to give to Nabal for his kindness to the young men. Abigail was a woman who was beautiful and had a good understanding, and Nabal was blessed to have her as his wife. The Bible tells us that he who has a good wife has favor with God. When God blesses us, He does so that we can be a blessing to others. We are stewards of what God has given us, and this is what David was expecting of Nabal, although he was a man who was churlish and evil in his doings. Abigail had saved his life many times with her understanding. Abigail is the kind of wife that every man wants, but she is hard to find. Shalom to you is what you say to others as a sign of prosperity and blessing from the Lord. David's ten young men needed help, and so David was sure because of the kindness of Abigail, Nabal would treat them well. The Bible tells us a diligent hand shall be bountiful, and that is what Nabal was, because of Abigail, his wife. Never take for granted your wife, and thank God for her all the time. We never know how prosperous we can be until we are blessed with a good wife. May the Lord bless other women to learn from the example of Abigail and how loyal she was to her husband, Nabal. Abigail is a virtuous woman and does her husband good all of his days. Shalom to you is my prayer, and may the Lord bless you with prosperity. Use your gift to glorify God and help others, for we will have to give an account of our stewardship unto the Lord.
#If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 Agree with God
The Greek word for confess is Homologeo, meaning to assent, i.e., covenant and acknowledge. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. Agree with God, because there is no darkness in God. When we acknowledge we have sinned, the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all unrighteousness. God knows our hearts, and whoever covers his sin shall not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them shall receive mercy. Just as King David was confronted by Nathan about his sin with Bathshebah, he acknowledged his sin after Nathan told the parable and thou art the man. Psalm 51: David confessed to God Restore unto me a clean heart, and put a right spirit in me. Agree with God and He will restore the joy of thy salvation. There is not a just man on the earth who sins, not. Whom the Lord loves, He chastens, and no chastening at present is joyous, but it yields the peaceable fruits of righteousness to all those who are exercised thereby. Agree with God, for He will forgive you and plant your feet on solid ground. David never repeated that sin again and yet he did suffer the consequences of his sin. How could a man after God's heart commit adultery and murder? Well, he did not have the indwelling Holy Spirit as we do today. Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. When we walk in the Spirit, we will not yield to the desires of the flesh. Allow the Holy Spirit to crucify that flesh and put on the righteous man that is baptized into Jesus. Agree with God, for He desires fellowship with us, and when we fail to confess our sins, we lose fellowship with God. So walk as children of the light and have no fellowship with darkness. God wants to restore us, and when we allow the Holy Spirit to put to death that old man, we can walk in newness of life with God our Father. Agree with God, for He is faithful and just to forgive us when we repent and turn away from our sins. May the Lord bless you today, and confess all your sins of commission and omission. Great peace have they that love His law, and nothing shall offend them.
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