Mar 23, 2022 |
“O, my soul.”
“Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.” (Psalm 103:1-5) KJV
There will be moments in our lives when we don’t feel like praising and blessing God.
But our feelings should not determine whether or not we praise God. That’s why we find the psalmist is saying:
“O, my soul.”
He is urging himself to bless God!
After he has done this, he talks about God’s forgiveness.
What does the psalmist teach us about forgiveness?
Forgiveness comes from God alone.
In verses 3-5, he speaks about sorrows and blessings.
What is he talking about?
God will take away our sorrows.
Guilt is taken from us.
Diseases are healed.
We are no longer under the curse of destruction.
David is also talking about the blessings that God gives us
God’s favor
Tender mercies
Good things
Our God is amazing!
We have to trust Him!
Please remember these verses when you don’t feel like it
or are not in the mood to praise or bless God!
Call yourself by your name:
Say to your very self:
Abimbola Adewumi Alabi Bless The Lord.
Application for the Christian life:
Praise God in all your doings,
Even when circumstances are difficult.
Keep Trusting God.
Mar 21, 2022 |
Keep the ways of the Lord.
“For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God.” Ps18:21.(KJV).
Are you keeping the ways of the Lord?
David could praise God for helping him.
“HE delivered me from my strong enemy.” (Ps.18:17. KJV).
Why could David praise God?
God helped him from a strong enemy.
Why did God help Him?
David kept the ways of the Lord.
Even with challenging situations
David remained loyal to God.
David resisted evil.
He did not ‘wickedly depart’ from God.
Do you want to find favor with God?
Do you want God to save you from strong enemies?
“I will follow his commands, and I’ll not sin by ceasing to follow him, no matter what.” Psalms 18:21 (TPT)
No Matter what !!!.
Follow His Instructions.
Let the Holy Spirit always be your guide.
Application to the Christian life:
Remain faithful to God.
Keep His ways.
Resist evil.
Mar 18, 2022 |
Praise God for His Goodness.
“O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.” Isaiah 25:1.(KJV).
Isaiah praised God for doing wonderful and beautiful things.
Was that because God did something to prevent Isaiah from going through challenges?
No.
Isaiah realized the wonderful things God did from the beginning until then.
What God did at the beginning and what God said initially was still valid.
What God said and did remains the truth.
God remained faithful.
Can you also see that God remains faithful?
Are you going through a tough time?
Maybe it seemed as if God had forgotten you.
Do not fear.
God is nearby.
He knows everything and is faithful.
He will be faithful to His promises.
Only when you have learned what you need to learn from this experience will you see how God helped you.
Remain faithful to God as He is to you.
Praise God for His goodness,
Even though you do not see it now.
Can you do that?
God wants to know that you still trust Him.
Application to the Christian life:
Praise God for His goodness,
Even though you may struggle.
Trust God.
He will help.
Mar 14, 2022 |
Put Away All Bitterness.
“Let all bitterness and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice.” Ephesians 4:31 (KJV)
This is sometimes a challenging thing to do!!!.
Do you know that anger is the result of unfulfilled expectations?
Chose to be free from bitterness.
You have to desire to be free from it.
You must stop feeding the anger.
Stop entertaining thoughts that constantly remind you of the hurt.
Ask God for Grace to love like Jesus.
The bitterness will disappear if you refuse to feed it.
Sometimes you have to do away with friends that keep repeating the dead matter.
Many benefits are associated with being liberated from bitterness.
Unforgiveness yokes you with the person you have animosity against.
Choose to be free from bitterness.
Now is the time to release anyone that you are holding unforgiveness against.
Pray that God will bless the person who hurt you.
When you start praying for someone, you care about that person.
Do something good for the person who did wrong you.
Why?
Jesus told us to be good to each other.
Show mercy.
Love your enemies.
Don’t forget, as a Christian, you are a citizen of heaven.
Yes, you can live without bitterness.
“Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled.” Hebrews 12:15 KJV
Practice this truth in your life!
Application for the Christian life:
Stop feeling offended by things others do to you.
Look at issues from God’s perspective.
Forgive those who hurt you.
Mar 11, 2022 |
How Do You Pray?
“Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.” Ps 17.1 (KJV).
How do you pray?
Often, we start to pray, then something triggers our mind.
Are you easily distracted?
Even though we keep on praying, our thoughts are elsewhere.
Often, we ask God to help us with a problem:
However, our actions show we do not believe He will help.
Sometimes we just pray out of habit.
How do you feel if you talk to your friend, but your friend does not listen? How do you feel when your friend just talks but does not say anything worthwhile?
When we pray to God, we do not pray to anybody.
We pray to the Almighty God.
Pray uprightly.
Pray with faith.
Ask with sincerity.
Believe God can help.
Pray with Focus.
“Listen to me, Lord. Hear the passionate prayer of this honest man. My cause is just, and my need is real. I’ve done what’s right, and my lips speak truth.” Psalms 17:1 TPT
Are you an honest person?
Are your lips speaking the truth?
Do you want God to hear you?
Do you want God to help you?
Application to the Christian life:
Pray to God with a sincere heart.
Trust God who can and will help you.
Have a pure heart.
