Promise #17

Psalm 46:1-3

God gives us help in times of trouble.

Hey Debbie!  Where is the next promise?  There are 5 or six more.  I keep looking for them.  Get with it, girl! 

2 Corinthians 13

Read this chapter.  Very good one.  I like verse 5:  "Examine yourselves to make sure you are in the faith; test yourselves.  Do you acknowledge that Jesus Christ is really in you?  (Or, as in the book of Romans states it - "Do you acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord?"  My own insert here).  If not, you have failed the test." 

And the conclusion of the letter:  Verses 11-13:
"In the meantime, brothers and sisters, we wish you happiness; try to grow perfect; help one another.  Be united; live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
   Greet one another with the holy kiss. 
   The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all."

Psalm 33

I've been immersed in prayer this morning.  Loving God's precious gems in His Word.  He led me to Psalm 33 today.  Please read it, too.  Meditate.  Ask God's Holy Spirit to reveal what HE wants you to understand from this Psalm.  I was especially drawn to verse 12:

"Happy the nation whose God is Yahweh".  Happy and Blessed are the same word.  We have been such a blessed nation, and will continue to be as long as we seek God and know HE IS LORD!!!! 

Reading on in verse 16:  "A large army will not keep a king safe,
nor does the hero escape by his great strength;
It is delusion to rely on the horse for safety,
for all its power, it cannot save."  Continue reading, and then in verses 20-22:

"Our soul awaits Yahweh,
HE is our help and shield;
our hearts rejoice in HIM,
we trust in HIS HOLY NAME. (Yahweh, or Jesus)
Yahweh, let your love rest on us
as our hope has rested in YOU."

JESUS IS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.  HE ALONE IS OUR HOPE.  HE IS OUR HELP AND SHIELD FROM HARM AND THE EVIL ONE.  We rejoice in HIM.  Praise God!