CALL OUT TO THE LORD

Psalm 18:3 NKJV I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.

All through scripture we read about men and women calling out to the Lord and He heard them and answered their call.

We all know that’s what we’re supposed to do but sometimes we soldier on stoically, and if God hasn’t answered our call as fast as we’d like, we think He’s not listening so we may be tempted to give up and not call out to Him anymore. That’s what the enemy wants when he sneaks up behind us to discourage us!

Let’s recognise the enemy’s tactics for what they are and go back to the throne of God’s grace to ask for the help, and keep asking like the persistent widow. Don’t give up but resist the enemy and tell him to flee.

We can call on God for help when we’re worn out, when we’re afraid, when all seems lost and our hope is dwindling. We can call on God when we’re ill for His healing to manifest, for finances when we have bills to be paid and when we’re just plain tired out and we need renewed strength and energy for each new day.

We can call on God for anything and because we belong to Him He hears us and lifts us up when we’re down, He infuses new joy into our spirit when ours has disappeared down the plughole of difficult days. We can know our God hears, even when it’s a sigh or a groan, because He loves us with an everlasting love.

So be encouraged and come to Him in faith, even if you think you don’t have any, you do, because God put it in you when you were saved. It’s just been smothered by circumstances but it’s still alive and you can overcome the world with it!

As we enter the routines of another week, pick up your shield of faith and believe for better days, greater success, tenacity and courage to do whatever He calls you to do. Even if it’s just to put a smile on our faces in the face of our trials, it will help us because we know God is still for us and not against us. Thank You Lord. In Jesus name. Amen. 😊 Psalm 61:1-4

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FOREVER!

Revelation 11:15 NIV 

The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, 

and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:

‘The kingdom of the world has become

the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,

and he will reign for ever and ever.’

Hebrews 13:8 NKJV 

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, 

today, and forever.

Have you ever wondered what Forever looks like? How wide is it, how long and deep is it? Does forever look beautiful? Is it multi facetted? Will it reach into the unknown, into spaces we’ve never even imagined? Will we be aware of its passing from millennia to millennia? Forever stretches our imagination!😊

Forever is where God lives, where the Creator of all things moves and has His being, where time no longer exists. Forever involves something of unlimited worth, of a substance that can never fail, and it’s God’s own love for each one of us. 

Psalm 136:1 NIV Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.  He says He will love us forever, so whatever we have to do, wherever we have to go, whoever we have to meet, we know of a certainty that we carry inside us the love of Almighty God, who has declared His great love for us and says it will last forever.

And how comforting to know the Lord will reign forever, that nothing and no one can ever usurp His total supremacy and that Jesus our Messiah will be there, the same as He was when the disciples knew Him, only now He has all authority in all realms and He has the name above every name and every knee will bow to Him - forever.

So when we worship the Lord today, we can rejoice death is not the end. Whatever ‘forever’ looks like, sounds like or feels like, we can all be so grateful that best of all will be God’s mercy and love which will always be present forever and if Jesus is our Lord and Saviour then we will also be with Him - forever. Glory to God.😊

Thank You Lord forever. Amen.

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