Our earthly friends fails us, they change with changing years, but thank God for His goodness and mercy which still endures and is ever faithful and ever sure. Lord, we know not what this new week will bring forth, but you already hold the blueprints for our lives, you already know what is before us, so help us Lord, to step out in faith, confident that you will lead us in the way that we should go. Make us willing Lord, enable us by your grace to do as you command, doing all things to your honor and glory, today and forevermore. Amen!

“Oh God, You are my God, early will I seek You, my soul thirsts for You, my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. I have looked or You in the sanctuary to see your power and Your glory. Because Your loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You, I will bless You while I live, I will lift up my hands in Your name and my soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.” Amen!

Thank you, Lord, for claiming us as your own, thank you, Lord, that we are able to praise you freely; There are many this morning who have to hide to give you praise, but we could shout it from the rooftop, “Blessed assurance Jesus is mine,”  for we are full of His goodness and lost in His love. Thank you, Lord, that we are heirs of salvation, purchased by God, born of His spirit and washed in His blood. Praise the Lord!

Oh, that men would praise the Lord for his goodness! God is good to us all the time, he gives us more than we could ever earn or deserve, he looks down on us, he hears us when we pray, he heals us when we are sick, he provides for our every need; Oh that men would praise the Lord! This morning Lord, we are praising you even though our way seems dark, we are praising you even though we are in the valley, we are praising you even though we are going through the storms, because we are confident that you are with us, that you will not leave us alone, so therefore, we give you thanks and praise, because you promised that you will walk with us through all of our valleys and dark hills, through troubled waters and desert places, and you are a God you cannot lie. You are good to us all time, all the time you are good! Thank you, Lord!

“But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine. For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us, that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.” Praise the Lord!

How many of us are sowing good seeds in God’s field? How many of us allow others to sow bad seeds in our field of life? We all know the parable of the weeds in the field, and how the weeds were allowed to grow with the tares. So too, we could be compared to weeds growing among the tares; for too many of us allow the tares to crowd our spaces and take over. Some of us are still trying to figure out where and how the tares entered our lives. They are our best friends, they are our brothers and sisters, they are those friends who are leading our children astray, and it’s the company we keep that is a bad influence. But, how long will be our time of sowing? Is it not our time to harvest? My brothers and sister in Christ, it’s our time of reaping, it’s time to gather into our barns the wheat and destroy the tares, the tares which have been choking us for too long, it’s time to take back what the enemy stole from us. Let us go out therefore, and sow good seeds in God’s vineyard, so that we will reap a bountiful harvest. Praise the Lord!

Heavenly Father, I am so thankful that I learning to wait on you, and my prayer this morning, is for all those who are in need to learn to wait on you. Lord, many times we get tired waiting and we turn to other sources for our help, but we are human Lord, and we are thankful that you understand our frailty in our service to you, forgive us Lord, and humble us, so that we could depend on you, and you only, understanding that you know what is best for us, and that you will give us our fruits in due season. Lord, this morning fill empty cups, ease burdensome hearts, comfort the lonely, rescue the perishing, find those who are lost, set captives free, and above all, create in us clean hearts, and renew right spirits within us. All this we ask in the mighty name of Jesus. Thank you, Lord!

“Search me, O God, and know my heart today; try me, O Savior, know my thoughts, I pray, see if there be some wicked way in me; cleanse me from every sin and set me free. I praise Thee Lord, for cleansing me from sin; fulfill Thy Word, and make me pure within, fill me with fire, where once I burned with shame and grant my desire to magnify Thy Name. Lord, take my life, and make it wholly Thine; fill my poor heart with Thy great love divine, take all my will, my passion, self and pride; I now surrender, Lord ,in me abide. O Holy Ghost, revival comes from Thee; send a revival, start the work in me. Thy Word declares, Thou wilt supply our need; for blessings now, O Lord, I humbly plead.” Amen!

My brothers and sisters in Christ, “Talk no more so very proudly, let no arrogance come from your mouth, for the Lord is the God of knowledge and by Him actions are weighed. By the Lord, the bows of mighty men are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength, those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, and the hungry have ceased to hunger. The Lord makes poor and he makes rich, he brings low and he lifts up, he raises the poor from the dust and lifts the beggar from the ash heap, to set them among princes and let them enjoy the throne of glory.” Our God is an awesome God, serve Him and Him only, for whatever He says He will do He will. “My heart rejoices in the Lord, there is none besides Him, nor is there any rock like our God.” Praise the Lord!

Thank you, Lord that I could depend on you. I am confident this day, that you will  make me lie down in green pastures, that you will lead me besides still waters, that you will restore my soul, that you will lead me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake; and yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and your staff, they will comfort me, you will prepare a table before me, in the presence of mine enemies, you will anoint my head with fresh oil, and my cup will overflow, surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Amen!