Category: Psalms

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Psalm 9, Rejoicing in HIM!

Psa 9:1-2, I WILL PRAISE You, O LORD, with my WHOLE HEART; I WILL TELL of all Your marvelous works. I WILL BE GLAD and REJOICE in You; I WILL SING PRAISE to Your name, O Most High.

The LORD is worthy to be praised not with just our lips, but with our life and in all we do!

Rev 4:11, “YOU ARE WORTHY, O LORD, TO RECEIVE GLORY AND HONOR AND POWER; FOR YOU CREATED ALL THINGS, AND BY YOUR WILL THEY EXIST AND WERE CREATED.” 

Psa 9:9, The LORD ALSO WILL BE A REFUGE FOR THE OPPRESSED, A REFUGE IN TIMES OF TROUBLE.

Times of trouble will come to all, but HE is our protection, HE is our redeemer! I HAVE SEEN THIS IN ACTION; FOR I WAS RELEASED BY THREE DIFFERENT COMPANIES, YET THE LORD RESTORED ME EACH AND EVERY TIME!

Psa 9:10, AND THOSE WHO KNOW YOUR NAME WILL PUT THEIR TRUST IN YOU; FOR YOU, LORD, HAVE NOT FORSAKEN THOSE WHO SEEK YOU.

Jer 17:7, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD. 

ONCE YOU HAVE AN EXPERIENCE WITH HIM, YOUR EYES ARE OPENED AND FAITH IS INCREASED! THESE ARE NOT JUST WORDS IN A BOOK, BUT PROMISES TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM! HE IS WILL KEEP HIS WORD!

Num 23:19, “GOD IS NOT A MAN, THAT HE SHOULD LIE, NOR A SON OF MAN, THAT HE SHOULD REPENT. HAS HE SAID, AND WILL HE NOT DO? OR HAS HE SPOKEN, AND WILL HE NOT MAKE IT GOOD? 

DO YOU KNOW HIS NAME? DO YOU TRUST IN HIM? FOR HE HAS NOT FORGOTTEN YOU!

Isa 26:3, YOU WILL KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE, WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON YOU, BECAUSE HE TRUSTS IN YOU. 

HE HONORS HIS WORD, HIS PROMISES, ABOVE HIS NAME (Psalm 138:2) FOR HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO COMPLETE THE WORK HE HAS STARTED IN YOU! HE IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED!

Psa 9:14, … I WILL REJOICE IN YOUR SALVATION. 

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Psalm 8, Our BLESSED HOPE!

Psa 8:2, OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES AND NURSING INFANTS YOU HAVE ORDAINED STRENGTH, BECAUSE OF YOUR ENEMIES, THAT YOU MAY SILENCE THE ENEMY…

The LORD can even use little children to confound the wise priest or scribe!

AS THE CHIEF PRIEST AND SCRIBES SAW THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT JESUS DID, THEY WERE INCENSED WHEN THEY HEARD CHILDREN AROUND JESUS SAYING “HOSANNA TO THE SON OF DAVID!”

Mat 21:16, and said to Him, “DO YOU HEAR WHAT THESE ARE SAYING?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES AND NURSING INFANTS YOU HAVE PERFECTED PRAISE’?”

1Co 1:27, BUT GOD HAS CHOSEN THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD TO PUT TO SHAME THE WISE, AND GOD HAS CHOSEN THE WEAK THINGS OF THE WORLD TO PUT TO SHAME THE THINGS WHICH ARE MIGHTY; 

Psa 8:3-4, When I consider Your heavens, THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM, AND THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU VISIT HIM?

David can see the greatness of GOD in what he sees in the stars above! IF WE ONLY SEE THE MERE EDGES OF HIS GLORY AND WERE AMAZED AT THEM, who are we that HE would give us a mere glance? 

IT’S NOT WHO WE ARE BUT WHO HE IS! HE IS OUR LOVING, MERCIFUL FATHER, INFINITE IN STRENGTH AND GLORY, YET HE FEEDS EVEN THE BIRDS OF THE AIR! HE HAS VISITED US BY SENDING HIS OWN SON TO PAY FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS AT THE COST OF HIS OWN LIFE! HE IS THE LOVER OF OUR SOULS!

Joh 3:16, FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. 

Psa 8:9, O LORD, OUR LORD, HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH! 

As David started, he also ended! HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH! NO MATTER WHERE WERE AT WE CAN ALWAYS SEE THE LORD BY WHAT WE SEE AROUND US! DO YOU KNOW HIM? DO YOU SEEK HIM? THE TIME OF HIS COMING IS NEAR AND WE WILL SEE OUR BLESSED HOPE FACE TO FACE! BE READY AND SEEK HIM!

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Psalm 7, Depart from evil!

Psa 7:9-10, OH, LET THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WICKED COME TO AN END, BUT ESTABLISH THE JUST; FOR THE RIGHTEOUS GOD TESTS THE HEARTS AND MINDS. MY DEFENSE IS OF GOD, WHO SAVES THE UPRIGHT IN HEART.

As wickedness seems to be increasing, yet THE DAY IS COMING WHEN HE WILL DEAL WITH THEM SEVERELY! HE CAME AS A LAMB, BUT HE RETURNS AS A LION! HE WILL SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS!

Mat 25:32, ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE GATHERED BEFORE HIM, and HE will separate them one from another, AS A SHEPHERD DIVIDES HIS SHEEP FROM THE GOATS. 

Psa 7:11, GOD IS A JUST JUDGE, AND GOD IS ANGRY WITH THE WICKED EVERY DAY. 

Some people say that GOD can’t get mad for HE is a GOD of love! True, THE LORD IS LOVE, AND HIS WAYS ARE PERFECT, BUT HE IS JUST AND SHOWS NO FAVORITISM TO ANYONE!

Deu 32:4, HE IS THE ROCK, HIS WORK IS PERFECT; FOR ALL HIS WAYS ARE JUSTICE, A GOD OF TRUTH AND WITHOUT INJUSTICE; RIGHTEOUS AND UPRIGHT IS HE.

Col 3:25, BUT HE WHO DOES WRONG WILL BE REPAID FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE, AND THERE IS NO PARTIALITY. 

Psa 7:14-15, Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity; Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood. HE MADE A PIT AND DUG IT OUT, AND HAS FALLEN INTO THE DITCH WHICH HE MADE.

Pro 5:22, HIS OWN INIQUITIES ENTRAP THE WICKED MAN, AND HE IS CAUGHT IN THE CORDS OF HIS SIN. 

Job 20:5, THAT THE TRIUMPHING OF THE WICKED IS SHORT, AND THE JOY OF THE HYPOCRITE IS BUT FOR A MOMENT? 

Evil will rise up but it’s only temporary! SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAYBE FOUND, AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN HIS EYES!

Psa 34:14-15, DEPART FROM EVIL AND DO GOOD; SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE IT. THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE ON THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HIS EARS ARE OPEN TO THEIR CRY.

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Psalm 6, Seeking the LORD in times of trouble!

Psa 6:1, … O LORD, DO NOT REBUKE ME IN YOUR ANGER, NOR CHASTEN ME IN YOUR HOT DISPLEASURE.

David is going through a trial and he believes its about something he did wrong (sin). BUT BEING CHASTENED BY GOD IS A GOOD SIGN THAT HE IS YOUR FATHER, FOR HE CORRECTS HIS OWN!

Heb 12:7, IF YOU ENDURE CHASTENING, GOD DEALS WITH YOU AS WITH SONS; FOR WHAT SON IS THERE WHOM A FATHER DOES NOT CHASTEN? 

Psa 6:2, Have MERCY on me, O LORD, FOR I AM WEAK; O LORD, HEAL ME, FOR MY BONES ARE TROUBLED.

Never say to the LORD, “GIVE ME WHAT I DESERVE”; for all of us deserve death, BUT PLEAD FOR HIS MERCY! FOR HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER! HE IS RICH IN MERCY!

Psa 6:3, MY SOUL ALSO IS GREATLY TROUBLED; BUT YOU, O LORD—HOW LONG?

During trials time seems to drag on, everything that we do fails. The job interview doesn’t pan out and the bills are piling up! HOW LONG O LORD! TRUE CHRISTIANS REMAIN CLOSE TO HIM IN TIMES OF TROUBLE, BUT THE CHAFF FLOAT AWAY! WHEN HE DOES ANSWER, IT WILL INCREASE YOUR FAITH IN HIM!

1Pet 5:6-7, Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, THAT HE MAY EXALT YOU IN DUE TIME, CASTING ALL YOUR CARE UPON HIM, FOR HE CARES FOR YOU.

Psa 6:8-9, Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; FOR THE LORD HAS HEARD THE VOICE OF MY WEEPING. THE LORD HAS HEARD MY SUPPLICATION; THE LORD WILL RECEIVE MY PRAYER.

This is the confidence of David. He knows that the LORD heard his prayer and it should be our also! HE HAS SAID “I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU”! DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? EVEN JONAH WHILE IN THE BELLY OF A BIG FISH CRIED OUT TO THE LORD!

Jon 2:7, 10, “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; And my prayer went up to You, Into Your holy temple. … SO THE LORD SPOKE TO THE FISH, AND IT VOMITED JONAH ONTO DRY LAND. 

HE IS FAITHFUL, BUT ARE WE? DO WE ONLY SEEK HIM IN TIMES OF TROUBLE? MAYBE THAT’S THE REASON FOR THE TRIAL ITSELF TO DRAW US NEAR TO HIM! SEEK HIM DAILY!

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Psalm 5, the heart of man!

Psa 5:1-3, … GIVE EAR TO MY WORDS, O LORD, CONSIDER MY MEDITATION. GIVE HEED TO THE VOICE OF MY CRY, MY KING AND MY GOD, FOR TO YOU I WILL PRAY. MY VOICE YOU SHALL HEAR IN THE MORNING, O LORD; IN THE MORNING I WILL DIRECT IT TO YOU, AND I WILL LOOK UP. 

EVERY MORNING DAVID ROSE UP TO PRAY TO GOD, TO GIVE HIM THE BEST OF THE DAY! JESUS DID THE SAME! DO WE?

Mar 1:35-36, NOW IN THE MORNING, HAVING RISEN A LONG WHILE BEFORE DAYLIGHT, HE WENT OUT AND DEPARTED TO A SOLITARY PLACE; AND THERE HE PRAYED. And Simon and those who were with Him searched for Him.

WHILE JESUS WAS PRAYING PETER AND THE OTHERS WERE SNORING! PRAYER TO JESUS WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HIS PHYSICAL NEEDS!  BUT IN CONTRAST VERSES 4-6!

Psa 5:4-6, FOR YOU ARE NOT A GOD WHO TAKES PLEASURE IN WICKEDNESS, NOR SHALL EVIL DWELL WITH YOU. THE BOASTFUL SHALL NOT STAND IN YOUR SIGHT; YOU HATE ALL WORKERS OF INIQUITY. YOU SHALL DESTROY THOSE WHO SPEAK FALSEHOOD; THE LORD ABHORS THE BLOODTHIRSTY AND DECEITFUL MAN.

As we draw closer to HIM we can clearly see man’s depravity! GOD IS A GOD OF LOVE; THAT IS HIS NATURE! YET SCRIPTURES SAYS THE LORD HATES 7 THINGS!

Pro 6:16-19, These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A PROUD LOOK, A LYING TONGUE, HANDS THAT SHED INNOCENT BLOOD, A HEART THAT DEVISES WICKED PLANS, FEET THAT ARE SWIFT IN RUNNING TO EVIL, A FALSE WITNESS WHO SPEAKS LIES, And ONE WHO SOWS DISCORD AMONG BRETHREN.

The sad reality is this is found in ALL MEN AND WOMEN! No one is exempt from this truth! BUT HE CAN TRANSFORM OUR HEARTS AND MIND; EVEN THE HARDEN PERSON!

Eze 36:26, I WILL GIVE YOU A NEW HEART and PUT A NEW SPIRIT WITHIN YOU; I WILL TAKE THE HEART OF STONE OUT OF YOUR FLESH AND GIVE YOU A HEART OF FLESH.

1Pe 3:12, FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE ON THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HIS EARS ARE OPEN TO THEIR PRAYERS; BUT THE FACE OF THE LORD IS AGAINST THOSE WHO DO EVIL.” 

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Psalm 4, Rest in HIM!

Psa 4:1, …HEAR ME WHEN I CALL, O GOD OF MY RIGHTEOUSNESS! YOU HAVE RELIEVED ME IN MY DISTRESS; HAVE MERCY ON ME, AND HEAR MY PRAYER. 

“LORD YOU HAVE ANSWERED ME BEFORE, HEAR ME AGAIN”! DAVID IS PASSIONATE IN HIS PRAYER TO GOD AND KNOWS THAT HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS COMES FROM THE LORD! HOW DO WE PRAY TO HIM, DO WE STIR OURSELVES UP IN PRAYER?

Isa 64:7, And THERE IS NO ONE WHO CALLS ON YOUR NAME, WHO STIRS HIMSELF UP TO TAKE HOLD OF YOU; …

Psa 4:3, But know that the LORD HAS SET APART FOR HIMSELF HIM WHO IS GODLY; THE LORD WILL HEAR WHEN I CALL TO HIM.

David said “HIM WHO IS GODLY, NOT PERFECT!” IN THE EYES OF THE LORD NO MAN, BESIDES HIS SON, IS PERFECT! FOR HE KNOWS THAT WERE MERE DUST! WILL THE LORD HEAR US WHEN WE PRAY?

Psa 103:14, FOR HE KNOWS OUR FRAME; HE REMEMBERS THAT WE ARE DUST. 

Psa 4:6-7, There are many who say, “WHO WILL SHOW US ANY GOOD?” LORD, LIFT UP THE LIGHT OF YOUR COUNTENANCE UPON US. YOU HAVE PUT GLADNESS IN MY HEART, …

THERE ARE MANY CYNICAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCE GOD OR EXPERIENCE HIM ONLY TO ATTRIBUTE IT TO COINCIDENCE! BUT DAVID KNOWS HIS GOD; IN DUE TIME THE LORD WILL ANSWER HIS CALL AND OURS IF WE TRUST AND SEEK HIM!

Psa 4:8, I WILL BOTH LIE DOWN IN PEACE, AND SLEEP; FOR YOU ALONE, O LORD, MAKE ME DWELL IN SAFETY.  

During trials sleep often goes out the door, for you mind can’t rest thinking of what can happen! DAVID KNEW HIS GOD, AND HE DIDN’T LOOK AT HIS CIRCUMSTANCES OR DWELL IN WHAT MAY NEVER COME; HE LOOKED TO GOD ALONE! HIS COMFORT WAS IN KNOWING THAT THE LORD WILL TURN THIS AROUND! IN KNOWING HIM AND SEEKING HIM WE CAN HAVE REST EVEN IN OUR WORSE MOMENTS! TRUST IN HIM!

Pro 3:24, When you lie down, you will not be afraid; Yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet. 

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Psalm 3, True faith is greater than your circumstances!

Psa 3:1-2, A Psalm of David When He Fled from Absalom His Son. LORD, HOW THEY HAVE INCREASED WHO TROUBLE ME! MANY ARE THEY WHO RISE UP AGAINST ME. MANY ARE THEY WHO SAY OF ME, “THERE IS NO HELP FOR HIM IN GOD.” Selah

David’s own son rebelled against him, and the men of Israel turned on their king (2Sa 15:13 & 2Sa 16:8)! Many believed or felt like David lost favor with GOD! IT’S NOT HOW YOU FEEL OR HOW IT LOOKS TO OTHERS ON THE OUTSIDE; IN GOD THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM!

Rom 8:31, …IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? 

Psa 3:3-4, But You, O LORD, ARE A SHIELD FOR ME, MY GLORY AND THE ONE WHO LIFTS UP MY HEAD. I CRIED TO THE LORD WITH MY VOICE, AND HE HEARD ME FROM HIS HOLY HILL. Selah

David’s true strength came from knowing his GOD, IT’S NOT ABOUT FEELINGS! WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR GOD, AS DAVID DID, THEN YOU WILL REALIZE THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOUR AT HE WILL ALWAYS HERE YOU FOR HE PROMISED TO ALWAYS BE WITH THEM WHEREVER THEY MAY GO! HE IS FAITHFUL!

Jos 1:9, HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU? BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE; DO NOT BE AFRAID, NOR BE DISMAYED, FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO.” 

We have the same promises that David did! DO YOU BELIEVE IT? DO YOU KNOW THAT HE IS FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD?

Num 23:19, “GOD IS NOT A MAN, THAT HE SHOULD LIE, NOR A SON OF MAN, THAT HE SHOULD REPENT. HAS HE SAID, AND WILL HE NOT DO? Or HAS HE SPOKEN, AND WILL HE NOT MAKE IT GOOD? 

Psa 89:34-35, MY COVENANT I WILL NOT BREAK, NOR ALTER THE WORD THAT HAS GONE OUT OF MY LIPS. ONCE I HAVE SWORN BY MY HOLINESS; I WILL NOT LIE TO DAVID:

NOR WILL HE LIE TO ANYONE! AS THE WORLD SEEMS TO BE CRUMBLING BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES, LEAN ON THE ONE WHO HAS THE FINAL WORD ON THE MATTER! LEAN NOT ON YOUR FEELING OR UNDERSTANDING, BUT ON THE KING OF kings and LORD OF lords!

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Psalm 2, the foolish rage!!

Psa 2:1-3, WHY DO THE NATIONS RAGE, And the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS ANOINTED, saying, “LET US BREAK THEIR BONDS IN PIECES AND CAST AWAY THEIR CORDS FROM US.”

The LORD is a bondage-breaker, YET to the unbeliever HIS word, HIS laws, HIS guidance is nothing but a burden to them! “WE WANT IT OUR WAY NOT YOURS! LEAVE US ALONE!”

Psa 2:4-6, HE WHO SITS IN THE HEAVENS SHALL LAUGH; The LORD shall hold them in derision. THEN HE SHALL SPEAK TO THEM IN HIS WRATH, And distress them in His deep displeasure: “YET I HAVE SET MY KING ON MY HOLY HILL OF ZION.”

Like ants plotting to destroy an elephant, the elephant will just laugh! The LORD will speak to these men in HIS wrath and tell them about HIS SON! Christ the LORD! THEIR ONLY HOPE!

Luk 9:35, AND A VOICE CAME OUT OF THE CLOUD, SAYING, “THIS IS MY BELOVED SON. HEAR HIM!” 

Psa 2:10-12, Now therefore, BE WISE, O KINGS; BE INSTRUCTED, YOU JUDGES OF THE EARTH. Serve the LORD with fear, And rejoice with trembling. KISS THE SON, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. BLESSED ARE ALL THOSE WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM.

Hos 14:9, Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. FOR THE WAYS OF THE LORD ARE RIGHT; THE RIGHTEOUS WALK IN THEM, BUT TRANSGRESSORS STUMBLE IN THEM. 

SUBMITTING YOURSELF TO THE CHRIST JESUS IS BY FAR THE WISES THING ANY MAN CAN DO! FOR THIS WORLD IS PASSING AWAY, BUT IN HIM WE SHALL LIVE FOREVER!

1Jn 2:17, … the world is passing away, and the lust of it; BUT HE WHO DOES THE WILL OF GOD ABIDES FOREVER. 

Pro 16:20, HE WHO HEEDS THE WORD WISELY WILL FIND GOOD, AND WHOEVER TRUSTS IN THE LORD, HAPPY IS HE.

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Psalm 1, our choice in life!

Psa 1:1, BLESSED IS THE MAN Who walks NOT in the counsel of the ungodly, NOR stands in the path of sinners, NOR sits in the seat of the scornful;

We all have a choice in life whether to walk in the ways of man or in the way of GOD! There are only two paths to take! Choose wisely!

Pro 14:12, THERE IS A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT TO A MAN, BUT ITS END IS THE WAY OF DEATH.

Psa 1:2, BUT HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD, AND IN HIS LAW HE MEDITATES DAY AND NIGHT.

WE HAVE ALL HEARD THIS SAYING “LIFE IS SHORT, SO ENJOY IT”, BUT THE LORD SAYS “ETERNITY IS LONG PREPARE FOR IT”! GET TO KNOW YOUR CREATOR; FOR IN KNOWING HIM COMES TRUE PROSPERITY!

Jos 1:8, This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. FOR THEN YOU WILL MAKE YOUR WAY PROSPEROUS, AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE GOOD SUCCESS. 

Psa 1:3, HE SHALL BE LIKE A TREE PLANTED BY THE RIVERS OF WATER, THAT BRINGS FORTH ITS FRUIT IN ITS SEASON, WHOSE LEAF ALSO SHALL NOT WITHER; AND WHATEVER HE DOES SHALL PROSPER.

Psa 92:12, THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL FLOURISH LIKE A PALM TREE, HE SHALL GROW LIKE A CEDAR IN LEBANON. 

As Christians we know that were sinners saved by grace; calling us righteous makes no sense! BUT IN HIS EYES WE ARE! HE HAS WASHED US FROM OUR IMPURITIES AND CLOTHED US WITH HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS NOT OURS!

Isa 61:10  I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, My soul shall be joyful in my God; FOR HE HAS CLOTHED ME WITH THE GARMENTS OF SALVATION, HE HAS COVERED ME WITH THE ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 

THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO LIFE AND IT’S FOUND IN OUR LORD AND SAVIOR CHRIST JESUS! CHOOSE WISELY!