Category: Psalms

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Psalm 109, the Volume of the book is written of ME!

Psa 109:3-4, They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, AND FOUGHT AGAINST ME WITHOUT A CAUSE. IN RETURN FOR MY LOVE THEY ARE MY ACCUSERS, BUT I GIVE MYSELF TO PRAYER.

A prophetic psalm of David! JESUS went around doing good, healing the sick, giving sight to the blind, teaching truth etc.

Act 10:38, how God anointed JESUS of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, WHO WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD AND HEALING ALL WHO WERE OPPRESSED BY THE DEVIL, FOR GOD WAS WITH HIM.

YET, they wanted to stone HIM!

Joh 10:32, Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you STONE ME?” 

But ended up crucified on the cross of Calvary praying for those that betrayed them!

Luk 23:34, Then Jesus said, “FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY DO.” …

Psa 109:5, Thus they have REWARDED ME EVIL FOR GOOD, AND HATRED FOR MY LOVE.  

JESUS called Judas friend, but Judas betrayed HIM with a kiss!

Mat 26:49-50, Immediately he went up to JESUS and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” AND KISSED HIM. But JESUS said to him, “Friend, why have you come?” Then they came and laid hands on JESUS and took Him.

Pro 27:6, FAITHFUL ARE THE WOUNDS OF A FRIEND, BUT THE KISSES OF AN ENEMY ARE DECEITFUL. 

Psa 109:8, Let his days be few, AND LET ANOTHER TAKE HIS OFFICE. 

Peter quoted these same words in Acts 1:20 to have Judas position, as an Apostle, replaced by another!

Act 1:20, “For it is written in the Book of Psalms: ‘LET HIS DWELLING PLACE BE DESOLATE, AND LET NO ONE LIVE IN IT’; and, ‘LET ANOTHER TAKE HIS OFFICE.’ 

The whole Bible is written of JESUS, Old and New! This is HIS story written before HE was Even born! Psalm 40:7, “THE SCROLL OF THE BOOK IS WRITTEN OF ME”!

Heb 10:7, THEN I SAID, ‘BEHOLD, I HAVE COME—IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME—TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD.’

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Psalm 108, HIS great love for us!

Psa 108:1-2, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Awake, lute and harp! I will awaken the dawn.

The heart of king David was confident in GOD alone! He knew where his help came from! It wasn’t from man but GOD HIMSELF!

Psa 121:1-2, I will lift up my eyes to the hills—FROM WHENCE COMES MY HELP? MY HELP COMES FROM THE LORD, WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH.

David was a talented musician who would wake up every morning to sing praises to the KING OF kings! The LORD was with him!

Psa 108:5-6, Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, And Your glory above all the earth; THAT YOUR BELOVED MAY BE DELIVERED, Save with Your right hand, and hear me.

David was confident in the LORD, and also, he knew that the LORD loved him! He called himself “beloved” Just like JOHN

Joh 21:20, Then Peter, turning around, SAW THE DISCIPLE WHOM JESUS LOVED FOLLOWING, WHO ALSO HAD LEANED ON HIS BREAST AT THE SUPPER…

This is not arrogance but it’s a true statement! Both David and John were beloved of GOD! Yet you can add many, many others to that list!

Dan 9:23, At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you, FOR YOU ARE GREATLY BELOVED..

Do you know that you are loved by GOD HIMSELF? Even with all your faults HE is still in love with you!

Rom 1:7, To ALL who are in Rome, BELOVED OF GOD, CALLED TO BE SAINTS: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Rom 8:38-39, For I am persuaded that Neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, SHALL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.

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.

Our sins are great, yet HIS love is greater! Trust in the LORD for HE loves you!

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Psalm 107, What is your story!

Psa 107:4-5, THEY WANDERED IN THE WILDERNESS IN A DESOLATE WAY; They found no city to dwell in. HUNGRY AND THIRSTY, THEIR SOUL FAINTED IN THEM.

THE WANDERER was completely lost in sin and no where to go! Hungry and thirsty and nowhere to turn!

Psa 107:6-7, THEN THEY CRIED OUT TO THE LORD in their trouble, And He delivered them out of their distresses. AND HE LED THEM FORTH BY THE RIGHT WAY, THAT THEY MIGHT GO TO A CITY FOR A DWELLING PLACE.

Psa 107:10-11, Those who SAT IN DARKNESS and in the shadow of death, BOUND IN AFFLICTION and IRONS— Because they rebelled against the words of God, And despised the counsel of the Most High,

THE PRISONER, bound in the chains of sin and desperation, dwelling in darkness

Psa 107:13-14, THEN THEY CRIED OUT TO THE LORD IN THEIR TROUBLE, And He saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, AND BROKE THEIR CHAINS IN PIECES.

HE can break the strongest, gates, bars and chains and bring you out in HIS light!

Psa 107:17-18, Fools, because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, WERE AFFLICTED. THEIR SOUL ABHORRED ALL MANNER OF FOOD, AND THEY DREW NEAR TO THE GATES OF DEATH.

THE SICK rejected the milk and meat of the word of GOD which gives strength to the weary! They were dying without it, near death!

Psa 107:19-20, THEN THEY CRIED OUT TO THE LORD IN THEIR TROUBLE, And He saved them out of their distresses. HE SENT HIS WORD AND HEALED THEM, AND DELIVERED THEM FROM THEIR DESTRUCTIONS.

HIS word has the power to heal!

Psa 107:25-27, For He commands and raises the stormy wind, Which lifts up the waves of the sea. … Their soul melts because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end.

TRIALS! In the middle of a severe trial which seems to have no end!

Psa 107:28-29, THEN THEY CRY OUT TO THE LORD IN THEIR TROUBLE, AND HE BRINGS THEM OUT OF THEIR DISTRESSES. HE CALMS THE STORM, SO THAT ITS WAVES ARE STILL.

WHAT IS YOUR STORY? WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU CALLED OUT TO HIM? WITHOUT HIM, WE ARE LOST, IN CHAINS, SICK, AND IN TROUBLE; BUT, HE HAS THE POWER TO SAVE!

Psalm 107: 8, 15, 21, 31, OH, THAT MEN WOULD GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD FOR HIS GOODNESS, AND FOR HIS WONDERFUL WORKS TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN! 

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Psalm 106, Faith without seeing!

Psa 106:2, Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can declare ALL HIS PRAISE? 

The simple answer is no one! It is impossible to declare all HIS praises; for we see only the edges of HIS glory ( Job 26:14 )

Psa 139:6, Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it. 

Psa 106:7, Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies, BUT REBELLED BY THE SEA—THE RED SEA. 

All of Israel saw the plagues that hit Egypt and how GOD protected them! A total of ten plagues, YET rebelled against the LORD!

Ex 14:11, Then they said to Moses, … HAVE YOU TAKEN US AWAY TO DIE IN THE WILDERNESS?…

Psa 106:8-9, NEVERTHELESS HE SAVED THEM FOR HIS NAME’S SAKE, That He might make His mighty power known. HE REBUKED THE RED SEA ALSO, AND IT DRIED UP; SO HE LED THEM THROUGH THE DEPTHS, AS THROUGH THE WILDERNESS.

YET GOD saved them even in their rebellion and showed them HIS great power and mercy!

Psa 106:12, THEN THEY BELIEVED HIS WORDS; They sang His praise.

Seeing is believing, but faith is believing without seeing! Like Thomas, Israel had to see before they could believe!

Joh 20:29, Jesus said to him, “Thomas, BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEEN ME, YOU HAVE BELIEVED. BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN AND YET HAVE BELIEVED.”

Psa 106:13-14, THEY SOON FORGOT HIS WORKS; They did not wait for His counsel, But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And TESTED GOD IN THE DESERT.

So many people praise GOD when they see HIS miracles, HIS provisions, HIS work! YET, at the sign of any trial THEY FORGET WHAT HE HAS DONE IN THEIR LIVES! WE ARE FICKLED PEOPLE WHO CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION!

2Ti 2:13, If we are faithless, HE REMAINS FAITHFUL; He cannot deny Himself. 

Do you believe only when you see, Thomas? Remember while we are faithless, HE remains faithful!

1Th 5:24, HE WHO CALLS YOU IS FAITHFUL, WHO ALSO WILL DO IT. 

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Psalm 105, Seeking the LORD!

Psa 105:1-2, Oh, GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD! CALL UPON HIS NAME; MAKE KNOWN HIS DEEDS AMONG THE PEOPLES! … TALK OF ALL HIS WONDROUS WORKS! 

As Christians, we have all experience HIS blessings in our lives! We must make them known to all those willing to hear! Even king Nebuchadnezzar made known HIS works!

Dan 4:2, I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the MOST HIGH GOD HAS WORKED FOR ME.

Psa 105:3, GLORY IN HIS HOLY NAME; Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the LORD! 

So many people glory in their strength, their money, their position, but the LORD says!

Jer 9:23-24, Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man glory in his WISDOM, Let not the mighty man glory in his MIGHT, Nor let the rich man glory in his RICHES; BUT LET HIM WHO GLORIES GLORY IN THIS, THAT HE UNDERSTANDS AND KNOWS ME, ….

Psa 105:4, SEEK THE LORD AND HIS STRENGTH; SEEK HIS FACE EVERMORE! 

Those that seek HIM will find HIM, but the opposite is also true! James tells us “DRAW NEAR TO GOD AND HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO YOU (Jam 4:8)! HE WAITS ON YOU!

Jer 29:13, AND YOU WILL SEEK ME AND FIND ME, WHEN YOU SEARCH FOR ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART. 

Psa 105:5, REMEMBER HIS MARVELOUS WORKS WHICH HE HAS DONE, HIS WONDERS, and the judgments of His mouth, 

When trials come, and they will, ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT HE HAS DONE IN THE PAST! How HE lifted you up in your time of need! How HE opened doors that you didn’t even see! YET, THE BIGGEST THING TO REMEMBER IS WHAT HE DID FOR YOU ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY!

Luk 22:19, And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, SAYING, “THIS IS MY BODY WHICH IS GIVEN FOR YOU; DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.” 

Rom 4:7-8, “BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS ARE FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS ARE COVERED; BLESSED IS THE MAN TO WHOM THE LORD SHALL NOT IMPUTE SIN.”

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Psalm 104, HE provides all!

Psa 104:10-11, HE SENDS THE SPRINGS INTO THE VALLEYS; They flow among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

The LORD provides for all HIS creation

Psa 104:13-15, … THE EARTH IS SATISFIED WITH THE FRUIT OF YOUR WORKS. He causes the grass to grow FOR THE CATTLE, And vegetation for the service of man, THAT HE MAY BRING FORTH FOOD FROM THE EARTH, And wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face shine, AND BREAD WHICH STRENGTHENS MAN’S HEART. 

The earth, HIS creation, gives us all we need! Bread, water, power, materials to build; the earth, by HIS design, gives us what we need!

Psa 145:15, The eyes of all look expectantly to You, And You give them their food in due season.

Psa 104:19, HE appointed the MOON for seasons; The SUN knows its going down. 

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?

It’s not what is man, but who HE is! HE IS OUR LOVING FATHER WHO PROVIDES FOR HIS CHILDREN! HE CREATED EVERYTHING AROUND TO SUPPORT LIFE

Psa 104:23, MAN GOES OUT TO HIS WORK AND TO HIS LABOR UNTIL THE EVENING. 

HE gives man wisdom and materials to create vehicles, homes, hospitals, tools etc.

Psa 104:24, O LORD, HOW MANIFOLD ARE YOUR WORKS! IN WISDOM YOU HAVE MADE THEM ALL. THE EARTH IS FULL OF YOUR POSSESSIONS—

Everything we have or own comes from the FATHER! HE SUPPLIES EVERYTHING!

Php 4:19, AND MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS. 

HE created all these things for HIS creation so that we may look up and realize WE ARE NOT ALONE! NOTHING IS BY ACCIDENT AND EVERYTHING HAS A PURPOSE! OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE THAT HIS DESIRE IS FOR YOU!

1Ti 2:4-5, WHO DESIRES ALL MEN TO BE SAVED AND TO COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH. FOR THERE IS ONE GOD AND ONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MEN, THE MAN CHRIST JESUS, 

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Psalm 103, the best is yet to come!

Psa 103:1-2, 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:

Most people remember the LORD only when they fall into hard times! LORD HELP! But, when everything is well they tend to forget!

1Th 5:18, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 

Psa 103:3, WHO FORGIVES ALL YOUR INIQUITIES, Who heals all your DISEASES, 

The first Benefit listed here is by far the most important blessing one can receive! Forgiveness of sins! WHAT GOOD IS IT IF HE HEALS ALL YOUR DISEASES, YET WE END UP IN HELL?

Mar 2:5, When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the PARALYTIC, “SON, YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN YOU.” 

The Paralytic needed to be forgiven, but he and the others only saw his need to walk!

Mar 2:10-11, BUT THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT THE SON OF MAN HAS POWER ON EARTH TO FORGIVE SINS”—He said to the paralytic, “I SAY TO YOU, ARISE, TAKE UP YOUR BED, AND GO TO YOUR HOUSE.”

Does HE heal all our diseases? Well in this world no, because our great grandparents chose to disobey GOD from the very start! But, in a future sense YES, we shall receive new bodies and we shall be like HIM! 1John 3:2

1Cor 15:51, 53, Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, BUT WE SHALL ALL BE CHANGED— … FOR THIS CORRUPTIBLE MUST PUT ON INCORRUPTION, AND THIS MORTAL MUST PUT ON IMMORTALITY.

Psa 103:4, WHO REDEEMS YOUR LIFE FROM DESTRUCTION, WHO CROWNS YOU WITH LOVINGKINDNESS AND TENDER MERCIES,

HE has redeemed us from hell, like a twig being pulled out of the furnace! We all deserve death, yet HE clothes us with HIS tender mercies!

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, …

The best is yet to come! Stand fast with the LORD for HIS mercies endure forever!

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Psalm 102, Trails!

Psa 102:1-2, Hear my prayer, O LORD, And let my cry come to You. DO NOT HIDE YOUR FACE FROM ME IN THE DAY OF MY TROUBLE; INCLINE YOUR EAR TO ME; IN THE DAY THAT I CALL, ANSWER ME SPEEDILY.

A desperate plea for GOD’s attention, “LORD attend to my prayer”! The affliction is bad enough, but don’t add to it by hiding from me! THE HARDEST PART OF A TRIAL IS WAITING ON HIS RESPONSE! IT MAY SEEM THAT HE IS NOT DOING ANYTHING, BUT HE IS ALWAYS WORKING IN OUR LIVES!

Isa 8:17, AND I WILL WAIT ON THE LORD, Who hides HIS face from the house of Jacob; AND I WILL HOPE IN HIM. 

Psa 102:9-10, For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping, Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; For You have lifted me up and cast me away.

The Psalmist mourning was made worse because he senses that this trial came from the LORD! The LORD doesn’t sleep on the job, HE is working and teaching by any means!

Rom 5:3-4, …but we also glory in tribulations, KNOWING THAT TRIBULATION PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE; AND PERSEVERANCE, CHARACTER; AND CHARACTER, HOPE.

Psa 102:11-12, MY DAYS are like a shadow that lengthens, AND I WITHER AWAY like grass.  But You, O LORD, shall endure forever, And the remembrance of Your name to all generations. 

My days, I wither away, BUT YOU!  The Psalmist gets his mind off himself and onto the LORD! Focus on the LORD, not on the trial!

Col 3:2, SET YOUR MIND ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON THINGS ON THE EARTH. 

Psa 102:19-20, FOR HE LOOKED DOWN FROM THE HEIGHT OF HIS SANCTUARY; FROM HEAVEN THE LORD VIEWED THE EARTH, To hear the groaning of the prisoner, TO RELEASE THOSE APPOINTED TO DEATH,

Remember we were prisoners to sin, BUT THE LORD JESUS SET US FREE; NO LONGER CONDEMNED, BUT RESTORED IN HIM!

Rom 6:22-23, But now having BEEN SET FREE FROM SIN, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death, BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.

TRIALS WILL COME, BUT WE HAVE VICTORY IN CHRIST JESUS! SET YOU MIND ON HIM!

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Psalm 101, Know yourself!

Psa 101:2, I WILL BEHAVE WISELY IN A PERFECT WAY. OH, WHEN WILL YOU COME TO ME? I WILL WALK WITHIN MY HOUSE WITH A PERFECT HEART. 

King David wanted his reign over Israel to be marked by integrity and godliness (Perfect way)! Not just in public where he is seen but even in the privacy of his own home!

Pro 20:7, The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him. 

David wanted to live righteously before the LORD is order to have fellowship with HIM! How can we have fellowship with the LORD and walk in darkness? It’s impossible! LIGHT CANNOT DWELL WITH DARKNESS!

1John 1:6-7, If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Psa 101:3, I WILL SET NOTHING WICKED BEFORE MY EYES; I HATE THE WORK OF THOSE WHO FALL AWAY; IT SHALL NOT CLING TO ME. 

A way to measure a man’s righteousness is not what he does at church or at work where he is clearly seen, but in his private times! What are you watching on TV, what goes through your mind when a beautiful lady is near you?

Job 31:1, “I HAVE MADE A COVENANT WITH MY EYES; WHY THEN SHOULD I LOOK UPON A YOUNG WOMAN? 

Even righteous Job noticed that he had a problem with the lust of the eyes! I KNOW I’M GUILTY, HOW ABOUT YOU?

1Jn 2:16, For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—IS NOT OF THE FATHER BUT IS OF THE WORLD. 

Know it or not, but we all fall short of the glory of GOD! But I’m a Christian, I don’t do these things! APPARENTLY, YOU ARE ALSO A LIAR!

Rom 3:9-10, What then? ARE WE BETTER THAN THEY? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks THAT THEY ARE ALL UNDER SIN. As it is written: “THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE;

True Christians know that we don’t deserve to be called a child of GOD; our righteousness are but dirty rags! YET, HE MADE A WAY FOR EVEN THE WORSE OF SINNERS TO BE SAVED! THANK YOU, LORD! THANK YOU!

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Psalm 100, Serving the LORD!

Psa 100:1, …MAKE A JOYFUL SHOUT TO THE LORD, ALL YOU LANDS!

For those that actually read this book of hope know there is a reason for joy, OUR DEBT HAS BEEN PAID IN FULL! WE ARE NO LONGER SLAVES TO SIN, BUT ARE CHILDREN OF GOD! EVEN THE ANGELS SING FOR JOY WHEN ONE COMES TO FAITH IN THE LIVING GOD!

Luk 15:7, I SAY TO YOU THAT LIKEWISE THERE WILL BE MORE JOY IN HEAVEN OVER ONE SINNER WHO REPENTS than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance. 

Psa 100:2, SERVE THE LORD WITH GLADNESS; Come before HIS presence with singing.

Many, if not most, people think serving the LORD is a burden, “I HAVE TO SERVE”! YET, our LORD JESUS came here to serve, not to be served! What a great example we have in HIM!

Heb 12:2, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, WHO FOR THE JOY THAT WAS SET BEFORE HIM ENDURED THE CROSS, DESPISING THE SHAME, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

The cross wasn’t joyful for HIM, BUT HE COULD SEE PAST THE HORRORS OF THE CROSS AND SEE THE FRUIT OF IT!

Dan 9:26, … MESSIAH SHALL BE CUT OFF, BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF;

HE DID IT FOR YOU!

1Sa 12:24, ONLY FEAR THE LORD, AND SERVE HIM IN TRUTH WITH ALL YOUR HEART; FOR CONSIDER WHAT GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE FOR YOU. 

Psa 100:4, ENTER INTO HIS GATES WITH THANKSGIVING, AND INTO HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE. BE THANKFUL TO HIM, AND BLESS HIS NAME. 

Because of what HE did for us, we are able to enter HIS gates and dwell with the living GOD! BE GREATFUL, SING FOR JOY THAT HE ALLOWS HEATHENS LIKE US INTO HIS REST!

Psa 100:5, FOR THE LORD IS GOOD; HIS MERCY IS EVERLASTING, AND HIS TRUTH ENDURES TO ALL GENERATIONS.