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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 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.

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Psalm 99, HIS HOLINESS

Psa 99:1, The LORD reigns; LET THE PEOPLES TREMBLE! He dwells between the cherubim; LET THE EARTH BE MOVED!

Saints quiver with devout emotion, and sinners quiver with terror when the rule of Jehovah is fully perceived and felt.” (Spurgeon)

Psa 119:120, My flesh trembles for fear of You, And I AM AFRAID OF YOUR JUDGMENTS. 

Psa 99:2-3, The LORD is great in Zion, And He is high above all the peoples. Let them praise Your great and awesome name—HE IS HOLY.

The Psalmist says three times that the LORD is HOLY 3,5,& 9.  Holiness is who HE is and what HE does; HIS power is HOLY, HIS love is HOLY, HIS righteousness, mercy, and HIS judgements are HOLY! It’s not HIS personality BUT THE ESSENCE OF HIS ENTIRE BEING!

Psa 99:5, EXALT THE LORD OUR GOD, AND WORSHIP AT HIS FOOTSTOOL—HE IS HOLY.

HIS footstool is the entire earth, let all that has breath praise HIS HOLY NAME!

Isa 66:1, Thus says the LORD: “Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? 

HE cannot be contained. HE doesn’t dwell in buildings; HIS presence fills eternity!

Isa 57:15, FOR THUS SAYS THE HIGH AND LOFTY ONE WHO INHABITS ETERNITY, WHOSE NAME IS HOLY: “I DWELL IN THE HIGH AND HOLY PLACE, … 

Psa 99:9, EXALT THE LORD OUR GOD, AND WORSHIP AT HIS HOLY HILL; FOR THE LORD OUR GOD IS HOLY. 

HE calls us to follow HIM and HIS example through JESUS HIS SON!

1Peter 1:15-16, but as HE who called you is HOLY, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.”

We are going to fall short of HIS calling, but it doesn’t mean we should give up! We need to confess our sins and move on!

1Jn 1:9, If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

Isa 6:3, And one cried to another and said: “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD OF HOSTS; THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY!”

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Psalm 93, clothed with Majesty!

Psa 93:1, The LORD reigns, HE IS CLOTHED WITH MAJESTY; The LORD is clothed, HE HAS GIRDED HIMSELF WITH STRENGTH. Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be moved.

The LORD reigns; for there is no one like HIM, there is no other god like our GOD! HE is the creator of everything, and is worthy of praise!

Neh 9:6, YOU ALONE ARE THE LORD; You have made heaven, The heaven of heavens, with all their host, The earth and everything on it, The seas and all that is in them, And You preserve them all. The host of heaven worships You. 

HE is clothed with honor, majesty, and strength; HE wears light as a garment, and sits on a throne of righteousness made of fire!

Dan 7:9, “I watched till thrones were put in place, And the Ancient of Days was seated; His garment was white as snow, And the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, Its wheels a burning fire; 

Psa 93:2, YOUR THRONE IS ESTABLISHED FROM OF OLD; YOU ARE FROM EVERLASTING. 

HIS reign is without challenge, there are rebels against HIS reign, but have no hope of success! Satan said;

Isa 14:13-14, For you have said in your heart: ‘I WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN, I WILL EXALT MY THRONE ABOVE THE STARS OF GOD; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH.’

Isa 14:15, YET YOU SHALL BE BROUGHT DOWN TO SHEOL, TO THE LOWEST DEPTHS OF THE PIT. 

Psa 93:4, THE LORD ON HIGH IS MIGHTIER THAN THE NOISE OF MANY WATERS, THAN THE MIGHTY WAVES OF THE SEA. 

I’ve been in the eye of a hurricane in the middle of the ocean and have seen the strength of 100-foot waves! The sheer power is amazing to see, YET are mere drops compared to the strength of the LORD! THERE IS NONE LIKE HIM, NO COMPETITORS TO HIS REIGN! HE IS THE LORD OF HOST!

Psa 93:5, Your testimonies are very sure; Holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, forever.

 HIS word is sure and HIS promises without fail! HE is faithful and just and HIS word have many treasures! Seek and you shall find!

Psa 119:18, Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your law.

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Psalm 91, Knowing the LORD!

Psa 91:1-2, HE WHO DWELLS IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH SHALL ABIDE UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY. I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, IN HIM I WILL TRUST.”

The majority of HIS people come to HIM ONLY in times of trouble, “LORD GOD HELP ME”! Blessed are those that DWELL in HIS presence in prosperous times and in times of trials!

Psa 91:3-4, SURELY HE SHALL DELIVER YOU from the snare of the fowler AND FROM THE PERILOUS PESTILENCE. HE SHALL COVER YOU WITH HIS FEATHERS, AND UNDER HIS WINGS YOU SHALL TAKE REFUGE; HIS TRUTH SHALL BE YOUR SHIELD AND BUCKLER.

BECAUSE YOU DWELL IN HIS PRESENCE day and night, HE shall protect you from all seen and un-seen things! 

Psa 91:5-6, YOU SHALL NOT BE AFRAID of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, NOR OF THE PESTILENCE THAT WALKS IN DARKNESS, …

The LORD tells us, in HIS word, not to fear, do not be afraid even of pestilence WHICH NO ONE CAN SEE, like Covid! BUT HE SEES IT!

Isa 41:10, FEAR NOT, FOR I AM WITH YOU; Be not dismayed, FOR I AM YOUR GOD. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ 

Psa 91:7, 9, A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; BUT IT SHALL NOT COME NEAR YOU. … Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, YOUR DWELLING PLACE,

BLESSED ARE THOSE THAT DWELL IN YOUR PRESENCE! Not a passing visitor who comes from time to time, but he that dwell IN HIM!

Psa 91:14-15, “BECAUSE HE HAS SET HIS LOVE UPON ME, THEREFORE I WILL DELIVER HIM; I will set him on high, BECAUSE HE HAS KNOWN MY NAME. HE SHALL CALL UPON ME, AND I WILL ANSWER HIM; I WILL BE WITH HIM IN TROUBLE; I WILL DELIVER HIM AND HONOR HIM.

Knowing HIS name means having a personal relationship with the MOST HIGH! Do you know HIM? Does HE know you? Imagine being in HIS presence, face to face, and HE tells you the following!

Mat 7:23, … ‘I NEVER KNEW YOU; DEPART FROM ME, you who practice lawlessness!’ 

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Psalm 90, We are but grass!

Psa 90:2-3, Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, EVEN FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING, YOU ARE GOD. You turn man to destruction, And say, “RETURN, O CHILDREN OF MEN.” 

HE is our eternal FATHER without age, self-existing ONE who created the earth! YET, man is born and returns to the dust!

Gen 3:19, In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread TILL YOU RETURN TO THE GROUND, FOR OUT OF IT YOU WERE TAKEN; FOR DUST YOU ARE, AND TO DUST YOU SHALL RETURN.”

This wasn’t HIS choice; our grandparents, Adam and Eve, choose this for all man by disobeying HIS instructions!

Psa 90:4-6, For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, And like a watch in the night. … In the morning THEY ARE LIKE GRASS which grows up: In the morning it flourishes and grows up; IN THE EVENING IT IS CUT DOWN AND WITHERS.

HE is eternal and we are like grass; here one day and gone the next!

Isa 40:6-7, …ALL FLESH IS GRASS, AND ALL ITS LOVELINESS IS LIKE THE FLOWER OF THE FIELD. THE GRASS WITHERS, the flower fades, Because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; SURELY THE PEOPLE ARE GRASS.

Psa 90:10, THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES ARE SEVENTY YEARS; AND IF BY REASON OF STRENGTH THEY ARE EIGHTY YEARS, YET THEIR BOAST IS ONLY LABOR AND SORROW; FOR IT IS SOON CUT OFF, AND WE FLY AWAY. 

My Father-in-law, WHO WENT HOME TO THE LORD YESTERDAY, used to say, “PRAY THAT I MAKE IT TO MY 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, BECAUSE I’M NOW LIVING BY HIS GRACE”!

Psa 90:12, SO TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS, THAT WE MAY GAIN A HEART OF WISDOM. 

Scripture tell us our lives are but a vapor, here one second and gone the next! It’s but a short time, but wisdom comes by knowing CHRIST JESUS and how HE paid the price for us! 

Joh 11:26, AND WHOEVER LIVES AND BELIEVES IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE. DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?” 

Paul said, “FOR TO ME, TO LIVE IS CHRIST, AND TO DIE IS GAIN”. THERE IS A GREAT REUNION COMING IN WHICH I WILL SEE AGAIN BOTH MY PARENTS AND MY FATHER-IN-LAW!  BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD! THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS! I BELIEVE DO YOU?

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Psalm 89, Faithful and True!

Psa 89:6, FOR WHO IN THE HEAVENS CAN BE COMPARED TO THE LORD? WHO AMONG THE SONS OF THE MIGHTY CAN BE LIKENED TO THE LORD?

No one can be compared to the LORD; HE is self-existing without father or mother! HE Knows all and sees all! Past, present, and the future is always before in HIS eyes!

Isa 44:7, …WHO CAN PROCLAIM AS I DO? Then let him declare it and set it in order for Me, …. AND THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING AND SHALL COME, LET THEM SHOW THESE TO THEM. 

Psa 89:9, YOU RULE THE RAGING OF THE SEA; WHEN ITS WAVES RISE, YOU STILL THEM. 

Mat 8:26-27, But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” THEN HE AROSE AND REBUKED THE WINDS AND THE SEA, AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM. So the men marveled, saying, “WHO CAN THIS BE, THAT EVEN THE WINDS AND THE SEA OBEY HIM?”

HE is the LORD Creator of heaven and earth; nothing is hard for HIM!

Jer 32:17, ‘Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. THERE IS NOTHING TOO HARD FOR YOU. 

Psa 89:14, Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face.

Yes the LORD is mighty, and we only see the edges of HIS strength, YET, HIS Righteousness and Mercies are the foundations of HIS Throne!

Psa 89:30, 33-34, “If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,….  Nevertheless, MY LOVINGKINDNESS I WILL NOT UTTERLY TAKE FROM HIM, NOR ALLOW MY FAITHFULNESS TO FAIL. MY COVENANT I WILL NOT BREAK, NOR ALTER THE WORD THAT HAS GONE OUT OF MY LIPS.

While we are un-faithful, always wondering off like lost sheep; HE REMAINS FAITHFUL TO HIS PROMISES AND HIS WORD! HE DOES NOT CHANGE NOR DOES HE FORGET; HE CAN’T LIE NOR BREAK HIS COVENANT! THIS IS THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, FAITHFUL AND TRUE!

Isa 46:9, … FOR I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NO OTHER; I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NONE LIKE ME, 

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Psalm 85, HE is the way!

Psa 85:2-3, YOU HAVE FORGIVEN THE INIQUITY OF YOUR PEOPLE; You have COVERED ALL THEIR SIN. Selah YOU HAVE TAKEN AWAY ALL YOUR WRATH; You have turned from the fierceness of YOUR ANGER.

The Psalmist is looking back at the work of GOD! HE brought them back from captivity, forgiven their sins and turned from HIS wrath!

Psa 85:4-6, RESTORE US, O God of our salvation, And cause Your anger toward us to cease. Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations? WILL YOU NOT REVIVE US AGAIN, That Your people may rejoice in You?

LORD RESTORE AND REVIVE US AGAIN AS YOU DID IN THE PAST! THIS IS A PRAYER FOR A REVIVAL, A PRAYER FOR HIS PRESENCE! GOING TO CHURCH WITHOUT HIS PRESENCE MEANS NOTHING!

Psa 85:7, Show us Your mercy, LORD, And grant us Your salvation. 

We are all guilty in HIS eyes and don’t deserve salvation for HE is JUST!  HE being a Righteous and Just JUDGE must condemn us all sinners, including you and me!

Dan 5:27, … You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting; 

Psa 62:9, Surely men of low degree are a vapor, Men of high degree are a lie; If they are weighed on the scales, They are altogether lighter than vapor. 

Psa 85:10, Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed. 

Mercy is what we seek, but the truth will convict us! HIS righteousness, HIS justice will not bring peace to the sinner! YET BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD THAT WAS SHED ON CALVARY WE HAVE PEACE!

Col 1:20, AND BY HIM TO RECONCILE ALL THINGS TO HIMSELF, … HAVING MADE PEACE THROUGH THE BLOOD OF HIS CROSS. 

Psa 85:13, RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL GO BEFORE HIM, AND SHALL MAKE HIS FOOTSTEPS OUR PATHWAY. 

1Jn 2:6, HE WHO SAYS HE ABIDES IN HIM OUGHT HIMSELF ALSO TO WALK JUST AS HE WALKED. 

JESUS IS THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE, OUR EXAMPLE AND THE PATH TO FOLLOW!

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Psalm 83, the times of the gentiles!

Psa 83:1-2, …DO NOT KEEP SILENT, O GOD! DO NOT HOLD YOUR PEACE, AND DO NOT BE STILL, O GOD! For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head.

IF GOD kept silent or held HIS peace or stood still Israel would perish! Truth be told, Israel has been the target of satan for thousands of years! BUT, by the grace of GOD, HE has preserved them in spite of persecution! GOD has also brought them back to their homeland!

Eze 37:14, I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I WILL PLACE YOU IN YOUR OWN LAND. Then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken it and performed it,” says the LORD.’ “

Psa 83:4, They have said, “COME, AND LET US CUT THEM OFF FROM BEING A NATION, THAT THE NAME OF ISRAEL MAY BE REMEMBERED NO MORE.”  

Even up to present times, Israel remains a target of the world. Until the ‘TIMES OF THE GENTILES ARE FULFILLED”!

Luk 21:24, And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles UNTIL THE TIMES OF THE GENTILES ARE FULFILLED. 

There are many schools of thought regarding this passage, but for me, it’s a time the LORD gave to build HIS church! There is a blindness in the truth of CHRIST JESUS, but one day the blinders shall be lifted. And, they shall see JESUS AS THEIR LONG-AWAITED MESSIAH!

Psa 83:13-14, O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like the chaff before the wind! As the fire burns the woods, And as the flame sets the mountains on fire,

GOD is faithful to Israel in spite of their unfaithfulness to HIM! HE will always have HIS faithful remnant in Israel!

Psa 9:20, Put them in fear, O LORD, THAT THE NATIONS MAY KNOW THEMSELVES TO BE BUT MEN.

Psa 83:18, THAT THEY MAY KNOW THAT YOU, WHOSE NAME ALONE IS THE LORD, ARE THE MOST HIGH OVER ALL THE EARTH. 

They world maybe blinded for now, but the day is coming Where every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that HE IS LORD!

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Psalm 77, Has HE forgotten?

Psa 77:2-3, In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; My hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing; My soul refused to be comforted. I remembered God, and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah

The Psalmist cried out to GOD with his voice and stretched out his hand. GRAB MY HAND OH LORD AND LEAD ME! I KNOW YOUR THERE, BUT WHY DON’T YOU HELP?

Psa 77:7-9, Will the Lord cast off forever? And will He be favorable no more? Has His mercy ceased forever? HAS HIS PROMISE FAILED FOREVERMORE? Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He in anger shut up His tender mercies? Selah

Only a child of GOD can ask these questions! In times of trouble, like the psalmist, we question the LORD and HIS faithfulness! Has HE forgotten to be gracious and merciful to us? Has HE left me in the cold; Has HIS promises failed? Where is HE?

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? 

We, as humans, break our promises all the time; we say something and do another. BUT unlike us, the LORD is faithful to HIS word and HIS promises! Remember HE is always working!

Luk 21:33, Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. 

Isa 55:8-9, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.

Psa 77:10-11, And I said, “This is my anguish; But I WILL REMEMBER THE YEARS OF THE RIGHT HAND OF THE MOST HIGH.” I WILL REMEMBER THE WORKS OF THE LORD; Surely I will remember Your wonders of old. 

In his anguish he said these things, but now he remembers all those years that the LORD held his hand and guided him! All those times when there was no way out YET GOD found a way! Remember the doors HE opened for us and what it cost HIM! Truly HE is faithful!

Isa 41:13, For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’