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Isaiah 1, Life or death it’s a choice that we ALL make!

Isa 1:2-3 NLT, Listen, O heavens! Pay attention, earth! THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SAYS: “The children I raised and cared for have rebelled against me. Even an ox knows its owner, and a donkey recognizes its master’s care—but Israel doesn’t know its master. MY PEOPLE DON’T RECOGNIZE MY CARE FOR THEM.”

GOD has always been faithful to Israel, yet going to HIS sanctuary had become just what people do! Like going to church today without learning anything, looking at your watch, running out as soon as the service is over! The LORD cared for them, But Israel forgot HIM!

Isa 1:9, UNLESS THE LORD OF HOSTS HAD LEFT TO US A VERY SMALL REMNANT, We would have become like Sodom, We would have been made like Gomorrah. 

The LORD could have wiped Israel off the face of the earth, but HE is faithful to the promise he had given Abraham!

Gen 22:16-17, and said: “BY MYSELF I HAVE SWORN, SAYS THE LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— BLESSING I WILL BLESS YOU, AND MULTIPLYING I WILL MULTIPLY YOUR DESCENDANTS AS THE STARS OF THE HEAVEN…

Isa 1:16-17, “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil, Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.

YET GOD pleads with HIS people; wash yourselves, make yourselves clean! Learn to do good, defend those that need help!

Isa 1:18, “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD, “THOUGH YOUR SINS ARE LIKE SCARLET, THEY SHALL BE AS WHITE AS SNOW; THOUGH THEY ARE RED LIKE CRIMSON, THEY SHALL BE AS WOOL. 

We are all guilty and deserve punishment, but HE offers a different ending! HE wants to forgive you not destroy you! REMEMBER, HEAVEN IS NOT MADE FOR GOOD PEOPLE, IT’S FOR FORGIVEN PEOPLE ONLY!

Isa 1:28, The destruction of transgressors and of sinners shall be together, And those who forsake the LORD SHALL BE CONSUMED. 

HE wants to wash away our sins, but sad to say most will choose destruction out of pride, ignorance and rebellion! IT’S A CHOICE, AND IF YOU CHOSE TO IGNORE IT, THEN YOUR CHOICE IS SEALED BY YOUR OWN WILL!

Rom 6:23, FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD. 

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Proverbs 2:10-22, Choose Wisdom!

Pro 2:10-11, WHEN WISDOM ENTERS YOUR HEART, AND KNOWLEDGE IS PLEASANT TO YOUR SOUL, DISCRETION WILL PRESERVE YOU; UNDERSTANDING WILL KEEP YOU,

When GOD gives you wisdom it helps you reflect or consider what may happen in any circumstance. Understanding will keep you from many foolish things that people do without any thought!

Pro 2:13-15, From those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness; Who rejoice in doing evil, and delight in the perversity of the wicked; Whose ways are crooked, and who are devious in their paths;

Wisdom will keep us in the correct path and avoids associating with people with a perverse tongue or him who delight in doing what is wrong! Today people follow movements, fads or people without even thinking; BUT WE ARE NOT FOLLOWERS OF MEN WE ARE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST JESUS!

Eph 5:15-16, See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Pro 2:16-19, To deliver you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words, who forsakes the companion of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God. FOR HER HOUSE LEADS DOWN TO DEATH, AND HER PATHS TO THE DEAD; NONE WHO GO TO HER RETURN, NOR DO THEY REGAIN THE PATHS OF LIFE 

The simple are easily swayed by the immoral woman; for her every word is dripping with honey filling his heart with lust! But, at the end, it leads to death and destruction! WISDOM WILL KEEP YOU FAR FROM HER!

Pro 2:21-22, For the upright will dwell in the land, And the blameless will remain in it; BUT THE WICKED WILL BE CUT OFF FROM THE EARTH, AND THE UNFAITHFUL WILL BE UPROOTED FROM IT.

Psa 37:28, For the LORD loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, BUT THE DESCENDANTS OF THE WICKED SHALL BE CUT OFF. 

We have a choice, follow the desires of our flesh or follow the LORD! One leads to death while the other to life! Choose wisely!

Deu 30:19, I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, THAT I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU LIFE AND DEATH, BLESSING AND CURSING; THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE, THAT BOTH YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS MAY LIVE; 

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Psalm 144, our Eternal GOD!

Psa 144:1, …Blessed be the LORD my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle

David was a man of war whose strength came from the LORD. He battled many armies and fought a giant with success, but David lost the battle with the tempter himself! Know it or not, but we are in a battle with an unseen enemy!

2Sa 11:2, Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. AND FROM THE ROOF HE SAW A WOMAN BATHING, AND THE WOMAN WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL TO BEHOLD. 

HIS word trains us for the spiritual battle we have daily! Remember even wise Job wasn’t immune to the lust of the eyes!

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

1Pe 5:8, BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT; BECAUSE YOUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL WALKS ABOUT LIKE A ROARING LION, SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR. 

Psa 144:3, LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him? 

Job 7:17, “What is man, that You should exalt him, THAT YOU SHOULD SET YOUR HEART ON HIM, 

It’s not about who we are, but about who HE is! HE is a GOD of love who made man in HIS image and set HIS heart on him!

Rom 5:8, But God demonstrates His own love toward us, IN THAT WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US. 

Psa 144:4, Man is like a breath; His days are like a passing shadow. 

While HE is eternal without beginning or end, we are but a breath, here one day and gone the next!

Jas 4:14, whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 

Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed to anyone and it’s our choice how we live our lives! This world offers very little, but HE offers eternity with HIM! Choose wisely for we have more time behind us than before us!

Joh 5:24, “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. 

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Psalm 140, Life or Death you choose!

Psa 140:1-2, …Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men, WHO PLAN EVIL THINGS IN THEIR HEARTS; They continually gather together for war.

David suffered many times from evil men that were around him; those whom contemplated evil in their hearts! But, David went straight to the LORD for help! The LORD is his defense!

2Co 10:4, For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal BUT MIGHTY IN GOD FOR PULLING DOWN STRONGHOLDS

Psa 140:3, THEY SHARPEN THEIR TONGUES LIKE A SERPENT; THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS. SELAH 

There are many people around us who even call themselves Christians, but their hearts are filled with evil thoughts. With their tongue they speak lies behind your back, and unknowingly they reject what the LORD wants to give them! A NEW HEART!

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. 

It’s a choice we all have to make; choose HIM or choose the way of this world!

Deu 30:19, I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, THAT I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU LIFE AND DEATH, BLESSING AND CURSING; THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE, THAT BOTH YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS MAY LIVE; 

If indeed you are a believer in CHRIST JESUS, then put away your former conduct. Remember, HE knows the thoughts and desires of your heart!

Eph 4:21-24, IF INDEED YOU HAVE HEARD HIM AND HAVE BEEN TAUGHT BY HIM, AS THE TRUTH IS IN JESUS:  THAT YOU PUT OFF, CONCERNING YOUR FORMER CONDUCT, THE OLD MAN WHICH GROWS CORRUPT ACCORDING TO THE DECEITFUL LUSTS, AND BE RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT OF YOUR MIND, AND THAT YOU PUT ON THE NEW MAN WHICH WAS CREATED ACCORDING TO GOD, IN TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS.

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

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Psalm 129, chose wisely!

Psa 129:1-2, “MANY A TIME THEY HAVE AFFLICTED ME FROM MY YOUTH,” Let Israel now say “Many a time they have afflicted me from MY YOUTH; YET THEY HAVE NOT PREVAILED AGAINST ME.

Here is the testimony of Israel, not the man but the nation of Israel! In their youth they were afflicted, but they did not prevail! THE LORD, LIKE A STRONG LION, PROTECTS ISRAEL FROM IT’S ENEMIES!

Num 24:9, ‘HE bows down, HE lies down as a lion; And as a lion, who shall rouse HIM?’ “BLESSED IS HE WHO BLESSES YOU, AND CURSED IS HE WHO CURSES YOU.” 

The same promise that Israel has, HIS church also has! Even hell itself will not prevail against the church; for it is HIS bride!

Mat 16:18, And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH, AND THE GATES OF HADES SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT. 

Psa 129:3-4, The plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows long.” THE LORD IS RIGHTEOUS; HE HAS CUT IN PIECES THE CORDS OF THE WICKED.

But because of their sins the LORD allowed them to be trampled on for a season! YET HE was still with them protecting the faithful few!

2Co 4:8-9, We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed—

Remember, the LORD is righteous, HE allowed HIS people to be trampled by their enemies that they may learn, but now HIS fury will be pour out to their enemies!

Isa 51:22-23, Thus says your Lord, The LORD and your God, Who pleads the cause of His people: “SEE, I HAVE TAKEN OUT OF YOUR HAND THE CUP OF TREMBLING, The dregs of THE CUP OF MY FURY; YOU SHALL NO LONGER DRINK IT. But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, Who have said to you, ‘Lie down, that we may walk over you.’ And you have laid your body like the ground, And as the street, for those who walk over.”

The LORD is faithful, but sin has a price! The Lord has given us all a choice to make! You can either chose life or death! Chose wisely!

Deu 30:19, I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, THAT I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU LIFE AND DEATH, BLESSING AND CURSING; THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE, that both you and your descendants may live; 

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Psalm 119:145-160, HIS word is truth!

Qoph ק, 145-152

Psa 119:145, I cry out with my whole heart; Hear me, O LORD! I will keep Your statutes. 

The Psalmist IS NOT NEGOTIATING with the LORD; IF YOU HEAR ME THEN I WILL KEEP YOUR STATUTES. He keeps HIS laws in his heart so that he doesn’t stumble!

Psa 119:11, Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You. 

Psa 119:147, I RISE BEFORE THE DAWNING OF THE MORNING, AND CRY FOR HELP; I HOPE IN YOUR WORD. 

The Psalmist treasures time with the LORD more than sleep! JESUS, our example, woke up early to spend time with the FATHER!

Mar 1:35, NOW IN THE MORNING, having risen a long while before daylight, HE WENT OUT AND DEPARTED TO A SOLITARY PLACE; AND THERE HE PRAYED. 

Psa 119:148, MY EYES ARE AWAKE THROUGH THE NIGHT WATCHES, That I may meditate on Your word. 

Even stayed up at night Meditating on HIS word, HIS promises, HIS judgments! Remember, these are not just words in a book, but are HIS promises to those that believe! JESUS, our example, also stayed up late praying to HIS FATHER!

Luk 6:12, Now it came to pass in those days that HE went out to the mountain to pray, and CONTINUED ALL NIGHT IN PRAYER TO GOD. 

Resh ר, 153-160

Psa 119:153-154, Consider my affliction and deliver me, For I do not forget Your law. Plead my cause and redeem me; REVIVE ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD.

In his personal trial the psalmist pleads for mercy from the LORD. HIS hope is found in HIS word for he knows GOD can not lie!

Tit 1:2, in hope of eternal life which GOD, WHO CANNOT LIE, PROMISED BEFORE TIME BEGAN

Psa 119:160, THE ENTIRETY OF YOUR WORD IS TRUTH, AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS ENDURES FOREVER.

HIS word is true, live by it and live forever, ignore it and it will condemn you forever! IT’S A CHOICE EVERY ONE MUST MAKE!

2Ti 3:16, All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 

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Psalm 119:113-128, Double-minded person!

SAMECH ס  113-120,

Psa 119:113, I HATE THE DOUBLE-MINDED, BUT I LOVE YOUR LAW. 

A double-minded person is not set in his ways! HE wants what GOD offers, but also wants what the world offers! NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS, GOD OR MAMMON? Matt 6:24.

1Ki 18:21, And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “HOW LONG WILL YOU FALTER BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS? IF THE LORD IS GOD, FOLLOW HIM; BUT IF BAAL, FOLLOW HIM.” But the people answered him not a word.

We are either for HIM or against HIM; there is no middle ground, no other way!

Psa 119:115, Depart from me, you evildoers, For I will keep the commandments of my God!

The Psalmist was careful in choosing his friends; for bad habits are easily passed on from one to another! He wants nothing to distract him from following the LORD!

1Co 15:33, DO NOT BE DECEIVED: “EVIL COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD HABITS.” 

Psa 119:119, You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross; Therefore I love Your testimonies.

Dross is worthless, it takes away the shine of silver and makes it dull, and pretends to be gold but isn’t! So is a double-minded man; wine mixed with water

Isa 1:22, Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water. 

Jas 1:8, HE IS A DOUBLE-MINDED MAN, UNSTABLE IN ALL HIS WAYS. 

AYIN ע 121-128

Psa 119:123, My eyes fail from seeking Your salvation And Your righteous word. 

“He looked to God alone, he looked eagerly, he looked long, he looked till his eyes ached. The mercy is, that if our eyes fail, GOD DOES NOT FAIL, NOR DO HIS EYES FAIL.” (Spurgeon)

Psa 119:125, I AM YOUR SERVANT; GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING, That I may know Your testimonies. 

The Psalmist has chosen his path, he is a servant of GOD and wants more understanding of HIM! WE TOO NEED TO CHOSE, EITHER HIS WAY OR OUR WAY! WE CANT HAVE BOTH! JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO THE FATHER!

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Psalm 119:97-112, choice is yours!

MEM מ 97-104

Psa 119:98-100, You, through YOUR COMMANDMENTS, make me wiser than my enemies; For they ARE EVER WITH ME. I have more understanding than all my teachers, For YOUR TESTIMONIES ARE MY MEDITATION. I understand more than the ancients, BECAUSE I KEEP YOUR PRECEPTS.

Reading and keeping HIS word is wisdom for it is PREPARING US FOR WHAT IS TO COME! The wisdom the world offers is foolishness which leads to death, YET HE offers us life!!

Col 2:8, BEWARE LEST ANYONE CHEAT YOU through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, AND NOT ACCORDING TO CHRIST. 

Psa 119:101, I HAVE RESTRAINED MY FEET FROM EVERY EVIL WAY, THAT I MAY KEEP YOUR WORD. 

What good is it if we read HIS word, but led by the cares of this world, the desires of our hearts, riches and glory?

Luk 9:23, Then He (JESUS) said to them all, “IF ANYONE DESIRES TO COME AFTER ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY, AND FOLLOW ME.

NUN נ 105-112

Psa 119:105, YOUR WORD IS A LAMP TO MY FEET AND A LIGHT TO MY PATH. 

We live in dark times where good is bad, and bad is now good! But we also were once in darkness, YET HIS word put on flesh to teach the lost they way they should go!

Joh 8:12, Then JESUS spoke to them again, saying, “I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. HE WHO FOLLOWS ME SHALL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS, BUT HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE.” 

Isa 9:2a, THE PEOPLE WHO WALKED IN DARKNESS HAVE SEEN A GREAT LIGHT…

Psa 119:112, I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, to the very end. 

IT’S A CHOICE WE ALL MUST MAKE! For the Psalmist he has chosen to follow his word for the rest of his life! What have you chosen? What do you seek?

Pro 14:12, There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.