Aches and Praise Five Hundred & Sixty Four

Posted on 2022-07-01 in English |

July 1, 2022
 
Dear friends,  
 

In the past two editions of this blog, I wrote that the word “torch” can be represented as an acrostic and we looked at the first two letters of the word. Today, we`ll look at the third letter.

T – Trust in the Lord with all your heart – Proverbs 3:5

O – Open your heart to the Lord and to each other.

R – Rest in the Lord and rely on each other – Psalm 37:7. Psalm 23 is the psalm of the Great Shepherd who cares for His sheep and equips them for ministry (Hebrews 13:20-21), the “great high priest” (Heb. 4:14) who “ever lives to make intercession for us” (Heb. 7:25). In this psalm, David explains that if we follow the Lord and trust Him, He will meet our every need, no matter what the circumstances may be.

In his blog post yesterday, George Worthy wrote: “In a traditional Jewish marriage, a contract known as the ‘ketubah’,(which means ‘that which is written’, in Hebrew) is signed by both the bride and groom. Originally, it included the price of the bride, the promises that the groom must keep and the rights to which the bride is entitled.
 

The ketubah was the unalienable right of the bride. It promised that the groom would work for her, honor her, support her and maintain her in truth, but most importantly, that he would never leave her side all the days of her life.

Unfortunately, these days, this contract is often broken. There are many who haven’t kept their promises like they should. But each of us who know the Lord, have been given a ketubah of sorts — it’s the Bible. Within our ketubah, are all the promises of God — and God is not a man that He should lie!”
 
If you know the Lord, rest in Him and look to Him to guide you in all that you do. A study of knowing God is available at: https://www.davidjeremiah.org/knowgod/how-to-know-god.
 

If you do not know the Lord, repent of your sins, ask His forgiveness, and begin to follow Him. The following article explains how you can do so: https://davidjeremiah.blog/how-to-become-a-christian/

Scripture for the weekend: “Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.”  2 Corinthians 1:21-22 (NKJV)

Thought for the weekend: “The heart of prayer is prayer from the heart.” – taken from “Prayer Changes Things” published by Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada, Windsor, ON

 
By His grace,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Steve

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