Encouragement For A Weary Heart
June 25, 2009
Memory verse: Phil. 4:6-7 “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
Psalm 19
Vs. 7-10 “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.”
As I said yesterday I have heard these verses put to music and sang on different occasions. Yesterday we look at verses 7-8, today we will look at 9-10.
I love the Treasury Of David (TOD) on the Psalms, here is what it says about verse 9, (TOD) The fear of the Lord is clean. The doctrine of truth is here described by its spiritual effect, viz., inward piety, or the fear of the Lord; this is clean in itself, and cleanses out the love of sin, sanctifying the heart in which it reigns. Mr. Godly fear is never satisfied till every street, lane, and alley, yea, and every house and every corner of the town of Man soul is clean rid of the spider webs that lurk therein.
Enduring for ever. Filth brings decay, but cleanness is the great foe of corruption. The grace of God in the heart being a pure principle, is also an abiding and incorruptible principle, which may be crushed for a time, but cannot be utterly destroyed.
“The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.” God’s judgments are true because they are based on His Word which is truth. Jesus testified to this in His prayer in the garden just before his arrest. John 17:17 “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
Verse 10 “More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” Hear David is talking about all the things he written on in this chapter. The first few verses spoke of God creation of the heavens and how every nation on earth can see them. Then in the verses 7-10, the law of the Lord, the testimony of the Lord, the statues of the Lord, the commandments of the Lord, the fear of the Lord and the judgments of the Lord. David says here in Vs. 10 that these are to be desired above gold, and they are sweeter than honey. If you are a child of God you will agree with David about this.
Prayer request: Arnold Priebe salvation, Sally Gruetzmacher has surgery on the 29, Wade Leggett with his lung problems.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Encouragement June 24 2009
Encouragement For A Weary Heart
June 24, 2009
Memory verse: Phil. 4:6-7 “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
Psalm 19
Vs. 7-10 “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.”
I have heard these verse put to music and sang before. If I am not mistaken the words to the song are word for word to these verses. Just as psalm 119 is about the word of God so are these verses. The “Treasury of David” (TOD) says this about this TOD “The law of the Lord is perfect; by which he means not merely the law of Moses but the doctrine of God, the whole run and rule of sacred Writ. The doctrine revealed by God he declares to be perfect…” TOD “Converting the soul. Making the man to be returned or restored to the place from which sin had cast him. The practical effect of the Word of God is to turn the man to himself, to his God, and to holiness; and the turn or conversion is not outward alone, "the soul" is moved and renewed.” This is the intention of the Word of God, to show man his sinful condition and have them restored just as Adam and Eve were before the fall.
TOD Ver. 8.” The statutes of the Lord are right. His precepts and decrees are founded in righteousness, and are such as are right or fitted to the right reason of man.” “Rejoicing the heart. Mark the progress; he who was converted was next made wise and is now made happy; that truth which makes the heart right then gives joy to the right heart. Free grace brings heart joy.”
The commandment of the Lord is pure. No mixture of error defiles it, no stain of sin pollutes it; it is the unadulterated milk, the undiluted wine.
Enlightening the eyes, purging away by its own purity the earthly grossness which mars the intellectual discernment: whether the eye be dim with sorrow or with sin, the Scripture is a skilful oculist, and makes the eye clear and bright.”
Is that not what we need today, for our eyes to made clear that we can clearly see what the will of God is for us today?
Prayer request: Arnold Priebe salvation, Sally Gruetzmacher has surgery on the 29, Wade Leggett with his lung problems.
June 24, 2009
Memory verse: Phil. 4:6-7 “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
Psalm 19
Vs. 7-10 “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.”
I have heard these verse put to music and sang before. If I am not mistaken the words to the song are word for word to these verses. Just as psalm 119 is about the word of God so are these verses. The “Treasury of David” (TOD) says this about this TOD “The law of the Lord is perfect; by which he means not merely the law of Moses but the doctrine of God, the whole run and rule of sacred Writ. The doctrine revealed by God he declares to be perfect…” TOD “Converting the soul. Making the man to be returned or restored to the place from which sin had cast him. The practical effect of the Word of God is to turn the man to himself, to his God, and to holiness; and the turn or conversion is not outward alone, "the soul" is moved and renewed.” This is the intention of the Word of God, to show man his sinful condition and have them restored just as Adam and Eve were before the fall.
TOD Ver. 8.” The statutes of the Lord are right. His precepts and decrees are founded in righteousness, and are such as are right or fitted to the right reason of man.” “Rejoicing the heart. Mark the progress; he who was converted was next made wise and is now made happy; that truth which makes the heart right then gives joy to the right heart. Free grace brings heart joy.”
The commandment of the Lord is pure. No mixture of error defiles it, no stain of sin pollutes it; it is the unadulterated milk, the undiluted wine.
Enlightening the eyes, purging away by its own purity the earthly grossness which mars the intellectual discernment: whether the eye be dim with sorrow or with sin, the Scripture is a skilful oculist, and makes the eye clear and bright.”
Is that not what we need today, for our eyes to made clear that we can clearly see what the will of God is for us today?
Prayer request: Arnold Priebe salvation, Sally Gruetzmacher has surgery on the 29, Wade Leggett with his lung problems.
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