Hope
to share
The
Batcave blog has a theme of hope found in God’s word. I have a few passages I want to share this
week.
Psalm
55:16-19
“But
I will call on God, and the Lord will rescue me. Morning, noon, and night I cry out in my
distress, and the Lord hears my voice.
He ransoms me and keeps me safe from the battle waged against me though
many still oppose me. God, who has ruled
forever, will hear me and humble them.
For my enemies refuse to change their ways; they do not fear God.”
Psalm
55:22
“Give
your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and
fall.”
Psalm
52:8-9
“But
I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God. I will always trust in God’s unfailing love. I will praise you forever, O God, for what
you have done. I will trust in your good
name in the presence of your faithful people.
Psalm
59:16-17
“But
as for me, I will sing about your power.
Each Morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of
safety when I am in distress. O my
strength, to you I sing praises, for you, O God, are my refuge, the God who
shows me unfailing love.
Psalm
62:5-8
“Let
all that I am quietly wait before God for all my hope is in him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my
fortress where I will not be shaken. My
victory and honor come from God alone.
He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me. O, my people, trust in Him at all times. Pour out your heart to Him, for God is our
refuge.
Something happened last week I made the
blog a public video on Facebook so people other than just my friends could
watch it. The blog video went from being
viewed about 16 times to 98. I often say
this if you show up to read or watch this blog I’m the least important part of
it. God is the main focus. It belongs to him. I simply show up and share what He lays on my
heart. See sharing a blog online and making
God’s word the focus doesn’t make much sense because I don’t know who reads or
watches it but I want to share truth that I know because I make mistakes and I
have sought hope myself and I know it can be found in God. I know when I share his word it will go reach
others because of what this next passage says.
Isaiah
55:8-11
“’My
thoughts are nothing like your thoughts.’ Says the Lord. ‘And my ways are far beyond anything you
could imagine. For just as the Heavens
are higher than the earth so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts
higher than your thoughts. The rain and
the snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow producing seed
for the farmer and bread for the hungry.
It is the same with my word I send it out and it always produces
fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to
and prosper everywhere I send it.’”
There
have been people in church that have told me to limit this only to a small
group but Jesus called us to share the gospel to the uttermost part of the
earth. I made a commitment to do a blog
with the focus of sharing hope found in God’s word so the watcher or reader
would draw closer to God and that has been my prayer for this. The people your life affects God has called
you to share his love with.
Matt. 28: 19-20):
And Jesus said to them, "Go
Therefore and make disciples of all nations
Baptizing them in the name of the Father
And the Son, and the Holy Spirit
Teaching them to observe
All that I have commanded you
And lo, I am with you always
Even to the end of the age
I am with you always
Even to the end of the age"
When we say what we say
We've gotta face the nation
We gotta show a dyin' world
The power of love
When we say what we say
We've gotta face the nation
How will they ever know
If they don't see it in us
People Need the Lord bySteven Green
Until the Whole world hears by Casting Crowns
Meant to be by Steven CurtisChapman
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