The Lord's doing!
Psalm 118:21-23 NKJV I will praise You, For You have answered me, And have become my Salvation. [22] The Stone which the builders rejected Has become the Chief Cornerstone. [23] This was the LORD's doing; It is marvelous in our eyes. Don't grab the limelight and the take credit for the things that God has done. If we do that, we not only are stealing God's Glory, but we are making our own eyes dim. We see this in the life of Jesus' earthly ministry with the Pharisees and Sadd
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Planks
Matthew 7:1-5 NKJV "Judge not, that you be not judged. [2] For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. [3] And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? [4] Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and look, a plank is in your own eye? [5] Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see
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Iron fettered soul
Psalm 105:17-22 AMPC He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold as a servant. [18] His feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in chains of iron and his soul entered into the iron, [19] Until his word [to his cruel brothers] came true, until the Word of the Lord tried and tested him. [20] The king sent and loosed him, even the ruler of the peoples, and let him go free. [21] He made Joseph lord of his house and ruler of all his substance, [22] To bind his princes at
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God DOES hear
Psalm 10:1-5 AMPC Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide Yourself, [veiling Your eyes] in times of trouble (distress and desperation)? [2] The wicked in pride and arrogance hotly pursue and persecute the poor; let them be taken in the schemes which they have devised. [3] For the wicked man boasts (sings the praises) of his own heart's desire, and the one greedy for gain curses and spurns, yes, renounces and despises the Lord. [4] The wicked one in the pride of his
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That Name
Psalm 8:1 AMPC O Lord, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your Name in all the earth! You have set Your glory on [or above] the heavens. So, the Holy Spirit stopped me in the first few words of this Psalm .. O Lord, OUR Lord...not just any old God, but OUR Lord, someOne who is precious and to whom we belong and who we treasure and value above all else... That is the Name that is excellent and majestic. That Name is not to be dragged through the mud as a curse
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Jesus makes things right
Making things right! Isaiah 6:5-7 NLT Then I said, "It's all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the LORD of Heaven's Armies." [6] Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. [7] He touched my lips with it and said, "See, this coal has touched your lips. Now your guilt is removed, and your sins are forgiven." How often d
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The father of faith
Romans 4:16 NLT So the promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift. And we are all certain to receive it, whether or not we live according to the law of Moses, if we have faith like Abraham's. For Abraham is the father of all who believe. Abraham is very much lauded in Scripture and yet he his life is littered with faults and failings. He lied his way out of a tight spot when in Egypt. Genesis 12:11-13 NLT As he was approaching the border of Egypt, Abram said to
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