Daily Dose of God’s Glorious Love

August 21, 2018 Tuesday “ 1 ¶   Praise the LORD! I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, In the assembly of the upright and in the congregation. 2   The works of the LORD are great, Studied by all who have pleasure in them. 3   His work is honorable and glorious, And His righteousness endures forever. 4   He has made His wonderful works to be remembered; The LORD is gracious and full of compassion. 5   He has given food to those who fear Him; He will ever be mindful of His covenant. 6 ¶   He has declared to His people the power of His works, In giving them the heritage of the nations. 7   The works of His hands are verity and justice; All His precepts are sure. 8   They stand fast forever and ever, And are done in truth and uprightness. 9   He has sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant forever: Holy and awesome is His name. 10   The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments . His

August 20, 2018 Monday “ 1 ¶   Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars; 2   She has slaughtered her meat, She has mixed her wine, She has also furnished her table. 3   She has sent out her maidens, She cries out from the highest places of the city, 4   “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him, 5   “Come, eat of my bread And drink of the wine I have mixed. 6   Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding.” (Proverbs 9:1-6 NKJV)             There is a saying that “knowledge is power” and if we are not careful we become like a dictionary with words unconnected and unable to form a sentence or even a coherent thought. Wisdom is able to bring together Gods wisdom and our knowledge to form a coherent thought and vision.             Wisdom is not just a help to us but is a house we can make our home and allow wisdom to impact our daily lives and impact those around us. The sad f

August 19, 2018 Sunday “ 51   “I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.” 52   The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?” 53   Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. 54   “Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55   “For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. 56   “He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. 57   “As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. 58   “This is the bread which came down from heaven — not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.””

August 18, 2018 Saturday “ 5   Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, “ Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom.” And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains orders concerning Absalom. 6   So the people went out into the field of battle against Israel. And the battle was in the woods of Ephraim. 7   The people of Israel were overthrown there before the servants of David, and a great slaughter of twenty thousand took place there that day. 8   For the battle there was scattered over the face of the whole countryside, and the woods devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. 9 ¶   Then Absalom met the servants of David. Absalom rode on a mule. The mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth tree, and his head caught in the terebinth; so he was left hanging between heaven and earth. And the mule which was under him went on.” (2Samuel 18:5-9 NKJV)             There are so many parts to this passage. First

August, 17, 2018 Friday “ 1 ¶   « A Song of Ascents. » Out of the depths I have cried to You, O LORD; 2   Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications. 3   If You, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4   But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared. 5 ¶   I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope. 6   My soul waits for the Lord More than those who watch for the morning —  Yes, more than those who watch for the morning. 7   O Israel, hope in the LORD; For with the LORD there is mercy, And with Him is abundant redemption. 8   And He shall redeem Israel From all his iniquities.” (Psalm 130:1-8 NKJV)             The Psalms of ascent would be sung as people gathered at the Temple to worship God and offer their sacrifices. They would unite at the Temple brought together by their common burden and need. Together they would sing out their cry of need through hope God could and would free

August, 16, 2018 Thursday “ 25   Therefore, putting away lying, “ Let each one of you speak                                truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. 26   “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27   nor give place to the devil. 28   Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. 29   Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. 30   And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31   Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. 32   And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you. 5:1 ¶   Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2   And walk in love, as Christ also ha

August 15, 2018 Wednesday “ 4   But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, LORD, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!” 5   Then as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat.” 6   Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again. 7   And the angel of the LORD came back the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.” 8   So he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God.” (1Kings 19:4-8 NKJV)             Many people have the strange belief that to be brave you must always be brave but bravery like a muscle can grow tired and weak. We fool ourselves thinking bravery is an

August 14, 2018 Tuesday “ 1 ¶   «  A Psalm of David when he pretended madness before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. » I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2   My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; The humble shall hear of it and be glad. 3   Oh, magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together. 4   I sought the LORD, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears. 5   They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed. 6   This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him , And saved him out of all his troubles. 7   The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them. 8   Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! 9   Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him.” (Psalm 34:1-9 NKJV)             Fear is such a destructive force in our lives and our world. While fear can prote

August 13, 2018 Monday “ 41   The Jews then complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” 42   And they said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43   Jesus therefore answered and said to them, “Do not murmur among yourselves. 44   “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45   “It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. 46   “Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. 47   “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. 48   “I am the bread of life. 49   “Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50   “This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. 51   “I a

August 12, 2018 Sunday “ 35   And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. 36   “But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe. 37   “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. 38   “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39   “This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40   “And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”” (John 6:35-40 NKJV)             Jesus refers to himself as the bread of life and this is one of the seven “I am” statements in John that defines Jesus for us and gives us a deeper understanding of what God is like. This passage also reveal

August 11, 2018 Saturday “ 24   when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. 25   And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You come here?” 26   Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 27   “Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.” 28 ¶   Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” 29   Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” 30   Therefore they said to Him, “What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do? 31   “Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it

August 10, 2018 Friday “ 1 ¶   « To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. » Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions. 2   Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. 3   For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me. 4   Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight — That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge. 5   Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. 6   Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. 7 ¶   Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8   Make me hear joy and gladness, That the bones You have broken may rejoice. 9   Hide Your face from my sins, And blot out all

August 9, 2018 Thursday “ 1 ¶   I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 ¶   with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3   endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4   There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5   one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6   one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. 7   But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8   Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.” 9   (Now this, “He ascended”  — what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10   He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) 11   And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophe

August 8, 2018 Wednesday “ 23   Yet He had commanded the clouds above, And opened the doors of heaven, 24   Had rained down manna on them to eat, And given them of the bread of heaven. 25   Men ate angels’ food; He sent them food to the full. 26   He caused an east wind to blow in the heavens; And by His power He brought in the south wind. 27   He also rained meat on them like the dust, Feathered fowl like the sand of the seas; 28   And He let them fall in the midst of their camp, All around their dwellings. 29   So they ate and were well filled, For He gave them their own desire.” (Psalm 78:23-29 NKJV)             This passage looks at God’s provision for the children of Israel from a heavenly perspective. We are shown an amazing view of God’s provision for their need in response to their complaint.   We are not shown their complaints and criticisms but only God’s response.             All that happens and what is given is by God’s command is revealed in very detailed

August 7, 2018 Tuesday “ 9   Then Moses spoke to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, ‘Come near before the LORD, for He has heard your complaints.’ ” 10   Now it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. 11   And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 12   “I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the LORD your God.’ ” 13 ¶   So it was that quails came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning the dew lay all around the camp. 14   And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was a small round substance, as fine as frost on the ground. 15   So when the children of Israel saw it , they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did