Daily Dose of God&#8217;s Glorious Love

4/4/2022 From a small room For six years we prayed Joining heart and soul God has answered each And has changed the world People are alive even now Some have been saved The weary given strength And hope has been received The glory of God on display Shining from a small room Across the world lives touched Some whom we never knew Heaven invaded darkest earth And evil forced to flee As God's power flowed out God's desire came to be

4/3/2022 Daddy's Lap Today I come tired and sad So much seems slipping away Daddy can I sit in Your lap awhile And maybe the pain will flee? You reach and pull me up I snuggle in Your lap You gently touch my brow And so much falls away You smile with Your embrace I long to see Your face You heal with Your loving touch My heart breaks and heals I do not know when I came But I do not want to leave "My child return to the fray I will hold you through today." I slide into this broken world Healed to serve once more But when I weary once again I will seek Your lap once more. I LOVE YOU DADDY!!!

4/2/2022 Prayer is my breathing You in my Heart and then You breathing out. Prayer is a friend enjoying time with a Friend. Prayer is God finishing your sentence and beginning the next one. Prayer is unloading my guilt, fear and sin onto He who already bore it. Prayer is "bringing the pains of earth to heaven’s door." Prayer is at its best when you run out of words. Prayer is when You hug me and I can make You smile. Prayer let's God peel the scales of self from my eyes to see others and their pain. Prayer opens me to see the glory of God rather than the power of evil. Prayer let's me touch people around the world with the power of God. Prayer makes me homesick for heaven, a place I long to be. Prayer is telling God before anyone else. Prayer is releasing Gods' holy power into a fallen and broken world. Prayer is the source of power, grace, love, faith and hope in Jesus Christ. Prayer is humbly admitting I can't and that I need God. Prayer i

4/1/2022 What is the difference between planning and prayer? Planning is an assertion of our will and desires but prayer should be a desire to seek God’s will.

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3/31/2022 Psalm of the Good Shepherd Part 13 “ 1 ¶ And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. 2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. 3 Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us. 4 Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, 5 so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other. 6 In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God

Putin’s war against Ukraine continues as one of the most armed nations is being stymied by one of the least armed nations. Other nations are supporting Ukraine with weapons and pressure on Russia. Some Russians are leaving the war and are even supporting Ukraine. People around the world are praying for the people of Ukraine and Russia and Putin. Even in the midst of this terrible war we see God’s hope and grace alive and growing!

3/30/2022 Psalm of the Good Shepherd Part 12 “ 1 ¶ “I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber! 2 But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice. 5 They won’t follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don’t know his voice.” 6 Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant, 7 so he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them. 9 Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find go

3/29/2022 Psalm of the Good Shepherd Part 11 “ 1 ¶ «A Psalm of David.» The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. 3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the LORD Forever.” (Psalm 23:1-6 NKJV) I have often taught that there could not be a Psalm 23 without Psalm 22. How can I trust the Good Shepherd without knowing about His love for me and that He will be faithful? Because of Psalm 22 we can trust Jesus to be with us as we “ walk through the valley of the shadow of death”. Because of

3/28/2022 Psalm of the Good Shepherd Part 10 “ 26 The poor will eat and be satisfied. All who seek the LORD will praise him. Their hearts will rejoice with everlasting joy. 27 The whole earth will acknowledge the LORD and return to him. All the families of the nations will bow down before him. 28 For royal power belongs to the LORD. He rules all the nations. 29 Let the rich of the earth feast and worship. Bow before him, all who are mortal, all whose lives will end as dust. 30 Our children will also serve him. Future generations will hear about the wonders of the Lord. 31 His righteous acts will be told to those not yet born. They will hear about everything he has done.” (Psalm 22:26-31 NLT) What a description of the outcome of the Passion of Jesus! The sacrifice of Jesus was for everyone whether they were poor or were Jew or Gentile. And the effect of the Passion would work not only for all people but all people of all time. Even the word Passion has more me

3/27/2022 Psalm of the Good Shepherd Part 9 “ 22 ¶ I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters. I will praise you among your assembled people. 23 Praise the LORD, all you who fear him! Honor him, all you descendants of Jacob! Show him reverence, all you descendants of Israel! 24 For he has not ignored or belittled the suffering of the needy. He has not turned his back on them, but has listened to their cries for help. 25 I will praise you in the great assembly. I will fulfill my vows in the presence of those who worship you.”(Psalm 22:22-25 NLT) We asked in the last lesson about the “Lord” answering the prayer of Jesus. You could say God didn’t answer His prayer, but here we see the celebration of all who believe in God because the “Lord” did not relieve the suffering of Jesus. By not saving Jesus the “Lord” brought salvation to His people as He heard “their cries for help”. In response to God’s work in Jesus His people respond with praise and worship.

3/26/2022 Psalm of the Good Shepherd Part 8 “ 19 O LORD, do not stay far away! You are my strength; come quickly to my aid! 20 Save me from the sword; spare my precious life from these dogs. 21 Snatch me from the lion’s jaws and from the horns of these wild oxen.” (Psalm 22:19-21 NLT) When Jesus was on the cross He took on all of our sin and indeed became sin! It is impossible for me to understand how the Trinity could be broken as God had to “forsake" Jesus and how God can die! Interestingly the word used for dog means to “yelp or to attack”, the word lion means violence and wild oxen means “unicorn” and could mean a rhinoceros which used to live in the Holy Land. As you hear the pleading of Jesus from the Gospels how did the “Lord” respond? Does it make God mean or terrible for not answering His Son’s prayer? Does it make God mean or terrible for not answering your prayer? Do you think Jesus meant anima

3/25/2022 Psalm of the Good Shepherd Part 7 “ 14 My life is poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax, melting within me. 15 My strength has dried up like sunbaked clay. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead. 16 My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs; an evil gang closes in on me. They have pierced my hands and feet. 17 I can count all my bones. My enemies stare at me and gloat. 18 They divide my garments among themselves and throw dice for my clothing.” (Psalm 22:14-18 NLT) It is amazing to realize that the only description of the crucifixion of Jesus is not found in the New Testament but here in Psalm 22. Doctors and other experts see this description of the suffering of a person on the cross as detailed and authentic. Verse by verse we see not only a description of crucifixion but a description that fit into the New Testament description of the crucifixion of Jesus. D

3/24/2022 Psalm of the Good Shepherd Part 6 “ 11 ¶ Do not stay so far from me, for trouble is near, and no one else can help me. 12 My enemies surround me like a herd of bulls; fierce bulls of Bashan have hemmed me in! 13 Like lions they open their jaws against me, roaring and tearing into their prey.” (Psalm 22:11-13 NLT) At times it seems the angriest and meanest people are those who are religious. Jesus ran into those people in His day. Over the years I have come to believe that religious people are angry because they are trying to fulfill every jot and tittle of the law. Unable to do this they are left angry at themselves and at the God who made them do this. But God doesn’t ask us to come to Him through religion but through an admission that we cannot keep the law and thus need to seek forgiveness through Jesus so we can have a relationship with Him. Have you been hurt by someone in the Church or by the Church itself? If you are honest w

3/23/2022 Psalm of the Good Shepherd Part 5 “ 9 Yet you brought me safely from my mother’s womb and led me to trust you at my mother’s breast. 10 I was thrust into your arms at my birth. You have been my God from the moment I was born.” (Psalm 22:9-10 NLT) Have you ever felt that God was distant from you? In times of trouble and pain we can so center on the “giant” before us that we can no longer see God. But look at the intimate part of God in your life God has played and still is playing. Looking at verse 9 what does this say about God’s care and concern for you? Looking at verse 10 what does this say about God’s care and concern for you? Hopefully you have read all of Psalm 22 by now, does Psalm 22 help you believe God cares for you? What does verse 10 and indeed all of Psalm 22 say about how God values each person? “ Maybe what we need is n

3 / 2 2 /2022 Psalm of the Good Shepherd Part 4 “ 6 But I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned and despised by all! 7 Everyone who sees me mocks me. They sneer and shake their heads, saying, 8 “Is this the one who relies on the LORD? Then let the LORD save him! If the LORD loves him so much, let the LORD rescue him!”” (Psalm 22:6-8 NLT) “ Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me” We say this to help us feel better but we all know of words spoken either to us or about us that still bruise and tear our soul. The ones that hurt the most are the ones where we are most vulnerable because we ourselves feel this. The verses above bring us back to the last lesson and we see that the cries of those who really feared Jesus hit so close to home with the questions of His heart. Please understand that bully’s and put downs are only the attempts of those who fear to bring everyone down to the level they feel they are! Are there “words” that