Daily Dose of God’s Glorious Love

  The Nature of God By Ronald W. Ramsey The Nature of God Who is God? What is God? From the beginning people have asked these questions. Some have asked if there is a God, but those have always been the minority. Man has more often gone to too many gods than none at all. Many have cried out their questions into the dark. Others have asked them of others seeking human answers. Others have written what they have learned not as a solution, but to add their discoveries to the discussion of others. The latter is what I am hoping to do. I have no illusions that I will answer the two questions above. For in the end I believe that only God can answer them for us. But maybe I can help others know where to look and add my voice to the discussion. In the end that is all any human being can do! Some have said there is a God shaped hole is each of us that can only be...

June 7, 2024 “ 7 ¶ When the wicked spring up like grass, And when all the workers of iniquity flourish, It is that they may be destroyed forever. 8 But You, LORD, are on high forevermore. 9 For behold, Your enemies, O LORD, For behold, Your enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. 10 But my horn You have exalted like a wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil. 11 My eye also has seen my desire on my enemies; My ears hear my desire on the wicked Who rise up against me. 12 The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those who are planted in the house of the LORD Shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing, 15 To declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.” (Ps alm 92:7-15 NKJV) Evil is self destructive the righteous flourish God’s enemies perish God’s people are fruitful ...

June 6, 2024 “ 1 ¶ «A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath day.» It is good to give thanks to the LORD, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; 2 To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night, 3 On an instrument of ten strings, On the lute, And on the harp, With harmonious sound. 4 For You, LORD, have made me glad through Your work; I will triumph in the works of Your hands. 5 O LORD, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep. 6 A senseless man does not know, Nor does a fool understand this.” (Ps alm 92:1-6 NKJV) It is good to give thanks to the LORD, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High I am in wonder at God’s faithfulness I am in of awe of God’s lovingkindness I celebrate God gives meaning to work and life For You, LORD, have made me glad through Your work I will triumph in the works of Your hands O LORD, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep. \ Praise be to God who is the source of all...

A Tale of five Sheep The stained glass window in the Chapel of the Good Shepherd has been a favorite of mine since coming to First UMC Jefferson City. I have spent many hours praying and preparing as I look at that amazing scene. Over time I have looked at the five very different sheep in the scene and over my life I have been each one of those sheep. As you listen to the description of the sheep ask God to help you see which one you are. The first sheep is the one on the left. It has horns which are supposed to imply power. But this sheep that seems so powerful is actually trapped in the weeds. It is the farthest of all the sheep from Jesus and seems to have lost its way and is trapped in the weeds. All its implied strength is lost in the tangle of life and its distance from Jesus. The second sheep is on the far right. It is the next farthest from Jesus. Its posture seems at first to be weariness, but looking closer it seems sullen or sulky. In its unhappiness it not on...

June 5, 2024 “ 9 ¶ Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place, 10 No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; 11 For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. 12 In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone. 13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot. 14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. 15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. 16 With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation.”” (Ps alm 91:9-16 NKJV) To have a refuge God is my dwelling Protected by angels God is my dwelling Prayerful question: Prayer is: because he has known My name He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him.

Memorial Day Give thanks to all who gave their life for others Military men and women who died in war and in peace Police officers who die so others can be safe Fire people who die putting out fires and saving homes and businesses EMT’s who die helping others to reach those they need for healing Missionaries who sacrifice their lives to share the Gospel with others So many others who offer their life to help or protect others Pray for their families who have also sacrifice for others Most of thanks to Jesus Christ who dies to save not only lives but souls As Jesus taught us: ““ Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” (Joh n 15:13 NKJV)

June 4, 2024 “ 1 ¶ He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.” 3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. 4 He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. 5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, 6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you. 8 Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked.” (Ps alm 91:1-8 NKJV) God please be my shelter God please be my refuge God please be my fortress GOD PLEASE LOVE ME Prayerful question: Do I cry out to God trusting in His protection?

God bless God bless those in fright God bless those who cry Bless those about to die Bless those about to kill Bless those innocence lost Bless those who take it Bless those without hope Bless those of dead soul Bless the cruel and dying Bless those locked away Especially without a key Bless those undeserving Bless those undesirable Bless the killer being killed Bless the faithful ones Bless those unfaithful ones

June 3, 2024 “ 12 ¶ So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom. 13 Return, O LORD! How long? And have compassion on Your servants. 14 Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days! 15 Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, The years in which we have seen evil. 16 Let Your work appear to Your servants, And Your glory to their children. 17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.” (Ps alm 90:12-17 NKJV) May I value each day as a gift of God not in concerns of today and tomorrow but receive this moment as God’s present Prayerful question: Does my pray have the wisdom of now?

I am nothing just a thing Have no heart have no soul Dead I am dying I am Used to be alive Used to be free Used to be

June 2, 2024 “ 7 ¶ For we have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified. 8 You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance. 9 For all our days have passed away in Your wrath; We finish our years like a sigh. 10 The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 11 Who knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.” (Ps alm 90:7-11 NKJV) Your wrath is fearsome God We may live our live in wrath Our life only labor and sorrow We are cut off and we fly away Prayerful question: Do I pray in awe and reverence of the God I talk with?

June 1, 2024 “ 1 ¶ «A Prayer of Moses the man of God.» Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. 3 You turn man to destruction, And say, “Return, O children of men.” 4 For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, And like a watch in the night. 5 You carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up: 6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers.” (Ps alm 90:1-6 NKJV) God is our eternal dwelling place from everlasting to everlasting We have lost our home in God Return, O children of men now Prayerful question: Does my prayer rise to God morning and evening?