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The Lord is Near You – Jesus Calls

The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. (Psalm 145:18)

My dearly beloved, the Lord is very near to you. He shall fulfill all your heart’s desires. “…the desire of the righteous shall be granted” (Proverbs 10:24). According to the above mentioned Scripture verse, the Lord fulfills the desires of the righteous.

Although we are not faithful in things concerning the Lord, He will be near to all who call upon Him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them” (Psalm 145:18, 19). When you call upon the Lord sincerely, He will answer your prayers.

I happened to watch a TV Programme on the life story of a young girl. This young girl had no hands. The person who interviewed her asked her, “You do not have both hands. What do you think about it?” She replied, “Although I do not have hands, I have my loving Jesus with me who does everything for me” (Psalm 138:8).

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Psalm 62:1 – Promise

I’ve been given a small gift from my dad recently. Its a small standalone board that has a beautiful ‘out in the cold’ background. It also has a bible verse on it….

Truly my soul waiteth upon God; from him cometh my salvation.” – Psalm 62:1

It’s always right before my computer and It remembers me to ‘wait‘ upon God in midst of all life’s worries. I hope and trust it will be an encouragement to you as it is to me.

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Abraham Lincoln’s River Crossing

Today at Church of Christ New Zealand, our pastor (Peter Hargreaves) was talking about the King David and how even in midst of storm in his life, he has learned to trust God (Psalm 56). While illustrating this idea further, he told us about a story on Abraham Lincoln. Before becoming the president of United States of America, he was something else (dont remember exactly). Back then, they didnt have cars so they would travel by horses.

While traveling, one would have to cross through many obstacles such as rivers. The currents were becoming only greater while Abraham Lincoln and his men were crossing. They feared of this one big river that was way up ahead on their path named the ‘Fox‘ river. Night has dawned, so they took shelter at a near-by place where they met one of the minister who is renowned for travelling around the country.

So they asked him about the ‘Fox’ river that was up ahead in expectation of a helpful tip. This man looked at them and said, ‘I will never cross it until I reach it!

What a wise answer? We seem to worry about life and the possible outcomes even before we are in such situation. That’s exactly why Jesus said, today has enough burden of its own and not to worry about tomorrow (Matthew 6:34).

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Thursday Christian Fellowship

I just came back from our usual Thursday christian fellowship meetings and I just wanted to share something that struck me. Pastor King, said something near the very end of his gospel sharing. He quoted something like this….

…Mighty lions hunt alone….Mighty Eagles prey alone….Might Men of God walk alone….

He said this in context of his message in regards to how ‘faithful’ servants of God are so ‘unpopular’ and ‘unfavored’ among their own church and community. How true that above statement is? Might Men of God do walk alone but the spirit of God that is ‘invisible’ to men walks with them.

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1 Corinthians 1:25

“For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.” – NIV

Now thats something wow just reading through it! Don’t you think?