He's in there with you!

Daniel 3:24-26

Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, “Weren’t there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?”

They replied, “Certainly, Your Majesty.”

He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.”

Nebuchadnezzar then approached the opening of the blazing furnace and shouted, “Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!”

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The Verdict

For the Lord is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face. Psalm 11:7

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Hold the money!

A young lady was sunbathing on the beach when a little boy in his swimming trunks, carrying a towel, came up to her and asked her, "Do you believe in God?" 

She was surprised by the question but she replied, "Why, yes, I do." 

Then he asked her: "Do you go to church every Sunday?" 

Again, her answer was "Yes!" 

He then asked: "Do you read your Bible and pray every day?"

Again she said, "Yes!" By now her curiosity was very much aroused.

 
The little lad sighed with relief and said, "Will you hold my money while I go swimming?"

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Truth

Where I found truth, there found I my God, who is the truth itself (Augustine).

Genuine spiritual knowledge lies not in wonderful and mysterious thoughts but in actual spiritual experience through union of the believer's life with truth. When a truth is unfolded by God it most naturally becomes a power in man, who then finds himself able to believe (Watchman Nee).

Saints not only desire to love and speak truth with their lips, but they seek to be true within; they will not lie even in the closet of their hearts, for God is there to listen; they scorn double meanings, evasions, equivocations, white lies, flatteries, and deceptions(Charles Spurgeon).

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Why do Sheep Need a Sheperd?

Sheep are naturally very gentle creatures making them prey to many carnivorous animals. Sheep need a sheperd to keep them safe and watch over them. They are usually oblivious to any impending danger. As sheep eat grass they tend to wander without really paying attention to where they're going. The sheperd keeps the sheep in a safe area where they can eat and be safe from becoming food for wolves.

Another thing about sheep is that they have poor vision. They can’t see very far ahead. That’s why they need a sheperd.
God made you so that you would not be able to see into the future no matter how much you try. Why did God do this? He did it so you would depend on him.

"All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own" Isaiah 53:6

“He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.” Psalm 25:9 

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Well Done!

Well done, good and faithful servant.  enter into the joy of your master.

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Majestic

Psalm 8

 Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory in the heavens.
 Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.
 When I consider your heavens,the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? 

You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.
 You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet:
 all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. 

Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

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He will provide

Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. - 1 Timothy 6:17

He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? - Romans 8:32 

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The name above all names

"And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it." John 14:13-14

"far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come." Ephesians 1:21

"God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth." Philippians 2:9-10

"Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." Acts 2:38

"Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk." Acts 3:6 

"Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." Acts 4:10-12

"These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God." 1 John 5:13

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Thanksgiving and Prayer

Philippians 1:3-11

I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me.  God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.

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To the rescue

“I have indeed seen the misery of my people. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.  So I have come down to rescue them and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey." - Exodus 3:7-8

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