God's Word on That

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  • Let Us Return to Praising Him

    Our task is not to try and understand the world and His plan, or even all creation; our task is but to reflect the spirit of the Creator and sing His praises.

    You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation [a people set apart]. His own special people that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light (1 Peter 2:9).

    Praise and give thanks to God continually, in all ways on all days, regardless of your circumstances. (Bill Bright).

    Sing to God, sing praises to His name; cast up a highway for Him who rides through [our] deserts – His name is the Lord (Psalm 68:4).

    Praising God for troubles ends them. Praising God for blessings extends them. 

    Let God be magnified! (Psalm 70:4)

    Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds. Praise be to His glorious name forever. May the whole earth be filled with His glory (Psalm 72:18-19).

    Praise God for His solution to the problem.  Instead of focusing on yourself and your problem, focus on God’s care for you.

    You have turned my mourning into dancing. You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness to the end that my glory may sing praises to You, and not be silent! O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You… (Psalm 30:11-12)

    O Lord God, You have [only] begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your mighty hand! For what God is there in heaven or on earth who can do anything like Your works and Your mighty deeds? (Deuteronomy 3:24).

    Stop and consider God’s wonders!  (Job 37:14)

    Delight yourself in the Lord and He shall give you the desires of your heart (Psalm 37:4).

    How great are Your works, O Lord.  How profound Your thoughts!  (Psalm 92:5)

    I will sing to the Lord for He has been good to me (Psalm 13:6).

    How can I repay the Lord for all His goodness to me? (Psalm 116:12)

    Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you (Psalm 116:7)

    Are you looking for a miracle? Then open your eyes cause there’s one that happens every morning just around sunrise.

    It is God alone that one takes seriously. But to take God seriously is to find joy and spontaneity in everything, for everything is a gift and a grace.

    The conviction of God’s grace results in expressions of joy!

    He has put a new song in my mouth: Praise to our God. Many will see it and fear and will trust in the Lord [through my praises]. (Psalm 40:3)

    A merry heart does good, like medicine (Proverbs 17:22).

    He who is of a merry heart has a continual feast (Proverbs 15:15).

    A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance (Proverbs 15:13).

    I have learned in whatever state I am to be content (Philippians 4:11).

  • Turning to What Lies Ahead

    Today don’t make excuses for yourself.  Turn from a focus on how bad things are to how good God is.  Let today mark a new direction in your life.

    Let us start on our journey to follow God’s paths.

    So then those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator, and continue to do good (1 Peter 4:19).

    Put on the new self which is being renewed in knowledge into the image of its Creator (Colossians 3:10).

    Cause me to hear Your loving-kindness in the morning, for in You do I trust.  Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to You (Psalm 143:8).

    Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings (Psalm 17:8).

    I will take refuge in the shadow of Your wings until the disaster has passed (Psalm 57:1).

    Therefore humble yourself under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.  Casting all your cares upon Him for He cares for you (1 Peter 5:6-7).

    Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you.  He will never let the righteous fall (Psalm 55:22).

    Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of all compassion and the God of all comfort.  Who comforts us in all our troubles so we can [learn to] comfort those in trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God (2 Corinthians 1:3-4).

    Weep with those who weep (Romans 12:15).

    Tears shed for self are tears of weakness.  Tears of love shed for others are signs of strength.

    May the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow [to others] with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13).

    Trust in Him at all times, you people.  Pour out your hearts before Him.  God is our refuge (Psalm 62:8).

    If you want to understand God, to draw close to Him, forgive someone today.  When you forgive someone you are as close to God as you will ever be because in forgiving you are demonstrating the very heart of God, our merciful King.

    And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28).

    God will punish evil at the proper time.  Until then He promises to protect us.  Your challenge is to wait, trust He will balance the scales, and praise your Redeemer.

    When they had laid stripes on [the apostles], they cast them into prison, and made fast their feet in the stocks…  And at midnight, since they couldn’t sleep, Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises to God (Acts 16:23-25).

    O there are heavenly heights to reach in many a fearful place. (Anna Laetitia Waring)

    If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere. (Frank A Clark)

    Not all suffering is due to sin. Some is just a result of living in a broken world.

    You are a child of the God of the universe! Surrender to Him. Become His slave. I can assure you, after more than 50 years of experience, there is no greater adventure than following Him! He cares for you. Take Him at His Word. (Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ)

    I love You, O Lord, my strength (Psalm 18:1).

  • Seeking His Promises

    The Lord may not have definitely planned that this should overtake me, but He has most certainly permitted it.  So though it were an attack of an enemy, by the time it reaches me, it has the Lord’s permission and so all is well.  He will make it work together with all life’s experiences – for good.       (C H Welch)

    God’s promises are like a sweet aroma that enhances our journey.

    Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel.  All came to pass (Joshua 21:45).

    He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, for there were many against me (Psalm 55:18).

    When I said, “my foot is slipping,” Your love, O Lord, supported me.  When anxiety was great within me, Your consolation brought joy to my soul (Psalm 94:18-19).

    The Lord turns [all] my darkness into light (2 Samuel 22:29).

    In the day when I cried out, You answered me; and made me bold with strength in my soul (Psalm 138:3).

    You broaden the path beneath me so my feet do not slip (Psalm 18:36).

    Be strong and courageous.  Do not be afraid or terrified because of [the nations].  For the Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you (Deuteronomy 31:6).

    He brought me out into a spacious place.  He rescued me because He delighted in me (Psalm 18:19).

    He reached down from on high and took hold of me.  He drew me out of deep waters.  He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes who were too strong for me (Psalm 18:16-17).

    You are my hiding place; You will protect me from trouble [overpowering me] and surround me with songs of deliverance (Psalm 32:7).

    And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom (2 Timothy 4:18).

    No harm will befall you; no disaster will come near your tent.  For He will command His angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways…  “Because he loves Me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him.  I will protect him for he acknowledges My name.  He will call upon Me and I will answer him.  I will be with him in trouble.  I will deliver him and honor him.  With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”  (Psalm 91:10-16)

    A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.  You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked (Psalm 91:7-8).

    And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19).

    But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus – after you have suffered a while – perfect, establish, strengthen and settle you (1 Peter 5:10).

    For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed [in us with Christ Jesus]  (Romans 8:18).

  • So We Seek

    Up now, slight man!  Flee for a little while your occupation.  Hide yourself for a time from your disturbing thoughts.  Cast aside your burdens and cares, and put away your toilsome business.  Yield room for some little time to God and rest for a little time in Him.  Enter the chamber of your mind; shut out all thoughts save that of God and such as can aid you in seeking Him.  Speak now to God saying, “I seek Your face.”

    This is what the Lord says to the [sleeping] house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!” (Amos 5:4)

    God did this so men would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us (Acts 17:27).

    O God, You are my God.  Earnestly I seek You.  My soul thirsts for You; my body longs for You, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water (Psalm 63:1).

    But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe (1) that God exists, and (2) that God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6).

    In approaching God, the seeker discovers that the Divine Being dwells in obscurity, hidden behind a cloud of unknowing.  Nevertheless he should not be discouraged but set his will with a naked intent unto finding God.  This cloud is between the seeker and God only, so that the seeker may never “see” God clearly by the light of his understanding nor “feel” Him in his emotions.  But by the mercy of God, faith can reach through into God’s presence, if the seeker but believes the Word and presses on. (John M. Watkins)

    Therefore seek God with your heart and not your head.

    Seek and you will find… for… He who seeks, finds (Matthew 7:7-8).

    You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart (Jeremiah 29:13).

     If from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find Him if you look for Him with all your heart and all your soul (Deuteronomy 4:29).

    Many seek the God they want but do not know the God who is.

    The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks Him (Lamentations 3:25).

    The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed; a stronghold in times of trouble; those who know Your name will trust in You; for You, O Lord, have never forsaken those who seek You (Psalm 9:9-10).

    God is never irritated by the candle of an honest seeker.

    Seek the Lord and His strength.  Seek His face evermore (1 Chronicles 16:11).

    Seek the Lord while He may be found.  Call on Him while He is near (Isaiah 55:6).

    Seek the Lord all you meek of the earth, who have upheld His justice.  Seek righteousness, seek humility… (Zephaniah 2:3)

    [Seek Christ] in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Colossians 2:3).

    Seek God’s wisdom so you are slow to condemn but quick to show compassion.

    One thing I ask of the Lord, this I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His holy Temple (Psalm 27:4).

  • Our Gracious God

    That God can be known by the soul in tender, personal experience while remaining infinitely aloof from the curious eyes of reason constitutes a paradox best described by F. W. Faber: darkness to the intellect but sunshine to the heart. (A. W. Tozer)

    God is a loving Father, ready to hear our prayers and supply our needs

    What is man that You are mindful of him?  The son of man that You care for him?  You have made him a little lower than the angels and crowned him with glory and honor (Psalm 8:4-5).

    For as high as the heavens are above the earth so great is His love for those who fear Him.  As far as the east is from the west so far has He removed our transgressions from us (Psalm 103:11-12)

    Blessed be the Lord who daily loads us with benefits (Psalm 68:19).

    He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds.  He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.  Great is the Lord Almighty in power.  His understanding has no limit (Psalm 147:3-5).

    But God is a God who not merely restores but takes up our mistakes and follies into His plans for us and brings good out of them.  This is part of the wonders of His gracious sovereignty.  This is God’s promise.  This is how good God is!

    You are the God who performs miracles.  You display Your power among the peoples (Psalm 77:14)

    He causes [clouds/rain] to come whether for correction [discipline], or for His land [sustenance], or for mercy [forgiveness]. (Job 37:13)

    God’s love is such that He accepts us just the way we are but refuses to leave us there.  We can be so difficult, but God can be so patient!

    He has made everything beautiful in its time.  He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

    “He has set eternity in their hearts.”  To be made for eternity and forced to dwell in time is for mankind a tragedy of huge proportions.  All within us cries for life and permanence, and everything around us reminds us of only mortality and change.  Yet that God has made us from the stuff of eternity is both a glory yet to be realized, and a prophecy yet to be fulfilled. (A W Tozer)

    The Lord upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.  The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food at the proper time.  You open Your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing (Psalm 145:14-16).

    O the depths of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!  How unsearchable His judgments and His paths beyond tracing out! (Romans 11:33)

    Throughout the expanse of creation God has hidden things for us to discover, to enjoy, and with which to perceive the nature of our Creator.

    He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry.  The Lord sets prisoners free.  The Lord gives sight to the blind.  The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down.  The Lord loves the righteous.  The Lord watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow… (Psalm 146:7-8)

    Blessed are You, Lord God of Israel, our Father forever and ever (1 Chronicles 29:10).

  • Our God, Our Maker

    The Lord said to Samuel: “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him.  For the Lord does not see as man sees; for a man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”   (1 Samuel 16:6-7)

    In all His vastness, God cares for us individually.

    What is man that You care for him?  The son of man that You think of him?  Man is like a breath, his days are like a fleeting shadow (Psalm 144:3-4).

    The rich and poor have this in common: the Lord is maker of them all (Proverbs 22:2).

    For there is no partiality with God (Romans 2:11).

    It is not enough to believe God once showed mercy to Abraham, David, or Noah.  It is an attribute of God to be merciful, not a temporary mood.  We must believe God’s mercy is boundless, free and available to us (through Christ Jesus) in our present situation, or we might as well not even pray.

    I know that You can do everything, and no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You (Job 42:2-3).

    How awesome are Your works!  Come and see what God has done, how awesome His works on man’s behalf (Psalm 66:3, 5).

    The enemy emphasizes the past with its mistakes and heartaches.  The Comforter exalts the present.  God is a “now” God.

    Who is a God like You?  Who pardons sin and forgives transgressions of the remnant of His inheritance?  You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.  You will again have compassion on us; You will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea (Micah 7:18-19).

    You are God, ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in kindness, and did not forsake them (Nehemiah 9:17).

    I am the Lord, the God of all mankind.  Is anything too hard for Me?   (Jeremiah 32:27)

    God owes no one anything.  No reasons, no explanations, nothing.  And if He gave them, we couldn’t understand them anyway.  Just trust He is fashioning your life for the better!

    I lift up my eyes to the hills – from whence comes my help?  My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth (Psalm 121:1-2).

    His ways are eternal (Habakkuk 3:6).

    I, even I am He who comforts you.  Who are you that you fear mortal man?  The sons of men who are but grass?  That you forget the Lord your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth?  That you live in constant terror every day because of the wrath of the oppressor/devil, who is bent only on destruction? ( Isaiah 51:12-13)

    You feel unsafe; you are frightened and fear limits the joy you experience in your life.  What are you afraid of?  Pain?  Rejection?  Dying?  Did you know that I am at peace always?  Did you know My Spirit – the same Spirit that is in Me – is in you?  I have built a wall of protection around you so the invisible dragon of the night will not harm you.  I save you from the dangers of the daytime.  I am for you!  Who can be against you and win?  But you worry because of past experiences.  I care for you!  I’ve even numbered every hair on your head.

  • Our Awesome God

    The planets move in split-second precision.  There is no guesswork in the galaxies.  We see in nature that everything is part of a plan: harmonious, orderly, obedient…   Could a God who make the physical universe be any less exacting in the higher spiritual and moral order?

    Everywhere we look, we can see God’s marvelous works.

    That all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God, there is no other (1 Kings 8:60).

    Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom; let not the mighty man glory in his might; nor let the rich man glory in his riches.  But let anyone who glories glory in this: that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, exercising loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth.  For in these I delight,” says the Lord (Jeremiah 9:23-24).

    And He passed in front of Moses proclaiming: The Lord, the Lord God.  The compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin; yet He does not leave the guilty unpunished… (Exodus 34:6-7)

    The Lord is gracious and full of compassion.  Holy and awesome is His name!    (Psalm 111:4, 9)

    “I owe no one anything,” God declares.  “Everything is Mine.”  God owes no explanations, excuses, help, favor, or debt.  But He still gives.

    Does He who implanted the ear not hear?  Does He who formed the eye not see?  Does He who disciplines nations not punish?  Does He who teaches man lack knowledge?    (Psalm 94:9-10)

    The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.  The Lord is good to all, He has compassion on all He has made (Psalm 145:8-9).

    Grace = God’s work.  His idea.  His expense.  His discretion.

    Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.  For He spoke and it was done!  He commanded and it stood fast!    (Psalm 33:8-9)

    … You alone are God (Psalm 86:10).

    If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is Mine and all that is in it.  Do I eat the flesh of bulls?  Or drink the blood of goats?  Sacrifice thank offerings to your God (Psalm 50:12-14).

    For He does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the children of men (Lamentations 3:33).

    “Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die,” says the Lord God, “and not that he should turn from his ways and live?” (Ezekiel 18:23)

    God is God.  God knows what He is doing.  When you can’t trace His hand, trust His heart.     (Max Lucado)

  • Suffering’s Dealing With Us

    In this you greatly rejoice though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.  These have come so that your faith – which is of greater worth than gold, which itself perishes even though it be refined by fire – may be proven genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed (1 Peter 1:6-7).

    With God as our Rock of refuge and strength, our enemies cannot harm us.

    If we can see an enemy as someone who is an unwilling instrument of our blessings, it is easier to be forgiving and loving…  We must discover that our enemies can never really harm us.

    Don’t give up when you think God has abandoned you.                                      Pray He gives you patience to see the situation through.                     Then thank Him in advance for what He is about to do.

    He redeemed my soul from going down to the pit; and I will live to enjoy the light.  God does all these things to a man – twice, even three times – to turn back his soul from the pit, that the light of life may shine on him (Job 33:28-30).

    Isn’t it strange that beggars and kings

    and clowns that caper in sawdust rings

    And common folk like you and me

    are builders of eternity?

    To each is given a bag of tools,

    a shapeless mass and a book of rules,

    And each must fashion ‘ere life has flown

    a stumbling block or a stepping stone.

    Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.  They are renewed every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23).

    Struggling with life’s difficulties makes us a little wiser, a little more capable, enabling us to comfort others who experience pain.  Difficulties are short lived; rewards are eternal.

    The grass is not usually greener on the other side.  There are just things on the other side you don’t see from your side.  If you were where that other person is, you probably wouldn’t be happy on that side either.

    Who is causing our troubles (if not our own sin) is not easy to determine.  We don’t want to rebuke the devil for something God is behind, but don’t want to bear it if there is something we can do to end it either.  Still, the response to adversity is far more important than the source of it.  No matter where it comes from, God uses it to deepen faith.  Our response to adversity determines if God can use it to accomplish His purposes.

    Give ear and come to Me; hear Me, that your soul may live (Isaiah 55:3).

    Look to my right and see, no one is concerned for me.  I have no refuge, no one who cares for my life. [Only You]  (Psalm 142:4)

    When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, I was senseless and ignorant.  I was a brute beast before You (Psalm 73:21-22).

    Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey Your Word… It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn Your decrees (Psalm 119:67, 71).

    When God comforts you, you have cause to fear that you might care more for His gifts than for Himself.  But when He deals roughly with you and you hold on fast, it is to Him alone that you cling!          

  • Sufferings Dealing With Man

    How often we provoke Him in our wildernesses and grieve Him in our desert wanderings!

    Be careful in dealing with other people. Predators are abundant.

    It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man (Psalm 118:8)

    Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless (Psalm 60:11).

    Give us help from trouble, for the help of man is useless (Psalm 108:12).

    Resentment = when you allow your heart to turn into hate.  Hate, simmering in your heart, only causes bitterness and you alone suffer it.  Forget the hurt!  There is no other emotion that imprisons the soul like the unwillingness to forgive.

    For if anyone thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives [only] himself (Galatians 6:3).

    Profoundly take note: the humble seem to always be at peace.  The proud are most often envious and angry.

    Anger is the cancer of the spirit.  Anger doesn’t do any good.  It only feeds a primitive lust for revenge, which feeds our anger… [see how the cycle begins!]

    A man of great wrath will suffer punishment; for if you rescue him, you will have to do it again [and again].    (Proverbs 19:19)

    Be on your guard against all kinds of greed.  A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions (Luke 12:15).

    For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil, for which some have… pierced themselves with many sorrows  (1 Timothy 6:10).

    Blind ambition is one giant step away from God and closer to catastrophe.

    Turn my eyes away from worthless things…   (Psalm 119:37)

    Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil (Psalm 141:4).

    There is no gift that, after having been a help, will not become a snare and a hindrance to the soul that rests in it.  So God often takes away what He has given.  (Fenelon)

    People are a source of joy, not a source of stress.  God sees each one of us as having value, so do not judge!

    A pearl lost in the mud is not less valuable.  A pearl coated with balm is not more valuable.  We have our value from our Father, and how and where we live cannot change that.   (Sayings of Yeshua)

    For the real riches, try switching kingdoms.

    Consider carefully how you listen.  Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he [thinks he] has will be taken from him!  (Luke 8:18)

  • Showing Gratitude For His Love

    I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever… I will declare that Your love stands firm… (Psalm 87:1-2)

    I will sing of Your love and justice… (Psalm 101:1)

    I will bow down toward Your Holy Temple and will praise Your name for Your love and Your faithfulness (Psalm 138:2).

    Satisfy us in the morning with Your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all the day (Psalm 90:14).

    That those who love Your name may rejoice in You (Psalm 5:11).

    In the morning I will sing of Your love (Psalm 59:16).

    It is good to praise the Lord… to proclaim Your love in the morning… (Psalm 92:1-2)

    I will rejoice and be glad in Your love…  Let Your face shine on Your servant, save me in Your unfailing love…  Praise be to the Lord, for He showed His wonderful love to me… (Psalm 31:7, 16, 21)

    Because Your love is better than life, my lips shall glorify You (Psalm 63:3).

    Praise be to God who has not rejected my prayer or withheld His love from me! (Psalm 66:20)

    Let us give thanks to the Lord for His unfailing love and His wonderful deeds for men (Psalm 107:8,15,21,31).

    The Lord delights in those who fear Him, who put their hope in His unfailing love (Psalm 147:11).

    Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and Your servant loves them (Psalm 119:140).

    Those who love Your law have great peace, and nothing causes them to stumble (Psalm 119:165).

    I love Your law. (Psalm 119:113,163,97,127,119)

    My soul keeps Your statutes and I love them exceedingly (Psalm 119:167).

    I shall delight in Your commands, which I love… I shall lift up my hands to Your commands which I love… (Psalm 119:47-48)

    Consider how I love Your precepts; preserve my life, O Lord, according to Your love (Psalm 119:159).

    If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the Lord your God will keep His covenant of love with you…  He will love you and bless you… (Deuteronomy 7:12-13)

    The great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of love with all who love Him and obey His commands (Daniel 9:4).

    You keep Your covenant of love with Your servants who continue wholeheartedly in Your way (1 Kings 8:23).

    Our God, the great, mighty and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of love, do not let this hardship seem trifling in Your eyes (Nehemiah 9:32).

    Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the Lord (Psalm 107:43).