Tuesday, July 23, 2024

angels




1 Hallelujah!

I

Praise the LORD from the heavens;
praise him in the heights.

2 Praise him, all you his angels;
give praise, all you his hosts.


3 Praise him, sun and moon;
praise him, all shining stars.

4 Praise him, highest heavens,
you waters above the heavens.

5 Let them all praise the LORD’s name;
for he commanded and they were created,


6 Assigned them their station forever,
set an order that will never change.


II

7 Praise the LORD from the earth,
you sea monsters and all the deeps of the sea;

8 Lightning and hail, snow and thick clouds,
storm wind that fulfills his command;

9 Mountains and all hills,
fruit trees and all cedars;

10 Animals wild and tame,
creatures that crawl and birds that fly;

11 Kings of the earth and all peoples,
princes and all who govern on earth;

12 Young men and women too,
old and young alike.

13 Let them all praise the LORD’s name,
for his name alone is exalted,
His majesty above earth and heaven.

14 He has lifted high the horn of his people;
to the praise of all his faithful,
the Israelites, the people near to him.

Hallelujah!

Psalm 148 





Thursday, July 18, 2024

2 corinthians 7: 5-16

5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way—external conflicts, internal fears.
6 But God, who encourages the downcast, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus,
7 and not only by his arrival but also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged in regard to you, as he told us of your yearning, your lament, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.
8 For even if I saddened you by my letter, I do not regret it; and if I did regret it ([for] I see that that letter saddened you, if only for a while),
9 I rejoice now, not because you were saddened, but because you were saddened into repentance; for you were saddened in a godly way, so that you did not suffer loss in anything because of us.
10 For godly sorrow produces a salutary repentance without regret, but worldly sorrow produces death.
11 For behold what earnestness this godly sorrow has produced for you, as well as readiness for a defense, and indignation, and fear, and yearning, and zeal, and punishment. In every way you have shown yourselves to be innocent in the matter.
12 So then even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong, or on account of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your concern for us might be made plain to you in the sight of God.
13 For this reason we are encouraged. And besides our encouragement, we rejoice even more because of the joy of Titus, since his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
14 For if I have boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame. No, just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting before Titus proved to be the truth.
15 And his heart goes out to you all the more, as he remembers the obedience of all of you, when you received him with fear and trembling.
16 I rejoice, because I have confidence in you in every respect.


Saturday, July 13, 2024

"nothing is impossible with God" Matthew 19:26

"We may not get the answers that we want at that moment we want them, but we can still count on those promises. Because it is impossible for God to lie or to fail his promises.

The proof of God’s love is not that we are kept from troubles, but that we can count on him to be with us through them.

Everything is possible for the one who believes. Lord, please help me with my unbelief."




attribution: Church Iglesia and flickr