Mid Afternoon Meditation 7-9-17

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Who will bring me into the fortified city?
    Who will bring me victory over Edom?
10 Have you rejected us, O God?
    Will you no longer march with our armies?
11 Oh, please help us against our enemies,
    for all human help is useless.
12 With God’s help we will do mighty things,
    for he will trample down our foes. Psalm 60:9-12

What do you do to encourage yourself when it seems like victory over your circumstances is far away?

Mid Afternoon Meditation 7-7-17

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Rock of ages

You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses.
    You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.
2 You have shaken our land and split it open.
    Seal the cracks, for the land trembles.
3 You have been very hard on us,
    making us drink wine that sent us reeling.
4 But you have raised a banner for those who fear you—
    a rallying point in the face of attack. Interlude Psalm 60:1-4

What is the banner, the rallying point God is calling His people to today?

WPC: Bridges

This week the Daily Post has asked us to conceptualize BRIDGES in our photography.

Here are my thoughts:

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Giant’s Causeway, Ireland, a fabled broken bridge between Ireland and Scotland

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 This is the Peace bridge in Derry, Northern Ireland

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On the banks of the Liffey

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New England, Snow Bridge over Brow’s Creek.

Here are some more bridges:

180 Responses

 

Evening Meditation 7-5-17

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You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses.
    You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.
2 You have shaken our land and split it open.
    Seal the cracks, for the land trembles.
3 You have been very hard on us,
    making us drink wine that sent us reeling.
4 But you have raised a banner for those who fear you—
    a rallying point in the face of attack. Interlude Psalm 60:1-4

If you could order the areas of your life that need restoration what would be first? Do you think that is first on God’s list too?

WPC: Delta

This week The Daily Post is asking us to show symbols of transition change and the passage of time.

YOU CAN JOIN THE CHALLENGE HERE.

Here are my thoughts

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The new and the old

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Autumn skies and summer earth.

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No bigger transition in a father’s life.

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Into eternity

Here are some more responses to the challenge

198 Responses

Mid Afternoon Meditation 6-28-17

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Because of the sinful things they say,
    because of the evil that is on their lips,
let them be captured by their pride,
    their curses, and their lies.
13 Destroy them in your anger!
    Wipe them out completely!
Then the whole world will know
    that God reigns in Israel.[b] Interlude

14 My enemies come out at night,
    snarling like vicious dogs
    as they prowl the streets.
15 They scavenge for food
    but go to sleep unsatisfied.[c]

16 But as for me, I will sing about your power.
    Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love.
For you have been my refuge,
    a place of safety when I am in distress.
17 O my Strength, to you I sing praises,
    for you, O God, are my refuge,
    the God who shows me unfailing love.

Psalm 59:12-17

Do you think words reveal our hearts? How?

Living for God is only possible with God — Affirmations of God

Today’s Scripture: Matthew 19:26 ESV- But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Sometimes we hijack scriptures, don’t we? Hijack and make them fit our desires. Please hear me clearly that I do believe that all things are possible with God. This…

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Mid Afternoon Meditation 6-17-17

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I will thank you, Lord, among all the people.
    I will sing your praises among the nations.
10 For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens.
    Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

11 Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens.
    May your glory shine over all the earth. Psalm 57: 9-11

How comfortable are you publicly praising God? What in you causes that response?