POD – Psalm 48

Psalm 48

A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

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48:1 Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

48:2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King.

48:3 God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.

48:4 For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.

48:5 They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away.

48:6 Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.

48:7 With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.

48:8 As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever.

48:9 We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the midst of your temple.

48:10 As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.

48:11 Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of your judgments.

48:12 Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.

48:13 Mark well her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.

48:14 For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

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Oh, taste and see that the Lord is GOOD!!

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is GOOD!!, originally uploaded by Jeanette’s Ozpix.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVE (EMPTYBELLY)!!! Today is his day!!
Today is his day!! Glory to God!!

His online ministry is being launched. Dave is an Aussie who lives in England. And this morning, British time, his church is holding a special commissioning service to launch Partake Ministries.

His podcasts are here… davegroberts.podbean.com/

The Lord has been growing this ministry, with many people from around the world listening to the podcasts, especially in China. Isn’t God GOOD??? And isn’t it wonderful to know that He is also a high-tech God?… even bigger that the Internet!!

He commissioned us to go into all the world and preach the Gospel, and look at the way that is happening today!!

Please check out Dave’s Podbean site, and listen to and/or download his podcasts. Please pray as the gospel goes out around the globe, and especially pray today!!

Dave is also working on a new homepage for Partake. I will give you the link when it is ready.

Thank you, and may God bless you!! If you support Dave and this ministry, I know you will be more than blessed!!

Questions!!??

Questions!!??, originally uploaded by Jeanette’s Ozpix.

Ever feel like that life doesn’t make sense?… that it has dealt you a raw deal?

King David did too!! But he did find an answer…

Day and night I have only tears for food,
while my enemies continually taunt me, saying,
“Where is this God of yours?”

My heart is breaking
as I remember how it used to be…

Why am I discouraged?
Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
I will praise him again—
my Saviour and my God!

Now I am deeply discouraged,
but I will remember you…
I hear the tumult of the raging seas
as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.

But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me,
and through each night I sing his songs,
praying to God who gives me life.

“O God my rock,” I cry,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I wander around in grief,
oppressed by my enemies?”
Their taunts break my bones.
They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?”

Why am I discouraged?
Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
I will praise him again—
my Savior and my God!

(Psalm 42:3-11, NLT)

Let’s sit down and chat!!

Let’s sit down and chat!!, originally uploaded by Jeanette’s Ozpix.

Notice how seats like this are not made for one!! They are made to share.

How easy is it for us not to take time for the people that matter to us in life? And not to mention the other people around us, who we’d sooner not matter to us?

I had this hit home to me this morning!! Lying in bed, listening to the Christian radio station, I heard a message about how relationships matter.

At one time, someone had asked Jesus what was the most important thing to God. He said…

“Which is the first commandment of all?”
Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one. And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
“And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12:28-31, NKJ)

So our relationship with God, and our relationship with others, go together. Our love for God is seen in our love for one another.

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” (1 John 4:7, NKJ)

Pea Flower Parade!!

“And why worry about your clothing?

“Look at the (flowers) of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.

“And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, He will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?”

- Jesus (Matthew 6:28-30, NLT)

Leap for JOY!!

“What blessings await you when people hate you and exclude you and mock you and curse you as evil because you follow the Son of Man. When that happens, be happy! Yes, leap for joy! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, their ancestors treated the ancient prophets that same way.” (Luke 6:23, NLT)

Some shots I managed to get from my friend’s backyard. They are regular visitors there.  This is a red-necked wallaby.

LET GO OF THE PEANUTS!!

Like many others today, we’ve found ourselves caught up in this mortgage crisis. So I’d like to share some life lessons we’ve learned from it. If you are there too, I hope this helps!

Our situation reminded of the monkey who got his hand stuck in the peanut jar, because he wouldn’t let go of the peanuts.

LET GO OF THE PEANUTS, YOU STUPID MONKEY!!!

So what did we do? We looked at our situation, and realised that for years we’ve been working for peanuts, trying to hang on and keep our business afloat.

So we decided to LET GO OF THE PEANUTS!!! Sell up and move out before it was too late! For us, it worked out to be cheaper to rent. Maybe we can run the business from a new location, or maybe we need to work at something different!? Go and work for someone else?

Anyhow, that is all in the Lord’s hands! So, at the moment we are in limbo!! Between houses and jobs!! But the Lord knows, and He will work it out in His timing!

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

And the Lord has things to teach us through the hard times. In my next post, I’d like to share about …

… SOME LESSONS I’VE LEARNED FROM LIFE’S LEMONS.

Jesus of the Scars

Jesus of the Scars by Edward Shillito
If we have never sought, we seek Thee now;
Thine eyes burn through the dark, our only stars;
We must have sight of thorn-pricks on Thy brow;
We must have Thee, O Jesus of the Scars.

The heavens frighten us; they are too calm;
In all the universe we have no place.
Our wounds are hurting us; where is the balm?
Lord Jesus, by Thy Scars we claim Thy grace.

If when the doors are shut, Thou drawest near,
Only reveal those hands, that side of Thine;
We know today what wounds are; have no fear;
Show us Thy Scars; we know the countersign.

The other gods were strong, but Thou wast weak;
They rode, but Thou didst stumble to a throne;
But to our wounds only God’s wounds can speak,
And not a god has wounds, but Thou alone.

Please do visit the Shillito family blog by clicking here That site is operated by the author’s grandson, Paul.

Oh, that we would see!!

From Psalm 119 in the Amplified version.

Forget not!!

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not ALL his benefits!! (Psalm 103:2, NKJ)

Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, the God of our salvation! (Psalm 68:19, NKJ)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with EVERY spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. (Ephesians 1:3, NKJ)

The real children of Abraham, then, are those who put their faith in God.
What’s more, the Scriptures looked forward to this time when God would declare the Gentiles to be righteous because of their faith. God proclaimed this good news to Abraham long ago when he said, “All nations will be blessed through you.”  So all who put their faith in Christ share the same blessing Abraham received because of his faith.” (Galatians 3:7-9, NLT)

O, how we can take things for granted.

This is the pair of Rainbow Lorikeets that have claimed our place.  It was two years ago this week, that the first one, Lulu, came.  We thought she must have been someone’s pet, because she seemed fairly tame, but not tame enough to touch.

So we gave her some bread and honey.  She came back a couple more times, and then one day, she brought her friend.  And then a few weeks later there were MORE friends!!  The most I’ve counted at one time is 24.

Anyhow, none of the other lorikeets have become as tame as our two.  And Lorri and Lulu visit us everyday lately.  If we don’t come in a hurry, they will sit on the front door and look inside.

But, as beautiful as they are, they have become such commonplace around here, that I can tend to take them for granted, and forget what a blessing they are!!

O, how we need to so often remind ourselves, not to forget all God’s blessings to us, especially if we belong to Christ!!  But how could we ever count them all??