Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Thanks for watching over us. We really appreciate that You do that. Thanks, Jesus, for dying to save us from our own destruction. Please help us through this day. Please help me with the message and please help me to get it dispatched. Also, Lord, please watch over and heal me as I go through surgery. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, I covet your prayers as I head to surgery early on Monday morning. I will try and be back writing by "Salvation Wednesday" of this coming week. Let me get to the message, Psalms of Salvation.
Saturday: October 3, 2015: Psalms of Salvation (Day Two)
Psalm 27:1 - The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? (NIV)
Well, let me address this verse of scripture. The answer to the question is this. Have a reverent fear of God and fear no one else, period!! Also, please remember that Jesus is our Light, and He is the light of the world, and again that is how we adopted our name, Carry The Light. Carry Jesus to the ends of the earth.
Psalm 28:8 - The Lord is the strength of His people, a fortress of Salvation for His anointed one. (NIV)
Do you ever wake in the morning feeling very weak, no strength, just do not feel well, yet you are not sick? Of course you have. Then you call on The Lord for He is our strength, and He is our fortress. In other words He is our protection. So we call on Him and then we move out. Yes, call upon the Lord, and it is best done right from your bed before you even move out in the morning. Someone say Amen.
Psalm 35:3 - Brandish spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Say to my soul, "I am your salvation." (NIV)
The Lord protects us in battle and replenishes our soul when He reminds us that "He is our Salvation." Here we are even asking God to remind us of just that, and yes, there are days when we need a reminder.
Psalm 35:9 - Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord and delight in His Salvation. (NIV)
Yes, after our Lord Jesus speaks to us and we are reminded of His Salvation, then our soul will rejoice in the Lord and again delight in His Salvation. Yes, we need reminded once in awhile.
Psalm 37:39 - The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord; He is their stronghold in time of trouble. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, I want you to notice that throughout this series that our Salvation through Jesus is not just for when we die, but all throughout our lives once we come to Him we have Salvation, for Salvation through Jesus comes in many ways. Protection, knowledge, healing, strength, jut to name a few. As a child we would build a fort, a place to hide from those we fought against in our minds. We were the good guys and we hid from the bad guys. We had our fort, or our fortress, and that was our stronghold. Now we have our Lord Jesus and He will protect us from the "bad guys," the forces of evil, and we have our Lord Jesus to protect us in all we do.
Do you have storms in your life today? Let us sing this song. Written by Stephen R. Adams, but I loved hearing it when Duane Nicholson would sing it.
There is peace in the midst of my storm-tossed life.
Oh, there's an Anchor, there's a Rock to cast my faith upon.
Jesus rides in my vessel, so I'll fear no alarm;
He gives me peace in the midst of my storm.
Notice the song says there is Peace in the midst of MY storm. Not talking about the weather here, we are talking about the storms of life which can come more often than weather-related storms. Let us sing it one more time.
There is peace in the midst of my storm-tossed life.
Oh, there's an Anchor, there's a Rock to cast my faith upon.
Jesus rides in my vessel, so I'll fear no alarm;
He gives me peace in the midst of my storm.
Dear Father in Heaven, protect us as we go through storms in our lives and help us to cling to You and Your Salvation. Thanks for being there for us, even when we were not walking with You. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Now go forth and please serve Jesus. Love ya.
Pastor Dan
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