tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91483908312189610092024-03-04T20:26:13.648-08:00WordRomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.comBlogger2419125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-36258338720471587912017-12-30T17:16:00.000-08:002017-12-30T17:17:08.230-08:00Only You<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki21.3.MSG"><b>2 Kings 21.3</b></a>
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<i>He worshiped the cosmic powers, taking orders from the constellations.</i>
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may we never look to your creation for you. may we never bow down to what you made instead of to you. may we not subscribe only to what our natural senses can perceive and discount you altogether just because you are beyond the natural. may we never operate solely on what our physical can handle, may we never frame the creator by the creation. may we learn to see beyond our faulty natural state and fully depend on you - the one who designed us all for a purpose - and trust you with our whole lives, with our everything and so much more. you are the only one worthy to be followed, to be obeyed, to call the shots in our lives. thank you, God!Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-1890635992655098562017-12-29T17:17:00.002-08:002017-12-29T17:17:13.521-08:00Listen.<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki21.9.MSG"><b>2 Kings 21.9</b></a>
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<i>But the people didn't listen.</i>
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may we never ignore what you say. may we be quick to act on and respond to your word, never desensitizing us to how you move. may we never not listen to you and hold you in highest regard, God! may we never see you as just another option, may we never even consider that we can say no to you, as if we got our own thing going, as if we have it made, as if we can get by on our own. may we see our forever dependence on you, full dependence on you - true humility! may we never be blinded to the truth that we need you more than ever for absolutely anything, for us to even make a dent in this world, and for us to even exist. all you, God, all you. praise you.Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-9368576560406733752017-12-29T17:16:00.003-08:002017-12-29T17:16:24.861-08:00Selfish Much<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki20.19.MSG"><b>2 Kings 20.19</b></a>
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<i>It won't happen during my lifetime - I'll enjoy peace and security as long as I live.</i>
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may we never be so selfish as to just look to ourselves and not be concerned with those around us, especially the generations coming after us. may we always lay the foundation of generosity and empowered capability for those who will come after us, investing everything you deposited in us and gifted us with on those you surround us with, those you called us to do life with, making sure that what you give to us won't end with us, won't stop being useful and will run its course based on what you want it to accomplish, how you want to make it fruitful. thank you for your goodness, your provision, your generosity, your love. may we never keep it to ourselves.Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-79476808236562633742017-12-28T17:15:00.000-08:002017-12-29T17:15:52.445-08:00No Surprises Here<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki20.9.MSG"><b>2 Kings 20.9</b></a>
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<i>God is doing what he said he'd do</i>
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wow, God! thank you that your word is more than guarantee enough - it's all the proof we'll ever need. your word is good as done, your authority does not need to prove itself. thank you that you always follow through, and what you say is always good! you do only good things, and they for sure always happen - you carry it out to the letter, regardless of time, circumstance or anything else. everything begins, happens and ends in you, through you, for you and by you. thank you that we get to be part of all this, what a generous way to include us in your narrative. thank you, God, for touching us with life and letting others be touch by you as well through us.Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-84397883203932450172017-12-27T17:15:00.000-08:002017-12-29T17:15:13.795-08:00No Matter What<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki20.7.MSG"><b>2 Kings 20.7</b></a>
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<i>and Hezekiah was on his way to recovery.</i>
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wow, God! whether instantaneous healing or happening through a process, we can more than for sure count on you when you call it out, when you say it will happen! thank you that it doesn't really matter how, or whether we see it in the natural or not - all that matters is you calling it out, already saying it will happen, and that is more than enough! you call out truth - absolute truth - and no amount of time or impossibility in the natural will ever invalidate it! thank you for your goodness, for your truth, for the endless possibilities that your words bring - life-giving possibilities that set us free from natural limits all for your glory, doing what you set out to do. praise you.Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-75327150926522827712017-12-26T17:14:00.000-08:002017-12-29T17:14:40.548-08:00My Sake<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki20.6.MSG"><b>2 Kings 20.6</b></a>
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<i>I'm covering this city with my shield - for my sake and my servant David's sake.</i>
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what great security and real peace we have with you! you set out to do what you do and protect it not just for anyone else's sake, not even just for our own - but for yours! best guarantee ever - your integrity is what powers everything you do, your sovereignty, consistency, infallibility. wow, God! truly no heart could ever contain you, no mind could fully understand you, so we are more than thankful for what you reveal to us, which more than enough for us to take part in you doing wonders here on earth with those all around us while we make our way home back to you when the time comes for you to fully redeem us in the natural. thank you, God! how you love.Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-87187347408394732882017-12-25T17:10:00.000-08:002017-12-29T17:10:46.922-08:00I Listen<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki20.5.MSG"><b>2 Kings 20.5</b></a>
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<i>I've listened to your prayer</i>
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thank you, God, for you listen to prayer. thank you for giving us the opportunity to converse with you, to relate with you, for what you did so we could go directly to you and bare our hearts to you. thank you for giving us your word - more than enough revelation for us to know you, for us to know how to relate with you, for us to know our purpose and why we exist and how our very person is tied to the good that you do. thank you for opening yourself up to a relationship with us, for allowing us to be in touch with you, the king of kings, the master and ruler of all, so above us yet so accessible. thank you, God, for your generosity, your goodness, your love. amazing!Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-36532516339361579242017-12-24T13:50:00.000-08:002017-12-29T16:14:47.631-08:00I'll Defend You<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki19.34.MSG"><b>2 Kings 19.34</b></a>
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<i>I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.</i>
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thank you for hope, God! thank you for unending hope! we know that your kindness, your goodness outdoes all kinds of animosity, any kind of going against you. thank you that you already reign supreme, you are already the ruler, the undefeated king! you are the one we follow! wow! you are the one we serve, the one we call, "master!" thank you that you love above all else, you're just beyond compare, you're kind beyond imagination, you're powerful beyond what the mind can conceive. thank you most of all for choosing to reveal a part of yourself to us, that we can relate with you and have meaning, purpose, life! thank you, God! may all come to know you more.Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-30743069843569781402017-12-23T13:49:00.000-08:002017-12-23T13:49:03.138-08:00As Declared<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki19.33.MSG"><b>2 Kings 19.33</b></a>
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<i>By the way that he came he will return; he will not enter this city, declares the LORD.</i>
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the enemy doesn't even have a toehold in our lives because everyone who follows you will always have you going before them! thank you that you are undefeatable, truly full of authority - the only authority that truly matters in life, the one who really gives life to any, absolutely any kind of death! from dead relationships, dreams, finances, whatever - your life conquers them all and goes so much more than all of these things! thank you for being the redemptive God that you are, making even better whatever is surrendered to you for your use. you make all things so beautiful no matter what the past, which itself you make more than amazing! praise you!Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-34251628937583756202017-12-22T13:48:00.002-08:002017-12-22T13:48:43.997-08:00Not Even Close<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki19.32.MSG"><b>2 Kings 19.32</b></a>
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<i>He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp against it.</i>
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no device of the enemy will prevail. no attempt will even make eternal effect. death and sin - they no longer have power over us, all because of what you did, jesus! all because of you denying yourself so we can all be reunited with you! thank you that whatever the enemy plans will not truly harm, he is a toothless predator who will never catch his prey. may we keep following you by the grace you gave us, especially in our day-to-day - may we have you front and centre so everyone around us gets to see you, as well, they all get to experience your peace, your security, your goodness. thank you that we are never left to the hands of anyone but you!Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-85322534937326157392017-12-21T13:48:00.000-08:002017-12-22T13:48:17.349-08:00Not A Foot In<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki19.32.MSG"><b>2 Kings 19.32</b></a>
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<i>He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here.</i>
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anyone who goes against you will not prevail. at all. they won't go far, they won't even get anywhere close to progress. thank you, God, for the battle is won in the spiritual, which calls the shots even in the natural. thank you that our struggles, our hardship, difficulties - all pale in comparison to your victory in life, to what you did that gives us back our relationship, our connection with you, gives us back the significance that we had when you conceived us in your infinite mind. thank you, God, for taking over once again when we follow you, when we submit our will to you. our lives become the light that shines your goodness on everyone around us. thank you.Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-78681473282533259612017-12-20T13:47:00.000-08:002017-12-22T13:47:46.362-08:00What He Says<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki19.32.MSG"><b>2 Kings 19.32</b></a>
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<i>Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the king of Assyria</i>
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what you say is the final word. what you say is the most important - the only important thing, the only pronouncement that matters, the only declaration that truly calls the shots, the only statement that is the final say. thank you that no matter how anyone tries to oppose you in the spiritual tries to go against you in the natural, it's always your good, good plan that prevails, always your pure heart that gets to be revealed, always your outstretched hand that reaches each and everyone of us no matter how far or kept we all are from you. thank you that nothing can stand in the way of your plans, nothing and no one could truly go against you and prevail.Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-61902822459436583802017-12-19T13:37:00.000-08:002017-12-22T13:37:27.462-08:00Passion Supplied<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki19.31.MSG"><b>2 Kings 19.31</b></a>
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<i>The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.</i>
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it's still your passion that drives everything, God! you are the only behind your word, your plan - you are more than enough! you are more than capable! wow, God, you are never just enough, never just good for the moment - you are the epitome of generosity, God! of capacity! may we never just look for what is enough for the moment, what is enough for ourselves - may we look to you and let your zeal be ours! we will get things done because of your desire, we will get to do what you created us to do, the very purpose that gives our lives significance - we will be able to do it all because you are the one who sets our heart on fire for you. thank you, God!Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-51508034218524964482017-12-18T13:36:00.000-08:002017-12-22T13:36:53.723-08:00Survivor Life<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki19.31.MSG"><b>2 Kings 19.31</b></a>
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<i>For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors.</i>
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your word lives on, God! far outlives any destruction, far outlives any curse, any death, any kind of going against you. thank you, God, that your perfect, good, hopeful plan lives on amidst everything the world throws at it, amidst everyone trying to find their own way. thank you, God, that you never lose hope, you never give up, and because of this we never run out of hope, we always have you to live abundantly off of, we always have you at the helm knowing full well that we will never have to give up no matter what, no matter how difficult things may seem at the moment. thank you, God, for you are truly the greatest of all, on a league of your own.Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-18175990990733407852017-12-17T22:02:00.000-08:002017-12-17T22:02:04.772-08:00Guaranteed<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki19.30.MSG"><b>2 Kings 19.30</b></a>
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<i>A remnant of the family of Judah yet again will sink down roots and raise up fruit.</i>
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wow, lord, what kindness! what goodness! even in the midst of our unfaithfulness, even in the face of turning against you, you still hold on to your end of the bargain, your end of the covenant and ensure the fruitfulness of those who turn back to you, those who let you rule their lives again! you take care of our fruitfulness when we have you as our master, for you to fill our needs and overflow to those around us. thank you that you are never out of options, and because of that we are never out of options, as well! we will never be hopeless even when we get caught between a hard place and a rock - you have what truly matters and we have it in you because you are our lord.Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-44827429976948626832017-12-16T22:02:00.000-08:002017-12-16T22:02:42.672-08:00I Know<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki19.27.MSG"><b>2 Kings 19.27</b></a>
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<i>I know when you sit down, when you come and when you go</i>
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thank you, God, that you know everything and you never miss any of these! thank you that we can be secure in your sovereignty, we know we are who we are because of you, and when we put you first everything else follows. thank you that life will never be out of sync, will never be in chaos, when you are at the helm, when you are the first consideration in all things, when you and what you do is what rules our lives, what is in the place of authority when it comes to our decision-making. thank you that your hand is in all things when we follow you, we get to have you truly rule and reign when we freely give you our allegiance, loyalty from within. you and you alone, God.Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-8128623049943838932017-12-15T22:01:00.000-08:002017-12-15T22:01:11.014-08:00Behind All This<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki19.25.MSG"><b>2 Kings 19.25</b></a>
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<i>Did it never occur to you that I'm behind all this?</i>
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may we always be humble enough to recognize that we are nothing without you, God! may we walk this life circumspectly and self-aware of our full dependence on you - may we be in our highest highs or our deepest lows, may we never lose sight of you being the centre of all, being the one who gives significance to all, the one who is our beginning, our journey, our end, the one who gives us all we have and all we need and all we get to be generous with. may we never, ever think that we have it made without you. may we always keep it before us that we only get to do great things, only get to be part of amazing things because of you, with you, in you, God!Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-76019485777712763072017-12-14T22:01:00.002-08:002017-12-14T22:01:11.150-08:00Who Do You Think You Are?<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki19.22.MSG"><b>2 Kings 19.22</b></a>
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<i>Who do you think it is you've insulted? Who do you think you've been bad-mouthing? Before whom do you suppose you've been strutting? The Holy One of Israel, that's who!</i>
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may we never take your ways lightly, lord! may we never turn a blind eye towards you, towards what you do, towards your people and the goodness that is you. we are so not in your level that we don't even have the right to turn our backs to you - you deserve nothing but respect, deep reverence, obedience. you deserve to be the highest master, the only one! may you be the only one sitting on the throne of our hearts, giving us our purpose as we extend this generosity, kindness, goodness to everyone around us. thank you even for giving us the ability to spark life with our words - may they be nothing but life-giving! all because of and for you, God. all about you!Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-37657116242320184032017-12-13T22:00:00.000-08:002017-12-14T22:00:41.073-08:00The Only One<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki19.19.MSG"><b>2 Kings 19.19</b></a>
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<i>Make all the kingdoms on earth know that you are God, the one and only God.</i>
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you are the one and only God. you alone are worth worshiping, worth giving to, worth obeying, worth paying all kinds of respects to, worth following and serving, worth letting go of the self for. thank you, God, that everyone will truly know, deep down, that you alone are the master, the king God. may we never turn away from this truth, may everyone trying to resist for any reason recognize that you are the freedom everyone is looking for, you are the security and significance that everyone has been longing for from the beginning of time, you are the purpose that everyone aspires to, you are the hope that everyone is desperately, truly looking for. be honoured, God.Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-75834440581334739932017-12-12T22:00:00.000-08:002017-12-14T22:00:14.384-08:00You Save<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki19.19.MSG"><b>2 Kings 19.19</b></a>
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<i>But now O God, our God, save us from raw Assyrian power;</i>
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you are the one who truly saves, God. you save us from the spiritual rule of our self and anyone else other than you! these are the things that truly need saving from, but how amazing it is that your spiritual salvation spills over to the natural?! we get to live out your goodness to everyone around us, we get to bless others around us with the blessing that you flow through us, we get to give life to others with the life you gave us, we get to connect others to you for salvation with the salvation that you freely gave us, they get to let you rule over their lives the way you are the one and only rightful master to call the shots in our hearts, minds, and all of us. thank you, God!Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-61203949307339976322017-12-11T21:59:00.000-08:002017-12-14T21:59:49.710-08:00Facts and Truth<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki19.17.MSG"><b>2 Kings 19.17</b></a>
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<i>The facts are true, O God: The kings of Assyria have laid waste countries and kingdoms.</i>
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wow, God! no matter what the facts are, they don't ever upstage your truth! it's actually so good to see all the facts, because the impossibility of the natural highlights your possibility even more! thank you God that we are not limited by what's going on in the natural realm, what's going on in the physical lives we're living in - we get to see the miraculous, the supernatural every single day that we breathe, every single day that we get to keep living in and with you! we don't at all ignore the facts, no - they are even a testament to your greatness - the impossible showing your possibility, and those that agree with you are mere displays of the good you have conceived before time even began!Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-21757715731911047932017-12-10T13:13:00.000-08:002017-12-10T13:13:26.249-08:00Oh How He Prayed!<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki19.15.MSG"><b>2 Kings 19.15</b></a>
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<i>And Hezekiah prayed - oh, how he prayed! God, God of Israel, seated in majesty on the cherubim-throne. You are the one and only God, sovereign over all kingdoms on earth, Maker of heaven, maker of earth.</i>
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may we see our conversations with you as our daily lifeline! may we see our prayer life with you as the only thing that keeps us sane, keeps us abreast with what you are doing in our lives, in the lives of others, and keeps us connected to the hope of letting everything go and minding only one thing - that we follow you, follow your ways as we live. thank you that having you as master, the one and only sovereign God, sovereign over all kingdoms on earth, the maker of heaven and the maker of earth - having you as our master, is the one-all be-all! you are the truly eternal one, the one that trumps the natural and outlives everything and everyone else. praise you, God!Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-60249910014387004842017-12-09T13:12:00.000-08:002017-12-09T13:12:12.033-08:00Don't Be At All Concerned<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki19.6.MSG"><b>2 Kings 19.6</b></a>
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<i>Isaiah answered them, "Tell your master, 'God's word: Don't be at all concerned about what you've heard from the king of Assyria's bootlicking errand boys - these outrageous blasphemies.</i>
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wow, God! oh wow, God what assurance that you are the God who saves! you are the God against whom nobody succeeds! you are the God who is the side of victory, himself! you are the one who truly calls the shots, whose thoughts truly matter, whose judgments truly rule, and whose goodness, deeds and hope truly reign! thank you that you will never be defeated - oh our life is so much more than flesh and blood - it's your spiritual realm that rules all! thank you, God, for giving us another chance to be part of your kingdom, to be part of your family, to have you as master so we can live good, really good lives - lives that do the good you have for us and everyone else!Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-28516838725281676602017-12-08T13:12:00.002-08:002017-12-08T13:12:28.501-08:00Wake Up!<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki18.12.MSG"><b>2 Kings 18.12</b></a>
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<i>They refused either to listen or do a word of what Moses, the servant of God, commanded.</i>
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God, may we never deliberately choose to ignore what you say, may we never choose to let go of your ways! may we never turn a deaf ear, a blind eye and a calloused heart to what you say, the wisdom that you let your people check us with - may we always keep our hearts in tune to you, may we always be teachable, and at the same time discerning and wise to test every word, every doctrine, every conviction with your word - and may we be humble enough to need each other in making sure that we are following you and obeying what you have for us and for those around us. thank you, God, that truly you are the only reason why we even make it to the end of each passing day!Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148390831218961009.post-65437308698173625162017-12-07T13:11:00.000-08:002017-12-08T13:11:51.223-08:00Listen and Revere<a href="http://bible.us/2Ki18.12.MSG"><b>2 Kings 18.12</b></a>
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<i>All this happened because they wouldn't listen to the voice of their God and treated his covenant with careless contempt.</i>
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oh God may we never take what you say lightly! may we never be so careless with what you say, lord! may we keep our wits about us as we daily live so we don't ignore your ways, your heart, how you would deal with situations, how you would want us to keep spreading your goodness, lord. may we daily walk circumspect, celebrating the joy of being with you but always being aware of and careful to live by your word, your heart, your purpose, your plan. may we always keep trusting you, revering you, respecting you and what you have for your creation. may we never tread the dangerous line of thinking we know better than you. oh God, thank you for grace!Romhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772310247476422015noreply@blogger.com0