Sleep That is Sweet Psalms 63: 3-6

Read the passage Psalms 63

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v.3 1. God's loving kindness is devotedly unmistakable.

v.3 2. God's loving kindness inspires the purest praise.

v.4 3. The cry of the heart to praise God is not to be discouraged nor put off.

(Thus will I bless thee while I live:)

v.4 4. The heart that focuses upon God's goodness will express itself in 

   thanksgiving to God.

(...I will lift up my hands in thy name.) (and my mouth shall praise thee...)

v.5 5. The heart will be satisfied with the generosity of the Lord in full measure. 

(My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness:)

v.6 6. God's goodness makes the night meditation a pleasant experience.

(When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night 

watches.)

v.6 7. Sleep is restful and joyful when God has been remembered and 

anticipated.

(...and meditate on thee in the night watches.)

Blessings Received, Praise Returned Ephesians 1: 3

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(Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us 

with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:)

v.4 1. Because of His choosing us.

(According as He hath chosen us in Him)

v.7 2. Because of His redemption.

(In whom we have redemption ...)

v.7 3. Because of the riches of Christ's grace.

(...according to the riches of His grace;)

v.8 4. The availability of His wisdom and judgment.

(Wherein He hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence.)

v.9 5. Being included in His good pleasure.

(...according to His good pleasure....)

v.10 6. Gathered together with all His own.

(That ...He might gather together in one ...)

7. Thus, there is great occasion for praising the Father and the Son.

(Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ...)

Responding to God's Rich Life Blessings Genesis 21: 1-8

Read the passage Genesis 1

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v.1 1. Rejoice in God's fulfillment of long awaited promises.

(And the Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as He had spoken.)

Rejoice in the work of the Lord in your life.

Parents, consider the birth of your children as God's visitation to your lives.

v.1 2. Rejoice in the faithfulness of God's word.

(as He had spoken.)

Faith equates to trusting in truth which has fulfillment in/through Christ.

v.1. 3. Rejoice in the season of fulfillment.

   2 (…at the set time of which God had spoken to him.)

v.2 4. Rejoice in God's accomplishment of the impossible and in God's using you.

(For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age,)

v.3 5. Give direct associated meaning to those significant events of God's blessing to

  continually prompt your heart in rejoicing.

(And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him,whom Sarah bare 

to him, Isaac.)

v.4 6. Honor God's word with the fruit of His provision in dedication and loyalty.

(And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded 

                him.)

circumcision- the honor of covenant. Fathers, dedicate your child to the Lord; 

acknowledge God's new testament covenant and pray for/ yea, commit to your child's 

salvation.

v.5 7. Rejoice in the extension of God's abundant goodness beyond life limitations.

(And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.)

  Particularly, rejoice in the children of your youth. 

v.6   8. Rejoice in God's giving of rewarding pleasure to your life. Presently through your

                children.

(And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.) 

v.7 9. As a blessing for old age.

(And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given

  children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.)

v.8 10. Rejoice in the heritage given of Christ and in the life to come of continued blessing

  as God's plan is unfolded and extended through your children.

(And the child grew, and was weaned: …)

Abraham-Isaac-Jacob-12 sons-Israel-…Christ-spiritual seed

Psalms 127: 3 Rejoice that the pattern and plan is in God's sovereign hand.

The Real Source of Blessing Genesis 27: 28, 29

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(Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, … and blessed be he that

  blesseth thee.)

1. It is not man's faithfulness that may be counted upon, but God's.

2. It is not man's favor that is first to be sought, but God's.

3. It is not man's pronouncement of blessing that makes one blessed, but 

God's backing of the pronouncement.

4. It is not man's bargaining with God that counts, but God's covenant with man.

5. It is not man's binding of God that assures blessing, but God's binding of 

Himself through free grace.

6. It is not man's accumulation of wealth that secures, but God's bestowal of 

blessing.

7. It is not man's persuasion before God that gains, but it is the truth of the

word of God that God honors.

The Greater Witness John 5 36-45

Read the passage John 5

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v.36 1. Unparalleled works.

(But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath 

given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father

  hath sent me.)

v.37 2. The Heavenly Father Himself, unequaled authority.

(And the Father Himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. ye have 

neither heard His voice at any time, not seen His shape.)

v.39 3. The changeless word.

(Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they 

which testify of me.) 

v.42 4. Undeserved love.

(But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.)

v.43 5. A name above every other name.

(I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in

  his own name, him ye will receive.)

v.44 6. God’s honor.

(How can ye believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor 

that  cometh from God only?)

v.45 7. God’s justice.

(Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, 

even Moses,in whom ye trust.)

The Message of God's Fullness Job 38-40

Read the passage Job 38

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38 1. God’s design reveals the expanse of freedom given within His creation.

v.4- laid out the foundations of the earth…

v.18- breadth of the earth…;   v.19- light and darkness …

38 2. God’s bounds define the reach of that liberty.

v.8- Or who shut up the sea with doors, …; v.33- the ordinances of heaven …

39 3. God is the author of true purpose and place.

all His creation, animal life, Job …

38, 4. God is the one that keeps all of life in control.

39 timing, change, increase, decrease, correction, rule, mastery execution,

  withholdings …

38: 26, 27  To cause it to rain on the earth, … To satisfy the desolate and waste

ground …

39: 1 (the time of the wild goats …

38:2 5. Man’s understanding has limited reach.

40: 2 God’s understanding is without limit or measure.

38: 2- Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

40: 2- Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct Him? He that reproveth

  God, let Him answer it.

42:2 6. God’s thoughts remain full and free; higher than any man can conceive, outside 

the bounds of any others’ influence.

(I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholder 

from thee.)

As God thinketh, so it is.

42:  7. The blessing of God has no equal; it is God’s own summation of Himself.

12 (So the lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had

  fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of 

oxen, and a thousand  she asses.)

(He had also seven sons and three daughters.) …

No More Affliction Nahum 1: 12-15

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1)  The time comes when God ceases the stout reproof of God’s people.

(v 12- Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.)

2)  The attempts of the enemy to lay claim upon the people of God is silenced.

((v. 13- For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.)

3)  God draws His people back to the  honor of His Name.

(v. 14  And the Lord hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown:) 

4)  God cuts off the contact points of evil against the people of God.

(v. 14 out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image:)

5)  God brings good tidings to His own, tidings of peace.

(v 15  Behold upon the mountains the feet of Him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah)

6)  God’s people are admonished to be faithful and loyal to God.

(v 15  O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows for the)

7.  God shall forever remove the influence of evil from and amongst God’s people.

(v 15 for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.)

The Privilege of God's People Joshua 21 44

Read the passage Joshua 21

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(And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that He swore

  unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before

  them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.)

1. They arrive on time.

2. They march in victory’s land.

3. They receive God’s gift of abundance.

4. They are free to enjoy God’s provision; they have free passage in God’s 

land of promise.

5. They have all sides protected. 

(rest round about,)

6. They have preaffirmed promise.

(according to all that He sware unto their fathers:)

v.45 7. They have a record having no failings; because of God’s victory.

(There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto 

the house of Israel: all came to pass.)