Archive | February 2024

God, the Fountain of Life

Feb29

For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light.
Psalms 36:9 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.36.9.NASB1995

‭‭O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your dwelling places.
Psalms 43:3 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.43.3.NASB1995

‭‭How lovely are Your dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
Psalms 84:1-2 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.84.1.NASB1995

‭‭There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High.
Psalms 46:4 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.46.4.NASB1995

‭‭🌹You, O Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.
Psalms 40:11 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.40.11.NASB1995

Thank You, Lord God.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

With My Mouth

Feb28

I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart.”
Psalms 40:8 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.40.8.NASB1995
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Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Psalms 143:10 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.143.10.NASB1995

God’s holy word is where we find His will and learn to livingly obey it. Under the Holy Spirit’s guidance we can understand, practice and speak God’s will with confidence. Following Jesus, is doing as He did.

Jesus *said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.
John 4:34 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.4.34.NASB1995

We are born again for a purpose. To obey God’s word and follow it.

‭‭for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.
1 Peter 1:23 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.1.23.NASB1995

I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation; Behold, I will not restrain my lips, O Lord, You know.
Psalms 40:9 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.40.9.NASB1995

Within the great congregation is where I have learned to hide Your word in my heart, but outside the congregation:

I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.
Psalms 40:10 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.40.10.NASB1995

I cannot keep quiet. So,

‭‭🌹I will sing of the lovingkindness of the Lord forever; To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.
Psalms 89:1 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.89.1.NASB1995

Amen.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

The Eyes of the Lord

Feb27

I waited patiently (intently) for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry. He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.
Psalms 40:1-2 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.40.1.NASB1995

‭‭The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous And His ears are open to their cry.
Psalms 34:15 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.34.15.NASB1995

What a magnificent God we have!! He gives us eternal life AND walks with us from day one. He hears our cries and steps in to help us as we intently, earnestly seek Him and His ways. God’s eyes are toward the righteous with His ears open to their cry.

O, Lord, help me to stand firm upon the rock while You
Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; For You I wait all the day.
Psalms 25:5 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.25.5.NASB1995

Let us walk in such a way that others see Christ in us and desire to know Him too.

🌹He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear And will trust in the Lord.
Psalms 40:3 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.40.3.NASB1995
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‭‭Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Precious Thoughts

Feb26

“For I know Your thoughts are not my thoughts O Lord my God, Nor are Your ways my ways.
Paraphrased from Isaiah 55:8 NASB1995‬‬

I repent, Lord God, of my wayward thoughts and ways that are contrary to Yours. Forgive me. Lead me in the way of Your righteousness. For

Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count.
Psalms 40:5 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.40.5.NASB1995

But I shall speak of Your salvation for I am in awe of
‭‭How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
Psalms 139:17 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.139.17.NASB1995

‭‭🌹My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And of Your salvation all day long;
Psalms 71:15a NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.71.15.NASB1995

To God be the glory!!

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

God, You Who . . .

Feb23

How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You To dwell in Your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple. By awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea; Who establishes the mountains by His strength, Being girded with might; Who stills the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples. They who dwell in the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs; You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.
Psalms 65:4-8 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.65.8.NASB1995

🌹May you be blessed by the God who chooses to draw you near to Him; who answers us in righteousness; who is our salvation. He who is the trust of all the ends of the earth; who established the mountains and stills the roaring seas and the uproar of peoples. He who makes the dawn and the sunset shout for joy!! Let us stand in awe of His signs and wonder.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Law, Repentance, Faith

Feb22

nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.
Galatians 2:16 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.2.16.NASB1995

Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.
Galatians‬ ‭3:24‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.3.24.NASB1995

No one is justified by the Law of God because no one – because of sin – can keep the law. Every living being has broken the law of God, but thank God for His law that opens our eyes to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.

‭‭For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,
Romans 8:3 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.3.NASB1995

So, I urge you, to seek the Lord Jesus, for . . .
“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Mark‬ ‭1:15‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/mrk.1.15.NASB1995

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 3:2 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.3.2.NASB1995

‭‭then . . . share your testimony.

solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 20:21 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/act.20.21.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Come, Listen, Live

Feb21

Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David.
Isaiah‬ ‭55:3‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.55.3.NASB1995‭‭

For thus says the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, “I dwell on a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the contrite.
Isaiah‬ ‭57:15‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.57.15.NASB1995‭‭

“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
Isaiah‬ ‭57:21‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.57.21.NASB1995‭‭

Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.
Isaiah‬ ‭55:6‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.55.6.NASB1995‭‭

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

I Have Heard of God

Feb20

I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You;  Therefore I retract, And I repent in dust and ashes.” Job‬ ‭42:5‭-‬6‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/job.42.5.NASB1995

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
Romans 10:17 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.10.17.NASB1995
‭‭ The Word of Jesus Christ is trustworthy unto salvation. God is calling all people unto Himself to be cleansed from sin and clothed in the righteousness of Christ. God makes Himself known in His own creation. 

For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
Romans 1:20 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.1.20.NASB1995

Salvation opens our eyes to witness the glory of the Lord.
In the first cry of a long awaited child. In an answer to prayer. In the salvation of a loved one. In a miraculous cure. In the movement of God in the world.

Have you heard? Do you see?

I pray
🌹that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might
Ephesians 1:17-19 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.1.17.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

God is Calling

Feb19

You turn things around! Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay, That what is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”; Or what is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
Isaiah‬ ‭29:16‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.29.16.NASB1995‭‭

The Lord has established His throne in the heavens, And His sovereignty rules over all.
Psalms‬ ‭103:19‬ ‭NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.103.19.NASB1995

Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster And does not retract His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers And against the help of the workers of iniquity.
Isaiah‬ ‭31:2‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.31.2.NASB1995

God, the Creator of all mankind, who has established His throne in the heavens, and whose sovereignty rules over all, is calling you to repent, turn to Jesus and follow in His obedient truth. The time has come to turn away from evil and follow God.

‭‭🌹Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent,
Acts‬ ‭17:30‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/act.17.30.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

O Servant of The Lord

Feb16

Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord; Praise Him, O servants of the Lord, You who stand in the house of the Lord, In the courts of the house of our God! Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; Sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.
Psalms‬ ‭135:1‭-‬3‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.135.1.NASB1995

Praise the Lord, He is good!
Praise God’s name, it is lovely!
Sing to God, praises!
‭‭Sing praises with triumphant joy!

Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Lift up a song for Him who rides through the deserts, Whose name is the Lord, and exult before Him.
Psalms‬ ‭68:4‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.68.4.NASB1995

Sing praises to Him who is the Lord!!!

🌹For the Lord is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting And His faithfulness to all generations.
Psalms‬ ‭100:5‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.100.5.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org