Tag Archive | Bible

Blessed Are Those Who Long

Jul4

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will,
Ephesians 1:4-5 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.1.4-5.NASB1995

‭Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him.
Isaiah 30:18 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.30.18.NASB1995

Believers are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to walk in good works. Jesus reconciled the believer in order to present us holy, blameless and beyond reproach. Jesus came to open the eyes of the blind and the ears of the deaf – those lost in darkness and deaf to God’s word. God will guide our feet in the way of peace. The Lord longs to be gracious to you.
Ephesians 2:10; Colossians 1:22; Isaiah 32:3, 30:21; Luke 1:79
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🌹O Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited for You. Be their (our) strength every morning, Our salvation also in the time of distress.
Isaiah 33:2 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.33.2.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

The Veil

Jul3

but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
2 Corinthians 3:16 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.3.16.NASB1995

The veil that separates man and God.
The temple had a veil that separated the Holy place from the Holy of Holies.  Once a year the High Priest would meet with God in the Holy of Holies with a blood sacrifice for himself and for the sins of the people. Hebrews 9:6-7

When Jesus died on the cross, He being the final sacrifice – the sacrifice of the Holy of Holies for all – the veil of separation was torn from top to bottom. Access to the Holy of Holies was open to all who desired access.

Individuals still walk with the veil of separation. Separation from the Holy of Holies, God. Through Jesus the veil is removed. Jesus was the final sacrifice that removed the veil.

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
2 Corinthians 4:3 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.4.3.NASB1995

but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
2 Corinthians 3:16 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.3.16.NASB1995

Are you ready to have your veil removed?

🌹But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:18 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.3.18.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

My Own Know Me

Jul2

Good and upright is the Lord; Therefore He instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in justice, And He teaches the humble His way. All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
Psalms 25:8-10 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.25.8-10.NASB1995

Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness.”
2 Timothy 2:19 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ti.2.19.NASB1995

The saddest, most devastating words a person who believes they are saved could hear are, “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.”

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’
Matthew 7:21-23 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.7.21-23.NASB1995

For Your name’s sake, O Lord, Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
Psalms 25:11 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.25.11.NASB1995

Do you know, that you know, that you know Jesus personally?

🌹I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me,
John 10:14 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.10.14.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Secure Refuge

Jul1

The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble, And He knows those who take refuge in Him.
Nahum 1:7 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/nam.1.7.NASB1995

But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their strength in time of trouble.
Psalms 37:39 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.37.39.NASB1995

God approves, has regard for, the way of the righteous. The righteous know where their salvation and refuge comes from. Are you one who takes refuge in the Lord, trusting in His strength, secure in His stronghold?

🌹For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalms 1:6 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.1.6.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Continual Thanks & Glory

Jun28

I will give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And will glorify Your name forever.
Psalms 86:12 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.86.12.NASB1995

🌹Amen! 🙌

Have a wonderful weekend.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

New Clothes

Jun27

We have been created in the image of God but the flesh is defiled by sin. The sin that forgets we are not God. We are not our own. The sin that blinds us to think we don’t need God. The sin that turns our thoughts, motives, desires to ourselves when God has for us all we need, all we could ever want – all of His love, mercy, grace, provision, direction, counsel, and the forgiveness of turning away from all He wants us to be, what He created us to be.

But God .  .  .

made a way for us to be renewed, refeshed, changed into the image of Himself that He created us to be through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Ask God to clothe you in His righteousness.

and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
Ephesians 4:24 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.4.24.NASB1995

Know the God who created you.
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🌹and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him—
Colossians 3:10 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.3.10.NASB1995

Let God bless you.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

God Created You

Jun26

God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them;
Genesis 1:27-28a NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.1.27-28.NASB1995

God created you! Yes, YOU!!! And you were created in His image. My mind cannot grasp the fact of being made in the image of God, spiritual beings given life through Him, in His image. God has blessed us with life. God loved His creation so much that He wanted more like Him to bless.

‭As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.”
Genesis 9:7 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.9.7.NASB1995

Can you grasp what a wonderful creation you are?

Pray:
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For You (God) formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.
Psalms 139:13-14 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.139.13-14.NASB1995

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.
Psalms 139:17-18 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.139.17-18.NASB1995

🌹God loves you, His precious creation.
How are you honoring God with the life He gave you?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

In Need?

Jun25

Striving? Struggling? Disconnected? Hurting? Lost?

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Philippians 4:6 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/php.4.6.NASB1995

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
James 1:5 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.1.5.NASB1995

I know, O Lord, that a man’s way is not in himself, Nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.
Jeremiah 10:23 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.10.23.NASB1995

Commit your works to the Lord And your plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:3 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.16.3.NASB1995

‭The way of the righteous is smooth; O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level.
Isaiah 26:7 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.26.7.NASB1995

🌹“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
1 Chronicles 28:9 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1ch.28.9.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Seeking Wisdom?

Jun24

For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2:6 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.2.6.NASB1995

‭In 1 Kings 3, Solomon, the son of David, was a little child when he became King in place of his father. God spoke with Solomon and said, “ask what you wish Me to give you.” Solomon requested an understanding heart to judge the Lord’s people to discern between good and evil. It was pleasing in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing. “God said to him, ‘Because you have asked for yourself discernment to understand justice, behold, I have done according to your words. Behold, I have given you a wise and discerning heart,'”

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.
James 3:17 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.3.17.NASB1995

🌹But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
James 1:5 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.1.5.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Humbled

Jun21

“Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge?
Now gird up your loins like a man, And I (The Lord God) will ask you, and you instruct Me!

Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding,
Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it?
On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,
When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
“Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;
When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,
And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors,
And I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop’?
Job 38:2-11 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/job.38.2-11.NASB1995

Mighty is our God! Creator of all! To God be the glory!! I am silenced before Him.

(Recommended reading: Job 38:1-41; Job 39:1-30)

‭🌹“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who reproves God answer it.”
Job 40:2 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/job.40.2.NASB1995

Continually Seeking

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org