Psalm 35:5-10

5 Your unfailing love, O LORD, is as vast as the heavens;

your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds.

6 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,

your justice like the ocean depths. You care for people and animals alike, O LORD.

7 How precious is your unfailing love, O God!

All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of your wings.

8 You feed them from the abundance of your own house,

letting them drink from your rivers of delight.

9 For you are the fountain of life, the light by which we see.

10 Pour out your unfailing love on those who love you;

 give justice to those with honest hearts. (NLT)

It is God who supplies everything. It is He who feeds you, it is He who provides for you, it is He who loves you and pours love into you and you have what you have from His abundance. God is your fountain of life and it is from Him that you have life. It is God who provided a way for you to come back to Him through the death, burial and resurrection of His Son Jesus Christ. You where wonderfully created by God for God and you are His Master Piece. Read these verses again and again, God loves you.

God’s unfailing love for you is as vast as the heavens (which is unending).

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Psalms 33:18-22

18 But the LORD watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his unfailing love.

19 He rescues them from death and keeps them alive in times of famine.

20 We depend on the LORD alone to save us. Only he can help us, protecting us like a shield.

21 In him our hearts rejoice, for we are trusting in his holy name.

22 Let your unfailing love surround us, LORD, for our hope is in you alone.  (NLT)

Our hope is to be in the LORD and the LORD alone. It is He who sustains us, protects us, helps us and saves us. Place your heart into His loving hands and let Him have His way for in so doing our hearts will rejoice.

The Love of the Lord is Everlasting.

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Psalm 33:13-15

13 The LORD looks down from heaven and sees the whole human race.

14 From his throne he observes all who live on the earth.

15 He made their hearts, so he understands everything they do. (NLT)

There is nothing that the Lord does not know, He knows everything and He knows the condition of the entire human race. He looks down from His throne not with disgust, but with love. He loves His creation because He is love. He made your heart and your heart was made to love as He loves. He understands everything about you, why you do what you do and He loves everything about you. He sent Jesus to demonstrate that love to everyone. Jesus did not come to condemn the world but to show the world how much the Father loves His creation. Jesus died for this world so that those who would believe would know the love of the Father. Love was meant to be given away and as you give it away God pours more into your life to overflowing.

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Psalm 32:6-11

6 Therefore, let all the godly confess their rebellion to you while there is time, that they may not drown in the floodwaters of judgment.

7 For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory.

8 The LORD says, "I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.

9 Do not be like a senseless horse or mule that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control."

10 Many sorrows come to the wicked, but unfailing love surrounds those who trust the LORD.

11 So rejoice in the LORD and be glad, all you who obey him! Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure! (NLT)

In obedience there is peace and joy. When we obey the Lord and give Him control of our lives He gives us so much more. Sin brings enslavement and bondage, but obedience to God brings freedom. When we obey God even the most difficult things brings joy and gladness. When we sin God does not leave us, but lets us do things our way so that we can learn to trust Him and not ourselves. God’s way is always better than our way. Our way brings pain, sorrow and trouble but God’s way brings victory over sin and death. This victory gives us hope and that hope is in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross. So rejoice in the LORD and be glad, all you who obey Him! Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure!

Unfailing love surrounds those who trust the Lord.

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Psalm 32:1-5

1 Oh, what joy for those whose rebellion is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight!

2 Yes, what joy for those whose record the LORD has cleared of sin, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!

3 When I refused to confess my sin, I was weak and miserable, and I groaned all day long.

4 Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat.

5 Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide them. I said to myself, "I will confess my rebellion to the LORD." And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone. (NLT)

You cannot hide your sin from the Lord, He sees everything you do and He knows your motives behind every decision you make. The Lord cannot be fooled for He created you and knows everything about you. To hide your sin only brings misery to you and to those around you. God disciplines you because He loves you and knows what is best for you. For we have all sinned and fallen short but God has made a way to Him through Jesus Christ, He has placed the Holy Spirit within us to convict us of our sins and to draw us back to Christ. Therefore confess your sins to Him, not a blanked confession but confess each sin specifically. Then turn from your sin and turn to following Christ.

When God forgives all your guilt is gone.

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Psalms 31:23-24

23 Love the LORD, all you faithful ones! For the LORD protects those who are loyal to him, but he harshly punishes all who are arrogant.

24 So be strong and take courage, all you who put your hope in the LORD! (NLT)

Sometimes we need to ask ourselves tough questions. Are you loyal to the Lord Jesus Christ? Life can be very busy and Satan wants nothing more than to see you being too busy to serve the Lord. The Apostle Paul tells you to examine yourselves and it is important to do just that. Are you doing things in your own strength or are you relying on the Lord? Do not be arrogant but humble yourself before the Lord and be loyal to Him and Him alone. Place your hope in the Lord for it is the only true place of hope.

Be Strong and take Courage.

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Psalm 27:13 - 14

13 Yet I am confident that I will see the LORD's goodness while I am here in the land of the living.

14 Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD. (NLT)

Yes we will see the Lord’s goodness in our life here in the land of the living. We will have ups and downs in life, but the Lord’s goodness is upon us because He lives within us. Therefore you can be very confident in the Lord for the work He is doing in you and through you.

Be patient and not in a hurry for the scripture says that good things come to those who wait upon the Lord. All things will be done in God’s time not ours, so patiently wait on Him. When we do things in our own strength, in our own time and our own way we can really mess things up. Then we have to turn to the Lord, say we messed up, then the Lord has to clean up our mess and it just takes longer. Wait on the Lord.

Be Brave and Courageous.

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