KEEP ME SAFE!

Psalm 119:117 – Devotional

Psalm 119:117

“Hold me up and I will be safe and I will observe Your laws forever.”

When I hear the word “safe” I often imagine a baseball game where the runner slides into home plate while the umpire stands ready to render the verdict as to whether the runner was tagged “out” or was called “safe.”

There are other thoughts that crowd into my mind about being safe. If you have ever been in a small boat on a rough body of water and finally enter a sheltered cove, you would know that you were now safe from the waves.

There are many more circumstances of life when we escape a dangerous episode to a safe place. I guess we could say that this life that we live is a series of dangerous events that threaten us. We need a safe haven, don’t we?

The Psalmist assures us that our safe haven is the Word of God. When we live our life in accordance with His Word, we can know that special peace and safety that surpasses human understanding. Praise the Lord for that PEACE!

May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!

– – – Pastor Cecil

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GOD’S FIRST CLASS TICKET!

Psalm 118:1 – Devotional

Psalm 118:1

“Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good and His mercy endures forever.”

The senseless violence that is rampant around the world can cause us to feel that the forces of hell are winning the battle for men’s souls. In a sense that is true if we look only at the results of sin and not the redemption that God offers.

Years ago I read about a man who was travelling across the Atlantic Ocean on a great liner. He had packed as much food as he could stuff into his suitcase, but it soon ran out and he was week with hunger and the aroma from the dining area almost was more than he could stand.

At last he approached a ship’s steward and asked if he might be able to work at some job in order to be able to earn enough to eat. When the steward examined his ticket he was informed that it entitled him to meals as well as transportation.

How often do we as God’s children, who are on our journey to heaven, live like spiritual paupers? Instead of relishing in the rich spiritual resources God gives to those who have been born again, we live like spiritual beggars. Remember – – Jesus purchased us a first class ticket with His own blood!

May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!

– – – Pastor Cecil

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THERE’S JESUS NOW!

Psalm 49:16-17 – Devotional

Psalm 49:16-17

“Do not be afraid by a rich man, when his riches are increased; for when he dies he shall take nothing with him: his glory shall not accompany him.”

Across the years my wife Joyce and I had the honor of visiting many shrines and tombs of men and women of wealth and prominence. Some of these people were proclaimed atheists or agnostics. It literally broke our hearts to imagine the suffering that greeted them when they breathed their last breath!

Then I recall visiting a small cemetery in Camas, Washington, and standing beside the weathered grave-marker of my beloved grandpa, Earnest Thompson. He is the beloved saint whose last words on this earth were; “Well there’s Jesus now!”

It may have been the Lord who greeted Grandpa Thompson or an angel sent by Jesus to welcome him home to glory, but regardless there was joy and rejoicing in his entrance to eternity.

Across the years of our life we may experience joys as well as sorrows. In either case we need to constantly remind ourselves that the things of this world are only temporary. Our eternal home is waiting for our arrival. That is why we believers can rejoice when a born-again family member marches into glory to be with Jesus and all of the believers who have gone on before us!

May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!

– – – Pastor Cecil

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THE LORD’S DAY!

Psalm 118:24 –  Devotional

Psalm 118:24

“This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it!”

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Blessings dear hearts. Walk with God today and be a blessing!

– – – Pastor Cecil

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