JESUS IS OUR PROTECTION!!

Psalm 23:4 –  Devotional

Psalm 23:4

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.”

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

– – – Pastor Cecil

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A GLIMPSE OF GLORY!

Psalm 27:5 – Devotional

Psalm 27:5

“For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion: in the secret of His tabernacle shall He hide me; He shall set me up upon a rock.”

Just because we are promised that God will protect us does not mean that we are not going to pass through times of pain and suffering. It has always been true that the times of our most effective witness for the Lord is when we are suffering the most.

Please keep in mind the reality that while God never promises to remove us from the times of pain and suffering, He does promise to be with us in the midst of our pain and suffering!

I frequently bring to mind the stoning of Stephen. God was certainly able to remove Stephen from the pain of his suffering, but without it we no doubt would never hear his glorious testimony.

God gave Stephen a glimpse of glory in the midst of his stoning. I am sure he would tell us that the stones that took his life were of little significance when the Lord parted the curtains of heaven to give him a glimpse of glory. I pray that the Lord will give each of us a glimpse of glory this day!

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

– – – Pastor Cecil

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JOY TO THE WORLD!

Psalm 98:4 – Devotional

Psalm 98:4​

“Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.”

Throughout Scripture we are called upon to make a joyful noise before the Lord. In Psalm 98, all of creation is called upon to make a joyful noise to the Lord. All around us we see the hand of a loving God who cared enough about us to send His own dear Son into the world to provide us with salvation.

This beautiful hymn was written by Isaac Watts. As we read and listen to the words of this moving Christmas hymn, we need to stop and ask ourselves if we are making a joyful noise before the Lord or just making noise.

“JOY TO THE WORLD!”

Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.

Joy to the world, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.

No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found
Far as, far as, the curse is found

He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.

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Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!

– – – Pastor Cecil

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SEARCH ME-KNOW ME-LEAD ME!

Psalm 139:23-24 – Devotional

Psalm 139:23-24

“Search me, O God, and know my heart: test me, and know my thoughts: and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

Life is not a sprint, it is a marathon! Consistency in our walk with the Lord should be based upon a steady and solid understanding that God has beautifully provided a guide for our life – the Bible.

I am reminded of a quartet that had a song in their program that required them to search the congregation for the Solid Rock. That Solid Rock was the Bible. In one church they sadly hit a snag. As they searched row after row they found no Bible! They even went into the pastor’s study and could not find a Bible. They finally had to improvise and simply sing that it is God’s Word that is the Solid Rock!

As born again believers we need to spend more quality time with our noses in our Bible. Stop to pray the words we are reading. Make an effort to memorize those passages that have special meaning for us.

As we sincerely desire for God to become more and more real in our life, we will desire more time allowing Him to search us, know us and lead us! “Lead on dear Lord, we are listening!”

Blessings dear heart! Walk with God today and be a blessing!

– – – Pastor Cecil

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CONSUMED BY GOD’S WORD!

Psalm 119:13 – Devotional

Psalm 119:13

“My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten Your words. Your word is very pure; therefore Your servant loves it.”

It’s that time of year when the temperature can dip to near 32 degrees. That is my signal that I can start using my wood stove. There is something about the heat emanating from my small stove that seems to wrap the entire house in comfort.

Over the years I have often been struck with the way wood is consumed by the fire. I light the fire by using small kindling and progressively adding larger pieces of wood. A log on the coals is gradually … Consumed!

I am reminded that we have choices in our spiritual life. We can either be consumed in serving the Lord or rotting out in our original condition. I like to think of it as either burning up or rotting out.

I would rather live my life in such a way that I am consumed in serving God so that I leave nothing but a bit of ashes. The alternative is to burn out and remain a charred and ugly block of wood. We have enough ugly blocks already. What we need to see are more ashes left by people who have burned brightly for the Lord and slipped into eternity having been consumed with the zeal for the Lord.

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

– – – Pastor Cecil

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CHEW THE CUD!

Psalm 1:1-2 – Devotional

Psalm 1:1-2

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night.”

In my book, “Life Is A Blast” I recall a cow our family owned when I was a boy. Her name was Blossom and she was a gentle creature. I was too young to milk her, but I enjoyed spending time with her.

One of the things that I found fascinating about Blossom was the way she chewed the cud. She would chew and chew her hay then swallow it. After a short time there would be a rumble and she would burp up some of the partially digested hay and chew it again. It is the way with cows to process their food in order to internalize it.

It is interesting that the word (meditate) in the original Hebrew tongue means to rumble or growl, but also to muse or think deeply. In my mind as we read these two verses that begin the Book of Psalms, we are called to bring the words up over and over again until they become part of our being.

Here is the vital question—are we spending the time chewing on God’s Word in order for it to dwell in us completely? Do we appropriate the deep meaning of the word and allow it to make our life complete? Let us chew the cud of God’s word!

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

– – – Pastor Cecil

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