October 18, 2007
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GOD: A VERY PRESENT HELP
Welcome! Blessings!!!
When Christians speak of their present troubles, they often speak in respect to God as if He will help them eventually. Their statements suggest that somewhere near the end of it all, God will arrive on the scene and bring them out. They talk as if the Lord is not helping them at that moment.
Do we realize that if the Lord weren’t our help that we would be utterly consumed? It doesn’t have to be a big problem; in fact, it doesn’t even have to be a problem at all. Without Jesus, we would be swallowed up by life but with Him, we’re enjoying and benefiting from it!!! Bless His holy name!!!
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and our strength:
Why face things on your own;
When you can safely hide in Him,
And never be alone?
God is a very present help:
Why do you hesitate;
And act like trouble disappears
If you procrastinate?
God is our refuge and our strength;
A very present help:
So, don’t wait too late to ask of Him
Or try things by yourself!
Lamentations 3:
21 – This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22 – It is of the LORD‘s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.
23 – They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness.
Psalm 124:
1 – If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
2 – If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
3 – Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
4 – Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
5 – Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
6 – Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 – Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8 – Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Be Immediately Encouraged!
Pam
