Names and Needs

Read:  Psalm 144 / Proverbs 30 / Isaiah 4 /Luke 17

Psalm 144:1,2 Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war… my fingers to fight: my goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

Proverbs 30:4,5 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended?...  what is his name… his son's name, if thou canst tell?  he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Isaiah 4:2,6 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious… and there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

Luke 17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

The names of Christ address my needs:

He is my Fortress and my Shield. 

My risen Shepherd safely leads,

And by His stripes I have been healed. 

A Shadow in the daytime heat,

A Covert from the storm and rain,

There is no other name so sweet! 

To live is Christ; to die is gain.  

Will it be Well?

Read:  Psalm 143 / Proverbs 29 / Isaiah 3 /Luke 16

Psalm 143:8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Isaiah 3:10,11 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Luke 16:22,23 The rich man also died, and was buried; and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham. 

The Lord has caused our ears to hear

His lovingkindness every morning.

His Gospel makes our vision clear

And saves those who will heed His warning. 

Because our Lord was sacrificed,
We trust Him, and it shall be well. 

But woe to those rejecting Christ,

For no one else can save from hell! 

Christ Cared

Read:  Psalm 142 / Proverbs 28 / Isaiah 2 /Luke 15

Psalm 142:4,5 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

Proverbs 28:26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

Isaiah 2:22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Luke 15:18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee.

I knew that I was not prepared
To go into eternity.

I looked around, but no man cared,

And every refuge failed me. 

At last I cried to God above

And found in Jesus Christ my peace.

Wherein is man accounted of?

Praise God whose mercies never cease!