“Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed” (Mic 7:7-11).
“Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him” (Pro 24:15-18).
In this fallen world, the difference between a righteous and an unrighteous man is not whether they fall or not, but rather what they do when they fall. What is their reaction to the fact of having fallen? We are told that the characteristic of a righteous man is that he keeps getting up again after he sins. He gets up seven times. In contrast, when a wicked man falls into sin, he is falling into his native environment.
All men sin, whether saints or sinners. Saints sin and sinners sin. “For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not” (Eccl. 7:20). But this does not mean that there is no difference between them. Far from it. The righteous recoils from the sin that affects him. He detests it. The ungodly man treasures it, and that is why he is headed for calamity and mischief.
“Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen” (Psa 41:9-13).
“Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint” (Isa 40: 28-31).
“And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong” (2Co 12:9-10).
The wisdom of God usually contradicts the wisdom of man. To be strong means to be able to do it all by yourself, without help. It means being able to lift heavy things, to be always in control of one’s emotions, or to be able to run rampant across an enemy, militarily or in business. God even gave this strength as a gift to people, as recorded in the Bible. When people are weak, if they submit to God, He can take over and use His full strength.
I WILL ARISE
I’M ON THE BATTLEFIELD
STEPPING IN THE LIGHT 381
STANDING ON THE PROMISES 161
YOU ARE MY ALL IN ALL
IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL 316
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Candace Hensel, Aliviah and Kaeden, Yolanda Garcia, Tim Allen, Christine Elisabeth, Virginia Lavery and family, Mark Danko, Charlotte. Judith Weir’s mother and daughter, Jim Partain, Nola NZ, Kimberly Palmer, Bro Jim Ludwig an aneurism, Bro Yaqub Sadiq, his wife Shella, his mother Alice Bibi, his brother Hanook, and the Pakistani saints, The youth of this generation, Kim Deese, Jennifer Myers to be cancer free and for mental health problems, Sis Sarah Riley, Ricky Riley, Bro Joey Curcio heart condition, Michael, Dwana Lynn, and Jayce Hartman, Tina Inness for strength, Theresa Hampton had back fusion that didn't take. Paula Schaidt going through depression and anxiety desires to get closer to the Lord, Jenifer Samuel, Shawn Salyer pray for me and my Wife Kathy Salyer she is trying to find a job after she had total knee replacement surgery, Bro Chris Hart kidney infection, Robin Foley and family, Nicola Collison Please pray that we sell Dave Legg’s old driving school car so I can buy another car for me thank you brother Joel. Ruth Leigh Niemeyer, It is finals week for me for school. Please pray that I pass and don’t stress out to much while taking exams. Melanie S Crowe my prodigal son needs to come back to Jesus and me family. My Mom needs healing of dementia- even in her senior years. Wanda Jean Winfrey, Please pray for me.. my husband and me have been separated for five months. I have been taking this really hard. Barbara Carter from Jonesboro, AR. Johna D. Septimo help me pray for a complete healing for my high cholesterol go back to normal and my uric acid go back to
normal, and my son Dave R-nhel complete healing for cough..thank you so much pastor. Lee Ann Oliver MacFeat, Roger Epps wife Cheryl has ALS, Janet Doffee Healing for my eyes macular degeneration please, Lori Campbell, (Bro Larry Danko’s sister) Cancer, Tonya Becker hurt back.
“ But we have tis teasure in earten vessels, tat te excelency of te power may be of God, and not of us. We are toubled on every side, yet not distessed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecutd, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destoyed; Always bearing about in te body te dying of te Lord Jesus, tat te life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For which cause we faint not; but tough our outward man perish, yet te inward man is renewed day by day. For our light afflicton, which is but for a moment, worket for us a far more exceeding and etrnal weight of glory; While we look not at te tings which are seen, but at te tings which are not seen: for te tings which are seen are tmporal; but te tings which are not seen are etrnal. (2Co 4:7-10;16-18).
“ But now tus sait te LORD tat creatd tee, O Jacob, and he tat formed tee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed tee, I have caled tee by ty name; tou art mine. When tou passest trough te watrs, I wil be wit tee; and trough te rivers, tey shal not overflow tee: when tou walkest trough te fire, tou shalt not be burned; neiter shal te flame kindle upon tee. For I am te LORD ty God, te Holy One of Israel, ty Saviour: I gave Egypt for ty ransom, Etiopia and Seba for tee. Since tou wast precious in my sight, tou hast been honourable, and I have loved tee: terefore wil I give men for tee, and people for ty life” (Isa 43:1-4).
“Allowing the pain of personal growth to be a crucible of your spiritthe alchemical grail through which the metal of your former self turns into gold-is one of the highest callings of life. Pain can burn you up and destroy you, or burn you up and redeem you. It can deliver you to an entrenched despair, or deliver you to your higher self. At midlife we decide, consciously or unconsciously, the path of the victim or the path of the phoenix when it is rising up at last. ~
Marianne Williamson~“Perseverance doesn't always mean winning and losing. Perseverance means showing up and rising to the occasion and performing.
~Michael Chiesa~“Still I Rise”
“You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops, Weakened by my soulful cries? Does my haughtiness offend you? Don't you take it awful hard ’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin’ in my own backyard.
You may shoot me with your words You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise I rise I rise”
~Maya Angelou~“Why art tou cast down, O my soul? and why art tou disquietd in me? hope tou in God: for I shal yet praise him for te help of his countnance’ O my God, my soul is cast down witin me: terefore wil
I remember tee fom te land of Jordan, and of te Hermonits, fom te hil Mizar. Deep calet unt deep at te noise of ty watrspouts: al ty waves and ty bilows are gone over me. Yet te LORD wil command his lovingkindness in te daytme, and in te night his song shal be wit me, and my prayer unt te God of my life” (Ps 42:5-8).
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