Hebrews 6:19 “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus, who went before us entered on our behalf. He is our high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
The Scene: A Kansas limestone post rock in a park, appears as the number one, with linked chain attached.
Our Lord is solid as a rock, we can depend on Him. Like the chains in the picture, we can stay connected to Jesus our Rock. He said in His Word,”Fear not for I am with you.” Trust in Him. This world will let you down.
Isaiah 41:10“So do not fear, for I am with you: do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
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1 Samuel 14:6-7 “Jonathan said to his young armor bearer, ‘Come let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised fellows. Perhaps the Lord will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.'”
The Scene: A shield – a symbol representing God’s protection for us.
Like Jonathan’s armor-bearer the Holy Spirit is with us. He carries us and helps us put on His protective armor. He goes before us as our armor-bearer. The Holy Spirit said, “I am with you, heart and soul.”
Our job is to be obedient to God’s call, putting on the whole armor of God as an act of faith. (See Ephesians 6:10-11) God goes before His children and fights our spiritual battles. We, however, are called to stand and be courageous and must be as might warriors– then we must stand and be still.
Exodus 14:14 “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
God’s Word is truth. His promises are true. We need only obey. Our job is to pray and praise our Lord for the victory.
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Revelation 3:21 ” To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne.”
The Scene: A comfortable lounge chair–representing the throne of Jesus in our hearts
Ephesians 3:16-18 “I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and how long and how deep is the love of Christ, ”
Our body, the temple of the Holy Spirit–He dwells in us to encourage us and help us in our time of need.
John 14:20 “On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.”
We need but ask and He will be with us, for us, in our home within us, as we, His children, are the temples of the Holy Spirit.
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Psalm 127:1 “Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.”
The Scene: A well-built cabin in a peaceful setting–rolling hills in the background with 3 birds overlooking the scene, symbolic of the holy Trinity.
Psalm 121:1“I lift up my eyes to the hills—where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.”
The flesh wants to be in control. Control too often appears to a person as,”Here, let me help and let’s get this done, now.” The Scripture tells us, “Unless the Lord builds,” (leads) we should not expect good results, nor good results when we try to take the lead without God’s help.
Isaiah 41:1 “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
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1 Corinthians 3:11“For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.”
Building a strong foundation in a Christian’s life, at the beginning of our Christian walk, will produce great results for the Christian and for the Kingdom of God.
The Scene: The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy): the tower is an attraction, a curiosity, but its original purpose has been abandoned. Form follows function, a theory credited to the father of the modern skyscraper, Lewis H. Sullivan,* an American architect of the 19th Century. L.H. Sullivan was thought to be the first person to put to use building materials of structural steel framing, embedded in deep concrete piers and footings, upon which the steel beams could rest. This allowed the walls to be small, narrow, compared to the old wall made of rock. This, in turn, allowed for tall buildings to be built upon smaller spaces. * The real theorist was a Roman architect named Marcus Vitruvius who said a building needs three elements: 1) be solid 2) be useful 3) be beautiful.
Matthew 7:24-27“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
We become living structures, called, chosen by God. The Christian foundation is built on God’s Holy Word, which helps people who follow Jesus Christ to be faithful. There are some that believe “function follows form” and have buildings that are less functional/ useful than they could be; so it is with people who choose not to follow God’s Word as He wrote it.
1 Peter 2:4-5” As you come to him, the living Stone–rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him–you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”
1 Timothy 6:18-19 “Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.”
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Matthew 5:14-15“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.”
The Scene: A peaceful scene of a meandering stream, the sound of the trickling waters— representation of God’s peace, His living water flowing through a peaceful land.
“Be in peace, My people,” the Lord said. ” For when you lose your peace the enemy, the devil, can come in like a flood, to steal, kill and destroy. Loss of your peace shows lack of trust in Me.”
Isaiah 48:18 “If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea.”
The Lord says, “You can find Me easily when at peace. In unrest you move away from Me. Follow after peace and stay near to Me, for these are perilous times.*
*peril: imminent danger, exposure to risk. (Merriam-Webster dictionary)
Psalm 34:14 “Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.”
Give Jesus all praise in all circumstances and the enemy must flee.
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Job 26:7-8 “He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing. He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.”
The Scene: God’s creation–sun, clouds, earth created for His glory. The light of His glory shines behind the clouds and spills forth, all around.
Acts 17:27 “God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.”
Of his omniscience:
Psalm 19:1-2” The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.”
Of His divinepower:
Psalm 62:2-3 “I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.”
Mark 4:39” He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, ‘Quiet! Be still!’ Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.'” (Jesus, the Son of God, speaking)
Hebrews 11:3 “By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what is visible.” Romans 9:20-21He is AlmightyGod:
“But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this? Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?'”
Job 26:14” And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”
Every day we can look around and see God’s hand at work.
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Revelation 7:17 “For the lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water.”
The Scene: A gushing steam– the water gushes over the waterfall. And the Lord Jesus said,”More than enough; living water for the soul, the spirit and the body.”
Psalm 34:9-10 “Fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing. The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.”
The Lord, through His Word tells His people (true believers in Jesus Christ, the Son of God.) I AM the Great Provider. I AM the God of no lack. His supply is inexhaustible.
John 4:10 “Jesus answered her, ‘If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.'”
NOTE: As an added study and blessing read Ezekiel 47:1-12 which is a type and shadow of Christ, the temple and the living waters that flow out of the threshold of the temple in heaven.
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Matthew 5:14-15 ” You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to every one in the house.”
The Scene: The sun brightly shining–a symbol of what God’s children, true believers in Him, must be like in a darkened world. We are to shine like the sun and stand out in a fallen world as God’s example of holy living.
1 Peter 2:9” But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praise of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”
So we are to walk as light, as Jesus Christ our Lord is light.
Proverbs 4:18 “The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.”
Christians can and do make a difference in a darkened world. As this world continues to get darker, the world will look to the light for help and to bring mankind into repentance and salvation.
We have been commanded by our heavenly Commander-In-Chief to “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.” Mark 16:15
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Matthew 6:25, 30-33 “Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, the body more important than clothes? v.30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry,saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”
“My people are in fear too much,” said the Lord.
The Scene: Stacks of money, representing the wealth and treasure of the world system.
The world tells God’s people, believers in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, “Put your trust in many things, such as, gold, real estate, bonds, cash in the bank, worldly wisdom, ” which then brings on worry about how to hold on to worldly possessions, or that they do not have enough. The truth is they fail to recognize and thank the Giver.
NOTE:Judges 21 Tells the story of the Israelites, how they lost over 40,000 men in two battles, yet they won their third battle, because they called on God and put their trust in Him. They defeated their enemies, the Benjamites (25,000 killed) Before the last battle, the Israelites stopped and prayed, fasted, and held a fellowship offering, then gave God praise for what He was about to do for them.
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