Psalm 8

Psalm 8

O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;

What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?

Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty!

You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,

All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field, The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

(Majestic: regal, royal, grand, stately, magnificent, splendid)

Follow the link, turn up the volume, close your eyes and listen to Keith Green's song of Psalm 8  as you worship our Majestic Lord God Almighty.

How Majestic Is Thy Name - Keith Green

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydvVNE36oyY

for your consideration and ponderment....

Brethren and sisters doing underground work have a special mentality, difficult for those leading an ordinary life to grasp. 

A woman who was asked if she did not fear the terrible danger of being apprehended and tortured replied, "I surely would not like our work to be discovered. As for my person, it is something else. Torturers are men who would never go to church, read a holy book, or frequent the homes of believers. Their only chance to be saved is to have a Christian prisoner before them, to speak to them about Christ with love, even while being beaten. Throughout church history, many saints have brought their tormentors to heaven."

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The Passover Lamb of God

As another Passover is celebrated
The foreshadowing of what was to come
Celebrating a future fulfillment of the promise
A promise made from the foundation of the world
The Passover Lamb of God

His broken body would be pierced for our transgressions
He would be crushed for our iniquities
By His scourging we would be healed
He would be poured out even to death for our sin
His blood would be shed to overcome death’s sting
The Passover Lamb of God

And yet, He was despised and forsaken of men
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him
The Passover Lamb of God

The Righteous One who came to serve
His sacrifice made, the price paid that many might be set free
Redemption accomplished through an act of His loving-kindness
Grace and mercy interceding for our transgressions
The Passover Lamb of God

Salvation is among us, liberty and life anew
Rejoice for He has risen, Rejoice for He is alive
Our Passover Lamb of God
Our Redeemer, Our Savior, Our Lord
Jesus 

based on a book...

Christianity is based on a book. 

It centers in a Person. 

It expresses itself in a message. 

It authenticates itself in an experience.

That basic book is the Bible. 

That central Person is Jesus.

That expressive message is the Gospel. 

That authenticating experience is the new birth.

Think here about that basic book. Christianity stands or falls with the Bible. It is no use saying, as the liberalists or modernists do, that so long as we have Jesus we do not need an infallibly inspired Bible.

Nay, all that we know authentically about the Lord Jesus we owe, and shall keep on owing, to the Bible. To say that so long as we have Jesus we do not need the Bible is about equal to saying that so long as we have the sunshine we don't need the sun.

I have said it many a time, and am surer of it than ever, that the life and death issue of Christianity is the inspiration and authority of the Bible.

If the Bible is uniquely and inerrantly inspired, then we have certainty; we may know real truth about God, about man, about origins, about morals, about the race's future, and about human destiny on the other side of the grave But if the Bible is not the uniquely and inerrantly inspired Word of God, then (let us be blunt) we do not have certified truth about God, about man, about origins, about morals, about the race's future, or about human destiny in the hereafter: we are only groping.

If the Bible is provenly inspired by the divine Spirit, then Christian theology is truly a science, for by it we may truly "know". But if the Bible is anything less than provably inspired, then Christian theology instead of being "the queen of the sciences", is merely religious philosophy and human speculation.

-- J. Sidlow Baxter (1903-1999, Our Bible: The Most Critical Issue)

now is the time

Another day, another week, another month....the trials and tribulations continue, seemingly mounting as time proceeds. The condition of man reflects the hardness of his heart and the brokenness that creates his bondage.

So the question my friends is 'what is the answer'?

The answer is the same today as it has always been - Jesus Christ our Lord. Seek Him with your whole heart, mind and soul and allow the Holy Spirit to fill you completely....now is the time to worship.

a refuge in times of trouble

Right now America is under a "signature judgment" of God. Signature judgments bear a special mark of God in that they mirror the sins committed against Him. As these judgments take place before our very eyes, our only answer is to have Jesus as our shield. Run today to meet Him in the secret closet of prayer. Let your roots go down deep into Him and know that He will keep you in all circumstances.

The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee" 

(Psalm 9:8-10). 

David Wilkerson

quote for the week

Jesus, I need You. I need to be forgiven and loved by You. I confess all my sin and stubbornness. I've neglected You, Lord. I've not put You first and from this day on, I make You my life, my everything.

David Wilkerson