Security

Security
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

The financial lessons of the past year have been good reminders for all of us that the financial world is unpredictable and unstable. If our hope, our trust, our future, and our security are tied to the financial world, then we have reason to be troubled.

We are living in times of great uncertainty. The Bible makes it clear that there is only one thing that cannot be shaken; it is the Kingdom of God. Everything about His Kingdom is solid, unmovable, unshakeable, incorruptible, and undefiled. The wise person is one who is building his life on the person of Jesus Christ, on the truth of His words, and on the reality of His Kingdom.

In the uncertain times in which we are living, God wants us to live as people of faith and not people of “sight”. We are to be people who live amidst fear, yet have peace; people who live amidst sorrow, yet have joy; people who live amidst trouble, yet have comfort; people who live amidst uncertainties, yet have hope.

People of faith in God are not people who have found a way to avoid uncertainties or escape trouble. They are people who have learned to live in this world, but not be of it; to face difficulties and overcome them; to face hardships and walk through them. God is their security.

Their trust is in God’s character, their confidence is in God’s ways, their hope is in God’s promises, their joy is in God’s presence, their strength is in God’s power, their stability is in God’s kingdom.

In an uncertain world, God is the God of certainties. The certainties of God provide the anchor for every believer’s soul.  They pave the path for the pilgrim on his journey home; they are the covering for the soldier as he goes into battle; they are the blueprints that the carpenter uses to build his house; they are the track shoes that the sprinter uses as he runs for the finish line; they are the seeds that the gardener sows into the good soil of his heart as he awaits the final harvest.

At any given time the news reminds us that there is much to be troubled and worried about in the world today, but when our lives have been placed in the security of God’s hands we can live in the confidence and security of His covering over us.

One of the many reasons why we can be confident and secure in God’s hands is that we are the Lord’s. His promises to us in His Word affirm that He knows us deeply and intimately, and cares for us as only a Creator can…

You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!
I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me! (Psalm 139:15-18 NLT)
 
I no longer call you slaves, for a master doesn’t confide in his slaves; now you are my friends, proved by the fact that I have told you everything the Father told me. “You didn’t choose me! I chose you! I appointed you to go and produce lovely fruit always, so that no matter what you ask for from the Father, using my name, he will give it to you” (John 15:15-16 TLB).

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Scriptures to Encourage Us in Prayer, Part 3

Scriptures to Encourage Us in Prayer, Part 3

Compiled by Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Results through Prayer
 
‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know’ (Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV).

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us… (Ephesians 3:20 NKJV).
 
Prayer in Times of Trouble

‘Call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, 
and thou shalt glorify Me.’ (Psalm 50:15 KJV).
 
‘He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him’ (Psalm 91:15 KJV).
 
For I cried to Him and He answered me! He freed me from all my fears (Psalm 34:4 TLB).

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Timely Tidbits of Truth 71, Rejoice

Timely Tidbits of Truth 71, Rejoice
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow
 
Rejoice in the Lord always, again I will say, rejoice! (Philippians 4:4 NKJV).
 
Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls (1 Peter 1:8-9 NKJV).
 
To rejoice is to live in daily celebration of the Lord. We are to rejoice, not in the circumstances of life, but in the Lord of life. We are to rejoice evermore because He is forever true, forever holy, forever good.
 
I love the way old hymn writers celebrated the Lord through their words and music. Below you will find a small sampling of what their hearts have passed on to ours as a legacy of praise and rejoicing. Please add a stanza (or verse) from your favorite hymn or worship song of celebration in the comments.

Hymns of Praise
 
All people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;
Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell,
Come ye before Him, and rejoice.
For why? The Lord our God is good,
His mercy is forever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.
-William Kethe
 
Let ever act of worship be
Like our espousals, Lord, to Thee;
Like the blest hour when from above
We first received the pledge of love.
Let every moment, as it flies,
Increase Thy praise, improve our joys,
Till we are raised to sing Thy name,
At the great supper of the Lamb.
-Isaac Watts
 
Awake, my tongue; awake, my lyre:
With morning’s earliest dawn arise;
To songs of joy my soul inspire,
And swell your music to the skies.
With those who in Thy grace abound,
To Thee I’ll raise my thankful voice;
Till every land the earth around,
Shall hear, and in Thy name rejoice.
-William Wrangham

His kingdom cannot fail;
He rules o’er the earth and heaven;
The keys of death and hell
Are to our Jesus given.
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!
Rejoice in glorious hope!
Our Lord, the Judge shall come,
And take His servants up
To their eternal home.
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!
-Charles Wesley

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Prayer of Healing

Prayer of Healing
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Father, You are the Almighty One! Nothing is impossible or too hard for You.

You are Healer God (Jehovah-Rapha). That is Your name. You make bitter things sweet, You revive the old and make things new, You take the things that were lost and restore them. You come with healing in Your wings. You send forth Your word and we are made whole.
You speak and wonders happen; You work and miracles take place; You touch with Your hand and new things begin—You turn ashes into beauty and give the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. You are the One who forgives all our iniquities and heals all our diseases.

You are the One who sent Your Son, Jesus Christ, and anointed Him with the power of the Holy Spirit. He went about doing good, healing all who came to Him, and delivered all who were oppressed by the devil because You were with Him. It is by His stripes we are healed.

I receive from You all that You are and all Your Son has provided for me through His death and resurrection. Come now with healing in Your wings.
...
Jesus keep me near the cross,
there a precious fountain.
Free to all a healing stream
Flows from Calvary’s mountain.
-Fanny Crosby

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Scriptures to Encourage Us in Prayer, Part 2

Scriptures to Encourage Us in Prayer, Part 2

Compiled by Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Confidence In Prayer

And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him. And since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for (1 John 5:14-15 NLT).

 

Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need (Hebrews 4:16 NIV).

 

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7 NIV).

 

Fervency In Prayer

 

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints (Ephesians 6:18 KJV).

 

…The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much (James 5:16 KJV).

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