Fret-Free Friday: Have Faith

Fret-Free Friday: Have Faith (Fret Buster 9)
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

The likeness of the firmament above the heads of the living creatures was like the color of an awesome crystal, stretched out over their heads...And when they stood still, they let down their wings. A voice came from above the firmament that was over their heads; whenever they stood, they let down their wings (Ezekiel 1:22-25). (emphasis added)

"Flapping wings" is a good picture of activity. It can be good activity—even activity in diong the Lord's work. However, we all need times when we quiet ourselves before the Lord. "Letting down the wings" means quieting ourselves and being still before the Lord so we can hear His voice. It's a very good thing to be still and know that He is God. We need to become good listeners.

Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid (Isaiah 12:2). 

Have faith in His wisdom to guide,

in His love to direct,

in His power to sustain,

in His faithfulness to fulfill.

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This post originally appeared in Roy Lessin's book "Fret Busters" published by Harvest House Publishers. The book is exclusively available through Blessings Marketplace at a discounted price of $7.99 each +shipping. You can contact them by text any time, or call 318-323-7440 Tuesday-Saturday 10 am-6 pm. They are located at 110 Splane Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291.

The e-book is available through your favorite e-book online retailer.

©2015, 2021 Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow. All rights reserved.

Jesus' Three Greatest Triumphs; A Resurrection Devotion

Jesus’ Three Greatest Triumphs
-Roy Lessin

Triumph #1
Jesus Won

Jesus’ victory on the cross was the victory of all victories. No one on earth or in the heavens could have done it. No way! Impossible! If Jesus lost, all was lost, and we would be without salvation. 

Jesus defeated every enemy—sin, death, hell; 
every foe—Satan, demons, principalities; 
every dominion—kingdoms of the world, powers of evil, strongholds of darkness.

Forgiveness is ours, deliverance is ours, redemption is ours, and hope is ours because Jesus won!

Christ has utterly wiped out the damning evidence of broken laws and commandments which always hung over our heads, and completely annulled it by nailing it over his own head on the cross. And then, having drawn the sting of all the powers ranged against us, he exposed them, shattered, empty and defeated, in his final glorious triumphant act! -Colossians 2:14-15 Phillips

Triumph #2
Jesus is Winning

Today, Jesus brings His victory to our defeated lives. He who overcame every enemy now lives His overcoming life in us. In our spiritual warfare He is winning the fight, in our defenselessness He is our armor, in a world that is falling apart He is our solid rock and sure foundation. 

Jesus has not left us alone, but has sent the Holy Spirit to fill us, empower us, and equip us. It is the Holy Spirit in us who is making it possible for us to walk in Jesus’ winning ways. 

Thanks be to God who leads us, wherever we are, on Christ’s triumphant way and makes our knowledge of Him spread throughout the world like a lovely perfume!
-2 Corinthians 2:14 Phillips 

May He effect in you everything that pleases Him through Jesus Christ. 
-Hebrews13:21 Phillips 

Triumph #3
Jesus Wins

For all who wonder what the future holds, it is this...Jesus wins! He who has won on the cross, who is winning in us by the Holy Spirit’s presence, will reveal His majesty over all things when He comes again. It is then, when every eye shall see Him that He will reign upon the earth. What a day! What a triumph it will be! 

It is Jesus’ name that every tongue shall confess. It is King Jesus to whom every knee shall bend. All things will be under Jesus’ feet. He will rule with righteous authority. The rod of iron will be in His hand.  It is Jesus who will have the final say. He is the first and the last. He has the keys of Hades and death. He alone will be worthy to take the scroll and open its seals. He alone is worthy to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing. His win will be forever! 

It is done! I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the thirsty water without price from the fountain of life. The victorious shall inherit these things. -Revelation 21:6-7 Phillips 
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©2021 Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow. Photo by Marina Bromley. Used with permission. All rights reserved.

My Monday Prayer: A Prayer of Release

Our Monday postings are presently focused on prayer. Not teachings or meditations on prayer, but actual prayers based upon God’s Word. We encourage you to pray each prayer by faith for your own life, and for the life of a loved one or friend...It could be just the prayer they need this coming week...it could be just the prayer WE need. 

-Marina and Roy
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My Monday Prayer: A Prayer of Release
-Roy Lessin

I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until the day of his return. 2 Timothy 1:12 NLT

Heavenly Father, I release to You the burdens that I have been carrying, burdens that You never intended for me to carry. I cast all my cares upon You—all my worries, all my fears. You have told me not be anxious about anything, but rather to bring everything to You in prayer with thankfulness.

Father, calm my restless spirit, quiet my anxious heart, still my troubling thoughts with the assurance that You are in control. I let go of my grip upon the things I have been hanging onto, with opened hands I come to You. I release to Your will all that I am trying to manipulate; I release to Your authority all that I am trying to control; I release to Your timing all that I have been striving to make happen.

I thank You for Your promise to sustain me, preserve me, and guard all that I have entrusted to Your keeping. Protect my heart and mind with Your peace, the peace that passes all understanding. Father, may Your will be done in my life, in Your time, and in Your way.

Scriptures: Psalm 55:22, 1 Peter 5:7, Philippians 4:6, Matthew 6, Isaiah 26:3, Luke 11:2
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#prayer #mondayprayer #meetinginthemeadow

©2021 Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow. Photo by Marina Bromley, used with permission. All rights reserved.

Fret-Free Friday: "Will Be"

Fret-Free Friday: "Will Be"
-Roy Lessin, Fret Busters

"Will Be!"
Not "might be."
Not "could be."

What a blessed reality; what a magnificent truth; what a hope-filled promise from the God of all hope. His "will be" is our hope in dark times, troubled times, uncertain times, changing times. So what "will be"?

He will be!
His return will be!
His reign will be!
His righteousness will be. 
Your place with Him will be.
Your inheritance in Him will be.

The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here.
-Romans 13:12 NLT
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Keep this
HOPE
in your heart.

Keep the

DAY
of
SALVATION
in your planner.

Keep this
LIGHT
in your eye.

#fretfreefriday #fretbusters #meetinginthemeadow #willbe

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This post originally appeared in Roy Lessin's book "Fret Busters" published by Harvest House Publishers. The book is exclusively available through Blessings Marketplace at a discounted price of $7.99 each +shipping. You can contact them by text any time, or call 318-323-7440 Tuesday-Saturday 10 am-6 pm. They are located at 110 Splane Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291.

The e-book is available through your favorite e-book online retailer.

©2015, 2021 Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow. All rights reserved.

Jesus, The Passover Lamb

Jesus, the Passover Lamb
-Roy Lessin

 

…Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us.

1 Corinthians 5:7 (NLT)

 

Passover begins this Saturday at sunset. There are many elements within the Passover feast that point us to Jesus’ glorious work of redemption. The instructions that God gave to Israel on the night He redeemed them from the bondage of Egypt, had a far greater meaning in His eternal plan. This eternal plan included the death of His own Son, whose blood would be shed upon the cross to redeem us from our sins.

The redemptive work of Jesus is portrayed in the lamb of Passover. The requirements for the offering of the lamb are recorded in the twelfth chapter of Exodus. 

 

The Passover could not have taken place for the Jewish people in Egypt without the taking of a lamb from the flock to be sacrificed. 

Jesus was the Lamb of God, sacrificed for us. 

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”
John 1:29 (NKJV)

 

The Passover lamb that was chosen had to be without blemish. 

Jesus was without the blemish of sin.

Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

1 Peter 1:18-19 (NKJV)

 

The Passover lamb was identified as the lamb of redemption. 

Jesus is our redeemer.

He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 1:13-14 (NKJV)

 

The Passover lamb was to be slain. 

Jesus was slain upon the cross.

 …"Worthy is the Lamb who was slain

To receive power and riches and wisdom,

And strength and honor and glory and blessing!"
Revelation 5:12 (NKJV)

 

The Passover lamb’s blood had to be shed and applied to the door posts and lintel of each home to be saved from the judgment of death.

Jesus’ shed blood provides salvation when applied (appropriated) by faith to our hearts.

God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
Romans 5:8-9 (NKJV)

 

The Passover lamb was to be brought into the home, prepared, and partaken of by each family member. 

Jesus must be received into the heart (partaken of) through faith by all who desire to become God’s children.

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
John 1:12 (NKJV)
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©2021 Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow. Photo by Marina Bromley. Used with permission. All rights reserved.