Mom read the King James Version of the Bible all her life! She quoted it, prayed it and lived it!!! Praise God!
Acts 20:28
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made your over seers, to feed the Church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood!
God loves us...
Nothing has power over the blood!
Satan may ensnare us if we aren't listening to God and reading and obeying His Word...
"But God says to Satan No, devil you can't have my child, He/She is mine I have purchased that child, Now release my property..."
We belong to God
Psalm 37:28 He the Lord...forsaketh not His saints, they are preserved forever!
David was also a God-possessed man...
He was a giant killer
He was anointed a Psalm-writer
Used mightily of God
He was a King used to rule God's people.
The Lord Himself called David a man after His own heart...
Yet, at the very height of God's blessing and favor, David gave into lust...
He had just won a lot of victories over enemy after enemy. He had recaptured and restored the ark. He had received from the Lord a promise of an ever lasting house.
II Samuel 8:14 The Lord preserved David wherever he went. (last part of the verse)
Preservation -He preserves the faithful...
Deuteronomy 6:24 And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
Psalm 31:23 O Love the Lord, all ye his saints, for the Lord perserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
Psalm 37:28 For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints, they are preserved forever, but the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalm 146:9 The Lord perserveth the strangers, He relieveth the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.
Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee, be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee, yea I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Proverbs 2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment and perserveth the way of His saints.
Isaiah 49:8 Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages.
II Timothy 4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto His heavenly kingdom, to who be glory forever and ever. Amen.
We need to see God in the scriptures. If we look for Him we will find Him. Because He never leaves us, He never forsakes us.
We get off to our own doings and mess up. But if we come back to Christ Jesus and mean what we say, if we repent (turn around) He gives us a cool drink.
We sometimes say I'm not like Moses or David. But we are all made in the same image.
Have you been surprised and overtaken by a lust of some kind?
You had a clean history, an admirable walk with Jesus. You were known and regarded as a righteous servant, someone in love with the Lord.
But...the devil got you in his sights and took aim...and shot a hellish arsenal of fiery darts...
Maybe your fall was adultery...
Maybe it was pornography...
Or secret drinking....
Like David, your sin found you out, and you were exposed.
You may say, "I don't have any such sin in my life, I have a clean walk."
But what about 'unbelief?' Gossip? Selfishness? Sin is sin!
Maybe God didn't answer a prayer like you thought He should. You were overcome with unbelief, you became depressed, fear, anxiety set in you were angry at God.
Suddenly, you began to doubt God's presence. That thought is a Satanic snare.
The devil likes nothing better than to destroy the faith of every God possessed believer.
God is greater...but when these things come...we must cry out to God in the name of Jesus...resist the devil and He will flee! Amen!!!
