#Psalms 77:10-12

[northwoodsfan]

Grace Nugget for 5.11.23

Grace Nuggets: Simple reminders of God’s great love for you.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Habakkuk's Prayer

1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.

2 Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord. Repeat them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.

3 God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth. 4 His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden. 5 Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps. 6 He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed— but he marches on forever. 7 I saw the tents of Cushan in distress, the dwellings of Midian in anguish.

8 Were you angry with the rivers, Lord? Was your wrath against the streams? Did you rage against the sea when you rode your horses and your chariots to victory? 9 You uncovered your bow, you called for many arrows. You split the earth with rivers; 10 the mountains saw you and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on high.

11 Sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the glint of your flying arrows, at the lightning of your flashing spear. 12 In wrath you strode through the earth and in anger you threshed the nations. 13 You came out to deliver your people, to save your anointed one. You crushed the leader of the land of wickedness, you stripped him from head to foot. 14 With his own spear you pierced his head when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though about to devour the wretched who were in hiding. 15 You trampled the sea with your horses, churning the great waters.

16 I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us. 17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, 18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.

19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights.

For the director of music. On my stringed instruments. — Habakkuk 3 | New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide. Cross References: Genesis 21:21; Exodus 7:19-20; Exodus 12:29-30; Exodus 14:16; Exodus 15:2; Exodus 15:8; Exodus 15:14; Numbers 11:1; Numbers 14:19; Numbers 31:7-8; Deuteronomy 33:2; Deuteronomy 33:15; Deuteronomy 22:29; Joshua 10:12-13; Judges 7:22; 2 Samuel 2:18; 2 Samuel 5:20; 2 Samuel 24:15; Job 21:18; Job 26:14; Job 30:17; Psalm 7:12-13; Psalm 10:8; Psalm 18:12; Psalm 18:14; Psalm 68:7; Psalm 77:16; Psalm 77:19; Psalm 78:16; Psalm 93:3; Isaiah 41:15; Jeremiah 12:4; Habakkuk 2:20; Luke 1:47; Luke 21:19; Romans 5:2-3; 2 Corinthians 4:8-9

Commentary on Habakkuk 3 by Matthew Henry

[mental-health-and-jesus]

10-01-2024 | Practice Devo | Psalm 77:12

‘I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.’ Psalm 77:12

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[pugzman3]

Psalms chapter 77

1 (To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph.) I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.

2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.

11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.

12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.

13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?

14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.

15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.

18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. the years of the right hand of the most High.

[a-queer-seminarian]

This time each year my old seminary professor Marcus holds Psalmtember, which is what it says on the tin: a batch of 30 psalms, one for each day of September, each with a prompt to inspire art. (I’ll share the prompt list below the readmore if anyone’s interested! Also, if you search #Psalmtember2024 on FB you can see what folks have created so far)

The above piece is one of my fave drawing’s he’s made — what a fantastic way to bring the verse’s image to life ☀️

ID: The Psalmtember2024 chart. Pasting below as text —

Sep 1: Ps 61 CRY

Sep 2: Ps 62 TOTTERING

Sep 3: Ps 63 THIRST

Sep 4: Ps 64 ARROW

Sep 5: Ps 65 WAVES

Sep 6: Ps 66 SPACIOUS

Sep 7: Ps 67 SHINE

Sep 8: Ps 68 FLOCK

Sep 9: Ps 69 SINKING

Sep 10: Ps 70 HASTE

Sep 11: Ps 71 WOMB

Sep 12: Ps 72 SUN

Sep 13: Ps 73 NECKLACE

Sep 14: Ps 74 BROKE

Sep 15: Ps 75 FOAMING

Sep 16: Ps 76 ROUSED

Sep 17: Ps 77 WHIRLWIND

Sep 18: Ps 78 ANCESTORS

Sep 19: Ps 79 POUR

Sep 20: Ps 80 BRANCHES

Sep 21: Ps 81 MOON

Sep 22: Ps 82 SHAKEN

Sep 23: Ps 83 CHAFF

Sep 24: Ps 84 NEST

Sep 25: Ps 85 KISS

Sep 26: Ps 86 HEART

Sep 27: Ps 87 DANCERS

Sep 28: Ps 88 DEEP

Sep 29: Ps 89 ANOINTED

Sep 30: Ps 90 DREAM

[steveezekiel]

THE SECRET OF CHAMPIONS

1 I CRY OUT TO GOD; yes, I shout. Oh, that God would listen to me! 2 WHEN I WAS IN DEEP TROUBLE, I searched for the Lord. ALL NIGHT LONG I PRAYED, WITH HANDS LIFTED TOWARDS HEAVEN, but my soul was not comforted. 3 I think of God, and I moan, overwhelmed with LONGING FOR HIS HELP." Psalm 77:1-3 (NLT)

This psalmist is Jedunthun, a choir director. He was pouring his heart out to God in prayer, because he was in a distress, in a deep trouble.

A pattern of Believers' Prayer is found in this passage. Where do you turn to, when you are troubled in your heart.

All night long I pray!

The night hour is the time to pray and determine what happens in the day time—your daily activities.

In other words, the victory or success which you would have or experience would be determined in your prayers in the night time.

As a Believer, do not sleep all night. Let part of your night time be used to pray through on whatever might be bothering your heart.

The psalmist in the text unburdened his Heart to God in prayer. If this is properly done, you would see the results of what you have taken time to talk out with God—there would be testimony, or signs, or proofs, that you had actually prayed.

Whatever you can see in the physical, existed first of all in the spirit realm.

Pray at the time when you would be less distracted. And the night hour would be an ideal time.

If you succeed in taking over in the spirit realm, in prayer, you would succeed in getting or realizing your object of prayers.

Although, the prayer of a Believer in Christ Jesus is promised to be answered, at any time of the day; either the day time or the night, when prayed in line with the Bible—the Word of God.

The devil usually works when men, people, are slept: 24 ANOTHER PARABLE He put forth to them, SAYING: “THE KINGDOM of heaven is like a man who SOWED GOOD SEED in his FIELD; 25 BUT WHILE MEN SLEPT, HIS ENEMY CAME AND SOWED TARES AMONG THE WHEAT and went his way" (Matthew 13:24,25 NKJV).

Evil Seed had been sown in some people's lives through their sleeping. It could be through a spiritual slumbering or the physical one.

Most demonic diseases or sicknesses that defied medications are contracted in the sleep. Afflictions, diseases, or whatever, even death, are placed on people whilst they are sleeping.

Do not be a victim of the night time. You can rise and take over in the night, to defend your destiny and frustrate the plans of the wicked one, the devil—over your life and the loved ones.

Man's enemy who came to sow tares, which was mentioned in the parable, is no other person than the devil, the adversary, the archenemy of mankind (Revelation 12:9,10,17).

This is the reason why a Believer should not allow a spiritual apathy and slumbering. Through spiritual apathy, slumbering, or lazing, or being carefree; negative things could be sown to a person's life which he or she would be grappling with for many years—and perhaps for the rest of the person's life.

God has given authority to you as a Believer, because satan has fallen. You are to trample on the serpents and scorpions: 18 AND He [Jesus] said to them, “I SAW SATAN FALL LIKE LIGHTNING FROM HEAVEN. 19 Behold, I GIVE YOU THE AUTHORITY TO TRAMPLE ON SERPENTS and SCORPIONS, and OVER ALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY, AND NOTHING SHALL BY ANY MEANS HURT YOU" (Luke 10:18,19 NKJV).

You have what It takes to live and overcome in life, that is, living a victorious Christian life (1 John 5:4).

You take Authority over the powers of darkness. You resist the devil, bind and cast demons away, in the name that is above every other name, which was given to you as a Believer (Mark 16:17,18; Philippians 2:9-11; James 4:7).

The weapons with which to deal with the enemy, the devil and his cohorts, are not carnal or physical weapons.

They are spiritual weapons, because the forces of the dark kingdom we deal with are spiritual beings—they are not humans: "FOR WE ARE NOT FIGHTING AGAINST PEOPLE MADE OF FLESH AND BLOOD, but against persons without bodies—the evil rulers of the unseen world, those mighty satanic beings and great evil princes of darkness who rule this world; AND AGAINST HUGE NUMBERS OF WICKED SPIRITS IN THE SPIRIT WORLD" (Ephesians 6:12 the Living Bible). READ: 2 Corinthians 10:3,4

Since the forces we, the Believers, deal with are unseen and spiritual, they had to be dealt with spiritually and not carnally or physically.

You do not have to stand against the enemy, the devil with your physical strength. For by physical strength no man, or person, would prevail (1 Samuel 2:9).

You allow God to deal with any human being who yielded himself or herself, to be used by the devil, as an enemy against you: "BELOVED, DO NOT AVENGE YOURSELVES, BUT RATHER GIVE PLACE TO WRATH [of God]; FOR it is written, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY," SAYS THE LORD" (Romans 12:19 NKJV). READ: Luke 18:7,8

Jesus says: 38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 BUT I TELL YOU NOT TO OPPOSE AN EVIL PERSON. IF someone SLAPS you on your RIGHT CHEEK, TURN YOUR OTHER CHEEK TO HIM AS WELL. 40 IF someone wants to SUE YOU in order to TAKE your SHIRT, LET him HAVE your COAT TOO. 41 IF someone FORCES you TO GO ONE MILE, GO TWO MILES with HIM. 42 GIVE to EVERYONE who ASKS YOU for SOMETHING. DON'T turn ANYONE AWAY who wants to BORROW SOMETHING from YOU" (Matthew 5:38-42 GOD'S WORD translation).

Yours is to live submissively to God, by walking in the light of His Word and be in agreement with Him on whatever He might want to do with or through your life: "THEREFORE SUBMIT TO GOD. RESIST THE DEVIL and HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU" (James 4:7 NKJV).

When you submitted to God, His plans and Wills, the devil would not be able to Resist your words. God would give you a mouth which the adversary would not be able to Resist or gainsay: "FOR I WILL GIVE YOU A MOUTH AND WISDOM WHICH ALL YOUR ADVERSARIES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTRADICT OR RESIST" (Luke 21:15 NKJV).

When you speak the angels would run around to carry out or effect your words (Hebrews 1:14), whilst demons would flee or move at your instances (Luke 10:17,18).

Your Disobedience, insubmissiveness is the only reason why the devil would not obey your words, when you commanded him to move.

If your Obedience is perfect, the devil, has no any other choice rather than to obey: 3 FOR though we walk in the flesh, WE DO NOT WAR ACCORDING TO THE FLESH. 4 FOR the WEAPONS of our WARFARE are not CARNAL but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, BRINGING EVERY THOUGHT INTO CAPTIVITY TO THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST, 6 and BEING READY TO PUNISH ALL DISOBEDIENCE WHEN YOUR OBEDIENCE IS FULFILLED" (2 Corinthians 10:3-6 NKJV).

You have the right or authority to punish every Disobedience when your own Obedience to God; in walking in the light of His Word and doing whatever He has instructed you to do, is fulfilled or completed (2 Corinthians 10:6).

Your Obedience and submissiveness are the keys to rule over the devil and his cohorts.

Note: your words would be made ineffective when you live contrary to God's Word, and obey not His Will—when you do not obey or do the specific instructions given to you, the assignment.

God would make your words not to fall to the ground, as long as you walk in Obedience to His Word and whatever He has commanded you to do. In other words, He would empower your words, and make them effective—powerful: "SO Samuel GREW, AND THE LORD WAS WITH HIM AND LET NONE OF HIS WORDS FALL TO THE GROUND [fail]" (1 Samuel 3:19 NKJV).

If you live your life without God, you would not fulfil or accomplish the purpose which He has for your life. THUS, be serious with your walk with God; your relationship and fellowshipping with Him.

You will not fail in Jesus' name.

Whatever the devil planted in your body, which would not allow you to live in good health, such is rooted up in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

And Afflictions will never rise again in your life in Jesus' name. Peace!

[sspacegodd]

1) We have 23 chromosomes in our DNA .

2) Shakespeare's birthday is April 23.

3) In the movie, Airport '77, the Mad Bomber sat in seat #23.

4) 23 skidoo is an American slang phrase popularized during the early 20th century.

5) It's also an avant-funk, industrial, post-punk, experimental electronic band whose first album from the early 80s -- it was a musical rendering of some of Aleister Crowley's invocations.

6) Aleister Crowley in The Book of Lies (ca. 1912–13) titled Chapter 23 "Skidoo." "23" and "Skidoo" are American words meaning "Get out".

7) The youngest golfer to win the Masters, Jack Nicklaus, did so at the age of 23.

8) The most well-known Christian psalm is Psalm 23.

9) It takes around 23 seconds for blood to circulate the body on average.

10) On May 23rd 1785, Benjamin Franklin announced his invention of the Bifocals. On March 23rd 1836, the coin press was created, and on September 23rd 1879 the Audiophone, an early hearing aid, was invented.

11) When he was assassinated, Caesar was stabbed a staggering 23 times.

12) Pliny the Elder, the “scientist” and author of numerous scientific literature, was born in 23 A.D.

13) The 23rd element, Vanadium, has an insane melting point of 3470 °F (1910 °C).

14) The 23 Enigma is what they call obsessing about 23's.

I first heard of it from Robert Anton Wilson, who says he first heard it from William S. Burroughs.

Of course, it could just be an example of apophenia --- selection bias.

I choose to believe.

[roman-catholic-mass-readings]

11th August >> Mass Readings (Except USA)

Saint Clare, Virgin 

On

Friday, Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time.

Friday, Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time.

(Liturgical Colour: White: A (1))

(Readings for the feria (Friday))

(There is a choice today between the readings for the ferial day (Friday) and those for the memorial. The ferial readings are recommended unless pastoral reasons suggest otherwise)

First Reading Deuteronomy 4:32-40 'Did ever a people before you hear the voice of the living God, and remain alive?'

Moses said to the people: ‘Put this question to the ages that are past, that went before you, from the time God created man on earth: Was there ever a word so majestic, from one end of heaven to the other? Was anything ever heard? Did ever a people hear the voice of the living God speaking from the heart of the fire, as you heard it, and remain alive? Has any god ventured to take to himself one nation from the midst of another by ordeals, signs, wonders, war with mighty hand and outstretched arm, by fearsome terrors – all this that the Lord your God did for you before your eyes in Egypt? ‘This he showed you so that you might know that the Lord is God indeed and that there is no other. He let you hear his voice out of heaven for your instruction; on earth he let you see his great fire, and from the heart of the fire you heard his word. Because he loved your fathers and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out from Egypt, openly showing his presence and his great power, driving out in front of you nations greater and more powerful than yourself, and brought you into their land to give it you for your heritage, as it is still today.

‘Understand this today, therefore, and take it to heart: the Lord is God indeed, in heaven above as on earth beneath, he and no other. Keep his laws and commandments as I give them to you today, so that you and your children may prosper and live long in the land that the Lord your God gives you for ever.’

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 76(77):12-16,21

R/ I remember the deeds of the Lord.

I remember the deeds of the Lord, I remember your wonders of old, I muse on all your works and ponder your mighty deeds.

R/ I remember the deeds of the Lord.

Your ways, O God, are holy. What god is great as our God? You are the God who works wonders. You showed your power among the peoples.

R/ I remember the deeds of the Lord.

Your strong arm redeemed your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. You guided your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

R/ I remember the deeds of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation 1 Samuel 3:9, John 6:68

Alleluia, alleluia! Speak, Lord, your servant is listening: you have the message of eternal life. Alleluia!

Or: Matthew 5:10

Alleluia, alleluia! Happy those who are persecuted in the cause of right, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Alleluia!

Gospel Matthew 16:24-28 Anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it.

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it. What, then, will a man gain if he wins the whole world and ruins his life? Or what has a man to offer in exchange for his life?

‘For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and, when he does, he will reward each one according to his behaviour. I tell you solemnly, there are some of these standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming with his kingdom.’

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

---------------------------------

Saint Clare, Virgin 

(Liturgical Colour: White: A (1))

(Readings for the memorial)

(There is a choice today between the readings for the ferial day (Friday) and those for the memorial. The ferial readings are recommended unless pastoral reasons suggest otherwise)

First Reading Philippians 3:8-14 I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ.

I believe nothing can happen that will outweigh the supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For him I have accepted the loss of everything, and I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ and be given a place in him. I am no longer trying for perfection by my own efforts, the perfection that comes from the Law, but I want only the perfection that comes through faith in Christ, and is from God and based on faith. All I want is to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and to share his sufferings by reproducing the pattern of his death. That is the way I can hope to take my place in the resurrection of the dead. Not that I have become perfect yet: I have not yet won, but I am still running, trying to capture the prize for which Christ Jesus captured me. I can assure you my brothers, I am far from thinking that I have already won. All I can say is that I forget the past and I strain ahead for what is still to come; I am racing for the finish, for the prize to which God calls us upwards to receive in Christ Jesus.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 15(16):1-2,5,7-8,11

R/ You are my inheritance, O Lord.

Preserve me, God, I take refuge in you. I say to the Lord: ‘You are my God.’ O Lord, it is you who are my portion and cup; it is you yourself who are my prize.

R/ You are my inheritance, O Lord.

I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel, who even at night directs my heart. I keep the Lord ever in my sight: since he is at my right hand, I shall stand firm.

R/ You are my inheritance, O Lord.

You will show me the path of life, the fullness of joy in your presence, at your right hand happiness for ever.

R/ You are my inheritance, O Lord.

Gospel Acclamation Matthew 5:3

Alleluia, alleluia! How happy are the poor in spirit: theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Alleluia!

Gospel Matthew 19:27-29 They will be repaid a hundred times over and inherit eternal life.

Peter spoke to Jesus. ‘What about us?’ he said. ‘We have left everything and followed you. What are we to have, then?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I tell you solemnly, when all is made new and the Son of Man sits on his throne of glory, you will yourselves sit on twelve thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children or land for the sake of my name will be repaid a hundred times over, and also inherit eternal life.’

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

[mjilightworker]

Dreams, Visions, Prophesy, Trance, Meditation, Revelations

(292 verses in the Bible relate to the above)

Acts 2:17-19  And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 

All scripture is God spoken. All scriptures are God, which is the Word, which is alive. Therefore, humankind is always in the end days. All scriptures are in the NOW. Is it YOUR now, maybe, maybe not.

Meditation;

1Ti 4:15-16  Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. 

(See Also; Jos 1:8, Isa 33:18, Luke 21:14, Psalms 1:2, 5:1, 19:14, 49:3, 63:6, 77:12, 104:34, 105:5, 119:15, 119:23, 119:48, 119:97, 119:99, 119:48, 143:5)

Psa 119:97  MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 

The definition of meditation in the Hebrew;

H7881 שִׂיחָה Feminine of H7879; reflection; by extension devotion: - meditation, prayer. H7879 שִׂיחַ From H7878; a contemplation; by implication an utterance: - babbling, communication, complaint, meditation, prayer, talk.

Scriptures were penned by the souls that lived and spoke in their own way-language-understanding. Visions and prophesies are expressed through that soul but the Word that comes from the spirit world, by way of God, Jesus, spirit guides, the Holy Spirit, angels, your “higher” true perfect spiritual self.

Act 10:19  While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. 

We see in this vision of Peter, the Spirit spoke to him.

Vision in the Greek;

G3705 ὅραμα From G3708; something gazed at, that is, a spectacle (especially supernatural): - sight, vision. G3708 ὁράω Properly to stare at (compare G3700), that is, (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally); by extension to attend to; by Hebraism to experience; passively to appear: - behold, perceive, see, take heed.

2Co 12:1-4  It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. 

See also; (2Co 12:7, Num 12:6, Eze 1:1-28, Eze 11:24, Dan 10:5-10, Joel 2:28-29, Acts 9:10-17, Acts 18:9, Acts 22:17-21, Acts 26:13-19, Gal 1:12, Gal 2:2)

Num 24:4  He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 

Acts 10:10  And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 

(See Also; Num 24:16, Acts 11:5, Acts 22:17)

Trance in the Greek Concordance;

G1611 ἔκστασις From G1839; a displacement of the mind, that is, bewilderment, “ecstasy”: - + be amazed, amazement, astonishment, trance. G1839 ἐξίστημι From G1537 and G2476; to put (stand) out of wits, that is, astound, or (reflexively) become astounded, insane: - amaze, be (make) astonished, be beside self (selves), bewitch, wonder.

In today's world, “trance” is the same as channeling. Channeling is an established connection and communication with the spiritual world in through a focused state of consciousness. A meditation, or displacement of the mind.

MJI (LightWorker)

[northwoodsfan]

Grace Nugget for 5.11.23

Grace Nuggets: Simple reminders of God’s great love for you.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

To You I Lift Up My Soul

1 [A Psalm] of David.

א

Unto Thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

ב

2 O my God, in Thee have I trusted, let me not be ashamed; Let not mine enemies triumph over me.

ג

3 Yea, none that wait for Thee shall be ashamed; They shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause.

ד

4 Show me Thy ways, O LORD; teach me Thy paths.

הו

5 Guide me in Thy truth, and teach me; For Thou art the God of my salvation; For Thee do I wait all the day.

ז

6 Remember, O LORD, Thy compassions and Thy mercies; For they have been from of old.

ח

7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; According to Thy mercy remember Thou me, For Thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.

ט

8 Good and upright is the LORD; Therefore doth He instruct sinners in the way.

י

9 He guideth The humble in justice; And He teacheth the humble His way.

כ

10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth Unto such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.

ל

11 For Thy name’s sake, O LORD, Pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.

מ

12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? Him will He instruct in the way that He should choose.

נ

13 His soul shall abide in prosperity; And his seed shall inherit the land.

ס

14 The counsel of the LORD is with them that fear Him; And His covenant, to make them know it.

ע

15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; For He will bring forth my feet out of the net.

פ

16 Turn Thee unto me, and be gracious unto me; For I am solitary and afflicted.

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17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring Thou me out of my distresses.

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18 See mine affliction and my travail; And forgive all my sins.

19 Consider how many are mine enemies, And the cruel hatred wherewith they hate me.

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20 O keep my soul, and deliver me; Let me not be ashamed, for I have taken refuge in Thee.

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21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, Because I wait for Thee.

22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. — Psalm 25 | JPS Tanakh 1917 (JPST) The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic text; Jewish Publication Society 1917. Cross References: Genesis 49:18; Exodus 33:13; Exodus 34:9; 2 Chronicles 2:12; Psalm 3:1; Psalm 4:1; Psalm 13:4; Psalm 23:6; Psalm 27:14; Psalm 31:9; Psalm 40:12; Psalm 41:12; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 51:5; Psalm 64:10; Psalm 77:9; Psalm 86:4; Proverbs 1:33; Isaiah 30:21; Lamentations 1:9; Micah 4:2; John 7:17

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Psalm 77

The righteous cry unto the Lord—They remember the wonders of old, how He redeemed the sons of Jacob and led Israel like a flock.

To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph.

1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.

2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.

11 I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.

12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.

13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?

14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.

15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.

18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

And the suffering ends.

Let the body release it now. It’s okay. Let it go.

[dfroza]

A link to my personal reading of the Scriptures

for the 4th of September 2024 with a paired chapter from each Testament (the First & the New Covenant) of the Bible

[The Book of Revelation, Chapter 4 • The Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 33]

along with Today’s reading from the ancient books of Proverbs and Psalms with Proverbs 4 and Psalm 4 coinciding with the day of the month, accompanied by Psalm 77 for the 77th day of Astronomical Summer, and Psalm 98 for day 248 of the year (with the consummate book of 150 Psalms in its 2nd revolution this year)

A post by John Parsons:

People perish because "they refuse to love the truth and so be saved" (2 Thess. 2:10-12). Therefore the issue of truth - physical, moral, aesthetic, spiritual, etc. - is central to salvation. The following post is a prelude to the "Forty Days of Teshuvah" leading up to Yom Kippur. Hashivenu. May the Lord turn our hearts to Him.

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In the New Testament, the Greek word “metanoia” is the most commonly used word to express the idea of “repentance.” The word is formed from the prefix 'μετα' (“after, beyond”) combined 'νοεω' (“to think”) and it generally means “changing your mind” (in the noun form) or “thinking differently” (in the verb form). Since it can also represent an “afterthought” expressed emotionally as disappointment over a loss of some kind, metanoia is similar to the idea of nacham (נָחַם) in the Hebrew Scriptures, which literally means to “sigh” heavily as a way of expressing regret or consolation. The Greek word strepho (στρέφω), like the Hebrew word shuv (שׁוּב), means to “return” to God in a practical sense, that is, by performing acts of contrition. In either case, however, Hebrew or Greek, a change of direction is implied, and that begins with changing how we think and what we regard as the truth. Repentance, then, involves a new vision, a new way of seeing reality...

Yeshua's earthly ministry began with the message, "The time has come and the kingdom of God draws near: repent (μετανοεῖτε) and believe (πιστεύετε) the good news" (Mark 1:15). These two verbs (repent and believe) are in the imperative mood. We are commanded to repent, to "change our thinking," and therefore to turn away from hopelessness - and the sin that hopelessness begets - by accepting God’s intervention and deliverance. But you cannot believe if you do not first turn, and therefore you must change your focus; you must clear away the world’s distractions and ready your heart to hear the message. It is then that we hear a voice crying out: "Prepare the way of the LORD and make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God!" (Isa. 40:3).

Note that the Hebrew word translated “prepare” in this verse (i.e., "panu," see verse below) comes from a root word (פָּנָה) that means to turn to face someone... The Hebrew word panim (פָּנִים), “face,” comes from the same root, as does the word penimi (פְּנִימִי), “inner,” and the word penimiyut (פְּנִימִיוּת), meaning “inwardness” or “immanency.” This suggests that we must go within our own hearts, and there, in our "desert places," prepare for the Presence of the LORD. It is in the solitude of the desert - away from the mindless noise and empty distractions of this vain world, where we can listen and focus our heart, confess our sin, and express our great need for God... Being honest with ourselves makes us yashar (יָשַׁר), “upright,” and crooked ways are made straight for God to be received... The Hebrew word mesilah (מְסִלָּה) alludes to the ladder (i.e., sullam: סֻלָּם) that Jacob saw in the desert when he received the blessing of God (Gen. 28:12). Yeshua is the Bridge, or Ladder (הַסֻּלָּם), that unites and mediates heaven and earth (John 1:51).

Since God holds us responsible to repent and believe the truth of the gospel (Acts 17:30-31), He must have made it possible for us to do so (“ought” implies “can”). And indeed, God has created us in His image so that we are able to discern spiritual truth. He created us with a logical sense (rationality) as well as a moral sense (conscience) so that we can apprehend order and find meaning in the universe He created. All our knowledge presupposes this. Whenever we experience anything through our senses, for example, we use logic to categorize and generalize from the particular to the general, and whenever we make deductions in our thinking (comparing terms, making inferences, and so on), we rely on logic. We have an innate intellectual and moral “compass” that points us to God.

Since we all necessarily must think in order to live, we should value clear thinking. This should be obvious enough, though people often make various errors and misjudgments because they devalue the effort required to carefully think through a question. As William James once said, “A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” When it comes to questions about the gospel, however, God regards such carelessness to be blameworthy. Again, the LORD holds us accountable for what we think and believe, especially when it comes to the reality and mission of His Son.

The truth about God is always available to human beings, if they are earnestly willing to look for it. The Divine Light that was created before the sun and the stars represents God’s immanent presence that “lights up” all of creation - including our minds (Gen. 1:3). As Paul stated, “the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen so that people are without excuse” (Rom. 1:19-20). The heavens are constantly attesting to the reality of God’s handiwork (Psalm 19:1). All of creation “shouts out” that there is a God. Even small children understand this.

[ Hebrew for Christians ]

Psalm 19:7 reading:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm19-7-jjp.mp3

Hebrew page:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm19-7-lesson.pdf

For more on this subject, see “Teshuvah of the Mind.”:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Fall_Holidays/Elul/Metanoia/metanoia.html

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from Today’s email by Israel365

Today’s message (Days of Praise) from the Institute for Creation Research

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‭Psalms 77:10-12 NKJV‬

[10] And I said, “This is my anguish; But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.” [11] I will remember the works of the Lord; Surely I will remember Your wonders of old. [12] I will also meditate on all Your work, And talk of Your deeds.

https://bible.com/bible/114/psa.77.10-12.NKJV

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Daily Devotionals 06-13-2024

(Reading Your Bible Daily Is Fundamental) Verses of the Day: 2 Corinthians 1:9/Psalms 77:11/Luke 11:13/John 15:16/Philippians 2:3-8/Proverbs 30:8/Revelation 22:17/Romans 9:17/Matthew 12:22–37/Philippians 1:6/Exodus 33:12-14/James 1:4/Matthew 13:58/1 John 2:6/1 John 2:28/Colossians 1:23/Romans 8:10/Romans 7:18,24,25/Galatians 2:20/John 15:4/1 Peter 2:6,7/2 Timothy 1:12/John 9:38/Revelation 1:8/1…