Archive for April, 2021

An Inspiration Of Time With God For Today

Tuesday, April 27th, 2021

Praise the Lord, all you nations!
Extol Him, all you peoples!
For great is His steadfast love toward us
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord!  –Psalm 117:1-2

The Joy of Living in Zion

Praise the Lord all you nations!

Extol Him, all you peoples!  (Psalm 117:1)

On the Holy mount stands the city He founded;

the Lord loves the gates of Zion

more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Glorious things are spoken of you,

O City of God!

Among those who know Me I mention Rahab and Babylon;

Philista too and Tyre, with Ethiopia – ‘This one was born there,” they say.

Of Zion it shall be said,

‘This one and that one were born in it.”

For the Most High Himself will establish it.

Praise the Lord all you nations!

Extol Him, all you peoples!  (Psalm 117:1)

The Lord records, as He registers the peoples,

‘This one was born there.’

Singers and dancers alike say,

‘All my springs (innards are concerned) are in you.’  –Psalm 87:1-7

Praise the Lord all you nations!

Extol Him, all you peoples!  (Psalm 117:1)

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We Have a Sin Problem In Our Country!

Monday, April 19th, 2021

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What the Holy Scriptures Teach About During the Last Days

There will be terrifying (distressing) times in the Last Days. People will be self-centered

(lovers of themselves) and lovers of money, proud, haughty, disobedient to their parents,

ungrateful, irreligious, callous, implacable, slanderous, licentious, brutal, hating what is

good, traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, as they make

a pretense of religion but deny its power. Avoid Them!  –2 Timothy 3:1-5

God’s Wrath Against Sinful Humanity

For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of those

who by their wickedness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to

them because God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of the world His eternal

power and Divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through

the things He has made. So they are without excuse, for though they knew God, they did not

honor Him as God or give thanks to Him but they became futile in their thinking and their

senseless minds were darkened. Claiming to be wise they became fools and they exchanged

the Glory of the Immortal God for images resembling a mortal human being, or birds or four-

footed animals or reptiles.

Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the degrading of their

bodies among themselves because they exchanged the Truth about God for a Lie and

worshiped and served the creature (Satan) rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever!

Since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind and to

things that should not be done. They were filled with every kind of wickedness, evil,

covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, craftiness, they are gossips,

slanderers, God-haters, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, rebellious toward

parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. They know God’s Decree, that those who

practice such things deserve to die — yet they not only do them but even applaud others who

practice them. –Romans 1:18-25; 28-32

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An Inspiration Of Time With God For Today

Wednesday, April 7th, 2021

This is the day that the Lord has made;
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.  –Psalm 118:24

God’s Faithfulness To Israel!

Glory in His (God) Holy name;

Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord Rejoice! (Psalm 105:3)

Give Thanks to the Lord, call on His name,

make known His deeds among the peoples.

Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;

Tell of all His wondrous works.

Glory in His Holy name;

Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord Rejoice!

Seek the Lord and His strength;

Seek His presence continually.

Remember the wonderful works He has done,

His miracles and the judgments He has uttered.

O offspring of His servant Abraham,

children of Jacob, His chosen ones.

He is the Lord our God!

His judgments are in all the earth.

He is mindful of His Covenant forever.

of the Word He commanded, for a thousand generations,

the Covenant that He made to Abraham,

His sworn promise to Issac,

which He confirmed to Jacob as a statute,

to Israel as an everlasting Covenant, saying,

“To you, I will give the land of Canaan

as your portion for an inheritance.” (See: Genesis 13:15; Genesis 15:18)

When they were few in number

of little account and strangers in it,

wandering from nation to nation,

from one kingdom to another people,

He allowed no one to oppose them;

He rebuked kings on their account,

saying, “Do not touch my anointed ones;

do my Prophets no harm.” (See: 1 Chronicles 16:22)

When He summoned famine against the land

and broke every staff of bread,

He had sent a man ahead of them,

Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

His feet were hurt with fetters,

his neck was put in a collar of iron

until what he had said came to pass,

the Word of the Lord kept testing him.

The king sent and released him;

the ruler of the peoples set him free.

He made him lord of his house

and ruler of all his possessions,

to instruct his officials at his pleasure

and to teach his elders wisdom.

Then Israel came to Egypt;

Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham

and the Lord made His people very fruitful

and made them stronger than their foes,

whose hearts he then turned to hate his people,

to deal craftily with his servants.

He (God) sent His servant Moses

and Aaron whom He had chosen.

They performed His signs among them

and miracles in the land of Ham.

He sent darkness and made the land dark;

they rebelled against His Words.

He (God) turned their waters into blood

and caused their fish to die.

Their land swarmed with frogs,

even in the chambers of their kings.

He spoke and there came swarms of flies

and gnats throughout their country.

He (God) gave them hail for rain

and lightning that flashed through their land.

He (G0d) struck their vines and fig trees

and shattered the trees of their country.

He (God) spoke and the locusts came

and young locusts without number;

they devoured all the vegetation of their land

and ate up the fruit of their ground.

He (God) struck down all the firstborn in their land,

the first issue of all their strength.

Then He (God) brought Israel out with silver and gold

and there was no one among their tribes who stumbled.

Egypt was glad when they departed,

for dread of them had fallen upon it.

He (God) spread a cloud for a covering

and fire to gibe light by night.

They asked and God brought quails

and gave them food from Heaven in abundance.

God opened the rock and water gushed out,

it flowed through the desert like a river.

For He (God) remembered His Holy Promise

and Abraham his servant.

So He (God) brought His people (Israel) out with joy,

His chosen ones with singing.

He (God) gave them the lands of the nations

and they took possession of the wealth of the peoples,

that they might keep His Statutes

and observe His Laws.

Praise the Lord!  –Psalm 105:1-45

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An Inspiration Of Time With God For Today

Monday, April 5th, 2021

This is the day that the Lord has made;
Let us rejoice and be glad in it. –Psalm 118:24 (NRSVCE)
Image Courtesy: Sister Vernoica Paul

Song of Trust and Security in God

Protect me, O God, for in You I take refuge.

I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from You.”

As for the holy ones in the land, they are noble,
in whom is all my delight.

Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows;
Their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names upon my lips.

The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
You hold my lot.
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
I have good heritage!

Protect me, O God, for in You I take refuge. (Psalm 16:1)

I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;
In the night also my heart instructs me.
I keep the Lord always before me
because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Protect me, O God, for in You I take refuge. (Psalm 16:1)

Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices;
My body also rests secure.
For You do not give me up to Sheol
or let your faithful one see the Pit. (Hell)

Protect me, O God, for in You I take refuge. (Psalm 16:1)

You show me the path of life!
In Your presence there is fullness of joy!
In Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. –Psalm 16:1-11

Protect me, O God, for in You I take refuge. (Psalm 16:1)

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An Inspiration Of Time With God For Today

Sunday, April 4th, 2021

Easter: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow — Resurrection Of The Lord
Image Courtesy: Fr. John Louis

God raised Him (Jesus) on the third day and allowed Him to appear — He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One ordained by God as Judge of the living and the dead.
All of the Prophets testify that everyone who believes in Him
receives forgiveness of sins through His name. –Acts 10:40-43 (NRSVCE)

A Song of Victory

This is the day that the Lord has made,
let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24)

O give Thanks to the Lord for He is Good;
His steadfast love endures forever!

Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”
Let the house of Aaron say,
“His steadfast love endures forever.”

Let those who Fear the Lord say,
“His steadfast love endures forever.”

Out of my distress I called to the Lord;
the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.

With the Lord on my side I do not fear.
What can mortals do to me?

The Lord is on my side to help me;
I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to put confidence in mortals.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to put confidence in princes.

All nations surround me;
In the name of the Lord I cut them off!
They surround me, surround me on every side.
In the name of the Lord I cut them off!
They surround me like bees;
they blazed like a fire of thorns;
In the name of the Lord I cut them off!
I was pushed hard, so that I was falling but the Lord helped me.
The Lord is my strength and my might,
He has become my Salvation.

There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous;
“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly;
the right hand of the Lord is exalted;
the right hand of the Lord does valiantly.”
I shall not die but I shall live and recount the deeds of the Lord.
The Lord has punished me severely
but He did not give me over to death.

Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter through them and Give Thanks to the Lord!

This is the gate of the Lord;
the righteous shall enter through it.

I thank You that You have answered me
and have become my salvation.
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the chief cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.

This is the day that the Lord has made;
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Save us, we beseech You, O Lord!
O Lord, we beseech You, give us success!

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
We bless You from the House of the Lord.

The Lord is God and He has given us light.

Bind the festal procession with branches,
up to the horns of the altar.

You are my God and I will give thanks to You!
You are my God, I will extol You!

O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good,
for His steadfast love endures forever! –Psalm 118:1-29

The New Life In Christ

So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. –Colossians 3:1-4

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Be Messengers, Proclaiming the Risen Christ! -John Bergsma, PhD. -Natl Catholic Register

An Inspiration Of Time With God For Today

Thursday, April 1st, 2021

For the wages of sin is death but the Free Gift of God is Eternal Life
in Christ Jesus Our Lord. –Romans 6:23 (NRSVCE) Image Courtesy: Fr. John Lewis

For God so love the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish but may have eternal life.

Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through Him.

Those who believe in Him are not condemned but those who do not believe are condemned already because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light so that their deeds may not be exposed but those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God. –John 3:16-21

  • You May Know the Joy of Salvation and Eternal Life Today
    Through The Good News of Christ Jesus!