Psalm 91:11...Coin from the A.A.

In today's word it mentions Psalm 91:11. Look at the coin I d put beside today's message 🥰 I bought this coin at an A.A. meeting years ago. 

Abide: Stay Still and Be Quite

Be Still and Be Quite.

https://abide.co/prayer/yep7x7

You Have Been Trapped By What You Said ..Proverbs 6:2

Today's message as usual is a synchronicity event. I was reading my Life Recovery Twelve step Devotional. And I wondered what today's message it would have been 

So this is the 6th month so I went to the sixth step and today's date is the 16th. So here is the message...

Then I read The UCB Word For Today by Bob &Debby Gass. And it coincides with the message above xx

New Book "The Twelve Laws (Life Of Recovery)

When I always get a new book I open it at a random page. The first picture is is at the next photo is the begining of the chapter. It's amaising this ties into day with all my messages ❤️

Scripture in Context. Psalm 46:10

Like many Bible verses, this one (Psalm 46:10) is often ripped from its context to declare something not intended in the passage itself. Well-meaning Christians may use this as a consolation in times of worry and frustration – as if God is saying, “relax, I got this.” 

While that errant conclusion is borne out through many other verses (e.g., John 16:33 – “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world”), this particular verse isn’t a promise to Christians, but a warning to those nations warring against Israel.

Far direr than the TV cop’s “freeze!” to the fleeing criminal, or even Dirty Harry’s “Do you feel lucky, punk?” this command is a declaration of sovereignty to any in opposition to his rule.

The entire Psalm 46 is indeed a comfort to Israel, beginning, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling.”

But the warning that follows is in quotations in our English bibles, as if the psalmist is quoting God. After “Be still…,” he continues, “I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

Biblically speaking, the triune God will surely be exalted: “Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:9-11)

There are numerous other misunderstood passages “claimed” by Christians that are used like talismans to affect change in circumstance. But…
Jeremiah 29:11 (“’For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’”) is a promise to captive Israel, not to us during our unemployment. 

2 Chronicles 7:14 (“if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”) isn’t a promise to the United States – we were never a “Christian nation.”

Matthew 18:20 (“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them”) is sometimes used to excuse churchlessness, but it’s really a promise to those who gather for member discipline. 

There can be made an overall biblical case for the truths of the conclusions reached misusing these verses, but it’s always better to use the verses that actually make the promises. Otherwise, we run the risk of misquoting God, and misleading people. 

The Bible gives a complex, but unified, message. While many of its truths (like the gospel of Jesus Christ) are simple, they are never simplistic. The interrelatedness of the Old and New Testaments can be a career study. Biblical Christians ought not make short work of understanding what we proclaim.

Apart from the overall context, there are more and less palatable sections of Scripture. We might find the taste of individual ingredients disgusting before they’re mixed together and baked into a cake. Like the finished cake, the Bible is a delight when the recipe is followed for understanding the parts in light of the whole. 

Steve Post is a Tallahassee resident, armchair theologian, and past local ministry lay leader. Contact him at sepost7678@gmail.com.

I had said this on the zoom meeting on Monday about how recovery is like baking a cake...some of the ingredients themselves can be disgusting but when you mix all the ingredients together you get a lovely cake.

So the ingredients for recovery is 

*Being obedient to God.

*Repenting your sins

*Reading Scripture.

*Listening To Others. 

Here is a meditation from my Abide App for Psalm 46:10.

https://abide.co/prayer/mr6f1u

The Joy Of The Lord Is My Strength

Yesterday I got a letter from the council about my rebate for my council tax and rent. I have to make a claim with universal credits so I can receive it. Well that was me starting to fret, this morning I went online to do it but I'm not sure if I hav done it right so I could feel the stress evels going up. So I got down on my knees and prayed to God to help me with strength through with the transition of me moving. After praying I went downstairs to make a cup of tea and when I was down there I read my perpetual calenders 

 So these messages put a smile on my face. Why do I get all stressed out when I look back and see what God has done for me in the past. It's normal to feel this way it's something I don't like doing. But then I read today Word from UCB and I laughed out loud. God was like if you don't believe those messages here is another one.

Unconditional Joy

'Our relationship is with...Jesus ..so that we can completely filled with joy'. 1 John 1:3-4 GWT

When joy is absent from your life, power is also missing (see Nehemiah 8:10). Your happiness shouldn't be based on what's happening around you, but on your relationship with Jesus. John says, 'We can be completely filled with joy' (1 John 1:4 GWT).

Pastor Reimar Schultze notes: 'John did not say this when all was well, but when...everything had turned to shambles. (1) All his fellow apostles had been murdered. (2) Rome had destroyed the temple [so]...not one stone was left upon another. Flavius Josephus, an eyewitness wrote, "The multitude of those that...perished exceeded all the destructions men or God ever brought upon the world." (3) Many Jews and Christians became refugees. Average life expectancy was about forty years and 25 per cent of the people in Rome were slaves. (4) John himself lived as a condemned criminal on the Isle of Patmos. He had no earthly comforts; no assurance of living another day. When the cup of misery was full, God commissioned [him] to show the world the absolute power and triumph of Christianity over everything...[John's] writings, in reference to our daily walk, put a capstone on all that Heaven intended to reveal in the Word: if we have apostolic fellowship, our joy will be full. You do not need pleasant circumstances for this to happen.'

The psalmist said it best: 'In your presence is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore' (Psalm 16:11 NKJV).

Oh how I love 😍 the synchronicity of today's messae. My symbol is the humming bird and my scripture on my bookmarker with the hummingbird is Psalm 46:10..... "BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD. And the symbolic meaning of the humming bird is "JOY" 😂😂

Then I found this link about Psalm 46:10 https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/bible-study/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-verse-be-still-and-know-that-i-am-god.html

Here is an extract from it which ties in with today's message 

Common Misunderstandings of Psalm 46:10

Instead of interpreting “be still” as a gentle suggestion, the meaning in this psalm lends itself more to: “cease striving” or “stop” and more specifically in this context “stop fighting,” which is directed toward the enemies of the people of God. The people of God should interpret the command for themselves to read more like: ‘snap out of it,’ ‘wake up,’ ‘stop fearing’—acknowledge who your God is—be in awe! However, it is good to note that there’s nothing wrong with the words in the translation “be still;” those words are not incorrect, it is simply helpful to note the context of the phrase. Verse 10 has something to say to both the enemies of God and the people of God, but it is the people of God the psalm is written to. Verse 1 starts, “God is our refuge and strength” (emphasis added). The Psalms are for God’s people.

Word For Today....Learn To Respect The Differences,..

 

Monday 13th Jun 2022

LEARN TO RESPECT DIFFERENCES 

'Be gentle, showing every consideration for all people." Titus 3:1-2 NASB

None of us escapes adversity, Jesus told His disciples, 'In this world you will have trouble' (John 16:33 NIV). But Verdell Davis writes, "Though we may endure the same disease, broken relationships, disability and failure, trying to compare sufferings is to ignore the unique dynamics of each individual life. To listen to stories in an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting where all are brought together by their common addiction is to find that each pain, each heartache, each loss, each interplay of relationships is highly charged with some twist no one else in the room has experienced in quite the same way. We must resist seeing our own sorrows as more devastating or less important than someone else's. Mine are unique to me, and if I'm going to deal with them honestly and openly, I must accept that what's going on, deserves my respect.' 

Paul writes, 'Be gentle, showing every consideration for all people. Respect the differences between yourself and others, even when you've been through a similar experience. Don't barge in with a three point sermon and a pre-planned speech. The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive' (Proverbs 16:21 NLT). You letting can't go wrong with somebody who's hurting by simply showing up, giving them a hug. them know you care and that you're praying for them. It may be clichéd, but it's still true: people don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care! You don't demonstrate the love of God by being pushy, opinionated and acting like a know-it-all. You only do so by being "peace loving, gentle, reasonable, [and] full of mercy (James 3:17 NASB).