Friday, May 22, 2015

The Lord and the womb.


Upon you I have leaned from before my birth; you are he who took me from my mother's womb. My praise is continually of you.  - Psalm 71:6
A great reminder that God recognizes us even in our mothers's womb, We have leaned on Him, even when we were in the womb He was protecting and sustaining us. Life begins in the womb, it matters not that laws on this earth fail to recognize life in the womb. God, the Creator of the universe created human life on the sixth day. He knows when and where life begins for each individual. He also knows when our lives end, precious is the blood of His saints. All life is precious to our God, be it life in or outside of the womb.
Even our birth, our survival in the womb and entrance into this world depends on the Lord. He brought us out of the womb, He brings all of us out of the womb, He i the one who extends our lives, everyday we live, we live by His grace. 

Praise Him for every day, praise Him for new life, for extending our lives, praise Him, now and always!


Pastor Gary Morrison
Trinity Baptist Church
www.trinityallentown.org




Friday, May 15, 2015

The Lord hears our Prayers!

O you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come.  - Psalm 65:2

Yes God, the Lord the Creator, our Lord Jesus Christ who sits on the right hand of God the Father, it is he who hears all prayer! 
Jesus hears, He is not dead and buried, He is alive, He is the Eternal One, the God who hears the cries of His loved ones, He who listens, even when we are alone in darkness, abandoned, deserted, abused, forsaken, forgotten by all, neglected, depressed, even when we are persecuted with impunity to death, Jesus hears our cry. Oh what comfort, though no one responds to our distress, He hears our prayer, our voice, He sees our need, our desperate plight. Truly we come to Him, we draw near to Him in prayer.
I wonder if we truly appreciate what a God-given resource we have at our disposal, I wonder if we realize what privilege we have been given?
"Oh Lord, you see us where we are, you see us as we are, you see beneath the facade, you see our heart, our lostness, our brokenness, you see and you hear!
May your name be praised now and forever more, Amen!"
Draw near to Him in prayer.
May He bless us in the days that lie ahead with a stronger sense of His very real presence with us at all times.


Saturday, May 9, 2015

Waiting

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.  - Psalm 62:1

In God, and in God alone, and in no other, and in nothing else can our souls, our inner most being, that which we are inside ourselves, only in the Lord God alone can our souls commune. 
Apart from Christ our inner most being is actually spiritually dead, dead souls are like dead people, and dead people just simply do not communicate at all, they don't communicate, because they cannot, they are dead. 
Once the Lord comes and breathes His Holy Spirit over us and on us our souls come to life, and immediately like newborn babies who wait for their mothers, we wait for our heavenly Father! 
Our very salvation comes from God the father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God brings His salvation to us in a more certain way than a mother feeds her newborn baby. God's care for us, his newborn children is more loving and caring than the most loving parent could ever possibly be. 
That may be hard to grasp for some, but it is meant as an encouragement, and assurance, a comfort.  
We need never fear the Lord and His love for us.