Monthly Archives: January 2015

Strengthen My Hands ( by Fenny West)

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Strengthen my Hands

O Lord, my God.

You’re God at Hand

So says Your word.

 

Despite the foes,

You’re in control.

I fully know.

Be still, my soul.

 

Strengthen my hand

By day and night;

On sea and land,

Lord, be my might.

 

Lord, fight for me.

Lord, show your power.

You are with me,

In every hour.

 

Strengthen my hands,

Through thick and thin,

And I will stand,

Until I win.

 

By Your Spirit

I will arise.

I know He’ll lift

Every demise.

 

Strengthen my hands.

I trust in you

And your commands.

There’s none like you.

 

You are faithful,

Good in all ways.

You’re merciful,

So my soul says.

 

 

Neh 6:1-9,15

1     Now it happened when Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there were no breaks left in it (though at that time I had not hung the doors in the gates),2 that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together among the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they thought to do me harm.

3     So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”

4     But they sent me this message four times, and I answered them in the same manner.

5     Then Sanballat sent his servant to me as before, the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand.6 In it was written:

       It is reported among the nations, and Geshem says, that you and the Jews plan to rebel; therefore, according to these rumors, you are rebuilding the wall, that you may be their king.7 And you have also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning you at Jerusalem, saying, “There is a king in Judah!” Now these matters will be reported to the king. So come, therefore, and let us consult together.

8     Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say are being done, but you invent them in your own heart.”

9     For they all were trying to make us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done.”

   Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands

15   So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.16 And it happened, when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, that they were very disheartened in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.

Neh6:1-9,15

Oh , How I love Your Law ( by Fenny West)

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Oh, how I love your law

It lifts me off the floor;

Sets my feet on the rock;

Gives me blessings the world calls luck.

 

Oh, how I love your statutes

They make me astute

Give me incredible stability

And wisdom like infinity.

 

Oh how I love your testimony

It gives me my testimonies

Paints pictures of hope

And enables me to cope.

 

Oh, how I love your commandment

It undergirds my assignment

Gives me superabundant armament

Against all satanic assignment.

 

Oh, how I love your word

It is full of great rewards

Full of precious promises

Full of help, health, wealth.

 

Oh how I love your covenant

It makes me expectant

It speaks of your integrity

Guarantees my prosperity.

7     The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul;

    The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;

8     The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart;

    The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;

9     The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever;

    The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

10   More to be desired are they than gold,

    Yea, than much fine gold;

    Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

11   Moreover by them Your servant is warned,

    And in keeping them there is great reward.

Ps19:7-11

My Iron Will Swim ( by Fenny West)

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My dream shall live

Because He lives

My purpose shall speak

Because the blood speaks

My iron will swim.

 

Regardless of opposition

I expect promotion.

I see progression

Because of Jesus’ intercession.

My iron will swim.

 

Regardless of the passage of time

In His hand is my time.

And at the appointed time

My dream will speak and not lie.

My iron will swim.

 

God is on my side,

So no matter betide

I will cross over.

I will reach the other side.

My iron will swim.

 

All things are possible.

I can do all things

Through Christ, my strength.

All things are mine.

My Iron will swim.

 

What is seen is passing.

What is seen is temporary.

What is seen is ephemeral.

What is seen is deceptive.

My iron will swim.

 

I dare to believe God

It shall be to me

According to His word

God will bring breakthrough

My iron will swim.

 

 

 

 

“The iron did swim.”—2 Kings 6:9.

Your Iron Will Swim ( by C.H. Spurgeon)

Your Iron Will Swim

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“The iron did swim.”—2 Kings 6:9.

HE axe-head seemed hopelessly lost, and as it was borrowed, the honour of the prophetic band was likely to be imperilled, and so the name of their God to be compromised. Contrary to all expectation, the iron was made to mount from the depth of the stream and to swim; for things impossible with man are possible with God. I knew a man in Christ but a few years ago who was called to undertake a work far exceeding his strength. It appeared so difficult as to involve absurdity in the bare idea of attempting it. Yet he was called thereto, and his faith rose with the occasion; God honoured his faith, unlooked-for aid was sent, and the iron did swim. Another of the Lord’s family was in grievous financial straits, he was able to meet all claims, and much more if he could have realized a certain portion of his estate, but he was overtaken with a sudden pressure; he sought for friends in vain, but faith led him to the unfailing Helper, and lo, the trouble was averted, his footsteps were enlarged, and the iron did swim. A third had a sorrowful case of depravity to deal with. He had taught, reproved, warned, invited, and interceded, but all in vain. Old Adam was too strong for young Melancthon, the stubborn spirit would not relent. Then came an agony of prayer, and before long a blessed answer was sent from heaven. The hard heart was broken, the iron did swim. Beloved reader, what is thy desperate case? What heavy matter hast thou in hand this evening? Bring it hither. The God of the prophets lives, and lives to help His saints. He will not suffer thee to lack any good thing. Believe thou in the Lord of hosts! Approach Him pleading the name of Jesus, and the iron shall swim; thou too shalt see the finger of God working marvels for His people. According to thy faith be it unto thee, and yet again the iron shall swim.

God Will Deliver You Ere Long ( by C.H. Spurgeon)

God Will Deliver You Ere Long

“He was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst?” Judges 15:18

Samson was thirsty and ready to die. The difficulty was totally different from any which the hero had met before. Merely to get thirst assuaged is nothing like so great a matter as to be delivered from a thousand Philistines! but when the thirst was upon him, Samson felt that little present difficulty more weighty than the great past difficulty out of which he had so specially been delivered. It is very usual for God’s people, when they have enjoyed a great deliverance, to find a little trouble too much for them. Samson slays a thousand Philistines, and piles them up in heaps, and then faints for a little water! Jacob wrestles with God at Peniel, and overcomes Omnipotence itself, and then goes “halting on his thigh!” Strange that there must be a shrinking of the sinew whenever we win the day. As if the Lord must teach us our littleness, our nothingness, in order to keep us within bounds. Samson boasted right loudly when he said, “I have slain a thousand men.” His boastful throat soon grew hoarse with thirst, and he betook himself to prayer. God has many ways of humbling his people. Dear child of God, if after great mercy you are laid very low, your case is not an unusual one. When David had mounted the throne of Israel, he said, “I am this day weak, though anointed king.” You must expect to feel weakest when you are enjoying your greatest triumph. If God has wrought for you great deliverances in the past, your present difficulty is only like Samson’s thirst, and the Lord will not let you faint, nor suffer the daughter of the uncircumcised to triumph over you. The road of sorrow is the road to heaven, but there are wells of refreshing water all along the route. So, tried brother, cheer your heart with Samson’s words, and rest assured that God will deliver you ere long.

 

Seeing Jesus from the Face of Abel (by C .H. Spurgeon)

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Seeing Jesus from the face of Abel

 

“Abel was a keeper of sheep.” Genesis 4:2

As a shepherd Abel sanctified his work to the glory of God, and offered a sacrifice of blood upon his altar, and the Lord had respect unto Abel and his offering. This early type of our Lord is exceedingly clear and distinct. Like the first streak of light which tinges the east at sunrise, it does not reveal everything, but it clearly manifests the great fact that the sun is coming. As we see Abel, a shepherd and yet a priest, offering a sacrifice of sweet smell unto God, we discern our Lord, who brings before his Father a sacrifice to which Jehovah ever hath respect. Abel was hated by his brother–hated without a cause; and even so was the Saviour: the natural and carnal man hated the accepted man in whom the Spirit of grace was found, and rested not until his blood had been shed. Abel fell, and sprinkled his altar and sacrifice with his own blood, and therein sets forth the Lord Jesus slain by the enmity of man while serving as a priest before the Lord. “The good Shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.” Let us weep over him as we view him slain by the hatred of mankind, staining the horns of his altar with his own blood. Abel’s blood speaketh. “The Lord said unto Cain, The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.'” The blood of Jesus hath a mighty tongue, and the import of its prevailing cry is not vengeance but mercy. It is precious beyond all preciousness to stand at the altar of our good Shepherd! to see him bleeding there as the slaughtered priest, and then to hear his blood speaking peace to all his flock, peace in our conscience, peace between Jew and Gentile, peace between man and his offended Maker, peace all down the ages of eternity for blood-washed men. Abel is the first shepherd in order of time, but our hearts shall ever place Jesus first in order of excellence. Thou great Keeper of the sheep, we the people of thy pasture bless thee with our whole hearts when we see thee slain for us.

Mastering Your Mood ( by Fenny West)

Mastering you mood

May sound too good

Till it’s understood.

 

Just take a good look

In the light of the Book.

Eat it as your food.

Ask: ’What would Jesus do?’

Ask the Spirit’s help,

Then dare to do that too.

  1. Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.Eph5:1

  2. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,Phil2:5.

  3. … as He is, so are we in this world.171John4:17

  4. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.1John3:

  5. 12     I have not departed from the commandment of His lips;

          I have treasured the words of His mouth

                  More than my necessary food. Job23:12

 

You Kan Roo It Too ( by Fenny West)

You Kan Roo It too

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Have you heard of the story of a dog thought to have been born with one of the front legs missing? And then it had an accident and lost the remaining front leg. What a depressing story! What a misfortune others would say even if they are not animal lovers. Many would say ‘Put it out of its misery, put it down!

However this dog did not call a pity party. It believed it had a life to live and got on with it even with no front legs. It decided to hop about like a kangaroo. It made life happen despite what happened to it. She is now affectionately called Roo

Rescued from the street in Romania by a charity, Safe Rescue for Dogs, she is now a celebrity in her locality as she lived life in a remarkable way despite what happened to her. Her resilience has even attracted fosterers, Nikki and Ian Dick, and she is a rising star as many are falling in love with her for being so inspirational.

When people see her for the first time, they are dumbfounded but she wonders what the fuss is all about. They may think she is like a kangaroo but she is just trying to live life and show that regardless of what happens to you in life, you Kan roo it!

 

 

 

So what has happened to you? Take a leaf from Roo and press on and you too will be a rising star, inspiring others regardless of what happened to them. You can make life happen. You attitude determines your altitude. You can Roo it too!

 

13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phil4:13

 

Seek Him Dearly and Daily ( by C.H. Spurgeon)

Seek Him Dearly and Daily

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“I sought him, but I found him not.” Song of Solomon 3:1

Tell me where you lost the company of Christ, and I will tell you the most likely place to find him. Have you lost Christ in the closet by restraining prayer? Then it is there you must seek and find him. Did you lose Christ by sin? You will find Christ in no other way but by the giving up of the sin, and seeking by the Holy Spirit to mortify the member in which the lust doth dwell. Did you lose Christ by neglecting the Scriptures? You must find Christ in the Scriptures. It is a true proverb, “Look for a thing where you dropped it, it is there.” So look for Christ where you lost him, for he has not gone away. But it is hard work to go back for Christ. Bunyan tells us, the pilgrim found the piece of the road back to the Arbour of Ease, where he lost his roll, the hardest he had ever travelled. Twenty miles onward is easier than to go one mile back for the lost evidence.

Take care, then, when you find your Master, to cling close to him. But how is it you have lost him? One would have thought you would never have parted with such a precious friend, whose presence is so sweet, whose words are so comforting, and whose company is so dear to you! How is it that you did not watch him every moment for fear of losing sight of him? Yet, since you have let him go, what a mercy that you are seeking him, even though you mournfully groan, “O that I knew where I might find him!” Go on seeking, for it is dangerous to be without thy Lord. Without Christ you are like a sheep without its shepherd; like a tree without water at its roots; like a sere leaf in the tempest–not bound to the tree of life. With thine whole heart seek him, and he will be found of thee: only give thyself thoroughly up to the search, and verily, thou shalt yet discover him to thy joy and gladness.

The Word Works (by Fenny West)

The Word Works

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 The word Works

When you stand on it

When you pray it

And pray with it

When you pop it as pill

When you rub it in like balm.

 

The word heals

Because it is spirit and life

Because it is God-breathed

Because it is powerful

And dynamic, razor-sharp

Living, seasoned and it’s God’s mind.

 

The word works

When you refuse to relent

When you hold on to it

Like a bulldog that has found a bone.

The word is medicine for health;

The word is wisdom in business;

The word is blue print for prosperity;

The word is for soundness of mind;

The word works for peace profound;

The word works for divine direction;

The word is for creativity

The word is for healthy relationships

The word is for finding purpose

Facing and fulfilling purpose.

The word works always and everywhere;

on the mountain in the valley.

 

12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.Heb4:12

63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.John6:63

“It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ “

Matt4:4

7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. John15:7

32.”So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified Act20:32

 

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Col3:16

12     I have not departed from the commandment of His lips;

      I have treasured the words of His mouth

              More than my necessary food. Job23:12

20     My son, give attention to my words;

      Incline your ear to my sayings.

21     Do not let them depart from your eyes;

      Keep them in the midst of your heart;

22     For they are life to those who find them,

      And health to all their flesh.

 Prov4:20-22

6     “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Deut6:6-9