God Has Got This Ps. 23. Gene Kissinger

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God Has Got This.  Ps. 23
Do you have a night routine? I want to teach you to be still and know that God has got this. I have a morning routine and a night routine. I do things almost exactly the same way in the morning and then right before I go to bed right after I get out of bed, there's a specific order to getting dressed and getting the coffee made and getting my little moped ready and all of that at night before I tuck into bed. I always go in and get me a big old tablespoon of peanut butter and eat it it's Let me tell you a little bit about kind of being still and knowing that God has got this this is redeeming the time brothers podcast podcast by Gene Kissinger, Norman Kissinger, two brothers who spent their lives in ministry and raising large families our desire is to leave a nightlight on for you as we provide a digital place for those who longed to belong. Tonight's nightlight is out of Psalms 23 says He leadeth me beside the still waters, he restores my soul. He leadeth me beside the still water He restoreth my soul. I like those times early in the morning and right at right before I fall asleep at night when it's quiet through my house. There's a sense of stillness that settles over the entirety of creation It feels like and it allows me to have a moment where I can sort of just breathe in and not have to be anywhere and not have to do anything and not have any obligations but just to rest quietly in God. And boy, I need that because sometimes we can get so agitated and upset. We are harried by the wolves of this world as God sheep. We are chased and harassed and and boy we hit those days when it seems like everything goes wrong and it's stressful and you you feel the pressure pounding in around you. That's exactly when you've got to know that it's okay God's got this. Be still and know that God has got this. I like how one one author wrote it. He said I finally reach up and click off the lamp head to bed, embraced by the darkness for a moment I feel the presence of God close by lolling me into sleep and rest the psalmist writes, be still and know that I am God. Sometimes we best commune with God by being quiet and drifting off into slumber by leaning back and abiding in God's presence. The Good Shepherd gives us sheep permission to rest, to be content to be lazy, and to do nothing but enjoy the goodness of God. They're going to be those days. When you feel like you've got to somehow be the manager of the universe and you don't fill up. Melaka athon was a friend of Martin Luther the original Martin Luther not the one of civil rights fame, but the one reformation fame. And his good friend Philip Melaka. Anton was one who sort of sharpened him As iron sharpens iron. And one day Philip was going over the the agenda for the days they would decide what to do. And he said, melon can bond said, Martin this day we will discuss the governance of the universe. To which Luther replied Philip this day, you and I will go fishing and leave the governance of the universe to God. And boy, we need to leave the governance of the universe to God, I used to feel like I was responsible for everybody and everything. And I went around carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders. But God has recently taught me that every human being is responsible for their own actions and I can't make them do right. And God doesn't even make them do right. So I've got a cast them over onto God, Chuck swindoll. Writing, he talked about how there are days when the best thing you can do is leave it to God. Don't sweat. Don't fret. Don't cry. Don't curse. Don't sweat. Don't fret. Don't cry, don't curse. Just smile and leave it to God. Be still and know that God's got this. You may you may have trouble doing that because

you may be kind of a driven personality like me. One of the fav favorite cartoons I have is the one Garfield where it's about a big, fat lazy cat. And john, his owner comes in and says, tries to wake him up and he says the early bird gets the worm Garfield and he says, show me an early bird and I'll show you a bird with bad breath and who wants worms anyway, kind of thinking. Sometimes we sometimes we feel so driven and so compelled. And God wants us to really move more into the model of Jesus. Think about the ministry of Jesus. Jesus never hurried anywhere, and he never worried about anyone. Jesus never hurried anywhere and he never worried about anyone. What does that mean? That means that he left it to God. What about those that rejected him? What about those that shook their head and said, No, he left them to God the Father and we can leave that our loved ones who don't know Jesus yet to God the Father. Now we witness when there's opportunity we plant seed when we can But ultimately, their relationship with God is between them and God and they have to make that decision. We can't make it for them. And so I think we need to do a little bit of casting today cast our cares upon God. Cast those that we love onto God and just smile and rest and know that God's got this Be still and know that God's got this God bless you. Let's pray. Dear Lord, I thank you for this day. I thank you for these that are under the sound of my voice. I pray that you would bless them and help them to rest well tonight, let them know that you love them and care for them. Just give them your supernatural strength as they go through their days. Help them not to fret, help them not to sweat, help them not to curse. Help them God just to cast their cares upon you. Thank you for all that you have done. Be with us on this night in Jesus name, amen. God bless you have a good night.

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What are we gonna DO? Deut 1:26-31

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 Tonight's nightlight is out of Deuteronomy chapter one and verse 26. The context is the children of Israel on the border of going into the promised land and there is they're trying to figure out what they're going to do. In relation to that. 

     I want to read Deuteronomy chapter one, certainly, verse 26. "Notwithstanding you would not go up but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and you murmured in your tents and said, because the Lord hated us, he had brought us for out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us, whether Shall we go up our brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying, the people is greater and taller than we, the cities are great and walled up to heaven. Moreover, we have seen the sons of the Anakim come there, (the sons of the Giants there), it says, and then I said unto you, dread not, and don't be afraid, (don't be terrified. Don't be frightened, ) neither be afraid of them, the Lord your God, which shall go before you (listen to that,) the Lord your God, which goes before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you, in the land of Egypt, before your eyes and in the wilderness, where thou has seen how that the Lord thy God, bear thee (and carried you,) as a man does bear his son, in all the way that he went until you came onto this place."

The future has been described as The Undiscovered Country.  Right now we  find ourselves on the precipice of The Undiscovered Country, I don't know how this year is going to turn out. If you would have asked me January 1 of last year to predict how 2020 was going to turn out, I would have failed the task. And if you ask me right now how 2021 is going to turn out with the political upheaval and turmoil, I don't know how it's gonna turn out. What I do know is I can trust an unknown future to known God, I can trust an unknown future to a known God. 

God's hands are strong enough, 

God's mind is smart enough. 

God's strength is great enough that he can get us through this current situation.

    God is not up in heaven, drinking, Maalox wondering what in the world he's going to do. God already declares the end from the beginning. He's not surprised by any event that happens. He has a plan. In fact, we are we are encouraged to understand that in the last days, perilous times will come, there's going to be difficulty and trouble and that trouble will increase more and more as time goes on until the second coming of Jesus Christ, when he's going to split the eastern sky and catch us all away. 

      So we find ourselves asking, what are we going to do? Maybe we should be asking, what are we going to be, because God wants us to be salt and light in these last days. So maybe rather than making resolutions that we're going to exercise and lose weight, and all those kind of things, not that those things are bad, if you want to do those, those are fine. But maybe instead of what are we going to do, we should be asking the question, what are we going to be? 

      We're going to be prayerful. We're going to go to God in Prayer.  right now pastor Andy Albright of the Nazarene Church has been inviting us to engage in 21 days of fasting and prayer and boy, if ever there's ever a time to fast and pray we need to do that right now. 

      We need to be trusting. The same God who's got you through every hard time in your life is the same God that you can trust right now he's gonna be with you. He's gonna be with our nation. Listen God Didn't abandon us. He's still on the throne. Look, no matter who's in the White House. God is on the throne. You can trust Him, 

      

     We can be obedient. I'm going to do whatever God tells me to do moment by moment because he knows everything.  He's the only one that can lead me through this treacherous territory that is around us right now.

     

     We need to be forgiving. There's a lot of unforgiveness that is going on right now. We need to be forgiving people. Why? Because Jesus Christ forgave the individuals that were nailing him to the cross.  He said, Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. And you and I are to be Christ like in how we deal with those around us. 

     

     We're to be faithful, faithful to what God has called us to do. Our job is to win the lost at any cost. The reason our nation is in the mess that it's in is because we have not won lost Boys and girls, men and women into the kingdom of God, the people are thrashing around out there that have no idea what direction they're going they call good evil and evil good, Those people need Jesus and once they get Jesus, they're going to understand the answers to all the perplexities that are going on in their life. But until they have Jesus, they're going to continue to thrash around. We need to be faithful, winning the lost in any cost. 

     

     We need to be a Christ follower. It's our job to be authentic believers in the last days, no matter what the society does, no matter what the world does around us. Our job is to be real deal blood bought born again, spirit filled Christians who live out their faith in front of a lost and dying, perverted, corrupt world, so that they can come to know our Savior and be transformed as well.

So the most important thing is not what is in front of you In this Undiscovered Country, the most important thing is who is in front of you.  This passage says, the  the Lord your God, which goes before you, he shall fight for you. So it's not what are we going to do? It's Who are we going to be? It's not what is out in front of us. It's who is out in front of us and who is out in front of us is God. Because when you get when you wake up, and you go into tomorrow, God is already there. 

    Let's pray. Dear Lord, God, I thank you for this day. And I thank you for these dear ones, under the sound of my voice, I pray that you would bless them and be with them. Give them a word of encouragement in the midst of these distressing times. Allow them to know that you love them and care for them, and let them know that you have never ever dropped the ball. You've never ever failed. And God you're moving in this current situation just as surely as you did in in every instance in time past when we were panicked. Thank you that you're able to bring us through. Thank you for going out ahead of us and fighting for us in Jesus name, amen.

Count Your Blessing 2. Ps. 105:5 J.H Jowett

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COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS”

Psalm 105:1-15

"COUNT your blessings!” Yes, but over what area shall I look for them? There is my personal life. Let me search in every corner. I have found forget-me-nots on many a rutty road. I have found wild-roses behind a barricade of nettles. Professor Miall has a lecture on “The Botany of a Railway Station.” He found something graceful and exquisite in the midst of its soot and grime. So I must look even in the dark patches of life, among my disappointments and defeats, and even there I shall find tokens of the Lord’s presence, some flowers of His planting.

And there is my share in the life of the nation. “Ye seed of Abraham His servant, ye children of Jacob His chosen.” There are hands that stretch out to me from past days, laden with bequests of privilege and freedom. Our feet “stand in a large place,” and the place was cleared by the fidelity and the courage of the men of old. I have countless blessings that were bought with blood. The red marks of sacrifice are over all my daily ways. Let me not take the inheritance and overlook the blood marks, and stride about as though it were nought but common ground. Mercies abound on every hand! “Count your blessings!”

dependable A.B Simpson

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Dependable
God wants people whom He can depend upon. He could say of Abraham, I know, him, . . . that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. God can be depended upon. He wants us to be just as decided, just as reliable and just as stable. This is what faith means. God is looking for men on whom He can put the weight of all His love and power and faithful promises. When God finds such a soul there is nothing He will not do for him. God's engines are strong enough to pull any weight we attach to them. Unfortunately, the cable which we fasten to the engine is often too weak to hold the weight of our prayer; therefore, God is drilling us, disciplining us and training us that we may achieve stability and certainty in the life of faith. Let us learn our lessons and let us stand fast. God has His best things for the few Who dare to stand the test; God has His second choice for those Who will not have His best. Give me, 0 Lord, Thy highest choice, Let others take the rest. Their good things have no charm for me, For I have got Thy best. I know him . . . that [he] will keep the way of the Lord -Genesis 18:19

The Never Failing Springs J.H Jowett

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THE NEVER-FAILING SPRINGS

Genesis 17:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

"I WILL establish My covenant.” The good promises of God are never revoked. They are like springs which know no shrinking in times of drought. Nay, in time of drought they reveal a richer fulness. The promises are confirmed in the hour of my need, and the greater my need the greater is my bounty. And so it was that the Apostle Paul came to “rejoice in his infirmities,” for through his infirmities he discovered the riches of Divine grace. He brought a bigger pitcher to the fountain, and he always carried it away full. “As thy days so shall thy strength be.”

So I need never fear that the promise of yesterday will exhaust itself before to-morrow. God’s covenant goes with us like the ever-fresh waters of the wilderness. “They drank of that rock which followed them, and that rock was Christ.” Every fulfilment of God’s promise is the pledge of one to come.

God has no road without its springs. If His path stretches across the waste wilderness the “fountains shall break out in the desert,” and “the wilderness shall rejoice and blossom as the rose.”

Do What You Known A.B Simpson

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Do What You Know

We need to watch our prayers as well as watch for the answers to our prayers. It requires as much wisdom to pray rightly as it does faith to receive the answers to our prayers. A Christian confided that he had been in years of darkness because God had failed to answer certain of his prayers. As a result, he had been in a state bordering on infidelity. A very few moments were sufficient to convince this friend that his prayers had been entirely unauthorized and that God had never promised to answer such prayers. They were for things which, in the exercise of ordinary wisdom, he should have accomplished himself. The result was deliverance from the cloud of unbelief which was almost wrecking his Christian life. There are some things about which we do not need to pray as much as to take the light which God has already given. Many people are asking God to give them peculiar signs, tokens and supernatural intimations of His will. Our business is to use the light He has given, and then He will give whatever more we need. Watch and pray -Matthew 26:41

Look To The Heavens Gen 15:5

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THE LARGER OUTLOOK

Genesis 15:5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.

"AND He brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven!” (Ge 15:5)The tent was changed for the sky! Abraham sat moodily in his tent: God brought him forth beneath the stars. And that is always the line of the Divine leading. He brings us forth out of our small imprisonments and He sets our feet in a large place. He desires for us height and breadth of view. For “as the heavens are high above the earth” so are His thoughts higher than our thoughts, and His ways than our ways. He wishes us, I say, to exchange the tent for the sky, and to live and move in great, spacious thoughts of His purposes and will.

How is it with our love? Is it a thing of the tent or of the sky? Does it range over mighty spaces seeking benedictions for a multitude? Or does it dwell in selfish seclusion, imprisoned in merely selfish quest? How is it with our prayers? How big are they? Will a tent contain them, or do they move with the scope and greatness of the heavens? Do they just contain our own families, or is China in them, and India, and “the uttermost parts of the earth”? “Look now towards the heavens!” Such must be our outlook if we are the companions of God.