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Daily Bible Study for April 29th 2009
Daily Scripture Verse of the day is Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Scripture reading of the day is Psalm 23
Because the lord is my shepherd, I have everything I need! He lets me rest in the meadow grass and leads me beside the quiet streams. he restores my failing health. He helps me do what honors him the most.
Even when walking through the dark valley of death, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me, guarding, guiding all the way.
You provide delicious food for me in the presence of my enemies. You have welcomed me as your guest; blessings overflow!
Your goodness and unfailing kindness shall be with me all of my life, and afterward I will live with you forever in your home.
Sam’s Response
There are many promises that God makes in the above scripture. This is one of the most well know Psalms of all time.
I love the line, because the Lord is my shepherd,i have everything I need. When we are in God’s hands he is able to do so much in and through us if we let him have his way.
There are times of rest we need to invest in to nourish our souls and spirit. The fight we have to fight is a constant battle that each day we face. We all have loved ones, family members, and friends who are unsaved. In Matthew 5;4, that is what this mourning is talking about. There must be a longing, and yearning of our spirit that is willing to constantly pray and call forth the waring angels of heaven to do battle for those that are lost. We are to stand in the gap. We are to mourn over and for those lost souls.
The beauty is that right after we mourn, we shall be comforted as well.
In today’s devotion from Smith Wigglesworth, it says “God’s heart is in the place of intense passion. Let us bend or break for God is determined to bless us. Oh, the Joy of service and the joy of suffering.” then a bit later Smith Wigglesworth goes on to say…”There must me no coming down form the cross but a going on from faith to faith and from Glory to glory with an increasing dilegence so that we my be found in him “without spot and blameless (2 Peter 3:14
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