What can we remember?

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In Russia, in the early 1950’s, a group of three youth pastors even in the midst of communist opposition were helping organize house churches. God was moving, and the pastors felt led to have a conference for young people so they wouldn’t become discouraged and would know they weren’t alone.

The conference met in Moscow and almost seven hundred gathered together. None of these young people owned a Bible, their knowledge had come from family members or close friends who had passed down what they had learned. The pastors asked them to get in groups, and like a game, write down what they knew of the New Testament Gospels– Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John – and also make note of any hymns or songs they knew.

At the end of the conference, the notes of each small group were combined and compared. The results? “The young people had recreated all of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, with only a half-dozen mistakes, and also had been able to reconstruct the lyrics of more than twelve hundred songs, choruses, and hymns of the faith from memory.”[i]

Wow! Their testimony is amazing and very convicting. How many scripture verses, hymns, and songs do we know and how much can we remember?

Oh, heavenly Father how convicting the story is of these young people. Time is short, and the environment continues to grow in hostility toward Christianity, help me to be diligent to study the Bible, memorize scripture, and fill my mind and heart with Your word along with songs and hymns that honor our Lord. Help me remember Your truth so that I may share the wonderful truth of Your grace, mercy, and love.

“Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates” (Deuteronomy 11:18-20, NIV).

“All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness [learning to live in conformity to God’s will, both publicly and privately—behaving honorably with personal integrity and moral courage]; so that the man of God may be complete and proficient, outfitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17, AMP).

From Heart and Soul Medication by Lisa Buffaloe

 

 

 

[i] Nik Ripken, The Insanity of God, B & H Books

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Believing God will do it again

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The suffering of the people in Afghanistan, Haiti, the continuance of Covid, and other disturbing happenings in our world, break my heart and have left me feeling like I’m walking in wet concrete. It’s hard to move, hard to breathe, hard to know what to do. I pray and seek God’s face, ask, and beg for the rescue of His children, the removal of evil, for God to work mighty and show Himself as Lord of all. And, I beg again and again and again for the salvation of my lost family members and friends, and the many others who have turned from the Lord. Time is so short.

Then, I remember our God is ALL-MIGHTY, all-powerful, nothing has caught Him by surprise, and nothing is impossible for God. He is the righteous judge and evil will be punished. He is the Savior who reaches out to the lost and offers His unfailing love and eternal life. He is the rescuer and redeemer. He makes the walls to fall, the miracles to come, the seas to part, the mountains to move. He never fails. He is a faithful God. God is the God of all hope. No matter what is happening in the world, He is a good God, He is in control, and He has His children safe in the palm of His loving hands.

So, this morning I sang along with the song, “Do it again”… https://youtu.be/0B_lnQIITxU and then finished with “Believe For It” by Cece Winans. https://youtu.be/n4ggKHAK_xk

Move mighty God! Make a way where there is no way. We believe God. Save the lost, rescue the perishing, move the mountains! We believe You will do it again. We believe for it!

 

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Zoom out

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Have you ever been completely overwhelmed at the myriad of the world’s problems, our country’s problems, your own problems, family problems, and friend’s problems, and the many, many problems, problems everywhere? Boy, I have!

To change my perspective, I downloaded NASA space images on my computer screen saver. I first looked at a photo of earth from space. I could see the United States, but my problem was nowhere to be seen, and the person who seemed so huge on earth was so very tiny that they couldn’t be seen either.

The same God who created the billions and trillions of stars, counts the stars, knows them by name, and still cares enough to know the numbers of hairs on your head. He knows everything that will happen in advance and nothing will ever catch Him by surprise.

Zooming out from our problems, helps us realize we are only a miniscule spot in the cosmos, and our problems are so very small when we remember how VERY BIG God is!

God is holy, high and lifted up, Creator of all, ruler of all, sovereign over all, and He is always in control. God’s big enough to handle anything that comes your way. Therefore, zoom out from the problems and zoom in on your loving, faithful, all-is-possible God.

“He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them. Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite.” Psalm 147:4-5, NASB

“Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth, You who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens! When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place; what is man that You think of him, And a son of man that You are concerned about him? Psalm 8:1,3-4, NASB

“Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? Yet not one of them has [ever] been forgotten in the presence of God. Indeed the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are far more valuable than many sparrows.” Luke 12:6-7, AMP

“For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand, Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’” “For with God nothing shall be impossible.” Isaiah 41:13, NASB, Luke 1:37, KJV

Therefore, “…I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 (NASB)

Watch the video on YouTube — https://youtu.be/UEzychQGVpA

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