This Christian life is a journey...we sojourn together....the Psalmist says, a pilgrimage.
NOUN: 1. A journey to a sacred place or shrine. 2. A long journey or search, especially one of exalted purpose or moral significance.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: pil·grim·aged, pil·grim·ag·ing, pil·grim·ag·es To go on a pilgrimage.
The Hebrew Translation of Pilgrimage is: sojourning place, dwelling-place, sojourning lifetime
Psalm 84
1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!
2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD ; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young- a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
7 They go from *strength to strength*, till each appears before God in Zion.
8 Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob.
9 Look upon our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
12 O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.
This also stuck out today....they go from strength to strength The hebrew for that word and who knew there where over 20 definitions for the word Strength. T
his particular word is used in this way: Definition strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army, ability, force So how does that look?
They go from *might to might*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
They go from *efficiency to efficiency*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
They go from *wealth to wealth*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
They go from *army to army*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
They go from *ability to ability*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
They go from *force to force*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
II Corinthians 3:18 says we go from Glory to Glory.
Friday, April 06, 2007
Forced to Restore (repost)
I studied Psalm 69 and in the first few verses David says. "I am forced to restore what I did not steal"
That jumped off the page at me, because of my background. Product of the times, statistics? I don't know the answer. I'd say alot has been stolen from me. And now, I am forced to restore it, myself. I felt that way for a long time. I had to be restored, I had to do it.
Memorial Day Weekend 1995. I made a commitment to God and started praying. I had some prayer books which really helped cuz they were full of scripture. So I could look them up and do a little reading.From that time on I didn't always live right. I thought *I* needed to clean up my act. *I* needed to get myself right, before God would accept me.
It has taken years to figure out that God is For Me. God Loves Me - as if there were no one else. He's not couting the hairs on my head...He Knows the number and it changes daily. He knows me that intimately. It is His desire to bless me, He's not out to get me. I finally "get it."
In the past 5 years I have read my bible alot and prayed. In the past 2 years I have really prayed for change. Change me. What I really meant, now I see....Restore me.
In the past year or so I have listened and learned from various teachers. One things I learned was how to study the bible. I definately learned to read beyond the Psalms. There was a time in my life where all I could do was say "help me God, please, if You're really there, help me." Now I say....Restore me, God I know you're really there, restore me.
The psalmist says...I am forced to restore what I did not steal. All kinds of things have happened to me in my life, physical and sexual abuse, abusive relationships, divorce, abandonment, rejection....SO WHAT! *shrug* THANK GOD! Thank Him that I can shrug. It is the past, its over, I am indifferent. Now, I have a story to tell of restoration, reconciliation. My life can be a testimony to other who have been me, who are me. The me of yesterday.
I started doing some research on "restore" God says He Restores. He will restore.Over and Over:
I will restore the ruins....Isaiah 44:26
I will restore so that you may serve.... Jer. 15:19
I will restore you to the promised land... Jer. 16:15
I will restore you to health and heal your wounds.....Jer. 30:17
I will restore your fortune, your home, I will rebuild you....Jer.30:18
Six places in Jeremiah God says I will restore your fortune
"I will restore Davids fallen tent, I wil repair its broken place, restore its ruins and built it as it used to be, so that the remnant of men and all the nations that bear my name may seek The Lord " Declares the Lord, who will do these things. Amos 9:11-12I will restore twice as much and make you strong....Zechariah 9: 11-136
"I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them. Zechariah 10: 6
Gods Word tells me....He is in the restoration business.
That jumped off the page at me, because of my background. Product of the times, statistics? I don't know the answer. I'd say alot has been stolen from me. And now, I am forced to restore it, myself. I felt that way for a long time. I had to be restored, I had to do it.
Memorial Day Weekend 1995. I made a commitment to God and started praying. I had some prayer books which really helped cuz they were full of scripture. So I could look them up and do a little reading.From that time on I didn't always live right. I thought *I* needed to clean up my act. *I* needed to get myself right, before God would accept me.
It has taken years to figure out that God is For Me. God Loves Me - as if there were no one else. He's not couting the hairs on my head...He Knows the number and it changes daily. He knows me that intimately. It is His desire to bless me, He's not out to get me. I finally "get it."
In the past 5 years I have read my bible alot and prayed. In the past 2 years I have really prayed for change. Change me. What I really meant, now I see....Restore me.
In the past year or so I have listened and learned from various teachers. One things I learned was how to study the bible. I definately learned to read beyond the Psalms. There was a time in my life where all I could do was say "help me God, please, if You're really there, help me." Now I say....Restore me, God I know you're really there, restore me.
The psalmist says...I am forced to restore what I did not steal. All kinds of things have happened to me in my life, physical and sexual abuse, abusive relationships, divorce, abandonment, rejection....SO WHAT! *shrug* THANK GOD! Thank Him that I can shrug. It is the past, its over, I am indifferent. Now, I have a story to tell of restoration, reconciliation. My life can be a testimony to other who have been me, who are me. The me of yesterday.
I started doing some research on "restore" God says He Restores. He will restore.Over and Over:
I will restore the ruins....Isaiah 44:26
I will restore so that you may serve.... Jer. 15:19
I will restore you to the promised land... Jer. 16:15
I will restore you to health and heal your wounds.....Jer. 30:17
I will restore your fortune, your home, I will rebuild you....Jer.30:18
Six places in Jeremiah God says I will restore your fortune
"I will restore Davids fallen tent, I wil repair its broken place, restore its ruins and built it as it used to be, so that the remnant of men and all the nations that bear my name may seek The Lord " Declares the Lord, who will do these things. Amos 9:11-12I will restore twice as much and make you strong....Zechariah 9: 11-136
"I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them. Zechariah 10: 6
Gods Word tells me....He is in the restoration business.
Borne (repost)
I think this says it all....
Borne of dust, I get so dirty, But You pick me up, brush me off. Send me on my way. Borne of flesh, I get so caught up in my story, It's so human to concern myself with. Everything that I seem to be going through. But Lord, where would I be. Without this flesh to remind me.
Chorus 1: I was borne to breathe, Borne to be broken, Borne to realize that it's not I, But the You in me. Borne to live, AND Borne to love You. I was borne to die. Knowing that my life is not mine.
Hook: So Lord, thank you for the thorn, I've had to bear. From the day that I was borne
Borne of love, Love so perfect. You are Heaven's thought, gift of God. Come to save the world. Born of flesh and born of Spirit, My sweet Savior it's so like You. To concern Yourself with, Everything that I seem to be going through. Oh Lord, where would I be, Without Your love to remind me.
Chorus 1
Hook: So Lord, thank you for the thorn, I've had to bear. From the day that I was borne.
Bridge for 2nd Chorus: You were borne to breathe, Borne to be broken.....
Chorus 2: You were borne to breathe, Borne to be broken, Borne so that I would realize, You are all I need. Borne to live, Borne to love (save) me. You were borne to die so that I, Could be completely free.
(Repeat)
Hook: So Lord, thank you for the thorns, for the thorns, you chose to bear, So that I could be... I could be borne. I could be borne.
Scriptural References:(John 3:16, Psalm 46:1, 2 Cor. 4:7-9 & 12:9, 1 Peter 5:7, Romans 8:26)
Borne of dust, I get so dirty, But You pick me up, brush me off. Send me on my way. Borne of flesh, I get so caught up in my story, It's so human to concern myself with. Everything that I seem to be going through. But Lord, where would I be. Without this flesh to remind me.
Chorus 1: I was borne to breathe, Borne to be broken, Borne to realize that it's not I, But the You in me. Borne to live, AND Borne to love You. I was borne to die. Knowing that my life is not mine.
Hook: So Lord, thank you for the thorn, I've had to bear. From the day that I was borne
Borne of love, Love so perfect. You are Heaven's thought, gift of God. Come to save the world. Born of flesh and born of Spirit, My sweet Savior it's so like You. To concern Yourself with, Everything that I seem to be going through. Oh Lord, where would I be, Without Your love to remind me.
Chorus 1
Hook: So Lord, thank you for the thorn, I've had to bear. From the day that I was borne.
Bridge for 2nd Chorus: You were borne to breathe, Borne to be broken.....
Chorus 2: You were borne to breathe, Borne to be broken, Borne so that I would realize, You are all I need. Borne to live, Borne to love (save) me. You were borne to die so that I, Could be completely free.
(Repeat)
Hook: So Lord, thank you for the thorns, for the thorns, you chose to bear, So that I could be... I could be borne. I could be borne.
Scriptural References:(John 3:16, Psalm 46:1, 2 Cor. 4:7-9 & 12:9, 1 Peter 5:7, Romans 8:26)
Only Be Strong and Courageous!
God gave the Isrealites 30 days to mourn the loss of Moses and to move on to position themselves to cross the Jordon!!
The LORD Commands Joshua 1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide: 2 "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. 3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Great Sea on the west. 5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
GET READY!! God is calling you out of the desert and INTO His Rest!! WILL YOU TAKE HIS HAND???As I was with Moses SO I will be with you!! I will NEVER leave you nor forsake you!! You don't have to have things or people, but YOU have to have GOD!!!
6 " Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous . Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.
8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." What are you supposed to do???Be strong and courageous!! Do not be terrified!!! Do not be discouraged!! The Lord will be with you wherever you go!!!
10 So Joshua ordered the officers of the people: 11 "Go through the camp and tell the people, 'Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you for your own.' "
Go Get ready!! Get ready to Cross the Jordan and enter into Gods Rest!!
12 But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, 13 "Remember the command that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: 'The LORD your God is giving you rest and has granted you this land.' 14 Your wives, your children and your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men , fully armed, must cross over ahead of your brothers. You are to help your brothers
15 until the LORD gives them rest, as he has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own land, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise."
Get ready too for the fight!! Bask in the word of God.....meditate on it day and night!! Until the fight is over....you may occuply the land!! IOW...enter into Gods Rest and Stay in the shadow of the almighty!!
16 Then they answered Joshua, "Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. 17 Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses. 18 Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey your words, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!"
Be Strong and Courageous THE LORD YOUR GOD THE GOD WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE WITH THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE IS WITH YOU FIGHTING FOR YOU!
He has called down the hosts of heaven to fight on your behalf!! Not even a SPARROW goes unnoticed!
Strong: to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore
(Qal)
to be strong,
grow strong
to prevail,
prevail upon
to be firm,
be caught fast,
be secure
to press,
be urgent
to grow stout,
grow rigid,
grow hard (bad sense)
to be severe,
be grievous to strengthen
(Piel)
to make strong to restore to strength
give strength to strengthen
sustain
encourage to make strong
make bold
encourage to make firm to make rigid
make hard
(Hiphil)
to make strong
strengthen to make firm to display strength to make severe to support to repair to prevail
prevail upon to have or take or keep hold of
retain
hold up
sustain
support to hold
contain
(Hithpael)
to strengthen oneself to put forth strength
use one's strength to withstand to hold strongly with
Courageous: basically means, feel the fear, the aprehension and do it anyway!
to be strong, alert, courageous, brave, stout, bold, solid, hard
(Qal)
to be strong, brave, bold
(Piel)
to strengthen, secure (for oneself), harden (heart), make firm, make obstinate, assure (Hithpael)
to be determined, to make oneself alert, strengthen oneself, confirm oneself, persist in, prove superior to
(Hiphil) to exhibit strength, be strong, feel strong
do not be afraid: Afraid implies inner apprehensiveness a disquietedness.
to tremble, dread, fear, oppress, prevail, break, be terrified, cause to tremble
(Qal) to cause to tremble, terrify to tremble, feel dread
(Niphal) to be awesome, be terrible
(Hiphil) to regard or treat with awe, regard or treat as awful to inspire with awe, terrify
do not be Dismayed: to be shattered, be dismayed, be broken, be abolished, be afraid
(Qal) to be shattered, be broken to be dismayed
(Niphal) to be broken, be dismayed
(Piel) to be shattered, be dismayed, be scared
(Hiphil) to cause to be dismayed to dismay, terrify to shatter
The LORD Commands Joshua 1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide: 2 "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. 3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Great Sea on the west. 5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
GET READY!! God is calling you out of the desert and INTO His Rest!! WILL YOU TAKE HIS HAND???As I was with Moses SO I will be with you!! I will NEVER leave you nor forsake you!! You don't have to have things or people, but YOU have to have GOD!!!
6 " Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous . Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.
8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." What are you supposed to do???Be strong and courageous!! Do not be terrified!!! Do not be discouraged!! The Lord will be with you wherever you go!!!
10 So Joshua ordered the officers of the people: 11 "Go through the camp and tell the people, 'Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you for your own.' "
Go Get ready!! Get ready to Cross the Jordan and enter into Gods Rest!!
12 But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, 13 "Remember the command that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: 'The LORD your God is giving you rest and has granted you this land.' 14 Your wives, your children and your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men , fully armed, must cross over ahead of your brothers. You are to help your brothers
15 until the LORD gives them rest, as he has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own land, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise."
Get ready too for the fight!! Bask in the word of God.....meditate on it day and night!! Until the fight is over....you may occuply the land!! IOW...enter into Gods Rest and Stay in the shadow of the almighty!!
16 Then they answered Joshua, "Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. 17 Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses. 18 Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey your words, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!"
Be Strong and Courageous THE LORD YOUR GOD THE GOD WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE WITH THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE IS WITH YOU FIGHTING FOR YOU!
He has called down the hosts of heaven to fight on your behalf!! Not even a SPARROW goes unnoticed!
Strong: to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore
(Qal)
to be strong,
grow strong
to prevail,
prevail upon
to be firm,
be caught fast,
be secure
to press,
be urgent
to grow stout,
grow rigid,
grow hard (bad sense)
to be severe,
be grievous to strengthen
(Piel)
to make strong to restore to strength
give strength to strengthen
sustain
encourage to make strong
make bold
encourage to make firm to make rigid
make hard
(Hiphil)
to make strong
strengthen to make firm to display strength to make severe to support to repair to prevail
prevail upon to have or take or keep hold of
retain
hold up
sustain
support to hold
contain
(Hithpael)
to strengthen oneself to put forth strength
use one's strength to withstand to hold strongly with
Courageous: basically means, feel the fear, the aprehension and do it anyway!
to be strong, alert, courageous, brave, stout, bold, solid, hard
(Qal)
to be strong, brave, bold
(Piel)
to strengthen, secure (for oneself), harden (heart), make firm, make obstinate, assure (Hithpael)
to be determined, to make oneself alert, strengthen oneself, confirm oneself, persist in, prove superior to
(Hiphil) to exhibit strength, be strong, feel strong
do not be afraid: Afraid implies inner apprehensiveness a disquietedness.
to tremble, dread, fear, oppress, prevail, break, be terrified, cause to tremble
(Qal) to cause to tremble, terrify to tremble, feel dread
(Niphal) to be awesome, be terrible
(Hiphil) to regard or treat with awe, regard or treat as awful to inspire with awe, terrify
do not be Dismayed: to be shattered, be dismayed, be broken, be abolished, be afraid
(Qal) to be shattered, be broken to be dismayed
(Niphal) to be broken, be dismayed
(Piel) to be shattered, be dismayed, be scared
(Hiphil) to cause to be dismayed to dismay, terrify to shatter
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