Psalm
33:12 New International
Version (NIV)
12 Blessed
is the nation whose God is the Lord...
Hi Friends!
The word blessed literally
translated means to be very happy or realistically
translated means to be very fortunate - our church is blessed or literally very
happy and realistically most fortunate - because our
Lord and God is Christ Jesus.
The mission of
Christ Jesus - is for our lives, homes, communities, nation and world to literally and
to realistically be blessed through His church - this is at
the heart of our current lesson series as we look to Christ Jesus to reconcile
relationships to God and among all people through His church.
A couple of prayers I am asking you to pray were offered by Daniel (Chapter 9) and David (Psalm 51) - each prayer reminds us to 1) Confirm God's Mercy 2) Confess Our Sins and 3) Compel God's Forgiveness - I also ask you to reflect on the passage below believing the continued blessings of our spiritual heritage require us to continue to put our hope in the unfailing love of our Lord.
Psalm
33:16-22 New International
Version (NIV)
16 No
king is saved by the size of his army;
no
warrior escapes by his great strength.
17 A
horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
despite
all its great strength it cannot save.
18 But
the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him,
on
those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
19 to
deliver them from death
and
keep them alive in famine.
20 We
wait in hope for the Lord;
he
is our help and our shield.
21 In
him our hearts rejoice,
for
we trust in his holy name.
22 May
your unfailing love be with us, Lord,
even
as we put our hope in you.
Friends, my deep desire is for you to continue to
be blessed and to continue to be a blessing by
continuing to put your hope in the unfailing love of our
Lord - never forget that the mission of the church is reconciling all
people to God and each other in Christ Jesus - and because of that we are very
happy and most fortunate!
God's Peace,
Jeff
