Psalm 7:17 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."I Will Give To The Lord The Thanks Due To His Righteousness, And I Will Sing Praise To The Name of The Lord, The Most High."....
PJP2 THANKS TEXT 160324 - Deuteronomy 13:4 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."You Shall Walk After The Lord your God And Fear Him And Keep His Commandments And Obey His Voice, And you Shall Serve Him And Hold Fast To Him."....
I am Thankful our Lord Provides us with straightforward and practical Guidance for us to be able to Follow Him. Now, doesn't mean that His Guidance is necessarily Easy to Accomplish....BUT That is Exactly Why our Lord Jesus Shares in John 14:26...."But The Helper, The Holy Spirit, Whom The Father Will Send In My Name, He Will Teach you All Things And Bring To your Remembrance All That I Have Said to you."....
The world might read Deuteronomy 13:4 and proclaim, "How can you chose to be a slave to such a demanding, restrictive God? You have no freedom!"
I would counter the world's question(s) with this response from our Lord Jesus, our Best Source...John 8:31-36...."So Jesus Said to the Jews who had Believed Him, 'If you Abide In My Word, you Are Truly My disciples, And you Will Know The TRUTH, And The TRUTH Will Set you FREE.” They answered Him, 'We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that You Say, ‘You Will Become FREE’?” Jesus Answered them, “Truly, Truly, I Say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin. The slave Does NOT Remain in the house forever; The Son Remains Forever. So IF The Son Sets you FREE, you Will Be FREE Indeed.'"....
Also, as I have shared in other PJP2s, the Concept of "Fear of The Lord" has been one I struggled with a long time. I have heard the world say, "How can you Love a Savior that you are afraid of?" Well, Thanks to The Holy Spirit, He's Provided me, just this moment, with a Second Fear Acronym in response....FEAR of The Lord is Faithfully Expressing Awe and Respect of The Lord.....(I will soon share the Long Acronym of FEAR....BUT I really appreciate The Spirit's Revelation this morning. :) ).....
Thus my Prayer of Thanks for us today - O Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit, Father God, Thank You for Your Loving Mercy and Grace. Lord Jesus, Thank You that You took on God The Father's Mission to Come, to Save and to Free us from our own self-inflicted fatal wound of sin. Holy Spirit, Thank You for Teaching and Counseling us on the Appropriate FEAR of The Lord. Father God, Help us to Ever Reflect Your Forgiveness and Love to All. In Your Precious and Righteous Name we Pray These Prayers....Amen/Amen/jaj
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