HE’S ALL I NEED!

 

Sunday, October 11, 2026

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HE’S ALL I NEED!

Isa 41:10-16

10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

 

In these verses God promises…

1. His PRESENCE for the lonely!

One translation says: “Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.” Anxiety is the companion of the lonely. When we are abandoned, we long for a companion either to challenge our opinions or to confirm them. Jesus promised to be that constantly abiding friend we need.

 

2. His POWER for the helpless!

 

I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. (v.10) He is our strength when we are weak – help when we are out of resources – and support when we fail and fall.

 

3. His PROTECTION for the vulnerable!

 

Children and the elderly are particularly vulnerable in this world. Those who would abuse them should pay close attention to what the Bible has to say about God’s love of widows and orphans!

 

Ps 68:5

5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

 

4. His PURPOSE for those who feel useless!

 

I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. (v.15)

 

Dear Lord, thank you for being all that I need today. I bring to you my long list of deficiencies and you give to me your long list of supplies. AMEN

 

ANGER IS UNSUSTAINABLE!

 

Saturday, October 10, 2026

ANGER IS UNSUSTAINABLE!

James 1:19-20

19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

            Anger is both fire and fuel. Given enough time and one will exhaust the other. Unless more fuel is added, anger will subside over time, and a calmer period will return. As an example, remember that the nation that bombed our base at Pearl Harbor and brought about the wrath of nuclear anger now sells us our cars!

          Husbands and wives do not stay together just because they are compatible but because they are stubbornly persistent in their relationship. Things get hot and then cool down. The real danger is that there will be unresolved damage caused by the anger.

          Be a ready listener! Be swift to hear. I suppose the greatest friends to anger are the closed mind and the open mouth. Both are dangerous and together they are furious.

          Be slow to speak! Not everything that forms in the mind should tumble out of the mouth. Consider how many arguments have been avoided by silence.

          The Amplified New Testament says of verse 20:  For man's anger does not promote the righteousness God.  Ephesians 4:26 urges us to “Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:”

Dear God, place an angel at my mouth and another to watch over my mind. AMEN

 

CLOSER AND CLOSER!

 

Friday, October 9, 2026

 

CLOSER AND CLOSER!

 

2 Tim 3:1-5

1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

 

          The word “perilous” in verse one is the Greek word chalepos which means “reducing the strength of; furious; fierce.” The picture of the world draining the strength of believers is all around us. Daniel 7:25 talks about “wearing out the saints of the most high.” Do you feel it? I certainly do.

 

          If we can see the signs of Christ’s soon return, then certainly Satan can too, and he has doubled his efforts to deceive and to destroy. Revelation 12:12 says that Satan has great wrath because he knows he has but a short time. We are living in perilous times. There is a spiritual conspiracy to reduce the strength of Christians and churches.

 

          Because Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light (2 Cor. 11:14), he can move from the crime centers of the world to the churches! Seduced by the prospect of larger crowds and bigger offerings, churches have adopted the programs and methodology of the world. The glitz of marketing is now the primary method of building a congregation. The modern gospel promises a peaceful and prosperous life, a comfortable death, and a heavenly hereafter. The true gospel promises “tribulation” and a narrow way! (John 16:33)

 

Billy Graham, nearing the end of his life, saw an increase in easy believe-ism and churches that expect little from their followers. In an interview he said this: “Christ makes a difference in the lives of those who not only claim his name but obey his Word. If there is no change in a person's life, he or she must question whether or not they possess the salvation that the gospel proclaims. Many who go to church have not had a life-changing transformation in Christ. Those outside the church expect followers of Christ to live differently, yet today many in church are chasing after the world—not to win them, but to be like them. This is very dangerous, and the Bible gives account to the tragic result.”

 

1 Cor 15:58

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

 

Heb 10:25

25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

 

Dear Lord, open the eyes of believers blinded by the glitz of satanic conspiracy. Help us to be sober and steadfast as we see the approach of your coming. AMEN