Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Psalm 92 Praise the Lord every day!  Declare His worth and honor His Name.  The psalmist writes this song for the people to sing praises to God.
Give thanks!  For all we have comes from His Hand.
Sing praises, for He is the Most High.
 Declare His loving kindness and His faithfulness.
Be glad, rejoice in everything He has done.   His works are great and His thoughts are deep.  He never changes and will forever reign above any other power.  His enemies will all perish.  He is always right and always strong.
In His Hand, the Hand of the Gardener, the Vine and his branches flourish.  "They will still yield fruit in old age. They shall be full of sap and very green."

Father, I desire to be fruitful all the days of my life. I want to live in a way that always honors You and brings glory to Your Name.  My request is that I will abide in Christ every day, all my days, and that He abides in me. That I might still yield fruit in old age.
 "Take my life and let it be, Consecrated Lord to Thee. Take my moments and my days, Let them flow in ceaseless praise, Let them flow in ceaseless praise."
Amen

Genesis 1  The Creation.  Father, teach me through Your  Word. Speak Your Truth into my life and heart as I begin once again from "the beginning".  May I have ears to hear and eyes to see.  May I remember and obey all that You reveal from Your Living Word. Amen.

Day 1 - "God created the heavens and the earth".  Out of nothing God created everything.  At first the earth is "formless and void".  It was dark and empty with water covering its surface.  Yet the Spirit of God was moving there.  God spoke and said, "Let there be light" and light came.  He separated light from darkness.
Day 2 - God made the heavens, the sky or firmament. He separated waters from above the sky and below the sky.  He called this expanse heaven.
Day 3 - God separated the waters below the sky so that dry land appeared.  He called that earth and the waters were the seas.   He also called for the earth to produce plants. Each yielding seeds.
Day 4 - God made great lights to separate day from night. He set them in the expanse of the heavens.  Their purpose was to give light, to govern time ( days, years and seasons), and to be "for signs".
Day 5 - God called for the waters to teem with living creatures and for birds to fly through the heavens.
This time we are told that "God blessed them, saying,' Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.'"
Day 6 - God calls for the "earth to bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts".   Then He said, "Let Us make man in Our image according to Our likeness;" So "God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. And God blessed them.... Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
God also tells them that the plants and trees that have fruit are for their food, and the food for all the animals.
And "it was very good" in His sight.

O Most High, Your works are great and Your thoughts are deep.  We give You thanks for all You have provided. You created all things from nothing and You alone are worthy of our praise and our thanksgiving. It is by Your blessing that we can be fruitful and multiply.  It is Your work, by Your power, from Your grace, and to Your glory.  Keep us mindful of this today. We praise and worship You. Amen

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