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But Joshua had commanded the army, "Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!" Joshua 6:10

We all know the Old Testament incident of how Joshua and his troop sieged the walls of Jericho. Interestingly this has a related scripture in the New Testament:

And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. Luke 24:49

We all know how this turned out as well - how the apostles shone forth for God's glory being filled with the Holy Spirit, tarrying at His feet. Be still, and know that I am God; Psalm 46:10

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#1: Shout for joy to the Lord.
#2: Worship the Lord with gladness.
#3: Come before him with joyful songs.
#4: Know that the Lord is God.
#5: Enter his gates with thanksgiving
#6: Enter his courts with praise.
#7: Give thanks to him and praise his name.

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Blessed is the one

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 My son, if you accept my words

and store up my commands within you,

turning your ear to wisdom

and applying your heart to understanding—

indeed, if you call out for insight

and cry aloud for understanding,

and if you look for it as for silver

and search for it as for hidden treasure,

then you will understand the fear of the Lord

and find the knowledge of God.

For the Lord gives wisdom;

from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

He holds success in store for the upright,

he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,

for he guards the course of the just

and protects the way of his faithful ones.

Proverbs 2:1-8

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 Praise the Lord.[b](A)

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 1Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.

Pin It Now! Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness. Matthew 9:35

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The LORD is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside quiet waters.

He restores my soul;
He guides me in the paths of righteousness
for the sake of His name.

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The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders;
where morning dawns, where evening fades,
you call forth songs of joy.

You care for the land and water it;
you enrich it abundantly.

The streams of God are filled with water
to provide the people with grain,
for so you have ordained it.

You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
you soften it with showers and bless its crops.

You crown the year with your bounty,
and your carts overflow with abundance.

The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;
the hills are clothed with gladness.

The meadows are covered with flocks
and the valleys are mantled with grain;
they shout for joy and sing.

Psalm 65:8-13

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 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.

Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?”

Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 4:7-14

Not only is Jesus our Living Bread. He is also our Living Water? We can drink of Him to quench all our thirsts. What do you thirst for this morning? Let us draw near to Jesus and drink up from His resources. When we do that, as today's scripture assures we will also become springs of this Living Water. Amen!

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 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. John 6:51

I know yesterday we meditated on the same lines. And today again we are reminded of similar scriptures - that Jesus is our living bread that came down from heaven. If we eat of Him we will live forever. This bread - His life - is offered to the whole world.

Let us take a few minutes to accept Jesus in our hearts once again this morning. Let us give Him thanks for being the living bread He is - that makes us live forever too. 

Let's offer this quick prayer: Thank you Jesus for giving us yourself so we can live. Amen! 

In case you do not know Jesus as your personal savior but would like to, just believe Jesus came down as a living bread for you too! even if you don' t understand it all at once, accepting Jesus in your heart is the very first thing to do. And He will teach you the rest. 

I invite you to say this simple prayer: Thank you Jesus for giving me yourself so I can live. Amen!

Welcome aboard my brother! You are home!

Pin It Now! Give us each day our daily bread. Luke 11:3

Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Proverb 30:8

I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread. Job:23:12Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4

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 Have mercy on me, O God,

according to Your loving devotion;

according to Your great compassion,

blot out my transgressions.

Wash me clean of my iniquity

and cleanse me from my sin.

For I know my transgressions,

and my sin is always before me.

Against You, You only, have I sinned

and done what is evil in Your sight,

so that You may be proved right when You speak

and blameless when You judge.

Surely I was brought forth in iniquity;

I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

Surely You desire truth in the inmost being;

You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;

wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Let me hear joy and gladness;

let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

Hide Your face from my sins

and blot out all my iniquities.

Psalm 51:1-9

A prayer we all can learn from and use as a model for our own prayer of repentance - whatever maybe our transgressions - better or worse than King David's here. A prayer with sincere heartfelt repentance brings healing to our heart and salvation to our soul. Praise the Lord!

Have a blessed Friday folks. Enjoy the weekend!

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 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;

You have made my lot secure.

The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places;

surely my inheritance is delightful.

I will bless the LORD who counsels me;

even at night my conscience instructs me.

I have set the LORD always before me.

Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;

my body also will dwell securely.

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol,

nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

You have made known to me the path of life;

You will fill me with joy in Your presence,

with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

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But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall. Malachi 4:2

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity. Psalm 84:11Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth. Jeremiah 33:6

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He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.a

I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust.”

Surely He will deliver you

from the snare of the fowler,

and from the deadly plague.

He will cover you with His feathers;

under His wings you will find refuge;

His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

You will not fear the terror of the night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,

nor the calamity that destroys at noon.

Though a thousand may fall at your side,

and ten thousand at your right hand,

no harm will come near you.

You will only see it with your eyes

and witness the punishment of the wicked.

Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—

my refuge, the Most High—

no evil will befall you,

no plague will approach your tent.

For He will command His angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways.

They will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.b

You will tread on the lion and cobra;

you will trample the young lion and serpent.

“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him;

because he knows My name, I will protect him.

When he calls out to Me,

I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble.

I will deliver him and honor him.

With long life I will satisfy him

and show him My salvation.”

Psalm 91

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How long, O LORD?

Will You forget me forever?

How long will You hide Your face from me?

How long must I wrestle in my soul,

with sorrow in my heart each day?

How long will my enemy dominate me?

Consider me and respond, O LORD my God.

Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,”

and my foes rejoice when I fall.

But I have trusted in Your loving devotion;

my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.

I will sing to the LORD,

for He has been good to me.

~ Psalm 13

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But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,' declares the LORD, Jeremiah 30:17

I am the LORD who heals you. Exodus 15:26

He sent forth His word and healed them. Psalm 107:20

He who forgives all your iniquities, and heals all your diseases Psalm 103:3

Your healing will come quickly. Isaiah 58:8

Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed Jeremiah 17:4

I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth. Jeremiah 33:6

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The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing." Zephaniah 3:17

No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride. Isaiah 62:4

Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things. Joel 2:21

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Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.

See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess. Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him? And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren. The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb,a the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”

You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness. And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice. He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.

At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

Deuteronomy 4:1~14

The verbs here are bold-ed just so you would pay more attention to them, which is for us to follow as well. Shall we?

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1Wisdom has built her house;

she has carved outa her seven pillars.

2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;

she has also set her table.

3She has sent out her maidservants;

she calls out from the heights of the city.

4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”

she says to him who lacks judgment.

5“Come, eat my bread

and drink the wine I have mixed.

6Leave your folly behind, and you will live;

walk in the way of understanding.”

7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself;

he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.

8Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;

rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still;

teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,

and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

11For through wisdomb your days will be multiplied,

and years will be added to your life.

12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage;

but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

The Way of Folly

13The woman named Folly is loud;

she is naive and knows nothing.

14She sits at the door of her house,

on a seat in the heights of the city,

15calling out to those who pass by,

who make their paths straight.

16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”

she says to him who lacks judgment.

17“Stolen water is sweet,

and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

18But they do not know that the deadc are there,

that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Proverbs 9

So, as we can see Wisdom & Folly are calling out today. Which one would you heed to? Whose invitation would you rather accept?  

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 1Blessed is the man 

who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, 

or set foot on the path of sinners, 

or sit in the seat of mockers.

2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, 

and on His law he meditates day and night.

3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, 

yielding its fruit in season, 

whose leaf does not wither, 

and who prospers in all he does.

4Not so the wicked! 

For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, 

nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, 

but the way of the wicked will perish.

Psalm 1