PRAISE

Lord, I give You Praise, Thanksgiving, Honor, and Glory as I extol You.  Thank You Jesus for Your shed blood and grace poured out at the cross for me.  Thank You for being with me every moment of every day thru the thick and thin of life on earth.  Thank You for guarding my heart, my mind, and soul from all evil and planting me where You designed for me to flourish, grow, mature and bring You glory!  Thank you for delivering me of all regret of the past, present, and future. Thank You for Your providence!  Thank You for battling for me Lord!  Thank You for being my Warrior.  Thank You that You restore, redeem and forgive in Your great mercy, grace and love.

PRAYER

Settle my feet now firmly in the Rock of My Salvation and I will sing of Your faithfulness to all generations.  Deliver me from all fear. Help me, teach me, to resist and overcome so sinners may be converted.  Shine Your face of Your countenance on me, on my family.  Show Yourself strong with favor and high-esteem placed on this Servant of the Lord so all may see and come to hear of Your greatness among Your people.

Prepare the Way of My people!  Prepare me Lord for Your blessed appearance and return.  Come to me and deliver me from all evil so I stand in complete confidence and assurance of my salvation.  Renew a steadfast Spirit within me.  Shower me in Your lavish love and pour Yourself into me for Your glory to overflow my cup.

ASSURANCE

Be not afraid My child for Your Father is happy and pleased to give You the Keys of the Kingdom.  Rest now, for the time is quickly approaching and I will no longer tarry to show the greatness of Myself to a hurting world and in the blink of an eye you shall be removed and set in a place I have prepared for you that you could not even imagine.

Remain steadfast in My Spirit.  Keep Your eyes set on the things above and not on the earth.  Look Up for the fullness of your Redemption draws nigh!  Encourage one another with these words, and do not delay.  My people grow weary and tired but I will help them to endure to the end.  Which is truly the beginning again!  Oh my child if you could see what I have planned for you – you could not contain it for the joy is inexpressible and the beauty indescribable.  Hold onto Me and I will get you there.

I PROMISED! 

Amen! Amen! & Hallelujah!

Scripture References:

Praise:

Psalm 145:1-3 I will extol You, my God, O King; And bless Your name forever and ever.  Everyday I will bless You, And I will praise Your name forever and ever.  Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised:  And His greatness is unsearchable.

1 Peter 1:7  that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, through it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

Shed blood of Jesus:

Matthew 26:28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.  But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when i drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.

Hebrews 9:12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

Hebrews 10:10 by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

On Guard:

Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Philippians 4:6-7 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests me made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Always Present….Flourish/Grow:

Isaiah 34:17 He has cast the lot for them, And His hand has divided it among them with a measuring line.  they shall possess it forever; From generation to generation they shall dwell in it.

Psalm 37:3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land and feed on His faithfulness.

Psalm 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Matt. 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

Philippians 3:15 Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.

Hebrews 13:5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have.  For He himself has said “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Deliverance/Fear/Afraid

2 Kings 17:39 But the Lord your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”

Psalm 3:6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set themselves against me all around.

Psalm 34:4 I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 34:7 The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them.

Isaiah 40:9 O Zion, You who bring good tidings, Get up into the high mountains:  O Jerusalem, You who bring good tidings, Lift up your voice with strength, Lift it up, be not afraid:  Say to the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

Isaiah 41:13 For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’

Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;  Save me, and I shall be saved, for You are my praise.

John 14:27-28 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.  Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.  You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father, ‘ for My Father is greater than I.

1 John 4:18-19 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.  We love Him because he first loved us.

Repentance/Regret

2 Corinthians 7:10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but  the sorrow of the world produces death.

Providence:

Psalm 65:4 Blessed is the man You choose, And cause to approach You, that he may dwell in Your courts We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Of Your holy temple.

Psalm 104 (entire Psalm)

Battle:

Exodus 14:14 The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.

Warrior/ Redeemer:

Psalm 44:4 You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob.

Isaiah 54:5 For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of ghosts is His name; and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel;  he is called the God of the whole earth.

Forgiveness, Grace, Mercy, Faithfulness, LOVE

Psalm 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.

Psalm 25:7 Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; According to our mercy remember me, For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.

Psalm 89:1-2 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.  For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness you shall establish in the very heavens.”

Psalm 136:16 To Him who led His people through the wilderness, for His mercy endures forever.

Proverbs 3:3-4 Let not mercy and truth forsake you;  Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart, And so find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man.

2 Cor. 8:7 But as you abound in everything – in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence and in your love for us – see that you abound in this grace also.

Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.

Ephesians 2:4-8 but God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of his grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of god, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Titus 3:5-7  not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

1 Peter 3:14-16  But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed.  “And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.”  But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the help that is in you.  with meekness and fear;  having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.

1 Peter 5:9-11 Resist him steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.  But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.  To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!  Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.  

Restore:

Psalm 23:3  He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.

Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Psalm 51:12  Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.  Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.

       Psalm 80:3 Restore us, O God; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved!

Psalm 119:135 Make Your face shine upon Your servant, And teach me Your statues.

Isaiah 57:18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him; I will also lead him, And restore comforts to him And to his mourners.

Rock of Salvation:

2 Samuel 22:47 “The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! let God be exalted, The rock of my salvation!

Psalm 18:2-3  The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength in whom I will trust;My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.

Psalm 62:6 He only is my rock and my salvation, He is my defense; I shall not be moved

Overcome:

1John 5:4-5 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world.  And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith.  Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Prepare:

Isaiah 40:3  The voice of one crying in the wilderness:  “Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God.

Isaiah 47:14 And one shall say, “heap it up! Heap it up! Prepare the way, Take the stumbling block out of the way of My people.

2 Cor. 5:5 Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

Cup:

Isaiah 51:22-23  Thus says your Lord, the Lord and your God, Who pleads the cause of His people:  “See, I have taken out of your hand the cup of trembling, The dregs of the cup of My fury; you shall no longer drink it.  But i will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, Who have said to you, ‘Lie down, that we may walk over you.’  And you have laid your body like the ground, And as the street, for those who walk over.

Matt. 10:42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.

Matt. 23:26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.

Confidence:

Proverbs 3:26 For the Lord will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being caught.

Proverbs 14:26 In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, And His children will have a place of refuge.

Isaiah 30:15 For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:  “In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” But you would not.

Keys to the Kingdom:

Matt. 17 19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

NOT Tarry:

Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

Romans 13:11-14  And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.  The night is far spent, the day is at hand.  Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.  Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.  But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

1 Cor. 15:52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.  For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

1 Thessalonians 4:17-18 then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.  And thus we shall always be with the Lord.  Therefore comfort one another with these words.

Hebrews 10:36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:  “For yet a little while, And he who is coming will come and will not tarry.  Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back my soul has no pleasure in him.”  but we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.

Hebrews 12:1-2  Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the same, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Rev. 3:11 Behold, I am coming quickly!  Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.  He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more.  I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of the heaven from My God.  And I will write on him My new name.

Weary/Strength:

Psalm 44:3 For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them.

Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, And see who has created these things,  Who brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name,  By the greatness of His might And the strength of His power; Not one is missing.

Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength;  They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not be faint.

2 Cor. 12:9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.

Galatians 6:9-10 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart  therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.  to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Phil.3:12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.

1 Tim. 6:12  Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

1 Peter 1:6-8 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, through it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love.  Though now you do not see Him yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith – the salvation of your souls.

Begin and End:

Isaiah 40:21  Have you not known?  Have you not heard?  Has it not been told you from the beginning?  Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?  It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain , And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

Isaiah 41:4 Who has performed and done it, Calling the generations from the beginning?  ‘I, the Lord, am the first; And with the last I am He.'”

Isaiah 46:10  Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done.  Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand And i will do all My pleasure.’

Hebrews 3:14-15 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, while it is said:  “today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.

Revelation 1:8  “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

Joy/Promise:

Isaiah 54:11 “O you afflicted one, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, Behold I will lay your stones with colorful gems, and lay your foundations with sapphires.  I will make your pinnacles of rubies Your gates of crystal, And all your walls of precious stones.  All your children shall be taught by the Lord, And great shall be the peace of your children.  In righteousness you shall be established; You shall be far from oppression for you shall not fear; And from terror, for it shall not come near you.  

Isaiah 55:12 “For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace; the mountains and the hills Shall break forth into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.  Instead of thorn shall come up the cypress tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

John 14:1-4  “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.  In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.  And if i go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.  And where i go you know, and the way you know.”

2 Cor. 5:1 -2  For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.  For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven,   

2 Tim 4:18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for his heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!

1 Peter 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.