1 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised
in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion,
on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5 They saw it, and so they marvelled;
they were troubled, and hasted away.
6 Fear took hold upon them there,
and pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen
in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God:
God will establish it for ever. Selah.
9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God,
in the midst of thy temple.
10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth:
thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let mount Zion rejoice,
let the daughters of Judah be glad,
because of Thy judgments.
12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her:tell the towers thereof.
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces;
that ye may tell it to the generation following.
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever:
HE will be our guide even unto death.
Comments by Joan Boney
HE will be our guide even unto death.
guide:
- one who advises, showing the way to go
- help us to form opinion and make decision
- directs the motion of or positioning of
- give information to
Even to the end of our life on this earth, God is our guide, showing us step by step what to do in each issue of life, making HIMSELF strong over us.
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God is a God of judgment ...
Amos 5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
We judge with the judgment God puts into our hearts. We judge by that God gives us by the Spirit of God. We do not reason things our with our own understand. When God shows us something we know then.
I Cor. 2 ... 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God:for they are foolishness unto him:neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
We have the mind of Christ through the Spirit of God which God puts in us that we would know truth concerning the issues of this present life.
Jn. 14 ... 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Jn. 16 ... 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth:for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:and he will shew you things to come.
We pray to God ... HE shows us truth ... HE gives us all we need in the problems of this life ... HE makes darkness light so we can see clearly... Nothing is hidden from God and HE shows us by HIS Spirit so that HE can reign in the hearts of men.
Mt. 10 ... 26 Fear them not therefore:for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. 27 What I (Jesus, the Word) tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light:and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. (Jesus speaks to us today by HIS Spirit, by the Holy Spirit who dwells in each of us who belong to God)
Heb. 4 ... 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight:but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
And HE (God) tells us (His Servants).
Once I was speaking at a small church in Texas. After the speaking, a prayer line was formed. I walked up to one woman and I said to her, "And what is it you want God to do for you." She replied, "I's just wants more of God." I said to her, "God will tell me the truth about you." She screamed out in front of everyone, "OH ... NO, Lord ... Don't tell her." This brought the house down with laughter from the congregation.
Do you think God doesn't know the truth about what you are doing in the dark? Nonsense.
You may fool yourself. Devils may fool you about yourself. But God knows what is really truth. And HE tells us, that truth may be established in the congregation.