💥 Podcast: Part 2: Psalms of David (Prayers of David)

 

(This podcast was previously published on, December 1, 2021) 

 

This Podcast contains Psalm 13 through Psalm 25.

Examples: 

Psalm 13

5 I have trusted in THY mercy; my heart shall rejoice in THY salvation.

6 I will sing unto the LORD, because HE hath dealt bountifully with me.

Psalm 15

1  LORD, who shall abide in THY tabernacle? who shall dwell in THY holy hill?

2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

Psalm 16

1 Preserve me, O God: for in THEE do I put my trust.

(We put our trust in God each time we turn to God in prayer and tell God of our problems.)

8 I have set the LORD always before me: because HE is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

Psalm 17

4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of THY lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

5 Hold up my goings in THY paths, that my footsteps slip not.

Psalm 18

(A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,) 

1 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in WHOM I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Psalm 19

7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

Psalm 20

7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

Psalm 21

6 For THOU hast made him most blessed for ever: THOU hast made him exceeding glad with THY countenance.

7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

Psalm 22

23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise HIM; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify HIM; and fear HIM, all ye the seed of Israel.

24 For HE hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath HE hid HIS face from him; but when he cried unto HIM, HE heard.

Psalm 25

4 Shew me THY ways, O LORD; teach me THY paths.

5 Lead me in THY truth, and teach me: for THOU art the God of my salvation; on THEE do I wait all the day.

14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear HIM; and HE will shew them HIS covenant.

15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for HE shall pluck my feet out of the net.

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💥 Scriptures shared by members of the body of Christ:

 

Psalm 4:8  I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for THOU, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

 

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Ecclesiastes 4:6  Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

 

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Proverbs 21:30  There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.

 

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Proverbs 3:5-6  Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 

 

6 In all thy ways acknowledge HIM, and HE shall direct thy paths.

 

 

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💥 John 13 (Reading through the Bible)

 

Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that His hour was come that He should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the end.

² And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him;

³ Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He was come from God, and went to God;

⁴ He riseth from supper, and laid aside His garments; and took a towel, and girded Himself.
⁵ After that He poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded.

⁶ Then cometh He to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto Him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

⁷ Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.

⁸ Peter saith unto Him, Thou shalt never wash my feet.

Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with Me.

⁹ Simon Peter saith unto Him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

¹⁰ Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
¹¹ For He knew who should betray Him; therefore said He, Ye are not all clean.

¹² So after He had washed their feet, and had taken His garments, and was set down again, He said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
¹³ Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
¹⁴ If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
¹⁵ For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

¹⁶ Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

¹⁷ If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

¹⁸ I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with Me hath lifted up his heel against Me.

¹⁹ Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am He.

²⁰ Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth Me; and he that receiveth Me receiveth Him that sent Me.

²¹ When Jesus had thus said, He was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray Me.

²² Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom He spake.

²³ Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.

²⁴ Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom He spake.

²⁵ He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto Him, Lord, who is it?

²⁶ Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when He had dipped the sop, He gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

²⁷ And after the sop Satan entered into him.

Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.

²⁸ Now no man at the table knew for what intent He spake this unto him.
²⁹ For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

³⁰ He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.

³¹ Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him.
³² If God be glorified in Him, God shall also glorify Him in Himself, and shall straightway glorify Him.

³³ Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek Me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
³⁴ A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

³⁵ By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another.

³⁶ Simon Peter said unto Him, Lord, whither goest thou?

Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow Me now; but thou shalt follow Me afterwards.

³⁷ Peter said unto Him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for Thy sake.

³⁸ Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for My sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied Me thrice.

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💥 Podcast: Part 1: Psalms of David. (Prayers of David)

 

(This podcast was previously published on, November 30, 2021) 

 

Psalms are prayers.

David was no stranger to trouble.

Saul fought against David during the early years of David's life.

After David's sin against Uriah and Bathsheba, God raised up one of David's own house, Absalom, David's son, to fight against David in the later years of David's life.

David was also a man after God's own heart.

We can all relate to these prayers spoken by David.

Some of the great psalms of David, prayers of David, are as follows:

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Psalm 23

1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

(Because I follow HIM and HE is leading me, I shall not want.)

2 HE maketh me to lie down in green pastures: HE leadeth me beside the still waters.

3 HE restoreth my soul: HE leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for HIS name's sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for THOU art with me; THY rod and THY staff they comfort me.

5 THOU preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: THOU anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

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Psalm 51   

(A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba, and had Uriah her husband killed in battle.  II Samuel 11-12) 

1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to THY lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of THY tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

4 Against THEE, THEE only, have I sinned, and done this evil in THY sight: that THOU mightest be justified when THOU speakest, and be clear when THOU judgest.

5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

6 Behold, THOU desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part THOU shalt make me to know wisdom.

7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which THOU hast broken may rejoice.

9 Hide THY face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from THY presence; and take not THY holy spirit from me.

12 Restore unto me the joy of THY salvation; and uphold me with THY free spirit.

13 Then will I teach transgressors THY ways; and sinners shall be converted unto THEE.

14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, THOU God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of THY righteousness.

15 O Lord, open THOU my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth THY praise.

16 For THOU desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: THOU delightest not in burnt offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, THOU wilt not despise.

18 Do good in THY good pleasure unto Zion: build THOU the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then shalt THOU be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon THINE altar.

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Psalm 3

(A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. II Samuel 17)

1 LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. 

3 But THOU, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and HE heard me out of HIS holy hill. 

5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for THOU hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; THOU hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: THY blessing is upon THY people.

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Recorded on Part 1:

Psalms of David:   23, 51, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12

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💥 Scriptures shared by members of the body of Christ:

 

Psalm 103:8  The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

 

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Philippians 4:4-7  Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

 

5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

 

6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

 

7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

 

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Proverbs 3:7-8  Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

 

8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

 

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Matthew 11:28-30  Jesus, the Word, says: Come unto ME, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

 

29 Take MY yoke upon you, and learn of ME; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

 

30 For MY yoke is easy, and MY burden is light.

 

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Isaiah 26:3  THOU wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on THEE: because he trusteth in THEE.

 

 

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💥 John 12 (Reading through the Bible)

 

Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom He raised from the dead.

² There they made Him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with Him.

³ Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

⁴ Then saith one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray Him, ⁵ Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

⁶ This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

⁷ Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of My burying hath she kept this.

⁸ For the poor always ye have with you; but Me ye have not always.

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⁹ Much people of the Jews therefore knew that He was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom He had raised from the dead.

¹⁰ But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; ¹¹ Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

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¹² On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,  ¹³ Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet Him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

¹⁴ And Jesus, when He had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, ¹⁵ Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

¹⁶ These things understood not His disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things unto Him.

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¹⁷ The people therefore that was with Him when He called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.

¹⁸ For this cause the people also met Him, for that they heard that He had done this miracle.

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¹⁹ The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after Him.

²⁰ And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

²¹ The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

²² Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

²³ And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.

²⁴ Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

(When we die to self will and do what we hear from God, even when we know they will likely hate us for what we say when we say God told us this, we lay down our lives for that Word we have heard from God.)

²⁵ He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

²⁶ If any man serve Me, let him follow Me (The Word); and where I am, there shall also My servant be: if any man serve Me, him will My Father honour.

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²⁷ Now is My soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

²⁸ Father, glorify Thy name (The Word). 

Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

²⁹ The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to Him.

³⁰ Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of Me, but for your sakes.

³¹ Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

³² And I (The Word), if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me.

³³ This He said, signifying what death He should die.

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³⁴ The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

³⁵ Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

³⁶ While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. 

These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide Himself from them.

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³⁷ But though He had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on Him:
³⁸ That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

³⁹ Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
⁴⁰ He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

⁴¹ These things said Esaias, when he saw His glory, and spake of Him.

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⁴² Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:

⁴³ For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

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⁴⁴ Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on Me, believeth not on Me, but on Him that sent Me.

⁴⁵ And he that seeth Me seeth Him that sent Me.

⁴⁶ I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on Me (The Word) should not abide in darkness.

⁴⁷ And if any man hear My words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

(The first coming of Jesus was to save the world. The next coming of Jesus will be to judge the world.)

⁴⁸ He that rejecteth Me, and receiveth not My words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

⁴⁹ For I have not spoken of Myself; but the Father which sent Me, He gave Me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

⁵⁰ And I know that His commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto Me, so I speak.

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💥 Strengthened with might in the inner man

 

Pam Padgett, member of the body of Christ: 

   

Yesterday morning I was thinking of some recent spiritual battles I have faced and the changes God made within me as I focused on the Words (scriptures, concepts) HE gave me by HIS Spirit. I wrote down the Words as they were brought to my mind by the Holy Spirit so I would not let them slip and could think on them during the day, and I also recorded the scriptures so I could listen to them at night.

It was amazing to see how my faith was strengthened and I was able to overcome, no longer troubled nor paralyzed by fear, as these Words became "part of me" by meditating in them.

Thinking of these things yesterday, I was reminded that HE strengthens us with might in the inner man, and found this in Ephesians 3.

 

Ephesians 3:16  That HE (God) would grant you, according to the riches of HIS glory, to be strengthened with might by HIS Spirit in the inner man; 

 

 

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💥 Helped by God

Joseph Meriweather, member of the body of Christ

 

I would like to share what God have done for me. 

 

Twenty days ago I prayed that God would pick out a dog at Detroit animal care shelter. I picked out a Boxer named Max's. He was very friendly dog and house broken . 

 

We go walking about 7am every morning. 

 

God have brought joy to me after losing (my dog) Queen who died last year. I bless God holy name. 

 

 

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💥 Podcast: God brings about the death of Absalom. David mourns Absalom.

(This podcast was previously published on, November 29, 2021) 

 

II Samuel 18

5 And the king (David) commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;

7 Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab (the captain of David's army), and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.

12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

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Because of the sin committed by David concerning Uriah the Hittite and his wife Bathsheba, God has told David the following:

II Samuel 12  (God says to David)

9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in HIS sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised ME, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house,

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David greatly loved his son Absalom who battled against David for many years.  

Absalom was the prophecy against David who God would raise up against David from his own house because of the sin David committed against Uriah and his wife Bathsheba.

Now Absalom is dead ... and they report Absalom's death to David, and David greatly mourns over Absalom.

II Samuel 18

31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.

32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? 

And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.

33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

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💥 Scriptures shared by members of the body of Christ:

 

Psalms 31:24  Be of good courage, and HE shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD (the Word) .

 

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John 5:30 (Jesus said)  I can of MINE own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and MY judgment is just; because I seek not MINE own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent ME.
 

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Genesis 2:7  And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 

 

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1 John 2:15-17  Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

 

16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

 

17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

 

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1 Peter 2:20  For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.  

 

 

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💥 John 11 (Reading through the Bible)

 

(Jesus shows us through Lazarus what death is like.)

 

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

² (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

³ Therefore his sisters sent unto Him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

⁴ When Jesus heard that, He said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

⁵ Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

⁶ When He had heard therefore that he was sick, He abode two days still in the same place where He was.

⁷ Then after that saith He to His disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

⁸ His disciples say unto Him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?

⁹ Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. ¹⁰ But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

¹¹ These things said He: and after that He saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

¹² Then said His disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.

¹³ Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

¹⁴ Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

(By this Jesus shows us "to die" is to "fall asleep."   Death is a form of sleep.)

¹⁵ And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.

¹⁶ Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.

¹⁷ Then when Jesus came, He found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

¹⁸ Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: ¹⁹ And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

²⁰ Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him: but Mary sat still in the house.

²¹ Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. ²² But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.

²³ Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.

²⁴ Martha saith unto Him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

²⁵ Jesus said unto her, I (The Word) am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:  ²⁶ And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die.

Believest thou this?

²⁷ She saith unto Him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.

²⁸ And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.

²⁹ As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto Him.

³⁰ Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met Him.

³¹ The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.

³² Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying unto Him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

³³ When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, He groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.

³⁴ And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto Him, Lord, come and see.

³⁵ Jesus wept.

³⁶ Then said the Jews, Behold how He loved him!

³⁷ And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?

³⁸ Jesus therefore again groaning in Himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

³⁹ Jesus said, Take ye away the stone.

Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto Him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.

(The flesh corrupts.)

⁴⁰ Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

⁴¹ Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up His eyes, and said, Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard Me. ⁴² And I knew that Thou hearest Me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that Thou hast sent Me.

⁴³ And when He thus had spoken, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

(Lazarus was raised from the dead by The Word.  We also are raised from the dead by The Word when the Spirit of God speaks to us.)

⁴⁴ And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin.

Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

⁴⁵ Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on Him.

⁴⁶ But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.

⁴⁷ Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. ⁴⁸ If we let Him thus alone, all men will believe on Him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

⁴⁹ And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, ⁵⁰ Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. ⁵¹ And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; ⁵² And not for that nation only, but that also He should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

⁵³ Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put Him to death.

⁵⁴ Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with His disciples.

⁵⁵ And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

⁵⁶ Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that He will not come to the feast?

⁵⁷ Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where He were, he should shew it, that they might take Him.

(Jesus raised Lazarus in both flesh and spirit.  In the resurrection, we will be raised in spirit and will be given a new form of body which is not subject to the flesh and the corruption of the flesh.  I Corinthians 15)

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