✝ Daily Encouragement (11/29/23) "This Is Our God!"
Published: Wed, 11/29/23
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Message summary: Let us together with one heart and one voice declare, “This God is our God forever and ever! He will be our guide even unto death.” And then let us declare, "But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Corinthians 15:57).
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"For this God is our God forever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death" (Psalm
48:14).
A stirring newer song perfect for beginning a worship service
proclaims:
This is our God
This is who He is, He loves us This is our God This is what He does, He saves us He bore the cross, beat the grave Let Heaven and Earth proclaim This is our God, King Jesus ![]()
This Psalm is
not
written by David but rather a group of singers known as the "Sons of Korah". Interestingly, but really not surprising, is that there is a modern Christian singing group with that name! Most likely these sons of Korah were temple singers who lived during the
period of the divided kingdom but they have a long history going back to Moses.*
This Psalm extols God for His greatness, His deliverance, His unfailing love and other divine attributes. It includes a virtual Google
Earth-like tour around the wall of the Holy City. “Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers, consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation” (12,13).
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It begins,
“For this God is our God forever and ever.”
Each word is so meaningful but let's focus on just the pronoun "our
". It teaches us that we serve God both
individually and in a community of fellow believers.
This is our
great eternal
God!
This God is our "Maker, Defender, Redeemer and Friend". Consider His great acts throughout history. Consider the God of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, of Moses, Joshua, Samuel and David; the God of Ruth, Esther, Mary, Isaiah, Jeremiah and Daniel; the God of Peter, Stephen and Paul. The God of Martin Luther, John Wesley, D.L. Moody, Jim Elliot, Billy Graham, and many other well-known believers who stood the tests and finished
well.
He is the God of scores of people not recorded in history books, little known on this side who have stood firm and faithful to God
throughout the long history of the church right up to those living for Him today. We want that to be each one of us.
Throughout our lives we have been enriched with the fellowship of many who proclaim, "This God is our God forever and ever". Our associations of greatest blessing have not been with famous people but rather with faithful people. In fact unless you've been in our circles most of you have never heard of them. There are many and a consequence of aging is that the list grows; saints above and saints below. In your own life consider those who proclaimed "this God is our God forever and ever " who have walked faithfully with God and impacted your own life. Some are now with Christ; others still labor here below.
Then consider your impact on others who witness your
proclamation.
The verse and Psalm ends with, "He will be our guide even unto death". What a great source of encouragement He provides through His Spirit's guidance and His abiding presence through all of life up to the time of our inevitable death.
As we were praying together this morning it was helpful to just change the pronouns to make it personal. "For You are our God forever
and ever: You will be our guide even unto death" and then personal, "For You are my God forever and ever: You will be my guide even unto
death".
Let us together with one heart and one voice declare,
“This God is our God forever and ever! He will be our guide even unto
death.” And then let us proclaim, "But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Corinthians
15:57).
Be encouraged
today,
Hebrews
3:13
Stephen & Brooksyne
Weber
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Stephen & Brooksyne "This is Our God" Watch on YouTube Phil Wickham A joy-filled song to begin a worship service. It seems like we have opened our service with this song in our present church.
"Great is the Lord and greatly to be
praised" from Psalm 48:1 Watch on YouTube This is the chorus based on Scripture and is really how it sounded in the seventies when we sang it! Singing Scripture is a great way to learn Scripture.
"Psalm 1" Watch on YouTube Sons of Korah The modern group (from Australia) named after the... "Sons of Korah"
"God and God
Alone" Watch on YouTube Steve Green
* Who were the sons of Korah in the Old Testament? (from gotquestions.org)
Today we will share a few photo updates of our
home project taken this morning from our back yard. The framers finished their work yesterday and we have a three man plumbing crew today doing the rough-in plumbing. Due to a grade difference the inside of the room is a little lower than it appears.
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This is the inside looking through a side
window next to the barn. Our bedroom will be in the foreground, with a bathroom and closet in the background. A door will be placed where the window is currently on the right from our present office. This opening had actually been a door from the garage before we converted it into small bedroom for my Mom in 2002. We are retaining the brick wall for
"character".
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The maltipoos have been with us for a year now
and rare is there a time that Gracie doesn't immediately run off when the dogs come near. This was an exception. It didn't last too long but she did let them get close so progress was made.
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