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 Roy's New BookAs requested by readers, Roy Lessin has pulled together his Psalm 23 posts into a booklet that is now available on the DaySpring online store. In this devotional, Roy Lessin beautifully writes an expanded, verse by verse, thought by thought, understanding of this most-beloved Psalm.  May 25, 2011 God’s Hands, Part 2God’s hands are creative Yet, O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You our Potter, and we all are the work of Your hand. Isaiah 64:8 AMP God’s hands are redemptive Behold, The Lord's hand is not shortened at all, that it cannot save. Isaiah 59:1 AMP God’s hands are active Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power; Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy. Exodus 15:6 AMP God’s hands are supportive You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, and Your right hand has held me up. Psalm 18:35 AMP God’s hands are directive You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11 AMP God’s hands are curative And [Jesus] reached out His hand and touched him, saying, I am willing; be cleansed! And immediately the leprosy left him. Luke 5:13 AMP God’s hands are positive As is Your name, O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness and justice). Psalm 48:10 AMP God’s hands are effective The right hand of the Lord does valiantly and achieves strength! The right hand of the Lord is exalted; the right hand of the Lord does valiantly and achieves strength! Psalm 118:15-16 AMP God’s hands are affirmative Even there shall Your hand lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. Psalm 139:10 AMP God’s hands are attentive For I the Lord your God hold your right hand; I am the Lord, Who says to you, Fear not; I will help you! Isaiah 41:13 AMP God’s hands are sensitive Even to your old age I am He, and even to hair white with age will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry and will save you. Isaiah 46:4 AMP God’s hands are protective And I give them eternal life, and they shall never lose it or perish throughout the ages. [To all eternity they shall never by any means be destroyed.] And no one is able to snatch them out of My hand. John 10:28 AMP God’s hands are receptive And He took them [the children up one by one] in His arms and [ fervently invoked a] blessing, placing His hands upon them. Mark 10:16 AMP
May 23, 2011 God’s HandsBehold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the LORD our God…Psalm 123:2 NKJV Today is in God’s hands and so are you. His hands are strong and will uphold you; The hands that hold you will never let you down.
May 20, 2011 Seeing JesusGreat Quotes: In his book We Would See Jesus, Roy Hession reminds us, “We do not need to itemize the Christian life; it is enough to see Jesus. Each aspect of Christian experience is made real in us just by seeing Him. He is both the Blessing we all seek and the easily accessible Way to that blessing. The Lord Jesus has come to take from us every yoke of bondage and to set us free to serve Him in the freshness and spontaneity of the Spirit, and all that by the simple sight of Him which the Holy Spirit gives to the eye of faith. It is enough to see Jesus and to go on seeing Him.”
May 18, 2011 Pray this…Prayer to see Jesus Jesus, I want to see You, for no other face can show me the Father, and no other light can reveal His image. I want to know what it fully means to have the eyes of my heart opened to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to be in awe of Your glory. Reveal to me the grace upon Your countenance, the joy within Your spirit, and the love that moves Your heart toward mine. Lord, I seek to move closer, to see clearer, and to be drawn nearer to You—where there are gaps in my understanding of who You are, close them; where there are blanks, fill them in; where there is a lack of clarity, bring things into sharper focus. Jesus, I know that in You there is no lack, for I am complete in You; there is no emptiness, for I am made full in You; there is no fragmentation, for I am made whole in You. Thank You for being the image of God that I can see, the provision of God I can receive, and the light of God that I can follow. May You find in me a faith that is growing, a trust that is building, and a love that is deepening day by day. Jesus, I wait upon You, come to me; I listen for You, speak to me; I look to You, show me; I lean on You, keep me. I thank You for being the hope of my heart, the joy of my life, and the reason why I live. Scriptures: Revelation 4:11, John 1:3, Ephesians 1, Colossians 2:9-10, Hebrews 1, 12:2, Philippians 3:8-13
May 16, 2011 See JesusSir, we would see Jesus. John 12:21 KJV The right focus of our faith will bring Jesus into clear view. To focus on Jesus means to be taken up with Him, to put Him at the center, to listen to what He says, and to see life from His perspective. Faith looks in the wrong direction when it focuses on us, on our problems, on others, on the world, or on the enemy. We need to turn the eyes of our faith away from everything, anything, or anyone that distracts us from seeing Jesus. As we see Jesus, our faith will not be focused on our sins, but on the Savior; not on our failures, but on the Victor; not on our hurts, but on the Healer; not on our weaknesses, but on the Almighty One; not on our ages, but on the Lord of the Ages; not on our needs, but on the Provider; not on our anxieties, but on the Prince of Peace; not on our circumstances, but on the Shepherd; not on our problems, but on the All Sufficient One who is with you always. My faith looks up to thee, thou Lamb of Calvary, Savior divine!
May 13, 2011 Let God’s Will Be DoneGreat Quotes A great many people are afraid of the will of God, and yet I believe that one of the sweetest lessons that we can learn in the school of Christ is the surrender of our wills to God, letting Him plan for us and rule our lives. If I know my own mind, if an angel should come from the throne of God and tell me that I could have my will done the rest of my days on earth, and that everything I wished should be carried out, or that I might refer it back to God, and let God’s will be done in me and through me, I think in an instant I would say: “Let the will of God be done.” I cannot look into the future. I do not know what is going to happen tomorrow; in fact, I do not know what may happen before night; so I cannot choose for myself as well as God can choose for me, and it is much better to surrender my will to God’s will.
May 11, 2011 Let God ChooseAs for God, His way is perfect! Psalm 18:30 Let God choose for you, it will be the right decision.
May 09, 2011 I Believe (A Confession of Faith) Part 10I believe in “The name of the Lord” We will trust in and boast of the name of the Lord our God. Psalm 20:7 AMP I believe in the name of the Lord—mighty, magnificent, majestic. I believe I can call upon the name of the Lord at any time, in any circumstance, for any reason. It is a good thing, the right thing, and the wise thing to call upon the name of the Lord. There is no name like His name—no other title is so splendid, no other declaration is so honorable, no other proclamation is so glorious, no other person is so praiseworthy! I believe I can call upon the name of the Lord in prayer and petition, in supplication and intercession, in praise and thanksgiving. I call upon His name because He hears my call and listens to my cry, because He understands and cares about my situation, because He has all power to answer and move in my behalf. In the name of the Lord I speak with conviction, act with boldness, live with confidence, walk with clarity, and minister with authority. I believe that the name of the Lord is completely dependable and reliable—in His name I put my trust, I set up my banner, I sing my praise, I find my courage, I express my worship, I take my stand, I move forward, I overcome, I am secure. I believe I can boldly declare and proclaim the name of the Lord—the strong, supreme, endless, limitless, unalterable, inexhaustible Lord of all. I believe in His name “Righteousness” (Jeremiah 23:6). His righteousness clothes me with the robe of purity. Blessed be the name of the Lord!
May 06, 2011 I Believe (A Confession of Faith) Part 9I believe God is sufficient: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God. 2 Corinthians 3:5 NKJV I am fully sufficient in His sufficiency—in Him, I am not partially content, but completely satisfied; not somewhat pleased but totally delighted; not temporarily happy, but eternally overjoyed. I believe God knows what’s best, has what’s best, gives what’s best, and allows me, by His grace, to receive His best each day. I believe that from Him are all things—He is the source, the headwaters, the spring, the foundation, the starting place of all the good, the grace, and the blessings that come into my life. I believe that through Him are all things—He is not only the source but the resource of all I need. All things come from Him and all things are accomplished through Him. I go through the day with His supply, I serve with His strength, I give with His generosity, I endure with His grace, I touch with His compassion, I stand with His authority, I speak with His words, I embrace with His love. I believe that to Him are all things—He is the end of all things, the reason, the motivation, and the inspiration for all I do. What I do, I do for Him; where I go, I go for Him. All that I have I lay at His feet, all that I am I place in His hands, all that I need I rest in His care. To Him be the glory, the praise, the adoration, the appreciation, and the celebration, always and forever.
May 04, 2011 I Believe (A Confession of Faith) Part 8I believe in the cross But far be it from me to glory [in anything or anyone] except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Galatians 6:14 AMP I believe that in His death on the cross Jesus completely identified Himself with me and my need. He not only died for me, but He also died as me. When Jesus died, I died (Romans 6:8). When Jesus was buried, I was buried (Romans 6:4). When Jesus rose from the dead, I was raised with Him (Colossians 3:1-3). When Jesus ascended and was seated at the right hand of the Father, I was seated with Him. (Ephesians 2:6). I believe Jesus did all this for me so that I might fully live for Him, through Him, and in Him (Galatians 2:20). I died to the law so I wouldn’t be under its judgment, I died to sin so I wouldn’t be under its bondage, I died to the world so I wouldn’t be under its influence. I believe the cross is my liberator and emancipator. I believe that it is through the work of the cross that I can be completely set free to live free. Through the cross—I have died to my rights, so I can live as His servant; I have died to my plans, so I walk in His will; I have died to my rebellion, so I can abide in His peace; I have died to my opinions, so I can know His truth, I have died to my selfishness, so I can walk in His love. I believe the cross of Jesus Christ frees from everything that is wrong to everything that is right, from everything that is mixed to everything that is pure, from everything that brings death, to everything that brings life, from everything that is of the darkness to everything that is of the light, from everything that is about “me” to everything that is about “Him.”
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