Coffee With The Lord

During my time of “coffee with the Lord” this “Thanksgiving Day” this wonderful passage of Scripture came to mind…

“Be at peace among yourselves… encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone!  See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.  Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, GIVE THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES; FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS FOR YOU!…

And then a wonderful word of assurance and blessing…

“Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.  He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.”

(From 1 Thessalonians 5:13–18 and 23-24 ESV)

And here’s my response… With God’s help and the sweet reminders (“nudgings”) of the Holy Spirit, I’m going to do it!

Have a blessed Thanksgiving!

I jokingly tell people “There is a time to feast and there is a time to fast – and wisdom is found in knowing the difference!”  I say it jokingly… but it’s TRUE!  The upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in America (and other places where it has been embraced) is thought of as a time to “feast” (hopefully with thanksgiving)!

This morning, however, I read a passage in my time of “coffee with the Lord” that I believe helps put “the day-to-day” before Thanksgiving in proper perspective.  The writer of Proverbs uttered it as a prayer… and so do I!  Reflect on it, and I believe it will increase the significance of your Thanksgiving this year… for the right reasons!  I believe it will mine!

Here it is…

“Two things I ask of You…. Remove far from me falsehood and lying; and give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny You and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.” (From Proverbs 30:7-9 ESV)

God has provided so amply (even bountifully) for me and for that I am grateful!  Hope you are as well…Happy Thanksgiving!

Have you ever had someone say something you were thinking and intending to say just before you said it … Perhaps you’ve exclaimed, as have I in those situations, “You took the words right out of my mouth!” 

Well today, I had that kind of experience during “coffee with the Lord”!  I sat down with a cup of coffee and my Bible and prepared my heart with a brief prayer I often pray, “Lord, open my eyes that I may see wonderful things out of Your Law!” (Psalm 119.18)  And then I prepared to worship… I opened my Bible and right there were the words I wanted and intended to use in worship… “Lord, You took the words right out of my mouth!”

Well here they are… I’ll share them with you… King David prayed them… Why don’t you use them to worship Him this morning? …

“Blessed are you, O LORD, forever and ever!  Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours!  Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and You are exalted as head above all.  Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all! In Your hand are power and might, and in Your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all!  And now we thank You, our God, and praise Your glorious name! (From 1 Chronicles 29:10-13 ESV)

That’s not all that David had to say in worship and prayer in 1 Chronicles 29 (you should look it up and read it all for yourself)… But it was a good start for me today.  And it was a good “prep” for Thanksgiving next week!