Psalm 85-86
PSALM 84:10, NIV
10. Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11. For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless
Psalm 84, NIV
Vs 1..How lovely is your dwelling place..my soul yearns…for the courts of the LORD..
Acts 1:1-5, NIV
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..appeared to them over a period of forty days vs 3. …eating with them..gave them command on what to do..baptised with the Holy Spirit..vs 8 will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and all in Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Jesus ascended to heaven vs 9-11..same Jesus going up..will come back in the same way..
Bible Reference: The Holy Bible, NIV 1978 by New York Internationak Bible Society.
Psalm 81:1-16, NIV
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Sing for joy to God our strength…listening issue vs 11-14…to those who loves God.. vs 16 fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.
Luke 11:37-52, NIV
Six woes to the Pharisees
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Jesus criticised the Pharisees…inside them, full of greed and wickedness vs 39.
Woe 1-give a tenth to God..but neglect justice and the love of God…encourage them to do both.vs 42.
Woe 2-…love the important seats..concerns to appear important.
Woe 3-…like unmarked graves..let others walk over them without knowing it.
Woe 4…load others with burdens that they are not willing to lift..vs 46. Not lift by example.
Woe 5-…built tombs for the prophets…approve of what their forefathers did..vs 48…be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed.
Woe 6-…experts in the law..taken away the key to knowledge vs 52..they have not entered, and..hinderedthose who were entering vs 52.
Jesus told them as it is without diplomatic soft soft or going around approaches i.e told the truth..go straight to their hearts..i.e why they hated him.
Revelation 22:-21, NIV
Picture of new heaven on earth,…river..crystal clear flowing from the throne of God…tree of life bearing twelve crops of fruits, yielding its fruit every month vs 2..throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street..God will give them light…reign forever and ever…worship God…vs 12-13..coming soon. the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End..
Who stays outside the city..vs 15…dogs.. practise magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practises falsehood.
Vs 16..Jesus,..the Root and the Off-spring of David, and the bright Morning Star
Psalm 82, NIV
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Pleading God to defend the unjust, the weak and the fatherless as if God is slow to act; there are times in modern days, people of God may encounter similar situations etc.
Luke 11:33-36, NIV
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Call to shine…does not serve its purpose to put a lamp in a place where it is hidden.
Important to keep one’s eyes pure to avoid darkness inside where the Holy Spirit will not dwell, where the eyes are good, your whole body is full of light vs 34.
Revelation 21
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…new heaven and new earth…no longer any sea vs 1..new Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God… God dwells among men vs 3…no more tears.. no more death…
Vs 8 highlights groups whose place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulphur…second death vs 8
8. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
…the bride, the wife of the lamb…new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God…God, the designer vs 11-27..vs 23...the glory of God gives it light.
Inhabitants of this new city…those names written in the Lamb’s book of life vs 27…pure and righteous dwells in it.
Luke 11:14-28
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Jesus and Beelzebub…Jesus taught about a Kingdom divided cannot stand vs 18.
Vs 28..Jesus said “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Revelation 20:7-15
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Satan…released from his prison…major battle. the devil was thrown into the lake of burning sulphur..the beast abd the false prophets had been thrown..tormented day and night. white throne.. the dead are judged according to what he had done vs 13..those whose names not found in the Book of Life…thrown into the lake of fire.
Luke 10:38-42, NIV
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Priority and choice-Mary vs Martha. Choose wisely.
Luke 11:1-11, NIV
Prayer, persistence, ask persistently
The Lord’s prayer. Taught us how to pray.
Kick of with Our Father…daily bread..forgive our sins ..forgive everyone…temptations…ask with persistence to show how much one wants it and show of faith also…ask with expectancies.
