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• Fear and Hear

  In Contented, Faithful, Happy, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  Psalm 34:4 I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears. (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)One of the great blessings of being a Christian is knowing that when we put our trust in God and fear Him, the Lord hears us and we are never alone. In times of great fear or distress, we can cry out to our God and there is nothing in this world that we have to fear when our hope is in the Lord.King David, who had known his share of troubles, war, family turmoil and personal tragedy was still a “man after God’s own heart”. In Psalms 34 we find his personal testimony and then his teaching on the Lord’s [...]

   

• Sought and Delivered

  In Contented, Faithful, Happy, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  Psalm 34:4 I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears. (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)I am amazed and embarrassed at how slow I am sometimes to turn to God FIRST, instead of as a last (or at least secondary) resort. Despite the fact that God has NEVER failed to comfort me, calm me, assure me and work all things out according to what He knows is best for me, I still have the aggravating habit of trying to handle life my way first, and then turning to God only after I mess it all up.When will we ever learn to turn to God first, instead of as a secondary option?For me, it’s not typical to get [...]