Reason The Lord Rejoices - Zeph. 3:17

 

 

 

This is Namma for Christ with the one hundred forty-sixth inspirational message dated Sunday, June 23rd, 2019. The title of this message is “Reason - The Lord Rejoices - Zeph. 3:17”.

 

The first word of the title is also the title of the above inspirational song/video “Reason” (with lyrics) by the Christian group “Unspoken”. The scripture comes from the 17^th verse of the third chapter of the book of Zephaniah:

 

Zephaniah 3:17

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁷ The Lord your God in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.”

 

For many years, I have enjoyed reading the daily inspirational messages as provided by RBC Ministries in their publications of "OUR DAILY BREAD".  

 I recently read the message for the day and found it to be so beautiful and inspiring,
I wanted to share it with you (see the below message). RBC Ministries has the website of:  www.rbc.org so that you can read and enjoy life-changing wisdom of daily inspirational messages based on scripture from the Bible. Please read and enjoy:

 

The Lord Rejoices

6/23/2019

Bible in a Year :

Esther 9–10; Acts 7:1–21

[God] will rejoice over you with singing.

Zephaniah 3:17

 

Today's Scripture & Insight:

Zephaniah 3:14–20

My grandmother recently sent me a folder full of old photographs, and as I thumbed through them, one caught my eye. In it, I’m two years old, and I’m sitting on one end of a hearth (floor) in front of a fireplace. On the other end, my dad has his arm around my mom’s shoulders. Both are gazing at me with expressions of love and delight.

I pinned this photo to my dresser, where I see it every morning. It’s a wonderful reminder of their love for me. The truth is, though, that even the love of good parents is imperfect. I saved this photo because it reminds me that although human love may fail sometimes, God’s love never fails—and according to Scripture, God looks at me the way my parents are looking at me in this picture.

The prophet Zephaniah described this love in a way that astounds me. He describes God as rejoicing over His people with singing. God’s people had not earned this love. They had failed to obey Him or to treat each other with compassion. But Zephaniah promised that in the end, God’s love would prevail over their failures. God would take away their punishment (Zephaniah 3:15), and He would rejoice over them (v. 17). He would gather His people into His arms, bring them home, and restore them (v. 20).

That’s a love worth reflecting on every morning.

By Amy Peterson 

Reflect & Pray

How does it make you feel that God rejoices over you with singing? How have you experienced His love?

God, thank You for Your forgiveness and faithful love for us.

 

Please enjoy the above inspirational song/video “Reason” (with lyrics) by the Christian group “Unspoken”.

 (I do not own the rights to this song.) 
 

BE BLESSED!

 

 

“God Never Fails” - 1 Corinthians 1:9

 

 

 

This is Namma for Christ with the 145th inspirational message dated Friday, June 14^th, 2019. The title of this message is “God Never Fails” - 1 Corinthians 1:9. The first three words of the title of this message are also the first three words of the above song/video by “Mt. Zion Fellowship of Highland Hills, Ohio with Dr. C. Ronald S. Williams II, Senior Pastor, entitled – “God Never Fails”.  The scripture for this message is found in the ninth verse of the first chapter of 1^st Corinthians – as found in the New Testament book as written by Apostle Paul.

1 Corinthians 1:9

Worldwide English (New Testament) (WE)

⁹ God never fails anyone. It is He who called you to belong to His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

This message is a personal testimony of a recent experience of mine where God “showed up and showed out!” I truly believe in the power of prayer and how God will answer in His time and in His Way! This mediation’s song lyrics (of the chorus) are provided below because I truly believe that “GOD NEVER FAILS”:

God Never Fails

God never fails, God never fails
He abides with me, He Gives me victory
For God never fails
Oh, just keep the faith and never cease to pray
Just walk upright, call Him morning, noon, day, or night
He'll be there, He'll be there
There's no need to worry for God never fails.

 

My testimony is of a recent incident where the bills were high, but the money was low. I had just got paid and I had budgeted my money out to all that was due that month: my tithes, my car insurance, my rent, my food and gas money for the week.

Unfortunately and unexpectedly, the very same day that I got paid - my car started making a strange noise (that I had never heard of before). I drove my car to the mechanic – praying that the amount to “fix” the car would be within my budget of “what I could afford” – from what was “left-over” (from what I had previously budgeted out). I prayed that God would help me in this financial situation. I left my car with the mechanic overnight and called him the next day to see how much he would charge me to fix my car. I “honestly” did not have any extra money to fix my car! God performed a miracle for me! My mechanic informed me that he had driven my car, inspected it and found no problem! He told me that he didn’t even hear the noise (that I had heard the day before)! He simply told me to come pick up my car – he said there was nothing mechanically wrong with my car!  I didn’t have to pay him ANYTHING! I IMMEDIATELY just PRAISED and THANKED GOD! GOD KNEW MY SITUATION – and HE WORKED IT OUT – TOGETHER FOR MY GOOD! I picked up my car and drove it home with no noise and no problems! This is a personal testimony of how I gave GOD my problem and HE SHOWED ME – HOW “GOD NEVER FAILS”! TRY GOD for yourself – if you haven’t yet…GOD NEVER FAILS!

Psalm 34:8 New King James Version (NKJV)

⁸ Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!

 

Please enjoy the above inspirational song/video by “Mt. Zion Fellowship of Highland Hills with Dr. C. Ronald S. Williams II, Senior  Pastor, entitled – “God Never Fails”. 

  (I do not own the rights to this song.)

BE BLESSED!