{"id":562,"date":"2017-09-14T06:35:53","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T14:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=562"},"modified":"2017-09-14T06:35:53","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T14:35:53","slug":"psalm-1361-923-26-his-love-endures-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=562","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 136:1-9,23-26\u00a0 His Love Endures Forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Psalm 136:1-9 <\/strong>\u2013<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0Give thanks\u00a0to the\u00a0Lord, for He is good.\u00a0 <em>His love endures forever<\/em>.\u00a0 2\u00a0Give thanks\u00a0to the God of gods.\u00a0 <em>His love endures forever<\/em>.\u00a0 3\u00a0Give thanks\u00a0to the Lord of lords:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <em>His love endures forever<\/em>.\u00a0 4\u00a0to Him who alone does great wonders, <em>His love endures forever<\/em>.\u00a05\u00a0who by his understanding\u00a0made the heavens, <em>His love endures forever<\/em>.\u00a0 6\u00a0who spread out the earth\u00a0upon the waters, <em>His love endures forever<\/em>.\u00a0 7\u00a0who made the great lights\u2014<em>His love endures forever<\/em>. 8\u00a0the sun to govern\u00a0the day, <em>His love endures forever<\/em>. 9\u00a0the moon and stars to govern the night; <em>His love endures forever<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Psalm 136:23-26<\/strong> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">He remembered us\u00a0in our low estate <em>His love endures forever<\/em>. 24\u00a0and freed us\u00a0from our enemies. <em>His love endures forever<\/em>. 25\u00a0He gives food\u00a0to every creature. <em>His love endures forever<\/em>. 26\u00a0Give thanks\u00a0to the God of heaven. <em>His love endures forever<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Family, before we pray, before we beseech Him for the necessities of life, let\u2019s consider who He is.\u00a0 He is good (<strong>Psalm 34:8<\/strong>).\u00a0 He is the God of gods (there are no other real God) (<strong>Isaiah 45:5<\/strong>).\u00a0 He is the Lord of lords (There are many who consider themselves supreme, but only He is) (<strong>Deuteronomy 10:17<\/strong>).\u00a0 He alone does great wonders (Only He created everything, including us) (<strong>Hebrews 11:3<\/strong>).\u00a0 He spread out the earth upon the waters (Only He has the almighty power to create with the broad and the thin brush) (<strong>Genesis 1:1<\/strong>).\u00a0 He made the great lights (He who is light put light on display for us) (<strong>Genesis 1<\/strong>).\u00a0 He made the sun to govern the day and the moon and the stars to govern the night (God, only God did it) (<strong>Genesis 1<\/strong>).\u00a0 He did this all with the vision of you and me being blessed by it.\u00a0 Why, because \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>His love endures forever<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Man, through willful disobedience had taken himself from the lofty place of communion with God in the Garden of Eden and found himself in the wilderness (<strong>Genesis 3:23-24<\/strong>).\u00a0 From bountiful and abundant garden to a wild and untamed land.\u00a0 Though man rebelled against God, God continued to love and sought out man to help him (<strong>2 Timothy 2:13<\/strong>).\u00a0 He created man in love and His love for man remained, it remains (<strong>1 John 4:16<\/strong>).\u00a0 He saw that the enemy hated His beloved creation (<strong>John 10:10<\/strong>).\u00a0 God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son to die so that all mankind would have a way to be saved (<strong>John 3:16<\/strong>).\u00a0 God provides for our natural daily sustenance (<strong>Psalm 54:4<\/strong>) and for those who heed His call, He Himself is our spiritual sustenance (<strong>John 6:53-58<\/strong>).\u00a0\u00a0 How can we know we are His?\u00a0 We have within us a need to seek His face and gain His instruction through His Word (<strong>Psalm 27:4<\/strong>).\u00a0 Knowing He is our sustenance, we urgently seek Him out because we cannot live without Him (<strong>John 17:3<\/strong>).\u00a0 God has done great things (<strong>Psalm 126:3<\/strong>).\u00a0 He did this all with the vision of you and me being blessed by it.\u00a0 Why, because \u201c<em>His love endures forever<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Be present with our God, in spirit and mind today.\u00a0 Everyday.\u00a0\u00a0 Before we pray let\u2019s consider who He is and what He has done for each of us, as individuals, personally.\u00a0 He has loved us so.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Psalm 150:6<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Micah 7:7<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; 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