You is an Original

18 August Fri, 2017

You is an Original

[ Psalms 100 - 102 ] - hymn288

Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his. Psalm 100:3

Each of us is an original from God뭩 hand. There are no self-made men or women. No one ever became talented, buffed, or bright all by himself or herself. God made each of us all by Himself. He thought of us and formed us out of His unspeakable love. God made your body, mind, and soul. And He isn뭪 done with you; He is still making you. His single-minded purpose is our maturity: 밐e who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus�(Phil. 1:6). God is making you braver, stronger, purer, more peaceful, more loving, less selfish뾲he kind of person you뭭e perhaps always wanted to be. ?God뭩] unfailing love continues forever and his faithfulness continues to each generation�(Ps. 100:5 NLT). God has always loved you(밼orever� goes both ways), and He will be faithful to you to the end. You뭭e been given a love that lasts forever and a God who will never give up on you. That뭩 a good reason to have joy and to 밹ome before him with joyful songs�!(v. 2). If you can't carry a tune, just give Him a shout-out: 밪hout for joy to the Lord�(v. 1). David Roper

	� I뭢 grateful, Father, that You are at work in me. I find it difficult to change and I wonder sometimes how or if I ever will. Yet I know that You are continuing Your work in me and as I look back I will see the growth You are producing. Thank You!
	Spiritual growth occurs when faith is cultivated.

1. Psalm 100 A psalm. For giving thanks. Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. 2. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 3. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. 5. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. 1. Psalm 101 Of David. A psalm. I will sing of your love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will sing praise. 2. I will be careful to lead a blameless life -- when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart. 3. I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me. 4. Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil. 5. Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure. 6. My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me. 7. No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence. 8. Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD. 1. Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted man. When he is faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to you. 2. Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly. 3. For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers. 4. My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food. 5. Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones. 6. I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins. 7. I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof. 8. All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse. 9. For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears 10. because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside. 11. My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass. 12. But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations. 13. You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come. 14. For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity. 15. The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory. 16. For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory. 17. He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea. 18. Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD: 19. "The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth, 20. to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death." 21. So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem 22. when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD. 23. In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short my days. 24. So I said: "Do not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations. 25. In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. 26. They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded. 27. But you remain the same, and your years will never end. 28. The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you."