Thank You My Shield And Defense

June 13, 2023

Pastor Cheryl Jackson

There is an old song I remember called Open Arms part of the lyrics is “Now I come to you with open arms hoping you'll see what your love means to me, open arms.” I know a lot of old songs go through my head sometimes, but when they do my heart is in awe with our creator and not with any physical person on the earth. I guess that means for me that there is no love on this earth that could compare to the depth of the love that God has for me, but I never compare people to God. I just expect everyone who says I love God to love God as much as I do if not more because He first loved us. 1 John 4:7-10 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 Samuel 15:29 He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a human being, that he should change his mind. Titus 1:2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. Hebrews 7:21 but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: "The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: 'You are a priest forever.'" Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill? 1 Chronicles 29:11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all. Ezekiel 24:14 I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,' declares the Lord GOD Song for thought: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcUAREMiUR8