Brown's Daily Word 11-5-12

Praise the Lord for this new day. The Lord blessed us with a beautiful weekend. It was a great thrill and joy to be in the house of the Lord yesterday. I preached from Psalm 46. It is written, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear."

We live in a world where many people allow themselves to be limited by their fears of hurt, disappointment or criticism, but David praised God and then experienced release from His fears. The Psalmist wrote in Psalm 34, "I will extol the Lord at all times, his praise will always be on my lips." Praise helps us gain a new perspective. Praising God’s Lordship over all aspects of life help us see that He is sovereign and His omnipotence is greater than any problem.

When we are focused on Jesus as the one who overcomes the world we are given increased sense of His empowerment, enabling, and courage. Jesus said, "Be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world."

The Psalmist wrote, "I sought the Lord and He heard me and delivered me from all of my fears." (Psalm 34:4) We are invited to call upon the Lord to deliver us from all our fears by seeking His face and His grace. Whenever we feel afraid we can trust Him to provide whatever we need. He makes us adequate with His adequacy. He provides us with courage when we are feeling timid.

Whenever John Wesley felt afraid he would just pause to pray and praise God for the fact that He was still on the throne of heaven ruling all things well. Wesley wrote, "I have never known more than fifteen minutes of anxiety or fear. Whenever, I feel fearful emotions overtaking me I just close my eyes and thank God that he is still on the throne reigning over everything and I take comfort in His control over all the affairs of my life."
"Unbelief puts our circumstance between us and God, but faith puts God
between us and our circumstances." F.B. Meyer

In Christ,

Brown

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A Special Thanksgiving Worship;

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Location: First United Methodist Church, 53 McKinley Ave., Endicott

Sponsored by: Union Center United Methodist Church

Speaker: Dr. Dino Pedrone,

President, Davis College, Binghamton,

Special Music : Worship Band of Davis College,

Organist : Yancey Moore

Pianist: Aric Phinney

All are welcome. For Information call: 607-748-6329

or 607-748-1358