Red Fire Hydrant and Matching Red Tree
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Author Archives: Drew Haninger
Thanksgiving
Psalms 26:7 That We may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, And tell of all Your wondrous works.
Canon Beach Haystack Rock
Psalms 69:30 We will praise the name of God with a song,
And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
Psalms 100:4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
And into His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
Canon Beach from Ecola
Nehemiah 12:46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
Psalms 116:17 We will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And we will call upon the name of the Lord.Philippians 4:6 So be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
Columbia River, Trains going up and down the Columbia River on the Washington Side
Colossians 2:7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
Revelation 7:1 “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom,
Thanksgiving and honor and power and might,
Be to our God forever and ever.
Amen.”
Prayer and Thanksgiving
In this verse the two words prayer and thanksgiving are mentioned. Colossians 4:2 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;
Cannon Beach Sunset
Here is something I forget to do often, and that is to thank The Lord for all He has done. God has done so much for us. He created us. He sent His son to save and redeem us. God gave us life and breath. He gave us joy and happiness (and some sorrow). Jesus will come again one day and bring us into the New Jerusalem (called heaven by some).
Cannon Beach, Oregon
Morning Time
Time alone with God every morning before you start the day can make a big difference.
Multnomah Falls, Oregon
The morning time is the best time to connect with God. Lets all concerns and fears be ignored. Just come to God with prayer, Bible reading, devotional reading, or anything that inspires you to touch and contact God. Some mornings can be difficult because of things that just bother us. Life is full of anxieties and things that just upset us. Some concerns just do not go away. Right in the middle find a way to pray what God is praying. Don’t fret, just pray. Spending time with God helps us trust Him.
Psalms 57:7
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;
I will sing and give praise.
Morning Prayer
Psalm 88:13 But, I, unto thee, O Yahweh, have cried for help, And, in the morning, my prayer will confront thee! The morning is the best time to spend time reading the Bible and praying.
Sunrise on the Sea of Galilee, Israel
Prayer and reading can set the day in the correct direction. The best time to pray is in the morning.
Prayer is a relationship with God that comes from spending time with God. The best time is in the morning before 50 thousand other things distract us. Morning time sets the day in the correct mode.
The Bible verse in Psalms is from the Rotherham emphasized translation.
Life and Peace
In Romans chapter 8 we come to a great verse on life and peace. After Paul in Romans spends many chapters on God’s condemnation of sinful man, and the justification only available through what God did in Jesus, we now come to chapter eight, a chapter about living in the Spirit. No matter what man could do to rescue himself, only God’s work could do this. Man with his great desire to please God, just cannot satisfy God’s requirement. Only the work that Jesus did on the cross could satisfy what God requires.
Multnomah Falls, Oregon
So in Romans chapter eight we come to: Romans 8:6 For the mind set on the flesh is death; but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace. This means to walk in the Spirit by following the Lord brings peace in our life. So peace comes by walking with the Lord.
Columbia River, railroad tracks
Theology is Locked
Our theology cannot be changed, it is based on the Bible.
Columbia River, from Washington side, looking towards Oregon
So you could say our theology is locked, but methods can be changed. Look in the four Gospels and the book of Acts how God used different methods to connect with different situations. Jesus in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John did not use the same words or prayer in the many situations. The Holy Spirit in the book of Acts (written by Luke) did everything in a different way, but always exalting Jesus and the Gospel.
Early Prayer in Psalms
Psalms 4:1
Answer Me When I Call
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments.
A Psalm of David.
1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!