Keep Me

Psalms 140:4 (KJV)

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

More fearful than any beast of the wild or force of nature…

Are the hands of the Wicked and Violent Man…

Man is more capable of destruction to us than all else..

Thus David prayed-

“Keep Me”

He even once declared that he’d rather fall into the hands of God than man…

Our Prayer ought to be “Keep Me”

Not-

Give Me…

If He Keeps Me then He Will Provide for Me!

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

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Covenant/Contract or Divine?

Romans 5:8 (KJV)

But God (commendeth his love toward us), in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

A covenant or contract?

Both are agreed binding relationships…

If God’s Relationship is such-

Either in Entirety or Part Then Long ago we have Jeopardized and Nullified by Breaking Our Part of the Agreement (Covenant or Contract)…

If There is No “Divine”…

And Thus if (Our Marriages) are in fact a Type of-

“Christ and the Church”

Then Divorce is Acceptable!

But the Scripture clearly states-

*(what God hath joined together let no man put asunder)!  *Divine…

There Is a “DIVINE” plan that supersedes all other Contracts and or Covenants…

Beware- It Cannot Be “Divine” when entering in the Relationship

Then later a (tool) for or by man when things don’t work out!

Whether my Love for my Wife or my God-

Both are Divine…

God Given…

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

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Feeling Abandoned

Job 23:3 (KJV)

Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

The Greatest Test May not be Temptation…

The Greatest Test-

Is Feeling all Alone!

Abandoned…

⁃ When you cannot Feel God

⁃ When you cannot Touch God

⁃ When you cannot See God In anything

Feeling Alone is Overwhelming…

The Greatest of all our Tests-

Is walking through this Darkest of Dark Valleys and not-

(Giving Up Hope)

Asking- Where are you God!

Is totally different than saying-

There is no God…

Asking is Faith!

Because it says or means you know He’s there somewhere…

Everyone Will Go Through a “Job-Test”

Abandonment and Question?

Even Jesus cried out-

“Why hast thou forsaken me”

Do Not Fail This Test!

Hang Tight… the Morning will come…

As the clouds hide the Sun, Your Test Hides your ability to see Christ-

But He is there…

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

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Two Unlikely Bedfellows “Good and Pleasurable”

Psalms 133:1 (KJV)

1(A Song of degrees of David.) Behold, how (good) and how (pleasant) it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Good and Pleasurable

Are often not found together…

When things are Good, often they are Good for us, thus not really Pleasurable!

*Paul said when I would do Good evil is always present…

When things are Pleasurable-

Too often they’re not Good for us…

“Unity” However Produces a Miracle-

Things Not Only Good but-Pleasurable…

When we seek not our own (Good and Pleasure)

But rather that of Others-

It Produces “Unity”

⁃ Unity in the Church

⁃ Unity in the Family

Thus Producing an Immeasurable Unbeatable Incomparable Power and Anointing…

⁃ Selfishness Destroys

⁃ Selflessness Builds

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

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Blessings

Jeremiah 17:7 (KJV)

7 (Blessed is the man) that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

*In Other Words- Blessings Are Upon a Man-

Rather thank search for Blessings high and low and under every rock-

Know that they are Home Delivered to a Precious Few…

⁃ Trusting in the Lord

⁃ Whose Hope is the Lord

Trust God No Matter What!

And-

What You Hope For is the Lord…

⁃ Not Money

⁃ Not Doctors

⁃ Revenge

⁃ Not a Long Life

Whatever It Is That Has You Stressed and Worried

Blessings Follow Those -That Trust in the Lord…

-Whose Hope is the Lord…

If God would just bless me-

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

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The Power of Fear

Psalms 56:4 (KJV)

4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not (fear) what flesh can do unto me.

⁃ We Serve What We Fear

⁃ We Are A Servant to What We Fear

You Can’t Avoid Fear but You Can Choose What You Fear…

*The Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom!

Choose Who You Fear

*Don’t Let Fears Choose You!

Discover the Difference Between “Man and God”

And Your Life Will Change Immeasurably…

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

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The Riches of the Glory

Colossians 1:27 (KJV)

27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

⁃ No greater treasure

⁃ No greater riches

⁃ No greater hope

“Christ In You”

⁃ Not with you

⁃ Not by you

⁃ Not in repose

But Absolutely (In You)…

Do Not Be Content-

To just walk with people who walk with God…

*Be the One that Actually Walks with God!

Christ in you The Hope of Glory!!!

Is Rich…

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

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