7d • General discussion
"O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph" - Psalm 47:1
O, do I have a story for you! The Lord is good. The Lord is great!
Geez, where do I start!
I guess I'll start with Monday!
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Monday -
That was a great day!
The Lord made it so that I was able to work on an acting production. Thank the Lord!
Here's the insane part
The only reason I was able to get that role, outside of God's providence, was because the casting director from the previous film I worked on just so happen to be the casting director for this film as well! When she saw my name on the application, she texted me and got me right on board!
If the Lord hadnt have made it so that I worked on the previous movie with her, I wouldnt have been able to work on this film too!
The Lord is good!
Now, the day before, I had made the terrible mistake of eating food past satisfaction, which goes against the Lord's word
Proverbs 25:16
"Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it."
I had Krispy Kreme donuts. They were so good, but the Lord had already taught me the lesson of the proverb above. The Lord taught me, but I didnt follow. Had to learn the Lord's lesson the hard way again. But thankfully, the Lord is merciful and full of grace!
I went to set early in the morning, around 7:40am. Now, for me, I dont like to eat anything before working. It tends to make me feel sick. So I didnt eat anything.
Well, we didnt end up shooting my scene until 3pm, haha
So no food from 7:40am to 3pm. Long time, haha
I got a headache from not eating, and worst of all, I felt sick from eating too many donuts the night before. I felt like I was going to vomit (just like the Lord warns us about!)
Two things I learned that day
(1) Follow the Lord's Word because the Lord is trying to help us
(2) Eat something, even if its a snack, to hold me over
Although I felt sick, (and I mean really sick), the Lord helped me!
After we were done, I remember walking hastily outside to get some food, haha
I PRAYED to the Lord that He would help me, and asked the Lord to nourish my body
And the Lord did!
I ate some food, didnt feel great right after, but on the ride home, I felt better and better
So much so that when I got home, I felt great
The Lord blessed me with His mercy and grace!
The Lord is good!
Thats the Lord's miracle on Monday
Next up, Tuesday!
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Tuesday -
Tuesday was the first day that I had not been with Samantha in a long time
Samantha had left with one of her friends, Monday night, to help her move.
So the morning I left for set was the last time I would see her until Thursday evening
Thats a long time for us, haha
For awhile, a very long time in fact, when Samantha is gone, temptation likes to creep in. But the Lord allows temptation to help us to strengthen our faith in Him! The Lord will not give us more than we can handle, and will always provide a way of escape so we can bear the burden!
1st Corinthians 10:13
"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."
So I was tempted, but the Lord helped me greatly
The Lord helped me by reminding me of the lessons He told me before
The Lord helped me to realize a long time ago that all I needed to do was go to Him in prayer, as well as, go to His word
The Lord tells us that His word is a sword
Hebrews 4:12
"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."
Ephesians 6:17
"And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God,"
The Lord also tells us that His word is our light
Psalm 119:105
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."
The Lord taught me a long time ago to go to His word. He taught me that prayer was good and that I should continually be in prayer, but I also need to go to the Lord's word. Go to His sword! Go to the light!
The Lord's word is the light. My darkness cannot survive in the Lord's light. So all I needed to do was go to the Lord in prayer, and in the Word!
And the Lord helped me to do so!
If it wasnt for the Lord helping me to realize and understand these things all the times I had fallen, I wouldnt have understood, nor done them now. And, if it wasnt for the Lord's grace, He wouldve never picked me up all the times I had fallen. And if it wasnt for the Lord's mercy, I wouldve never been forgiven for all my sins. Though I had fallen, the Lord did not utterly cast me out.
Psalm 37:24
"Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand."
So the Lord is the only reason I was able to apply the His lesson this past Tuesday!
Which is incredible because of what happened today! But I will get there, haha!
So on Tuesday, the Lord's miracle was helping me to go to His word every time a whisper of doubt, fear, or evil would go through my mind. The Lord was right there to help me!
The Lord is good!
Now...we have Wednesday!
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Wednesday -
This was a very peculiar day!
It was a day of "waiting"
The Lord helped me to learn the importance of "waiting on Him", which is really hard for me sometimes because I like to go go go.
A long time ago, the Lord helped me to realize the importance of waiting on Him. A few weeks ago, after I lost my job, the Lord helped me to realize His "focal points" of the day. I would go to Him in prayer and ask the Lord for His leadership. Ask the Lord for His focal point for the day. And the Lord was really helpful! The Lord helped me to stay faithful with the focal point, and the Lord helped me to realize that His way is the best way. Things started lining up! Then, there was a day where I had fear of losing a dream of mine. When I had that fear, the Lord helped me to realize that all I need to do is wait on Him. The Lord helped me to realize that becuase I started to have a desire to go faster. All of a sudden, God's pacing wasnt right for me. All of a sudden, I was going too slow. When the day before, I was telling God how happy I was for all His focal points and how everything was lining up.
I just glorify the Lord for helping me with this because the Lord knew I would need it. The Lord knew I would feel that fear and desire to go faster. But the Lord helped me to stay faithful. The Lord says that we are to cast our cares upon the Lord, for He cares for us. He also says that we are to cast our burdens upon Him, and He will sustain us
1st Peter 5:7
"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you."
Psalm 55:22
"Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved."
So the Lord helped me to do exactly that!
If it wasnt for the Lord teaching me those verse a long time ago, and helping me to apply them in my life, I wouldnt have done it that day when fear and desire to go faster entered my heart
Its literally because of the Lord that I was able to follow the Lord's word
And guess what?
I was filled with peace.
Now, it was more like a "faithful peace". Faithful meaning trusting the Lord. Peace meaning I was at peace with letting go and letting God
And the Lord filled me with His peace, power, and love, just like He says He does!
2nd Timothy 1:7
"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."
If it wasnt for the Lord teaching me all this and helping me to apply it, I wouldnt have applied it this past Wednesday. I wouldnt have waited on the Lord
I remember waking up, spending time with Him, and asking the Lord for His focal point for the day
I got nothing
And the Lord taught me a long time ago that it is better to wait for His steps than for me to be hasty and leave the steps He has for me
So the Lord helped me to wait, which was difficult because I wanted to go go go
Not to mention, the Lord blessed me with an audition. So I really thought my whole day would be about that
The Lord was like, "no"
The Lord helped me to realize that that day was about waiting, and thats what we I did. Waited
Now heres the thing. I was still being tempted that day, but because of what the Lord helped me to realize and do on Tuesday, I was able to pray and go to Him again and again and again.
The Lord helped me to realize that there is so much help if we go to the Lord!
The Lord helped me greatly! I read SO many chapters that day, haha
Heres the kicker! Each chapter I read was PERFECT for the situation I was in
Heres what the Lord helped me with!
It started with Psalm 37:34
"Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it"
The "wait on the Lord" part was right on the nose
The Lord really wanted me to wait that day, and the Lord helped me to wait. And I am glad I followed the Lord's instruction. The Lord is good!
Then, I was tempted yet again
So I went to the Lord's word!
Next up, Psalm 38
The first part that stood out to me was the beginning
Psalm 38:1-6
(1) O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure
(2) For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
(3) There is no soundness in my flesh becuse of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin
(4) For mine inquities are gone over mine head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me
(5) My wonds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness
(6) I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long
It was that "hot displeasure" that really got me
I had sinned against the Lord before, and I didnt want the Lord's hot displeasure again
When I sinned against the Lord, His arrows were fast in me and His hand did press sore (reproving me and correcting me)
There is no soundness in my flesh because of His anger. The Lord helped me to realize a long time ago that there is no peace at all in my flesh, especially because of the Lord's anger. Neither was there rest in my bones because of my sin
When I sinned, my inquities were over my head like a great weight that I couldnt carry. My wounds stunk and were corrupt because of my foolishness
And this past Wednesday, at this time, I was troubled. I bowed to the Lord greatly and asked the Lord for help.
And He did!
If it wasnt for the Lord teaching me, reproving me, and correcting me all those times before when I had sinned, I wouldnt have had the fear of the Lord on Wednesday to NOT sin again
The Lord helped me to refrain from my flesh because the Lord helped to remind me of His anger, as we all that comes from my own sin.
The Lord helped me NOT to sin by reminding me of what comes from sin, haha
Then, later on, I was tempted again, haha
Next up, Psalm 38:11-22
Psalm 38:11
"My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off"
This verse really stood out to me because it was true for my situation
Neither my wife, my friends, nor any of you knew what I was going through
But the Lord knew, and the Lord helped me through
The Lord is good!
Further down, the scripture reads
"They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. Thus I was a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no repreoofs. For in thee, O Lord do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God"
At the end, it reads
"Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation
This literally paints the exact picture of my situation at that point in the day
My enemies were indeed seeking after my life, seeking my hurt, speaking michievous things in my mind, and imagining deceits and telling me deceits all day long.
But the Lord helped me to realize that I needed to be as a deaf man and not hear them!
I also needed to be as a dumb man, and not open my mouth
And see, this is perfect because the Lord taught me a long time ago that I AM NOT TO FIGHT MY ENEMY!
I am to go to the Lord who has already overcome the enemy!
The Lord is good!
The Lord helped me to realize that I dont need to hear the enemy. I just need to hear Him. I dont need to speak to the enemy. I just need to speak to Him.
The Lord is the light. The enemy cant be around the Lord. So all I need to do is be with the Lord and they all will run away!
The Lord is good!
The Lord is so good!
I dont need to hear them, nor speak to them. Just hear Him and speak to Him!
And that was big for me to learn because I was someone who wanted to fight for the Lord. Like I wanted to be the Lord's soldier, going out there and conquering the evils of the world.
The Lord was like, "No, I've already done that. Just be with me"
And ironically, since the Lord has conquered and overcome it all, I too overcome just by being with Him. Just like He says!
John 16:33
"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."
If it wasnt for the Lord teaching me NOT TO FIGHT MY ENEMY, but to go to Him instead, I wouldve never gone to Him at that point of the day on Wedesday. And if I had never gone to Him at that point on Wednesday, I wouldve never learned that the Lord tells me to not hear or speak to the enemy, but to only hear and speak to Him. And if I hadnt had done that, I wouldnt have followed the Lord's word
The Lord's word is perfect!
The Lord's word is good!
Then, what do ya know, I was tempted again haha
Then I read Psalms 39:1-2, which reads
"I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred"
Again the Lord tells me to keep my mouth shut, haha
And it was true that the wicked was indeed before me, tempting me again.
The Lord helped me to be dumb with silence and hold my peace, EVEN FROM GOOD THINGS, and my sorrow did stir
Why did I capitalize the "even from good things"
Well, heres the reason
On Wednesday, I went to the gym, went for a walk, watched some TV, was on my phone, just basic things
But the Lord helped me to realize that none of those things can be the "buffer" between me and sin
Going to the gym, although a good thing, can not be the buffer between me and sin. It cant be the reason why I dont sin
So even though I was doing good stuff, the Lord helped me to realize that none of those things will prevent me from sinning.
The Lord helped me realize that none of those things are my salvation. God is my salvation
And my sorrow did indeed stir because all the burdens of my temptations and having to wait on the Lord was all still there
But I thank the Lord for helping me to realize these things because I didnt want to have a buffer
I wanted the Lord to be the reason I dont sin. Not because I am watching TV, or on my phone, or at the gym, or on a walk
I wanted the Lord to be my strength
I didnt want a buffer
I wanted the Lord
Guess what I did next?
Got rid of some buffers
Guess what happened right after?
You guessed it, tempted again, haha!
This time was harder. Without the "buffers", it was like the flood gates had opened. Thoughts pouring in. But the Lord is faithful. The Lord is good!
I went to the Lord's word again and read the rest of Psalm 39
Psalm 39:13 really stood out to me. It reads
"O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more"
And thats EXACTLY what the Lord did!
The Lord did spare me!
The Lord did give me strength!
The Lord did help me!
Though the buffers were gone, there Lord was there! The Lord was and is my salvation just like He says in Psalms 38:22
"Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation"
The Lord IS our salvation!
The Lord is good!
And it still doesnt end there. Geez, the Lord is GOOD!
The Lord and I spent time together near the end of the day
We read Psalm 40
Listen to what verses 1-4 read
Psalm 40:1-4
"I waited patently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord. Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies"
GEEEEZ
Come on, you gotta admit, the Lord is REALLY COOL
The Lord is great!
The Lord is SPOT ON!
The Lord helped me to wait patiently on Him that day, all day. The Lord did indeed incline His ear to me and heard my cry. The Lord indeed did bring me up out of a HORRIBLE PIT, miry clay, and indeed did set my feet upon a rock and established my goings! The Lord did indeed put a new song IN MY MOUTH (makes sense why the Lord taught me earlier to keep my mouth shut, haha!), even praising the Lord for all He did, and now telling you all so you can see it too! You all can look to the Lord, fear the Lord (respect and revere Him), and trust in the Lord! The Lord is faithful!
All this isnt by coincidence! The Lord set all this up!
The Lord helped me to follow Him, and then blessed me. All glory is the Lord's!!!
The Lord is good!
The Lord is great!
The Lord is SO great!
And you know what?
It still doesnt end there...
We still got Thursday haha!
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Thursday -
The Lord helped me to realize that Wednesday was about waiting on Him
The Lord helped me to realize that Thursday was about "being still with Him"
If the Lord didnt help me to "wait on Him" on Wednesday, I wouldnt have been able to "be still with Him" on Thursday
I was still tempted on Thursday, but because of what the Lord brought me through on Wednesday, it was like the burden was way lighter
Each time I was tempted, I went to the Lord, as the Lord instructed
If it wasnt for the Lord, I wouldnt have gone to the Lord
The Lord is good!
And each chapter, just like yesterday, was exactly what I needed
The Lord is good
Now the Lord told me one in particular that was RIGHT ON THE NOSE, haha
Psalm 46:10
Now this is after I believed the Lord's focal point for the day was for me to "be still" with Him
Guess what Psalm 46:10 reads
"Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted amoung the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth"
I mean...COME OOOOOON
The Lord is good
The Lord not only helped me to realize the focal point of the day, but confirmed it
And heres the kicker. If I hadnt had gone to the Lord's word each time I was tempted, I wouldve never gotten to Psalm 46:10 by time the stronger temptation came around!
At one point in the day, the temptation got stronger, but the Lord was right there with EXACTLY what I needed to hear - Be still and know that He is GOD!
He WILL be exalted amoung the heathen. He WILL be exalt in all the earth
Not only did the Lord tell me this, but also Psalms 46:11
"The Lord of host is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah"
Though the temptation is stronger now, the Lord of host was with me and is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge!
The Lord is good!
Now, the Lord did something really special
After I had gone to the Lord with the stronger temptation and read Psalms 46, The Lord told me to lay down and just be still
So I did
As I layed down, the Mother's Lullaby in the Prince of Egypt kept playing in my head
"Hush now, my baby, be still now, dont cry. Sleep as you're rocked by the stream. Sleep and remember my last, lullaby. So I'll be with you when you dream"
- - Be still now --
Thats not just a coincidence
A lullaby that not only tells me to be still, but also at the heart of it is about trusting in the Lord with all your heart, and the Lord being there for you
And thats how I felt
I felt like the little baby being put away to fall asleep. All this chaos and destruction happening around me, but the Lord takes care of me
I KNOW there were evils around me. The Lord lulled me to sleep, and took care of it
He told me to hush, be still, and sleep. He rocked by the stream of His waters. And He was indeed with me as I dreamed
As I typed this, it touches my heart because the Lord said that He would put a new song in my mouth.
He put one in my heart
As I heard the lullaby, I slowly fell asleep
And even though I was asleep, I kept hearing the lullaby
I couldve sworn that I was only asleep for 5-15 minutes
Turns out, I was asleep for 2 or 3 hours
Guess who woke me up? My lovely wife
When I woke up, the Lord made me a new man. And the Lord brought me to the woman I love. I thank the Lord for that
The Lord relieved me of my burden, my temptation. The Lord cleared the path, just like He said He would
Psalm 37:34
"Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it"
While I was sleepng, the Lord was working. Clearing out the wicked from the land. And He made me to see it
The Lord allowed it to rain that day
Let me tell you. Each time the Lord makes me new, it rains haha
So I walked outside in the rain, and for me, it was that the Lord was cleansing me
The Lord is good
A little while later, the skies had cleared
I walked outside, and for me, it was that the Lord had made me new
The Lord is good!
And lastly, we have today - Friday
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Friday -
I'm just gonna type the Lord's word that He and I went through today, and you will see the glory of the Lord.
How everything He had done led to this moment here
Psalms 47
"O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triump. For the Lord most High is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. He shall choose our inheritace for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the sheilds of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted."
The Lord is good
The Lord is good
The Lord is good
Amen!
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