BTR Weekly eNewsletter: "Learning to Worship: Step #5: Worship Him

Issue #682 ~ September 13, 2021

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your encouragement and support. We pray you will be blessed daily through the Word. Please freely share this email with others.

Christ is All and in All,

Bible Teaching Resources

Enjoy a 50% discount on the following products from BTR:

Ecclesiastes / Mid-Life Crisis - CD Set or Mp3 Set

No coupon needed! (offer expires 9/30/2021)

CD set ONLY $10 or Mp3 CD set ONLY $5!

(prices include standard shipping in the US)

Visit the BTR website and select CD or Mp3 CD

Learning to Worship: Step #5: Worship Him for His Works and His Word

"He has shown his people the power of his works giving them the lands of other nations."

Psalm 111:6

"The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy."

Psalm 111:7

"They are steadfast for ever and ever, done in faithfulness and uprightness."

Psalm 111:8

The psalmist is now marveling at God's mighty works in bringing the children of Israel out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, through the wilderness to Kadesh-Barnea, then 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, and across the Jordan River, giving them the "lands of other nations."

Verse 7: "The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy."

Making another reference to the "works of his hands" and paying tribute with 2 words to describe them: (1) "faithful" and (2) "just."

The psalmist then uses the word "all" once again: "all his precepts are trustworthy." Basically we can say it is safe to depend upon His word.

Numbers 23:19: "God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he would change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?" (NIV)

1 Thessalonians 5:24: "Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass" (NASB).

Verse 8: "They are steadfast for ever and ever, done in faithfulness and uprightness."

The word "They" refers back to verse 7: "The works of his hands [and] all his precepts."

Our text tells us "They are steadfast for ever and ever, done in faithfulness and uprightness."

I am reminded of Job's testimony in Job 19:25-27: "I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes - I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me" (NIV).

Supporting Bible Teaching Resources

We are grateful beyond words to everyone who lovingly supports this ministry. If you are considering supporting our ministry, please go to https://bibleteachingresources.org/support/ to find out how!

Praises & Prayer Requests

1. Pray: They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:23 (NIV)

____________________________________

2. Praise: For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. Psalm 100:5 (NIV)

____________________________________

3. Pray: He whose walk is upright fears the Lord, but he whose ways are devious despises him. Proverbs 14:2 (NIV)

____________________________________

4. Pray: But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 (NASB)

5. Pray: For the many prison inmates who want to know the Lord and want to grow in Jesus. You can be a part of the prison ministry through your gift to BTR. Mark your gift for the prison ministry.

____________________________________

Join me in singing verse 2 of "Day by Day":

Day by day and with each passing moment,

Strength I find to meet my trials here;

Trusting in my Father's wise bestowment,

I've no cause for worry or for fear.

He whose heart is kind beyond all measure

Gives unto each day what He deems best.

Lovingly, its part of pain and pleasure,

Mingling toil with peace and rest.