Looking Unto Jesus

 

 

Looking
unto Jesus

the author and finisher
of our faith

let us run
with endurance

this ever
present race.

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I can run my race for You are with me.

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“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, “

“looking into Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has set down at the right hand of the throne of God. “

Hebrews 12:1,2. NKJV

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Psalm 21 Selah

 

I have joy in
Your strength, O Lord

in Your salvation
I am blessed

I asked for life
and You have given it

full of Your mercy
and goodness.

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I can pause and be thankful, for You are with me.

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“The king shall have joy in Your strength, O LORD; and in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!”

“You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips.” Selah

“For You meet him with the blessings of goodness; “

“He asked life from You and You gave it to him -“

“For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.”

Psalm 21:1,2,3,4,7. NKJV

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(Thankful for Aimee Walker and The Joyful Life Co.! Aimee is doing an online bible study with Joyful Life titled : Selah Moments / Sacred Pauses for Your Soul.).

Longsuffering With Joy

 

O Lord, we pray to be filled
with the knowledge of Your will

walking closer and closer
with You

strengthened with all might
by Your glorious light

joyous in what
we go through.

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You are with me for all longsuffering with joy.

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“For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;”

“that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;”

“strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy . . .”

Colossians 1:9,10,11 NKJV

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The Vine And The Fig Tree

 

Though the vine and the fig tree
dry up and wither

and joy and gladness
seem gone

this is not
the end yet

keep turned to Me
My love is strong.

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When destruction and devastation occur, You are still with me.

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“The vine has dried up
And the fig tree has withered;
Surely joy has withered away from the sons of men.”

“Is not the food cut off before our eyes,
Joy and gladness from the house of our God?”

“‘Now, therefore,’ says the LORD, ‘Turn to me with all your heart.'”

Joel 1:12,16 NKJV
Joel 2:12. NKJV

Peace In Believing

 

I have joy and peace
in believing

because
You fill me up

now living hope
abounds in me

by the power of
Holy Spirit.

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I am filled with hope, joy and peace because You are with me.

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“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

Romans 15:13 NKJV

Everlasting Joy

I will heal
your broken heart

comforting you
as you mourn

giving you joy
everlasting

garments of praise
to adorn.

You establish my everlasting joy.

“He has sent Me to heal the broken hearted . . .to comfort all who mourn, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Everlasting joy shall be theirs.” Isaiah 61:1,2,3,7 NKJV

Life’s Melody

 

My righteousness
endures forever

and My
salvation too

changing your deserts
into gardens

bringing forth glad
singing from you.

My life melody is established by You!

“But My salvation will be forever, and My righteousness will not be abolished. For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of melody. ” Isaiah 51:6,3 NKJV

A Highway

 

There’s a highway
of holiness
for My ransomed
and redeemed

where sighs and sorrows
disappear
and every step
is a joyful leap.

Jesus establishes my pathway.

“The lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb sing. A highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. But the redeemed shall walk there, and the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” Isaiah 35:6,8,9,10 NKJV

Drawing Water

 

I am your joy
your comfort
your strength
and your song

the salvation
you draw from
all
the day long.

Jesus establishes my salvation.

“O LORD , I will praise you; though You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away , and You comfort me. Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; for YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.”
“Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.” Isaiah 12:1,2,3 NKJV

The Increase

 

I will increase
My Kingdom

and there will be
no end

of the joy
and justice

of which
I intend.

Jesus establishes the increase.

“You have multiplied the nation and increased its joy. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgement and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.” Isaiah 9:3,7 NKJV