Rejoice Before The Lord

 

Celebrate with Me
the times you’ve been

willing and glad
to be moved

still keeping now
your hearts a-ready

in your own spiritual
booths.

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Lord, I celebrate how You move me step by step into what’s next and lies ahead.

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“And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.”

“You shall keep it as a feast to the LORD for seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

“You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths,”

“that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.”

Leviticus 23:40,41,42,43 NKJV

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All The Good Things

 

I rejoice
over all

the good
God has done

surely in
my own life

but also
in every ones.

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The One who does good things is with me.

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“Jethro rejoiced over all the good things the LORD had done to Israel, in that He had rescued them from the hand of the Egyptians.”

Exodus 13:9. NKJV

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Psalm 9 Selah

 

I may not like
how I am feeling

but it doesn’t change
who You are

so I can worship
and always praise You

telling of Your goodness
near and far.

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You are with me and I can pause and worship You, no matter what.

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“I will praise You, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works.”

“I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.”

“He shall judge the world in righteousness, and He shall administer judgement for the people in uprightness.”

“Have mercy on me, O LORD! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death, “

“that I may tell of all Your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your salvation.”

“Put them in fear, O LORD, that the nations may know themselves to be but men.”   Selah

Psalm 9:1,2,8,13,14,20. NKJV

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Special thanks to Aimee Walker and the Joyful Life Co. for Selah Moments / Sacred Pauses for Your Soul.

By My Spirit

 

Not by might
nor by power

but by My Spirit
it shall be done

as mountains turn
into plains

with each small step
begun.

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You are with me and turn my mountains into plains.

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“This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Soirit,’ says the LORD of hosts.”

“Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain.”

“For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven rejoice to see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”

Zechariah 4:6,7,10 NKJV

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The Glory In Your Midst

 

I will be a wall
of fire around you

and the glory
in your midst

sing and rejoice
O daughter of Zion

for I’m coming as I
promised.

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I can sing and rejoice for You are with me.

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“I will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.”

” ‘Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,’ says the LORD.”

Zechariah 2:5,10 NKJV

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Hold Fast

 

Rejoice always
pray without ceasing

in everything
give thanks

for this is God’s
will for us

unto Him
hold fast.

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You are with me so I can know and do Your will.

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“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

“Test all things; hold fast what is good.”

1 Thessalonians 5:16,17,18,21. NKJV

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Yet . . .

 

When things seem
at their worst

with no end
in sight

help me rejoice
in You, Lord

to joy in the God
of my life.

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I can choose to trust You in situations I don’t understand, and rejoice in You, for You are with me.

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“Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food; though the flock be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls – “

“Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.”

Habakkuk 3:17 18 NKJV

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Surpassing

 

Rejoicie always
let your gentleness show

and don’t worry
as you pray

keep being thankful
and My peace will guard

your mind and heart
each day.

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You are with me and guard my heart and mind.

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“Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice.”

“Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.”

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made know to God;”

“and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

Philippians 4:4,5,6,7 NKJV

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Rejoice In Christ

 

We are the
circumcision

who worship God
and rejoice

having no confidence
in our flesh

trusting His Spirit
His voice.

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You are with me and I rejoice in You.

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“For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh . . .”

Philippians 3:3 NKJV

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Rejoice In Hope

 

Before I
was even born

my Jesus died
for me

so I can know
how much I’m loved

having the hope of His
glory.

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You are with me and give me hope.

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“Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”

“But God demonstrates HIs own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

Romans 5:1,2,8. NKJV