Good Morning,
Every joyful man has a direct relationship with the Lord. The process of discovering that joy has been sorrow. The message of the Bible over and over is that we can have a direct relationship with God. We will be happy when we pursue this relationship. We will be happy when we accept this relationship.
Maybe the joy is temporary, at first, because we are not clearly rooted in our faith. Time and persistence bring better soil that we can root. When it comes time for your testimony it is time to accept your faith.
From the rocky soil to the good soil our dirty lives become fecund. In baptism the soil is watered. In communion the crop is maintained.
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Mat 13:20-21 KJV “ But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
21. Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended...”
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Psalm 22:1-10
Psa 22:1-10 KJV “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
2. O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
3. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
4. Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5. They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
6. But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
7. All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8. He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
9. But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
10. I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.”
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This Psalm is 31 verses. Tomorrow we will see Psalm 22:11-20 and Sunday Psalm 22:21-31
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Final thought of this post. If we make statements that cannot be verified then we are engaged in deception. The King James Version of the Bible is Public Domain. It's easy to very. It's easy to recognize if the text has been manipulated or changed. It's also easy to see the consistent themes and translation from all 66 books of the Bible.
Exhaustive research has been done to show this. There are concordance manuals that show every word used in English to connect to the Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek texts. These research documents are also easy to find. Why?
The soil must be the best soil.
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