Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Trusting God”
Our Bible verse for today: “Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; play the lyre to our God, who covers the sky with clouds, prepares rain for the earth, and causes grass to grow on the hills. He provides the animals with their food, and the young ravens what they cry for.” Psalm 147:7-9 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “All blessings come from the hand of God.”
In his book “Trusting God Even When Life Hurts” Jerry Bridges writes, “Every breath we breathe is a gift from God; every bite of food we eat is given to us from His hand; every day we live is determined by Him. He has not left us to our own devices or the whims of nature or the malevolent acts of other people. No! He constantly sustains, provides for, and cares for us every moment of every day.”
As the Bible tells us, God owns the cattle on a thousand hills. He has all the resources required to meet our every need and He has committed in advance to take care of us. Consider the words of Jesus:
“This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the sky: They don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they? Can any of you add a single cubit to his height by worrying? And why do you worry about clothes? Learn how the wildflowers of the field grow: they don’t labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these! If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won’t He do much more for you – you of little faith? So don’t worry, saying ‘What will we eat’, or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.” Matthew 6:25-33 (HCSB)
Spend some extra time today thanking God for taking such good care of you.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 