Fighter Verse Songs

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Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psalm 73:25-26

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So many things on earth will fail us. We need Someone who is not mortal. Someone who is not earthly – someone who is eternal. We need God.

Our hearts may fail us, but God will strengthen our heart.
Our flesh may fail us, but God is all we need.

Desire God.

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Song and Sung by Kevin Shull – Keyboard by Becki Warnock

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I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.

Jeremiah 32:40

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Fear is a good thing if it causes you to act wisely. God is promising to cause us to fear him, so we won’t turn away from him.

But he is also, almost in the same breath, promising to never stop doing good to us. That’s a bargain a wise person will take. Everlastingly.

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Song by Becki Warnock – Sung by Debbie Jamison

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“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”
John 10:10

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One choice – two options, with dramatically different results.

Death, destruction and loss or abundant life.

Do you trust Jesus to give you abundant life? He can give it to you.

Choose Jesus.

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Song By Becki Warnock

5-35 Application for Sept 5-6, 2015 :: John 8:31-32

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“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 8:31-32

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The key word here is ‘abide’, isn’t it?

What does it mean to abide?

I like the first definition in the dictionary: “to remain, continue, stay”

That’s what we want to do with Jesus’s word. We want to stay with him and remain with his commandments – to continue to consider his will for us.

That’s what we’ll do –
– if we want to be Jesus’ disciples.
– if we want to know the truth.
– if we want to be free.

We know there is cost to staying with Jesus, but it’s clear there is a greater reward.

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By Scott Jamison

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Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

Colossians 4:6

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People who teach about the best way to understand what the Bible is saying in a given passage agree that you should pay attention to the reasoning. In this verse, I wonder about the phrase “so that”. Something about the first part of the verse makes the second part possible.

So you could read the sentence this way: You will be aided in your understanding of the best way to respond to someone (maybe someone who makes Godly responses challenging) if you think about how you can answer with grace and if you think about how you can make your words more palatable to the other person.

May all Christians talk like this.

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Song written and performed by Scott Jamison

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Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken. Affliction will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned. The LORD redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.

Psalm 34:19-22

[This weeks passage begins at around 3:18 in the song]

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I think we should take note of this. The righteous person is not promised a life free of problems. Soberly, it’s the opposite – here we’re told that the one who is righteous will have many afflictions. We know that Jesus had many afflictions and didn’t have an easy life.

But we also know that none of his bones were broken. His afflictions did not destroy him.

In contrast, those who are wicked will be slayed by their afflictions. And they will be condemned.

Follow the Righteous One. Serve Him. Run away from condemnation and towards blessing.

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Sung by Chuck Steddom, Keyboard by Carol Steddom, Written by Scott Jamison and Kevin Shull

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When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

Psalm 34:17-18

[This weeks passage begins at around 2:55 in the song]

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This is the second time the Psalmist has said it – the LORD takes those who are righteous out of all of their troubles.

Are you brokenhearted or crushed in spirit? Cry for God. Cry for help.

He will hear. He is able to help. You will be saved.

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Sung by Chuck Steddom, Keyboard by Carol Steddom, Written by Scott Jamison and Kevin Shull

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The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry. The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Psalm 34:15-16

[This weeks passage begins at around 2:33 in the song]

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Unlike those who “seek peace and pursue it” (talked about in last week’s), those who do evil won’t have many days, but the memory of them will be cut off from the earth.

The Psalmist is asking you to make a choice. Do you want the LORD’s eyes to be towards you and your cries for help? Or do you want his face to be against you?

You are being asked to make a choice, all the time, between righteous acts and evil acts. Choose the way that will make it so you don’t have reason to fearing having the memory of you being ended on the earth. By the God who can do it.

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Sung by Chuck Steddom, Keyboard by Carol Steddom, Written by Scott Jamison and Kevin Shull

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What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Psalm 34:12-14

[This weeks passage begins at around 2:00 in the song]

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Three pairs of wise actions:
1. Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit
2. Turn away from evil and do good
3. Seek peace and pursue it

Two blessings as a result:
1. A long life of many days
2. Seeing good

The word that in both of these is ‘good’.

If you want to see good, you should do good.

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Sung by Chuck Steddom, Keyboard by Carol Steddom, Written by Scott Jamison and Kevin Shull

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Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack! The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing. Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Psalm 34:9-11

[This weeks passage begins at around 1:30 in the song]

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I think there is a time in every person’s life when they start to understand that fear can be a good thing, and sometimes a very good thing. We should fear the being that is strong. King David wisely wants us to fear the LORD.

Our LORD will keep us from lack. He will make sure we have enough of what is good. A being like that should be feared. But he should also be sought after.

Seek the LORD. Fear the LORD.

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Sung by Chuck Steddom, Keyboard by Carol Steddom, Written by Scott Jamison and Kevin Shull