But The Lord Was My Stay

[Sue J Love]

“He sent from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.
He delivered me from my strong enemy,
And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
But the Lord was my stay.
He brought me forth also into a broad place;
He rescued me, because He delighted in me.” (Psalm 18:16-19 NASB1995)

I love this! I find this so encouraging!! For as we go through life, if we are followers of Jesus Christ, we are going to have enemies whose desire it is to “take us out” and to attempt to discourage us, and to try to get us to be afraid and/or to give up and to lose courage. And the closer we walk with the Lord, in obedience to his commands, the stronger the enemy’s attacks will be against us on our minds, or on our bodies, or via other people who are opposed to our walks of faith in the Lord Jesus and to his calling on our lives.

Now, the Lord doesn’t always deliver us physically from our physical enemies. In fact, he promised us that if we follow him with our lives, that we will be hated and persecuted as he was. And some of us will be falsely accused of what we did not do, and falsely arrested and put in prison, and some of us will have to face physical torture, often resulting in death. So we are not promised that we won’t have to suffer and that the Lord will always deliver us from our suffering, for suffering is part of the Christian walk.

But the Lord will deliver us from us caving to the threats of the enemy. He will deliver us from all fear and discouragement and sadness and loneliness or whatever it is that we might be experiencing because of the attacks of the enemy against us. And he may, at times, deliver us physically from our physical enemies, in order that he might continue to use us in the way he has for us, and so that we will not be hindered in the work of the ministry due to strong opposition. He has it all worked out for us. We must trust him.

But it can get tough sometimes. We are still human beings. But that is where we must call upon the Lord for strength, for him to help us, for him to give us the courage to do and to say what needs to be done and said, and then to trust him with the results. And we must believe that the Lord is God, and that he is all powerful, and that he has our best interest at heart, and that nothing comes into our lives but he allows, and he will carry us through it. And he will fill us with his peace and with his joy so we can endure.

So, who are these promises and consolations for? They are not for everyone who gives lip service to the Lord, who makes a profession of Jesus as their Lord and Savior. These words of comfort and encouragement are for those who have died with Christ to sin, and who are obeying his commands, in practice, who are following him in his ways and in his righteousness in holy and godly living, and who are doing what he has called them to do. They are those who look to the Lord to guide their path, and not to human flesh.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

And I just love the imagery in this Scripture passage, for if you have ever felt like you were drowning, or as though someone was pushing you down underneath the water, hoping that you would drown, then you can understand what it feels like for the Lord to take hold of you, and to draw you up out of many waters, and to deliver you from your strong enemy, so that you do not drown, but so that you can walk in victory over the enemy whose goal it is to get rid of you any which way that he can.

And I just love this part: “But the Lord was my stay.” Amen and amen! He is! He definitely is! In my flesh I would never make it. It is only in the strength of the Lord that I am able, as a 75 year old woman, to keep doing what I do every day, as called by God. Seriously, some days I just want to lay in bed. Sometimes I just want to cry, and I do not feel at all like getting up and writing. But I do not do what I do each day of my own willpower or in my own strength, but only as the Lord keeps empowering me to do so.

So, if you are serving the Lord with your life, but the enemy is fighting hard against you, sometimes just in your mind, and other times through other people, don’t give up. Let the Lord be your stay. Let him deliver you from your strong enemy, and keep serving him, even on days when you are emotionally not feeling up to it, and perhaps especially then. For if the enemy is fighting hard against you, God is using you in other people’s lives, in ways perhaps that you cannot even see. So be of good courage!!

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 7:13-14; Matthew 10:16-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 12:49-53; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; John 17:14; Romans 5:3-5; Philippians 3:7-11; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5; 2 Timothy 3:12; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:12-17; James 1:2-4; Hebrews 12:3-12; 1 John 3:13; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11]

Give Me Courage, Lord

Based off Various Scriptures
An Original Work / November 13, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Do not let your hearts grow weary,
For your work will be rewarded.
Be strong; let your hearts take courage.
Do not fear, but wait on Jesus.

Be strong and very courageous,
For your God will go before you.
Do not fear. He will not leave you.
Wait for Him. He’ll not forsake you.

Be careful to do what He says.
Do not turn away from your Lord.
Take courage! You’ll be His witness,
For God will guide and protect you.

So we are always encouraged.
We walk by faith and not vision.
We make it our aim to please Him,
So in Christ, we glorify Him.

But The Lord Was My Stay
An Original Work / July 7, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

[Leumas]

 

[Garee]

The preacher in the video is acting out Nicodemus in Revelation 2

Can we obey without Christ doing the first works freely giving us newly born-again ears to hear his hidden understanding and empower do His will? ;

Note . . . .(green my comment)

Revelation 2:4:8 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.(new born again ears to hear the mysteries of faith) Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works;(believe the mysteries of faith hidden in parables) or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.;But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.He that hath an (born again) ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.


How can we return to our first love? Surely not turning to the preacher in that video .

 

[Leumas]

The preacher in the video is acting out Nicodemus in Revelation 2

Can we obey without Christ doing the first works freely giving us newly born-again ears to hear his hidden understanding and empower do His will? ;

Note . . . .(green my comment)

Revelation 2:4:8 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.(new born again ears to hear the mysteries of faith) Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works;(believe the mysteries of faith hidden in parables) or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.;But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.He that hath an (born again) ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.


How can we return to our first love? Surely not turning to the preacher in that video .

Gary
Are you smoking medical marijuana?
Yes or no

 

[Garee]

Gary
Are you smoking medical marijuana?
Yes or no

Can we obey God without first being yoked with him?

 

[Leumas]

Can we obey God without first being yoked with him?

I knew it.

 

[Leumas]

Can we obey God without first being yoked with him?

Gary
You better stop committing those sins.

 

[Garee]

I knew it.

Hi Thanks

You knew of the daily bread the disciples knew not of, the food spoken of in Philippian 2:13 ?

In that parable our powerful Holy Father working in sons of God to both (the key) give us his understanding and with that understanding move dying mankind to do his good will.

Again, the "key" both ears to hear and do .
Philippians 2:13-14For it is Holy God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and disputing's:

Jesus empowered by the Holy Father did his will with delight. Unlike the racist Jonah fought against the will of our Holy Father tooth and nail.as if God was served by the dying hands as a will of mankind

It would seem you are out in the city ?

Again, the "key" both ears to hear and do .

John 4:30-34Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.;In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
;But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.;Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?;Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to (1) do the will of him that sent me,(apostle) and to (two) finish his work.

 

[Leumas]

Hi Thanks

You knew of the daily bread the disciples knew not of, the food spoken of in Philippian 2:13 ?

In that parable our powerful Holy Father working in sons of God to both (the key) give us his understanding and with that understanding move dying mankind to do his good will.

Again, the "key" both ears to hear and do .
Philippians 2:13-14For it is Holy God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and disputing's:

Jesus empowered by the Holy Father did his will with delight. Unlike the racist Jonah fought against the will of our Holy Father tooth and nail.as if God was served by the dying hands as a will of mankind

It would seem you are out in the city ?

Again, the "key" both ears to hear and do .

John 4:30-34Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.;In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
;But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.;Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?;Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to (1) do the will of him that sent me,(apostle) and to (two) finish his work.

Gary
Stop committing sins
Become holy unto the Lord.

 

[Garee]

Gary
Stop committing sins
Become holy unto the Lord.

Like the false apostle in the video, or the Nicolaitans? They denied God not seen does the first work as a labor of love or a work of his faith .

What must I do other than become born again by our Faithful "Let there be Holy Father? . Obey the video?

It would seem you are seeking after reincarnation the re-entering of the flesh obeying its non-righteous demands.

 

[Leumas]

Like the false apostle in the video, or the Nicolaitans? They denied God not seen does the first work as a labor of love or a work of his faith .

What must I do other than become born again by our Faithful "Let there be Holy Father? . Obey the video?

It would seem you are seeking after reincarnation the re-entering of the flesh obeying its non-righteous demands.

Gary
Lay off the
medical marijuana
And let your brain clear
up for a week or two.