Sue J Love
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“..This I know, that God is for me.
10 In God, whose word I praise,
In the Lord, whose word I praise,
11 In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 Your vows are binding upon me, O God;
I will render thank offerings to You.
13 For You have delivered my soul from death,
Indeed my feet from stumbling,
So that I may walk before God
In the light of the living.” (Psalm 56:9-13 NASB1995)
How did David know that God was for him and not against him? Because his trust was in the Lord, and he listened to the voice of the Lord speaking to his heart, and he followed the Lord and his leading in his life. He was a man of God and a servant of the Lord who feared (honored, respected, reverenced, and obeyed) the Lord. He kept the covenant God had with his people, and he remembered the commands of the Lord, to do them (to obey them).
Did David ever fail to be who God wanted him to be? Yes! Did he commit adultery with a woman and then murder the woman’s husband? Yes! But did he repent of his sin to God? Yes! And did God restore him? Yes! But were there consequences for his sin? Yes! But God restored him and God still used him to be his servant. So this is not saying that David always led a perfect life, but it is showing that he repented, changed, and followed the Lord.
And we can know that God is for us and not against us when we repent of (turn from) our sins and we follow our Lord in obedience to his commands, which is what it means to have faith in Jesus Christ. For Jesus took our sins upon himself and he put our sins to death with him on that cross so that, by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith him we might now die with him to sin and obey his commandments and follow in his ways, by the grace of God.
And when David praised the Lord, it was not with empty praise, giving lip service only to God while withholding himself from coming under God’s control. He was very thankful to God for who he is and for his relationship with David and for God choosing him like he did to be the King of Israel, and to lead God’s people, and for all that God did in David’s life. And because he was thankful to God, he served the Lord with his life and he obeyed God.
And because of his relationship with the Lord, and his confidence in God, he knew he had no reason to fear his enemies when they came against him, but he trusted in the Lord to work all things together for good. And he was serious about his service to the Lord, and his walk of faith in obedience to the Lord, and he wanted to please the Lord with his life. And so he gave his life to God as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, for he loved God.
And he was very thankful for his salvation, that the Lord delivered his soul from death, because of God’s grace, but also because David believed God, and he worshipped him, and he followed his lead, and he obeyed the Lord. For both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, God regards obedience as faith, and he regards disobedience and the practice of sin as unbelief (Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22).
And in the same way we can be saved by grace through walks of faith in obedience to our Lord and to his commands. For this purpose Jesus gave his life up for us on that cross that we might die with him to sin and now walk with him in obedience to his commands and to his will and purpose for our lives. For our lives are to be surrendered to the Lord to follow him wherever he leads us and to do all that he commands us to do. This is biblical faith!
But if we should decide to profess faith in Jesus Christ but then to continue living in deliberate and habitual sin, and not in walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands, then we will not inherit eternal life with God.
[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; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
Seek the Lord
An Original Work / July 20, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Musical Instrumentation by Mark Bradley
Based off Isaiah 55
“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.
Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,
And your soul will delight in richest of fare.
Give ear to Me, and you will live.
I have made an eternal covenant with you.
Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”
Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him.
Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.
Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.
Freely, God pardons him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,”
declares the Lord, our God.
“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.
It will not return to Me unfulfilled.
My word will accomplish all that I desire,
And achieve the goal I intend.
You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.
The mountains will burst into song… before you,
And all of the trees clap their hands.”
I Know That God is For Me
An Original Work / May 30, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
10 In God, whose word I praise,
In the Lord, whose word I praise,
11 In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 Your vows are binding upon me, O God;
I will render thank offerings to You.
13 For You have delivered my soul from death,
Indeed my feet from stumbling,
So that I may walk before God
In the light of the living.” (Psalm 56:9-13 NASB1995)
How did David know that God was for him and not against him? Because his trust was in the Lord, and he listened to the voice of the Lord speaking to his heart, and he followed the Lord and his leading in his life. He was a man of God and a servant of the Lord who feared (honored, respected, reverenced, and obeyed) the Lord. He kept the covenant God had with his people, and he remembered the commands of the Lord, to do them (to obey them).
Did David ever fail to be who God wanted him to be? Yes! Did he commit adultery with a woman and then murder the woman’s husband? Yes! But did he repent of his sin to God? Yes! And did God restore him? Yes! But were there consequences for his sin? Yes! But God restored him and God still used him to be his servant. So this is not saying that David always led a perfect life, but it is showing that he repented, changed, and followed the Lord.
And we can know that God is for us and not against us when we repent of (turn from) our sins and we follow our Lord in obedience to his commands, which is what it means to have faith in Jesus Christ. For Jesus took our sins upon himself and he put our sins to death with him on that cross so that, by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith him we might now die with him to sin and obey his commandments and follow in his ways, by the grace of God.
And when David praised the Lord, it was not with empty praise, giving lip service only to God while withholding himself from coming under God’s control. He was very thankful to God for who he is and for his relationship with David and for God choosing him like he did to be the King of Israel, and to lead God’s people, and for all that God did in David’s life. And because he was thankful to God, he served the Lord with his life and he obeyed God.
And because of his relationship with the Lord, and his confidence in God, he knew he had no reason to fear his enemies when they came against him, but he trusted in the Lord to work all things together for good. And he was serious about his service to the Lord, and his walk of faith in obedience to the Lord, and he wanted to please the Lord with his life. And so he gave his life to God as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, for he loved God.
And he was very thankful for his salvation, that the Lord delivered his soul from death, because of God’s grace, but also because David believed God, and he worshipped him, and he followed his lead, and he obeyed the Lord. For both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, God regards obedience as faith, and he regards disobedience and the practice of sin as unbelief (Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22).
And in the same way we can be saved by grace through walks of faith in obedience to our Lord and to his commands. For this purpose Jesus gave his life up for us on that cross that we might die with him to sin and now walk with him in obedience to his commands and to his will and purpose for our lives. For our lives are to be surrendered to the Lord to follow him wherever he leads us and to do all that he commands us to do. This is biblical faith!
But if we should decide to profess faith in Jesus Christ but then to continue living in deliberate and habitual sin, and not in walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands, then we will not inherit eternal life with God.
[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; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
Seek the Lord
An Original Work / July 20, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Musical Instrumentation by Mark Bradley
Based off Isaiah 55
“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.
Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,
And your soul will delight in richest of fare.
Give ear to Me, and you will live.
I have made an eternal covenant with you.
Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”
Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him.
Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.
Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.
Freely, God pardons him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,”
declares the Lord, our God.
“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.
It will not return to Me unfulfilled.
My word will accomplish all that I desire,
And achieve the goal I intend.
You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.
The mountains will burst into song… before you,
And all of the trees clap their hands.”
I Know That God is For Me
An Original Work / May 30, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
