Sue J Love
Loyal
You Are My Lord
Psalm 16:1-3 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
1Preserve me, O God,
for in You I take refuge.
2I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;
apart from You I have no good thing.”
3As for the saints in the land,
they are the excellence
in whom all my delight resides.
If we believe in Jesus Christ, we should be those who take refuge in the Lord and not in the things that this world has to offer. We don’t look to the world to solve our problems or to heal our broken hearts or to direct us in the way we ought to go. And we don’t rely on national or world leaders to do what is for our good or to keep us safe. But we look to the Lord to guide and direct our lives and to solve our problems and to give us the answers that we need so that we know what we are to do next to be ready for what is yet coming.
And the “saints” are not those voted or selected as “saints” in a particular “church” culture and then idolized and worshipped. The saints are all those of genuine biblical faith in Jesus Christ who, by God-gifted faith, have died with Christ to sin and who are now living for God in obedience to His commands. We are those who are holy, i.e. different, unlike the world, because, by faith in Jesus, we are being conformed by God to the likeness of character of our Lord in how we think, speak, and behave, in practice.
Chasing Other Gods
Psalm 16:4 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
4Sorrows will multiply
to those who chase other gods.
I will not pour out their libations of blood,
or speak their names with my lips.
And who are those who chase after other gods? They are those who refuse to bow the knee to God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – and who go after the sinful pleasures of the world, instead. They look to the world and to the pleasures the world has to offer them to meet their needs or their cravings and desires rather than to surrender their lives to God. So they are the rebellious, the wicked, the adulterous, idolaters, the sexually immoral, liars, thieves, and the ungodly who obey sin and not God.
My Chosen Portion
Psalm 16:5-7 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;
You have made my lot secure.
6The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places;
surely my inheritance is delightful.
7I will bless the LORD who counsels me;
even at night my conscience instructs me.
If the Lord is our chosen portion, that means we choose Him above all that is of the world. He gets first place in our lives. He is not someone we “worship” only for an hour or two once a week in a “church service.” He is not someone we turn to only when things get bad and we need help. HE IS OUR LIFE! Our lives are given over to Him to serve Him with our lives and to do His will. He is the one directing our paths, and not ourselves and not the world. We seek His counsel to do His will, we die to sin, and we now obey His commands.
Always Before Me
Psalm 16:8-11 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
8I have set the LORD always before me.
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will dwell securely.
10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
11You have made known to me the path of life;
You will fill me with joy in Your presence,
with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
If we have set the Lord always before us, then our desire is to do His will, to go His way, and to follow Him wherever He leads us in doing whatever He has for us to do. We don’t believe in Jesus just to have our sins forgiven so when we die we get to go to heaven. Belief in Jesus means surrender to the will of God, and now Jesus is Lord and Master of our lives and not ourselves. And so we seek to know and to do His will. And His will for us may get us hated and rejected, even by others who profess faith in Jesus, too.
But, because we have set the Lord always before us, then when others come against us to attack us, to accuse us falsely of what we did not do, to oppose us, to reject us, to sin against us, and to persecute us, we will not be shaken. For we know the enemy of our souls (Satan, the devil) is “pulling out all the stops,” i.e. he is making every effort possible to do everything he can to destroy us and to get us to give up, in hopes that we will back down and away from God and that we will no longer serve the Lord with our lives.
So, when things get bad, which they will, and the enemy is coming against us fiercely, because he wants to stop us from obeying God, we need to look to the Lord for our help and comfort and direction. We need to rely on the Lord for our support. And we need to not let the enemy and his cohorts get the best of us, for he will use pastors, elders, other professing Christians, family members, and the like, to try to discourage us and to try to get us to back down. But we must stay the course God has for us, in His power.
[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 10:16-25,34-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 12:49-53; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; John 16:33; Acts 14:22; Romans 5:3-5; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 3:7-11; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5; Hebrews 12:3-12; James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:12-17; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]
The Lord Who Counsels Me
An Original Work / November 13, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Fit for Service
An Original Work / October 5, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Holy Spirit, come within us. Cleanse our hearts, and from sin free us.
Make us holy vessels fit for service to the King.
Fill us with Your love and power. Anoint us within this hour to be living
Witnesses for Jesus Christ, our King. Our praise to Him bring.
Father God, our heart’s desire, come and speak to us in power.
Revive our hearts to obey You; live for You always.
May we love and serve You only, walking with You; not a phony.
May we always tell the truth, and show integrity. Your true servants be.
Jesus, Savior, sanctify us. Purify our hearts within us;
Be transformed into Your likeness, holy unto You.
May we always listen to You speaking Your words now within us.
May we heed Your counsel to us; follow You today. Do all that You say.
Psalm 16:1-3 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
1Preserve me, O God,
for in You I take refuge.
2I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;
apart from You I have no good thing.”
3As for the saints in the land,
they are the excellence
in whom all my delight resides.
If we believe in Jesus Christ, we should be those who take refuge in the Lord and not in the things that this world has to offer. We don’t look to the world to solve our problems or to heal our broken hearts or to direct us in the way we ought to go. And we don’t rely on national or world leaders to do what is for our good or to keep us safe. But we look to the Lord to guide and direct our lives and to solve our problems and to give us the answers that we need so that we know what we are to do next to be ready for what is yet coming.
And the “saints” are not those voted or selected as “saints” in a particular “church” culture and then idolized and worshipped. The saints are all those of genuine biblical faith in Jesus Christ who, by God-gifted faith, have died with Christ to sin and who are now living for God in obedience to His commands. We are those who are holy, i.e. different, unlike the world, because, by faith in Jesus, we are being conformed by God to the likeness of character of our Lord in how we think, speak, and behave, in practice.
Chasing Other Gods
Psalm 16:4 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
4Sorrows will multiply
to those who chase other gods.
I will not pour out their libations of blood,
or speak their names with my lips.
And who are those who chase after other gods? They are those who refuse to bow the knee to God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – and who go after the sinful pleasures of the world, instead. They look to the world and to the pleasures the world has to offer them to meet their needs or their cravings and desires rather than to surrender their lives to God. So they are the rebellious, the wicked, the adulterous, idolaters, the sexually immoral, liars, thieves, and the ungodly who obey sin and not God.
My Chosen Portion
Psalm 16:5-7 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;
You have made my lot secure.
6The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places;
surely my inheritance is delightful.
7I will bless the LORD who counsels me;
even at night my conscience instructs me.
If the Lord is our chosen portion, that means we choose Him above all that is of the world. He gets first place in our lives. He is not someone we “worship” only for an hour or two once a week in a “church service.” He is not someone we turn to only when things get bad and we need help. HE IS OUR LIFE! Our lives are given over to Him to serve Him with our lives and to do His will. He is the one directing our paths, and not ourselves and not the world. We seek His counsel to do His will, we die to sin, and we now obey His commands.
Always Before Me
Psalm 16:8-11 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
8I have set the LORD always before me.
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will dwell securely.
10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
11You have made known to me the path of life;
You will fill me with joy in Your presence,
with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
If we have set the Lord always before us, then our desire is to do His will, to go His way, and to follow Him wherever He leads us in doing whatever He has for us to do. We don’t believe in Jesus just to have our sins forgiven so when we die we get to go to heaven. Belief in Jesus means surrender to the will of God, and now Jesus is Lord and Master of our lives and not ourselves. And so we seek to know and to do His will. And His will for us may get us hated and rejected, even by others who profess faith in Jesus, too.
But, because we have set the Lord always before us, then when others come against us to attack us, to accuse us falsely of what we did not do, to oppose us, to reject us, to sin against us, and to persecute us, we will not be shaken. For we know the enemy of our souls (Satan, the devil) is “pulling out all the stops,” i.e. he is making every effort possible to do everything he can to destroy us and to get us to give up, in hopes that we will back down and away from God and that we will no longer serve the Lord with our lives.
So, when things get bad, which they will, and the enemy is coming against us fiercely, because he wants to stop us from obeying God, we need to look to the Lord for our help and comfort and direction. We need to rely on the Lord for our support. And we need to not let the enemy and his cohorts get the best of us, for he will use pastors, elders, other professing Christians, family members, and the like, to try to discourage us and to try to get us to back down. But we must stay the course God has for us, in His power.
[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 10:16-25,34-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 12:49-53; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; John 16:33; Acts 14:22; Romans 5:3-5; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 3:7-11; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5; Hebrews 12:3-12; James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:12-17; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]
The Lord Who Counsels Me
An Original Work / November 13, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Fit for Service
An Original Work / October 5, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Holy Spirit, come within us. Cleanse our hearts, and from sin free us.
Make us holy vessels fit for service to the King.
Fill us with Your love and power. Anoint us within this hour to be living
Witnesses for Jesus Christ, our King. Our praise to Him bring.
Father God, our heart’s desire, come and speak to us in power.
Revive our hearts to obey You; live for You always.
May we love and serve You only, walking with You; not a phony.
May we always tell the truth, and show integrity. Your true servants be.
Jesus, Savior, sanctify us. Purify our hearts within us;
Be transformed into Your likeness, holy unto You.
May we always listen to You speaking Your words now within us.
May we heed Your counsel to us; follow You today. Do all that You say.
Fit For Service
This is a prayer inviting God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – to come within us in power, to cleanse and purify our hearts, to transform us into Christ’s likeness, to anoint us to be Christ’s witnesses, to revive our hearts, to help us to have integrity in all we do, to help us to obey the Lord...
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