Sue J Love
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“God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;
Though its waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah.” (Psalm 46:1-3 NASB1995)
If we pay attention at all to what is going on in the world, or to what they are saying is going on in the world, we should realize that our world is presently in a lot of havoc (turmoil, chaos, disorder). Angst is everywhere! Fearmongering is everywhere! Disaster abounds all over the place. Peace is hard to be found. People are fighting with each other or against those who are doing them no harm, just because they can and no one is stopping them. And few seem to care. Pain and suffering are all over the world.
And in the USA where I live, it is the same, pretty much. Presently no enemy that is obvious is at war with our nation to where we are physically being harmed, to where we cannot even go outside of our homes without fear of being shot and killed, like it is in many other nations. We are not all starving to death like people are in some nations. But we still have enemies, and many of them are within our own nation, of our own people, who are doing things to harm and to kill the people of their own nation, if truth be told.
And we have much political unrest in my nation, which I believe is deliberate and purposeful, and it is to keep things in turmoil and in an uproar and to get the people of this nation fighting against each other over some things that don’t really exist, if truth be told. They want us living in fear of who is going to do what and where and when. So they continually keep “upsetting the apple cart,” i.e. causing trouble to spoil people’s plans and to keep them in a state of turmoil, and to disturb the “status quo” (the norms of society).
And this is going on within the gatherings of the church, or what is being called “the church.” Although the church, biblically speaking, is the collective (universal) body of believers in Jesus Christ, under the headship of Christ, it largely has been turned into a marketplace, most of them incorporated (merged, united with the ungodly) under the state, and into a building built by human hands which is being called “the house of God.” And the character of God and of his gospel are being altered to appeal to human flesh.
But the church is not a building built by human hands, and it is not to be a marketplace, and we, as the body of Christ, are warned in the Scriptures that we are not to partner (unite, merge) with the ungodly (the world) but that we are to come out from the world and to be separate. And the purpose of our gatherings is to be for the purpose of mutual encouragement and edification, where we use our spiritual gifts and ministries to help one another to grow to maturity in faith and to not return to walking in sin.
But it seems that in our present world that most everything is being turned upside down. What is supposed to be is not. And what should not be is. Righteous and holy living are now being frowned upon and called “legalism,” while deliberate and habitual sinful lifestyles are being regarded as normal, and they are being pacified instead of called what they are and addressed biblically in terms of the need for repentance and for changed lives and for walks of obedience to the Lord. For obedience is being frowned upon, too.
So, for those of us who still believe the Scriptures and the gospel message which Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught (as taught in the correct biblical context), we appear to be in the minority, and we are under attack, and/or we are being largely ignored and/or cast off, discarded, rejected and ostracized because we still are teaching the truth of the gospel and not the lies which so many are teaching today as “the gospel” of Christ. But God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in times of trouble.
And we are not to be those who fear all the stuff that is going on in our own nations, and in the world at large. For what we are seeing is prophecy of Scripture taking place before our eyes. And we are coming into that rule of the beast (of Revelation 13), slowly and surely. A New World Order is being formed before our eyes. How soon it takes over everything, only God knows. But we should be able to see the transitions which are taking place and to realize what is happening. And we need to be ready for the worst to come.
[Matthew 24:1-51; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18; 1 Timothy 4:1-5; 2 Timothy 3:1-9; 2 Peter 2:1-22; 2 Peter 3:1-18; 1 John 2:18-25; Jude 1:17-23; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22; Revelation 6:9-14; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13; Revelation 18:1-24; Revelation 19:1-21; Revelation 20:1-15; Revelation 21:1-27, etc.]
Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer
Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897
Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.
Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.
O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.
O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.
Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.
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Though the Earth Should Change
An Original Work / June 11, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
A very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;
Though its waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah.” (Psalm 46:1-3 NASB1995)
If we pay attention at all to what is going on in the world, or to what they are saying is going on in the world, we should realize that our world is presently in a lot of havoc (turmoil, chaos, disorder). Angst is everywhere! Fearmongering is everywhere! Disaster abounds all over the place. Peace is hard to be found. People are fighting with each other or against those who are doing them no harm, just because they can and no one is stopping them. And few seem to care. Pain and suffering are all over the world.
And in the USA where I live, it is the same, pretty much. Presently no enemy that is obvious is at war with our nation to where we are physically being harmed, to where we cannot even go outside of our homes without fear of being shot and killed, like it is in many other nations. We are not all starving to death like people are in some nations. But we still have enemies, and many of them are within our own nation, of our own people, who are doing things to harm and to kill the people of their own nation, if truth be told.
And we have much political unrest in my nation, which I believe is deliberate and purposeful, and it is to keep things in turmoil and in an uproar and to get the people of this nation fighting against each other over some things that don’t really exist, if truth be told. They want us living in fear of who is going to do what and where and when. So they continually keep “upsetting the apple cart,” i.e. causing trouble to spoil people’s plans and to keep them in a state of turmoil, and to disturb the “status quo” (the norms of society).
And this is going on within the gatherings of the church, or what is being called “the church.” Although the church, biblically speaking, is the collective (universal) body of believers in Jesus Christ, under the headship of Christ, it largely has been turned into a marketplace, most of them incorporated (merged, united with the ungodly) under the state, and into a building built by human hands which is being called “the house of God.” And the character of God and of his gospel are being altered to appeal to human flesh.
But the church is not a building built by human hands, and it is not to be a marketplace, and we, as the body of Christ, are warned in the Scriptures that we are not to partner (unite, merge) with the ungodly (the world) but that we are to come out from the world and to be separate. And the purpose of our gatherings is to be for the purpose of mutual encouragement and edification, where we use our spiritual gifts and ministries to help one another to grow to maturity in faith and to not return to walking in sin.
But it seems that in our present world that most everything is being turned upside down. What is supposed to be is not. And what should not be is. Righteous and holy living are now being frowned upon and called “legalism,” while deliberate and habitual sinful lifestyles are being regarded as normal, and they are being pacified instead of called what they are and addressed biblically in terms of the need for repentance and for changed lives and for walks of obedience to the Lord. For obedience is being frowned upon, too.
So, for those of us who still believe the Scriptures and the gospel message which Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught (as taught in the correct biblical context), we appear to be in the minority, and we are under attack, and/or we are being largely ignored and/or cast off, discarded, rejected and ostracized because we still are teaching the truth of the gospel and not the lies which so many are teaching today as “the gospel” of Christ. But God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in times of trouble.
And we are not to be those who fear all the stuff that is going on in our own nations, and in the world at large. For what we are seeing is prophecy of Scripture taking place before our eyes. And we are coming into that rule of the beast (of Revelation 13), slowly and surely. A New World Order is being formed before our eyes. How soon it takes over everything, only God knows. But we should be able to see the transitions which are taking place and to realize what is happening. And we need to be ready for the worst to come.
[Matthew 24:1-51; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18; 1 Timothy 4:1-5; 2 Timothy 3:1-9; 2 Peter 2:1-22; 2 Peter 3:1-18; 1 John 2:18-25; Jude 1:17-23; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22; Revelation 6:9-14; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13; Revelation 18:1-24; Revelation 19:1-21; Revelation 20:1-15; Revelation 21:1-27, etc.]
Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer
Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897
Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.
Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.
O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.
O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.
Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.
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Though the Earth Should Change
An Original Work / June 11, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
