What we really need( John 10 v10)

Last time I brought to your attention that the bible is a history book and a religous book ,from Genesis to Revelation we have a sovereign God at work.It is God's world,most people forget this,or reject it ,God made us in  his image,but he also made us for himelf.We were meant to live in perfet harmony with Him, he placed eternity within our hearts,we were never meant to be seperated from him.That bond between God and man changed drastically a seperation from God took place because of sin.The holy one. God could not have fellowship with us ,sin blinded us to the fact that our greatest need is God, after all we were made for him, A Christopher Walken wrote,'We are born alone,we die alone,we spend our lives looking for something,some connection,that's all we want'.There is more lonliness around than you think. That great Christian Agustine  touches on it ,when he said,'You have made us for yourself,O Lord and our heart is restless  until it rests in you'.We touch on two aspects of life, lonliness, and restlessness,let us consider the first one ,lonliness,God said it was not good that man should  be alone,so he give him a wife,we do need friendship,but it must not stop at human friendship, we also need God's friendship and companionship,that is vital.Then there is restlessness,look out on this world, it is a restless world.Solomon was a very restless man,so he tried everything and he declared,'All is meaningless, a chasing after the wind'(Ecc 2 v 17)Our Saviour said ,'Come to me,all you who are weary and burdened,and I will give you rest,.....For I am gentle and humble of heart,and you will find rest in you souls'(Matthew11 v 28-29)

The Bible ( Genesis 1 v 1)

When I went to Bible college ,one of the first courses we did was,'Old testament history and religion'. the Bible is a history book,none of it's history is made up,they are real events and real people,and there is a wealth of archeology findings that prove it.Adam and Eve were real people, kings such as David,Omri, Ahab,Jehu, Hezekiah,really exsisted,and as regards our Saviour and his death and resurrection there is plenty of evidence.There is evidence of so many things, yes the Bible is a book  of real historical events.But it is also a religious book that is woven into all the recorded events,It is about God  and humanity ,and humanities  beginnings and all that followed.It tells us of a God who created all things,and the jewel of His creation was humanity,it starts with a man and a woman.Here is a very important aspect to what I'm saying,it gives meaning to our exsistence,remove God then there is no meaning .It also helps us to understand how evil came into being, and how it has effected everything,especially humanity. No longer are we innocent we are born with a sinful nature. 

Tomorrow ( Luke 12 v 16-21)

Proverbs 27 v 1 reads,'Do not boast about tomorrow,for you do not know what a day may bring' ,they are very wise words.They apply to everyone to the Christian and the non-Christian, none of us should boast about tomorrow,there is an old saying which goes,'here today gone tomorrow' but the question is this,gone where?. that's food for thought.Most  people do not give much thought about it,you do not hear even Christians saying DV (Latin for God willing).James touches on it in his epistle chap 4 v13 - 16,speaking of people making boasts about tomorrow,he calls them arrogant. He is writing to Christians,who should know better,we should live in the fear of the Lord daily.Hezekiah knew the day he was going to die,most of us don't,but the fact is we all know that we are going to die.Charles Bridges writes, 'Tomorrow is finely described as an unknown birth,it may be eternity.'If you are not a Christian ,heaven and hell must be taken seriously,dont take tomorrow for granted,be prepared by trusting Jesus as your Saviour.And if we are Christians let us not walk in arrogant pride,but set our hearts and minds on things above,not on earthly things Colossians 3 v 1-3,and indeed on our coming Lord .( Luke 12 v37)

No never alone (Isaiah 43 v 1-3 )

 I was listening to the song,'Bridge over troubled waters',and I lifted my voice to God,and said,'You have been my bridge over troubled waters.Life has it's time of troubled waters,and we have to cope,but as a Christian we do not cope alone.God is with us in the good times and in bad times ,the times when everything is well and when times are difficult.There are none so faithful as He is,remember what he says, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you' ( Hebrews 13 v 5) the NIV puts it this way,'Never will  I leave you; never will I forsake you'. I like the double emphasis it gives to it an intensity  stressing the importance of what He is saying.  When everything is collapsing around us, be still and know that he is God and though all forsake us he will not,The apostle Paul was facing difficulties,and that everyone had forsaken him,but he declared the Lord stood by him and gave him strength' (2 Timothy 4 v 16-17)

The need of Change ( Romans 8 v 29)

 Gordon Bridger wrote,' Jacob stands for the man,warts and all;Israel stands for the man God intends him to be,the man restored by God's grace.' Oliver Cromwell had his potrait painted,he told the artist to paint warts and all,I suppose Gordon borrowed that saying from 'O C ' When Christ saved us we were all to some extent are like Jacob,I know I was,what about you,we are all imperfect flawed individuals when we come to Christ ,we are just like Jacob.,When we come to Christ for salvation our sins are forgiven, and we are set free form so much that's wrong in our lives,but for all of us there are characrter flaws,temper,anger, and so it could go on, we might have problems in our thought life,so it is important that we are honest with ourselves and with God,let us not make excuses,if we don't, we will not grow in Christ.If we are to become like Israel,the man or women that God intends us be,we must continually seek the grace of God ,continualy pray that he will perfect that which we need to overcome.We will fail at times that's were repentance comes in, and we must not give up,in this journey we are on.Paul wrote these words ,'Being confident of this,that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Jesus Christ'.  (Philippian 1 v 6)

Sovereign Lord (Isaiah 40)

Throughout the Bible God is  called the Sovereign Lord,in many ways His soverenity is a great mystery, the hymn writer wrote,'God moves in mysterious ways'.It is true ,Isaiah tells us, tha God's thoughts are not our thoughts,neither are his ways our ways',and 'As the heavens are higher than the earth,so are his ways higher than our ways and his thoughts than our thoughts'.  (55 v 8-9) It brings a challenge to all of us especially when bad things happen,and it calls upon us to trust Him,it is as simple as that.The saints of old like Joseph  had bad things happen to him,Likewise Job,likewise Paul.But they still trusted their Lord who they believed was Sovereign .If God was not sovereign in this world,I can assure you things would be worse.If God was not sovereign things would be worse for you and me.Many Christians are suffering but God is watching and safely bringing them through ,that is why, inspite of Pauls suffering,and his impending death ,he could say,'I have fought the good fight,I have finished the race,I have kept the faith. Now there in store for me the crown of righteousness,which the Lord the righteous judge,will award to me on that day' and then he adds for our benefit,'and not only to me, but all who have longed for His appearing'.(2 Tim 4 v 7-8)  

                                           ' Nothing can an seperate us from our Sovereign Lord'

No turning back. ( John 21 v 20 -22)

William Barclay wrote the  following,'In Hitler's Germany a man was arrested because he stood for freedom.He endured imprisonment and torture with stoic uncomplaining fortitude. Finally,with spirit unbroken , he was released. Some short time  afterwards he committed suicide Many wondered why. Those who knew him well knew the reason he had discovered that his own son was the person who had informed aganst him.The treachery of his own flesh and blood broke him in a way that the cruelty of his enemies was unable to achieve' It is David who writes about a close friend who had turned against him Psalm  41 v9,one does not expect this from a friend.It must have hurt our  Saviour greatly when Judas betrayed Him,and indeed when Peter denied Him,and when all His disciples forsook Him.Sometimes when people experience this they turn away from God. I knew a Christian couple and the wife was unfaithful,I cannot help but think that affected him spiritualy,for I met him one time,it appeared to me he had become very cynical.Another friend of mine was in partnership with a fellow Christian,and he was betrayed by that partner,loosing out financially. Our Saviour had many painful experiences ,but He never became bitter,nor did it turn away from doing the Fathers will.A person called Sunder Singh wrote a hymn here are some of the words from it.

                                                             'I have decided to follow Jesus

                                                             No turning back,no turning back.

                                                             Though none go with me, still I will follow,

                                                              No turning back,no turning back.' 

Pride ( John 13 v1-17)

'Do not be proud but enjoy the company of the lowly' so writes James in his epistle (4 v6),in so many places the word of God highlights the evil of pride. Our Saviour said 'Those who exalt themselves will be humbled,and those who humble themselves will be exalted'.( Luke 14 v11)President Bush's mother phoned her son,while he was given a live interveiw ,and she said. 'your mentioning yourself to much'. John Stott wrote,'Pride is your greatest enemy,humility is your greatest friend'.Someone wrote ,'It was through pride that the Devil became the devil', (Isa 14 v12) What's the opposiate to pride? the answer is humility, Paul wrote in Philippians 2 v 3 reads 'Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather. in humility value others above yourselves' We are all guilty of pride,it creeps in so easily,if so, ask God to forgive you.When America was celebrating VJ day,someone asked Bing Crosby how he felt that it was over,he replied ,Thank God its over and he was filled with humility,isn't it true that success fills people with pride,likewise victory in sport,and so many things. Let us by God's grace walk in the footsteps of Jesus,who was equal with God,yet left aside all that it meant ,became a servant, and humbled Himself by becoming obedient unto death,even death on the cross'  ( Philippians 2 v 6- 8)

Be a missionary. ( Matthew 28 v18 -20)

 What do the names C.T.Studd and Jack Turner mean to you? I supposed nothing,who were they? the answer ,they were missionaries.C.T.Studd went to China for ten years and then in Africa for 20-21 yrs. were he died.Jack Turner went to serve the Lord in Canada on Boffin Island ,  it is in the Artic,both these men suffered a lot of hardships.Why did they do it? because Jesus said go into all the world and preach the gospel.They are two of the many thousands and thousands of people who responded to the  call of God .Although people throughout the world are being reached through modern technology,there is still the need for people to go and tell people about Jesus. Remember that humanities greatest need is Christ, without Him they will perish and go to a lost eternity.Start being a missionary now where your at ,when our dear Saviour delivered a demon- possessed man,the man wanted to follow Jesus he begged to go with Him,Jesus did not let him,instead he told him to go home to his own people and tell them how much the Lord had done for him,and how he had mercy on him(Mark 5 v 1-20),and this he did.

Lives that speak. ( 1 Peter 3 v1 )

I visit an elderly lady  every other week,she is aged 94, and lives in a supportive houseing complex, her husband is in glory.They both served the Lord,her husband and I were joint leaders of a church.I often share with her the people I witnessed to,something of interest to talk about.But it started her on a guilt trip for she found it hard to witness to people,in my last visit she mentioned that again,mentioning feelings of regret.So this is what I said to her,calling her by name,'All your life, has been a witness for Jesus,that is very true,your children have had a godly mother,your husband a godly wife,your neighbours a godly neighbour' We are the only Bible  non Christians ever read,a godly life leaves it mark.Our Saviour said,'Let your light shine before others,that they may see  your good deeds and glorify your father in heaven' (Matthew 5 v 16) 

                                                   'Lord may our lives speak when we can't'

Judgement is coming ( 2 Corinthians 5 v 10)

Continuing on Nahum 1 v 3 we read ,'The Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished',these are very important words,Nineveh and Assyria,will not escape the righteous judgement of God.who will pour out His wrath upon them.As with every wicked tyrant God will judge them ,if not in the immediate most surely in eternity.Hebrews 9 v 27 reads,' As it is appointed unto men once to die,but after this the judgement'.Justice will be done,no excuses will be listened to.Many who worked in the death camps used the excuse,they were only obeying orders,will mean nothing ,when they appear before a holy God.We will have to broaden this out,to include all the unsaved,when he declares that he will not leave the guilty unpunished.Who are the guilty?we are all guilty,we are told that we are all sinners,everyone.Laetsch writes ,'His demand of perfection is irrevocable.His judgement of death and damnation for every sinner stand eternally unchanged'.He aso writes as regards  divine wrath,'It is not the whim of a cruel tyrant, the  unreasonable flaring up of the temper of one who has not learned to control his passion,not the fury of a hothead who strikes out without rhyme or reason,letting his blows fall where they may.'No one will escape the righteouse judgement of God. The great judgement day is coming seek Jesus and ask him to be your Saviour.

The Lord is patient ( 2 Peter 3 v9 ) 1

Nahum  1 v3  reads ,'The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished'.These words  emphasise three aspects of our great God,Let us consider, 'The Lord is slow to anger' Nahum was a prophet whom God raised up,to proclaim judgement against Nineveh the capital of  Assyria.One hundred years before Nahum spoke to Nineveh, God sent the prophet Jonah  to tell them that God's judgement was about to fall upon them in 40 days (Jonah 3v4),well they immediately  repented and this included the King,and God spared them,in mercy he withdrew his judgement.But now a hundred years later,they have returned to their old ways,it was a deja vu moment.This time God's mercy would not be held back this time,nor was it,for in 612 BC a combined army,made up of the Babylons, Medes,and Scythians overthrew them.I believe that God is patient with every generation,that they may repent and turn to Jesus. but in the end God's patience runs out,then Judgement will fall,if your not saved take heed to this message.

Great in power( 2 Chronicles 32 v20-22) 2

Last time we looked at,'The Lord is slow to anger',now we look at,'but great in power', it is important to look at the context. It is about a world power Nineveh the capital of Assyria ,they were cruel and very wicked,in their desire for power they had slain mulitudes,Nahum declares  that they had enslaved nations. What could anyone do,other than submit,in order to survive,if one lived in those days,one may have thought,no one can deliver us.When the Nazies were at the hight of their  power what could one do against them? Assyria had conqured the ten tribes of Israel let these words find a place in your heart,'God is great in power' .Assyria came against the small kingdon of Judah,he had conquered the cities in Judah,but then he turned his eyes towards Jerusalem,he and his army arrived at the city gates,making all sorts of threats, he said that the god's of the nations he had conqured could not save them,and threw scorn on Israels God. Hezekiak  did not surrrender and declared ,'there is a greater power with us than with him.With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles' (2 Chronicles 32 v 7-8)Let us all take encouragement no matter how great the  difficulties we are facing,no matter if the enemy of our souls is at the gate ,and we feel overwhelmed,have faith in God, for power belongeth unto Him.  

Disunity ( Psalm 133)

I served in two churches,one as a full time minister and the other as a joint leader,in both Chuches you had people who were very unkind.I said in a lightherted way to the pastor of the church I attend,that I was glad  that I was not in a pastoral role now,for it seems that you always seem to have people who stir things up,usually for the minister. It is not nice but it happens,I heard R T.Kendall who became the minister of Westminster Chapel London,and the problems he had with certain people in that church.It is sometimes hard to know what can one do with such people.In the end we have usually to leave them with God ,but they can cause a lot problems in the church. God is not pleased with those who seek to cause disunity in the church.One person wrote the following,'Disunity in the church is a harmful division among believers, that damages relationships,weakens spiritual strength,and hurts Christian witness' 

                                                                         Jesus said ,

A new commandment I give you, that you love one another; just as I  have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

                                                                         John 13 v34-35

Add on's ( Hebrews 9 v 12 ) 4

 Let us continue to look at what the RC church calls the mass and their very strange way they look at it,to say the least, it does not get any better,in fact it gets much worse.It clearly underminds the atonement,and when anyone does that it is very serious.We have pointed out their wrong interpetation of the bread and wine,the question is what do they believe the mass is,to them it is a literal sacrifice ,everytime they have a mass it becomes that self same sacrifice that happened on calvary .Every mass is a re-enacting of Calvary. Hebrews 9- 10  deals with Christ sacrifice ,the writer points out that the animal sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year was imperfect,they did not deal effectively with sin.They could never do that they were only a shadow, he points to the impossiblity of the blood of bulls and goats taking away sin.God had a bigger plan, Jesus the Lamb of God would take away the sin of the world (John 1 v29)Jesus one sacrifice would effectively  deal with sin ,Cp Hebrews 9 , read v23ff were it clearly tells us that He does not need to be offered again and again v25 reads,' Nor yet that He should offer himself often.' v28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many'. To say that Christ has to be sacrificed continully is really saying, it is not effective in dealing with sin. I have a friend who was ardent RC,as a RC he felt that his sins were not forgiven,that all changed when He trusted Jesus one time sacrifice on the cross.

Add on's ( Luke 22 v 17 -19)3

The last one of the add on's is the 'Mass', what is it? it is one of the core doctrines of the Catholic faith, the core of  this is the death of Christ .All Christian churches do what Christ told us to do ,when he eat bread and drink wine,the bread stands for his body,and the wine stands for His blood,these remind us, of his death on Calvary,He said do this in rememberance of me. (Luke 22 v14-20) The simplicity of it is wonderful,there is nothing complicated about it.But the mass turns it iinto more than that,based on John 6 v53 were Jesus says,'unless you eat the flesh of the Son of  Man and drink His blood,you have no life.'There were those who heard those words, took it literally,and they stopped following Jesus.No Jew would drink blood,and none of us would eat flesh,it was never to be taken literally.The simplest answer is this 'the taking of Christ within oneself  that is by the metaphor of eating and drinking'( Dr .Leon Morris) When Jesus said He was a door in John 10 v9 ,he was using a metaphor,when He said he said He was the good shepherd,he was using it to illustrate something people could identify with ,I suppose one could say that was a metaphor also,He never was a literal shepherd .Coming back to the mass,the RC church takes  what Jesus said literal,which to say the least is wrong,they believe the bread miraculously turns into the body of Christ so that  they believe they are literally eating the flesh of Christ,and the wine likewise when they drink the wine  they belive they are literally drinking the blood of Christ.

Add on's . (Colossians 2 v13) 2

 Now let us consider the next add on 'Purgatory', what is purgatory?It is seen as a tempory state or place after death where souls are cleansed and purified of remaining sins before entering heaven.This purifying is done by a spiritual fire which is agony.It did not become  official Roman Catholic doctrine until the 13th-15th centuries.I wonder what happened before then?The RC base it on a verse 2 Maccabees 12 v46,but the problem is that 2Maccabees was never accepted as being part of the cannon of scripture,by the Protestant church,and Jewish authorities. This teaching weakens the atoning death of Christ,which is the only thing that deals with sin 1John 1 v 7, make that clear,it reads ,'the blood of Jesus his Son,purifies us from all sin.' Hebrews 9v22 reads,'Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness'.There is no such thing as a spiritual purifying us from our sin after death.Nor is there any bases of going to a place called purgatory, we read of the dying thief in Luke 23 v43 'Jesus answered him,'Truly I tell you today you will be with me in paradise'2 Corinthians 5 v 8 reads,'We are confident,I say,and willing rather to be absent from the body,and to be present with the Lord' It is very clear that Enoch went straight to heaven.(Hebrews 11 v 5)The biggest argument against purgatory, there is no mention of it in the Bible it is just one of those add on's.

Add on's ( Romans 6 v23 )1

Beware of the add on's,for once  they start, who knows where they are going to end ,the result is they take people further and further from the truth.The greatest culpit who does this well, I won't mention them by name but we will consider the add on's they have brought in,well some of them. The first one is, we cannot be saved by faith alone,the next one is a place which they call purgatory,were one is purified by fire.and the next one is  the mass. Let us consider the first one,we can't be saved by faith alone,is that true?,no it's not,  they add on .'good works'. they base this on what James says in his epistle chap 2 v14ff in understanding what James says ,we must consider v18  which reads,'Show me your faith without deeds and I will show my you my faith by my deeds'. Our deeds are the evidence that our faith is true,as James says twice,'show me'.If we are showing no evidence of being a Christian then we not a Christian. We read throughout scripture,that we are saved by simple faith in Christ and his finished work.The thief  on the cross did no good works John 23 v43.Abraham did no good works to be saved Cp  Romans 4 v1-6. v3 reads 'What does scripture say? Abraham believed God,and it was counted unto as righteoudness' Rom 5 v1 'Therefore,since we have been justified by faith,we have peace with God through our Jesus Christ.I could go on but I leave  you with  Ephesians 2 v  8-9,'For it is by grace you are saved,through faith,and this is not from yourselves,it is a GIFT of God, not by WORKS,so that no one can boast.'

                                           'Martin Luther said 'We are saved by faith alone

                                            but the faith that saves is never alone'

Repentance ( 2 Peter 3 v 9)

 The Christian author Os Guinness said,'Confession is a source of strength not weakness,he also mentioned what  Margaret Thatcher said,'the womens not for turning',as being dangerous'.When we. sin it is is vital that we confess our sins and repent of them. 1John 1 v 9 reads ,'If we confess our sins,He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness'.King David committed a terrible sin, , adultery and murder ,he confessed this is to God  ,and God forgive him.No matter how terrible ones sins are ,God will forgive us.He forgave Paul,the persecuter of His Church he was shown mercy'.Paul never forgot that,he wrote,'Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man,'he was shown mercy (1 Timothy 1 v 13). Manasseh was one of the worse kings who ruled Judah,he sinned greatly ,read 2 Chronicles 33 ,but God forgave him. Remember in God's sight all sin is equally evil and needs to be confessed.Sin unconfessed will drive us away us away form God.Os Guinness pointed out that Jewish scholars spoken of repentance as coming home,the story of the prodigal illustrates that,the hymn writer wrote 

                                                          'I've wandered far away from God;

                                                           Now I'm coming home;

                                                            The paths of sin too long I've trod;

                                                             Lord, I'm coming home'.

Are you listening? ( Revelation 2 v 29)

I was out with fellow Christians ,having a meal,and I jokingly said husbands have a deaf ear,because so often the women says to their husbands,'your not listening' We may smile at those words,there may be a degree of truth in what is said. Often a parent says to their children,are you listening to what I say? of course they are,pull the other leg.But let us move on to a higher level,as regards God speaking and the importance of people listening and acting on what He says.In Psalm 95v 7-8/Hebrews 3 v 15,it reads 'Today, if you hear his voice not harden your hearts,as you did in the rebellion'.what does harden mean?it has different aspects to it,it can describe a person's feelings becoming tough and unfeeling,and unbelieving.During our Lords earthly ministery he spoke to many people,especially the religious leaders. In Matthew 13 v 15 He declares why 'Though seeing,they do not see; though hearing ,they do not hear or understand. ......For this people  have become calloused;the  word calloused means ,'cruel and not concerned with others fellings.It is a picture of people who do want to hear God's word.Such as the times we live in,we understand the non-Christian being like that ,but what about us who are Christians,are we listening? or do we have deaf ear?

Better He choose. ( Psalm 23 v 3)

 Sometimes in life you just have to accept things,I didn't get to be that missionary I wanted to be,but I have two son's in Chritian ministry,one who travels all over the world ministering.David wanted to build a temple but God said no, it didn't stop him from supplying the materials for the temple.Moses wanted to go into the promised land,but God said no,although he was allowed him to see it from afar. Paul wanted to be healed,but God said no,but God granted him the grace to bear it.Let us never forget God is in control in Psalm 47 v4 we read, 'He shall choose our inheritance for us'Jonah did not accept the task God had given him to do,but he soon learned,the folly of that,when he ended up in the belly of a great fish.You may have been let down in romance,consider that it was not God's choice for you.That promotion you wanted and it didn't happen,it was not God's choice for you.

                                                                 'Thy will be done'

Gangrene ( Romans 1 v16-17)

In Pauls letter to Timothy,who was  the leader of the church at Ephesus,and in chap 2 he warned him to deal with false teaching,and he describes the effects of  false teaching. If it was not dealt with it will spread like gangrene,or as John Stott puts it,'as dangerous as blood poisoning to the body and spreads like sepsis from a wound'.Thats how serious false teaching is,and yet sad to say some so called Christians  appear to be blind to that .There is a belief that that there are are different roads that lead to heaven,not so ,the historical Christ declared ,'That he was the way the truth and the life and that no man can come unto the Father but by Him.(John 14 v6 )I have just read how women are treated in Afghanistan ,being flogged ,and being kept as prisoners in their own home,and the terrible violence inflicted on so many dear people,because they are  Christians .But the problem is bigger than that ,false religions are built on falsehood,The Quran is built on falsehood,it denies that Christ did not die on the cross,and so millions of people are robbed of salvation,of having their sins forgiven,and that is very serious,and very sad.

Hope in God ( Psalm 42)

  Psalm 42 and 43,could be one Psalm, for they appear to have the same theme,of a man who is struggling ,yes there were reasons.He feels hemmed in and overwhelmed v7 he declares 'I hear the tumult of the raging sea as your waves and surging tides sweep over me'It could be he felt cut off from the house of God.(2/4)He was in such a state ,and there were those who kept asking him,'Where is your God?' Remember the enemy will always kick you when your down,in spite of this he had not lost his soul thirst for God v1-2 reads'As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you,my God. My soiul thirsts for God, for the living God.' May God help us from loosing our soul thirst for the living God.What can he do v 5/11 tells us the first things he did,he spoke to himself and here is what he said,'Why my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me?'and then he answers the question,'Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Saviour and my God'V8 reads,'But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me',this caused him to rejoice,as it should cause us to rejoice.For we are told in Romans 8 v37-39 that nothing can seperate us the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.