Shalom,

Psalm 43 in today's Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan is so appropriate, again!

1 Judge and vindicate me, O God; plead and defend my cause against an ungodly nation. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! 2 For You are the God of my strength [my Stronghold—in Whom I take refuge]; why have You cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 3 O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; let them bring me to Your holy hill and to Your dwelling. 4 Then will I go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy; yes, with the lyre will I praise You, O God, my God! 5 Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, Who is the help of my [sad] countenance, and my God.

And 2 Timothy 1 says this:

6 That is why I would remind you to stir up (rekindle the embers of, fan the flame of, and keep burning) the [gracious] gift of God, [the inner fire] that is in you by means of the laying on of my hands [with those of the elders at your ordination]. 7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.

Keep standing steadfast on the WORD of the LIVING GOD! He HAS never failoed and He WILL NEVER FAIL! Things are happening that the enemy would like to keep hidden, BUT GOD! HE will reveal all in due time and HE will DELIVER His people inHis PERFECT TIME! Count on it! Here is Hillsong with "Ready Or Not":

VERSE 1: Come now As you are Or as you want to be Are you ready Are you ready Come now Tired broken Scared or just in need Ready or not It’s alright Take your time If nothing else just come TAG: Are you ready Are you ready VERSE 2: Come now Bring your hopes Your dreams Your doubts Your scars Are you ready Are you ready Come now Bring your hurts Your fears Your faith Your heart Are you ready Are you ready or not CHORUS 1: There’s no place like His presence There’s no time like the now Every one two or three of us Count Him in here and now He welcomes the broken He’s alright with your past He’s not mad at any one of us But He waits with open arms Says come TAG: Are you ready Are you ready VERSE 3: Come now Leave your inhibitions At the door Are you ready Are you ready Come now Lay your burdens down He’s got them all Are you ready Are you ready or not CHORUS 2: He’s still faithful to deliver Mighty as ever to save He’s still good on His promises And His love still never fails He’s not moved by perfection Or how well we look the part But He’s wild about the hidden stuff Like He’s wild about the heart VERSE 4: Come now For all we’ve seen We ain’t seen nothing yet Are you ready Are you ready Come now Bring Him praise For what He might do next Are you ready Are you ready or not CHORUS 3: He’s already bought our freedom He’s already paid our debt He’s already done the miracle He’s already conquered death He’s our light and salvation He’s our rock solid hope He’s already done enough for us He’s already doing more CHORUS 4: He’s already seen the ending He’s already seen us through He’s already breaking out in us He’s already on the move He’s already won our battles He’s already paved the way He’s already gone ahead of us And He is ready when we are VERSE 5: Come now For all we’ve seen We ain’t seen nothing yet Are you ready Are you ready Come now Bring Him praise For what He’s gonna do next Are you ready Are you ready or not Come

Shalom in Him!