Lord is full of compassion and mercy

Psalm 119:156(Lord has great compassion)

                ¹⁵⁶ Your compassion, LORD, is great; preserve my life according to your laws.

Ne9:27(Lord has compassion to set us free)

            ²⁷ So you delivered them into the hands of their enemies, who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion you gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.

Jas 5:11(Lord is full of compassion and mercy)

            ¹¹ As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

Psalm 51:1(God blots out our transgressions according to His great compassion)

                ¹ Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 103:8(The LORD is compassionate and gracious)

                ⁸ The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

 Ex 34:6(The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness)

                ⁶ And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,

We are learning the following from the above verses

1)      Lord has great compassion

2)      Lord has compassion to set us free

3)      Lord is full of compassion and mercy

4)      God blots out our transgressions according to His great compassion

5)      The LORD is compassionate and gracious

6)      The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness

Defend our cause and redeem us

Psalm 119:154(Defend our cause and redeem us)

                ¹⁵⁴ Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise.

Psalm 35:1(God defends our cause by contending with those who contend with us)

                ¹ Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me.

Jer 50:34(God will vigorously defend our cause so that He may bring rest to our land)

                ³⁴ Yet their Redeemer is strong; the LORD Almighty is his name. He will vigorously defend their cause so that he may bring rest to their land, but unrest to those who live in Babylon.

Mic 7:9(God will bring us in to light and upholds our cause)

                ⁹ Because I have sinned against him, I will bear the LORD’s wrath, until he pleads my case
   and upholds my cause. He will bring me out into the light; I will see his righteousness.

Isa 49:25(God contend with those who contend with us and save our children)

            ²⁵ But this is what the LORD says: “Yes, captives will be taken from warriors,
   and plunder retrieved from the fierce; I will contend with those who contend with you,
   and your children I will save.

Jer 15:21(God defend our cause by saving us from the hands of wicked and the grasp of the cruel)

                ²¹ “I will save you from the hands of the wicked and deliver you from the grasp of the cruel.”

Jer 51:36(God defend our cause by taking revenge against those who come against us)

            ³⁶ Therefore this is what the LORD says: “See, I will defend your cause
   and avenge you; I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.

La 3:58(God defend our cause by taking up our life and redeeming our life)

⁵⁸ You, Lord, took up my case; you redeemed my life.

How God defend our cause?

1)      Defend our cause by redeeming us

2)      God defends our cause by contending with those who contend with us

3)      God will bring us in to light and upholds our cause

4)      God contend with those who contend with us and save our children

5)      God defend our cause by saving us from the hands of wicked and the grasp of the cruel

6)      God defend our cause by taking revenge against those who come against us

7)      God defend our cause by taking up our life and redeeming our life

Why God defend our cause?

1)      God will vigorously defend our cause so that He may bring rest to our land

2)      God will bring us in to light and upholds our cause

3)      God defend our cause by taking up our life and redeeming our life

Staying open through the watches of the night

Psalm 119:148(Meditating on God’s promises through the watches of the night gives us peace and comfort)

                ¹⁴⁸ My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.

Psalm 63:6(we can remember about God through watches of the night)

                ⁶ On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.

Deut 6:4-9(we should have God’s commandments in our hearts to love Him with all our heart and soul)

                ⁴ Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. ⁵ Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. ⁶ These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.

Psalm 16:7(Our heart counsels and instructs us even at night, when we meditate on God)

                ⁷ I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.

Mt 14:25(Jesus went out to meet His disciples before the dawn)

                ²⁵ Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.

Job 35:10(Our hearts are filled with joy and songs in the night, when we meditate about God)

                ¹⁰ But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

Psalm 42:8(God fills us with His song in the night, a prayer to God of our life)

                ⁸ By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.

Psalm 77:6(when we meditate about God, He blesses us with gladness and songs)

                ⁶ I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my spirit asked:

Why meditating on God’s word even at night

1)      Meditating on God’s promises through the watches of the night gives us peace and comfort

2)      we can remember about God through watches of the night

3)      we can have God’s commandments in our hearts to love Him with all our heart and soul

4)      Our heart counsels and instructs us even at night, when we meditate on God

5)      Our hearts are filled with joy and songs in the night, when we meditate about God

6)      God fills us with His song in the night, a prayer to God of our life

7)      when we meditate about God, He blesses us with gladness and songs

God is near to direct us and be a blessing

Psalm 119:151(God is near and makes us realize His commands are true)

                ¹⁵¹ Yet you are near, LORD, and all your commands are true.

Psalm 34:18(The Lord is near to those whose spirit is crushed and are broken hearted)

                ¹⁸ The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Php 4:5(The Lord is near us so that we can be gentle)

            ⁵ Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.

Deut 4:7(God is near us to hear our prayers)

            ⁷ What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him?

Psalm 145:18(The Lord is near those who call on Him)

                ¹⁸ The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Isa 50:8(God is near us to vindicate us)

                ⁸ He who vindicates me is near. Who then will bring charges against me?

Jas 5:8, 9(Lord is near us so that we can stand firm and be patient and will not grumble)

            ⁸ You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.
            ⁹ Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!

1)      God is near and makes us realize His commands are true

2)      The Lord is near to those whose spirit is crushed and are broken hearted

3)      The Lord is near us so that we can be gentle

4)      God is near us to hear our prayers

5)      The Lord is near those who call on Him

6)      God is near us to vindicate us

7)      Lord is near us so that we can stand firm and be patient and will not grumble

God has established His status to last forever

God has established His status to last forever

Psalm 119:152, 89(God has established His status to last forever)

                ¹⁵² Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever.

                (God’s word is eternal)

⁸⁹ Your word, LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.

Psalm 111:8(God’s word is established forever and ever)

                ⁸ They are established forever and ever, enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.

Luke 21:33(God’s word will never pass away)

                ³³ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Isa 40:8(The word of our God endures forever)

                ⁸ The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.”

Mt 5:18(Everything in God’s word will be accomplished)

            ¹⁸ For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

Why we need God’s word?

1)      God has established His status to last forever

2)      God’s word is eternal

3)      God’s word is established forever and ever

4)      God’s word will never pass away

5)      The word of our God endures forever

         6)   Everything in God’s word will be accomplished

when/why God hears our voice?

Psalm 119:149(God hears our voice to help us in accordance with His love)

                ¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice in accordance with your love; preserve my life, LORD, according to your laws.

Psalm 27:7(When we call God, He hears our voice in accordance with His mercy)

                ⁷ Hear my voice when I call, LORD; be merciful to me and answer me.

Psalm 5:3(God hears our voice in the morning to help us on our requests)

                ³ In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you
   and wait expectantly.

Psalm 18:6(God hears our voice from His temple to help us in our distress)

                ⁶ In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.

Psalm 55:17(God hears our voice whenever we cry out for help)

                ¹⁷ Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.

Psalm 130:2(Lord hears our voice as He is merciful)

                ² Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.

Isa 28:23(God hears our voice by paying attention to what we say)

                ²³ Listen and hear my voice; pay attention and hear what I say.

When God hears our voice?

1)      When we call God, He hears our voice in accordance with His mercy

2)      God hears our voice whenever we cry out for help

Why God hears our voice?

1)      God hears our voice to help us in accordance with His love

2)      God hears our voice in the morning to help us on our requests

3)      God hears our voice from His temple to help us in our distress

4)      God hears our voice whenever we cry out for help

5)      Lord hears our voice as He is merciful

        6)    God hears our voice by paying attention to what we say

why to rise before dawn and spend time in God’s presence?(Continued)

Isa 50:4(God helps us to know His word in the morning, which sustains the weary)

                ⁴ The Sovereign LORD has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.

Jer 21:12(we need to rise before the dawn so that we may know how we can be useful to others)

            ¹² This is what the LORD says to you, house of David:
   “‘Administer justice every morning; rescue from the hand of the oppressor
   the one who has been robbed

Eze 46:13(we need to rise before the dawn to offer a burnt offering to the Lord every morning)

                ¹³ “‘Every day you are to provide a year-old lamb without defect for a burnt offering to the LORD; morning by morning you shall provide it.

Zep 3:5(we need to rise before the dawn to be in His presence, so that He will not fail us)

                ⁵ The LORD within her is righteous; he does no wrong. Morning by morning he dispenses his justice, and every new day he does not fail, yet the unrighteous know no shame.

Isa 40:29(God gives us strength, when we spend time with him)

                ²⁹ He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

Mt 11:28(we need to rise before the dawn to be in His presence, so that He will give us rest)

                ²⁸ “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

1)      God helps us to know His word in the morning, which sustains the weary

2)      We need to rise before the dawn so that we may know how we can be useful to others

3)      we need to rise before the dawn to offer a burnt offering to the Lord every morning

4)      we need to rise before the dawn to be in His presence, so that He will not fail us

5)      God gives us strength, when we spend time with him

6)      we need to rise before the dawn to be in His presence, so that He will give us rest