FINDING DELIGHT IN THE LORD

“Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37: 4

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When you hear the word “delight” or “delightful”, what images come to your mind?  Perhaps you see a tea party or a particularly happy event.  Maybe it is visualizing a stroll along the ocean front with a good friend or relaxing for a few minutes in a hot tub.  It could be you loved an idea that an acquaintance gave to you and told him/her you were delighted to hear it.  At this challenging time in our world, however, it seems all of us are learning to find our satisfaction and pleasure in simpler things – the spring flowers in your garden, time to sit down and read a chapter or two in a good book, or simply accomplishing a task which you have been avoiding. What brings you a sense of comfort or pleasure these days?

It is a very opportune time for all of us to examine where our sources of satisfaction and joy are found.  Do they exist in our creature comforts or in the One who gives us all things to enjoy?  Is your greatest pleasure found in your material and financial security or in a Savior who has promised to supply all of your needs.  When anxiety and disappointment start to creep into the edges of your mind, where do you find solace and contentment?

You are invited to join us as we explore the Bible and discover various ideas which we can incorporate in our lives to help us “find delight (satisfaction, pleasure, joy, contentment) in the Lord”.  After all, His promise to us is to satisfy our heart’s desires if we find Him to be the most admirable and worthy object of our focus and longings.  That is a promise worth investigating, don’t you agree?

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GOD’S YELLOW LIGHT

A study of what it means to “Wait on the LORD”

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How many times a day is your patience and endurance tested because you have to wait? Sometimes it is simply for a few minutes because of roadwork or traffic, unexpected lines or some sort of emergency, but at other times the delay causes a much greater disappointment or even a crisis in your life. Your plans, as well as your hopes and dreams, can be altered and you find yourself in a place of uncertainty and confusion. At times like this, there is often very little that you can do but WAIT.

However, there is one kind of waiting that is always productive and brings about desirable results. It requires a quiet spirit of trust and a humble willingness to accept reality. It brings with it a sense of hope and optimism. It is not a passive response to the circumstances of life, but an active anticipation that there is a plan and a purpose behind all that happens to those who are willing to “wait on the Lord”.

You are invited to explore with us what the Bible teaches about how to live joyfully and expectantly in those minutes during the day and those seasons of life when there are no clear directions and it feels like God is not responding to your prayers. What can you and I learn from some of the examples and counsel given to us both in the Old and the New Testament? How does God want us to respond to life when we are looking at “His Yellow Light”?

May these lessons from God’s Word inspire you to willingly seek God’s agenda for your life, rather than your own. His promises to those who “wait on Him” are amazing. They are meant for you and for me.

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