Ascribe to the Lord, O mighty ones, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.

The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the lord is majestic. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars... (Psalm 29:1-5)

The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightning. The voice of the Lord shakes the desert; the Lord shakes the desert of Kadesh. The voice of the Lord twists the oaks and strips the forests bare.....(Psalm 29:7-9)

How do you hear the voice of the Lord? What does His powerful voice do to you? Does he speak to you softly in his majestic melodies? Does he twist your insides with conviction? Does his voice strip you bare?

How do you hear the voice of the Lord? Through the message: His Word: The Bible. If you are not digging deep inthe truth everday, the voice of the Lord will become softer and softer. Pretty soon his voice will hardly be recognizable. Then you become confused between what are YOUR thoughts, His thoughts, your head, or God's tug at your heart...satan uses your thoughts and gets you to confuse them with God's voice. Dig deep in the Word everyday so our Lord's voice is crystal clear.

Not only will you hear his voice through reading the Word, but all the thoughts that have decieved you will be brought to the surface, exposed by the truth. And all the movements in your heart that were from Jesus will be pressed deeper and deeper within you giving you confidence in God's strength, and rest in his peace.

Psalm 29:11
"The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace."

If you are apprehensive about reading your bible- it probably means you NEED to read it. Anything within you that tells you that you'd rather eat or clean first....or anything telling you that praying is good enough and journaling is just fine for the day- ITS A LIE! This may sound crazy to you, but the devil is constantly patting you on the back for all the "Godly things" you do. The last thing he wants you to do is read the BIBLE because that is your weapon against him! THE TRUTH! It exposes him and distroys him! It corrects deception! It murders lies!

Since satans only weapon against us is deception...he's going to everything in his power to decieve you into not reading the Truth!

Don't buy into the lie. Honor your heart and resist your mind! If you want to grow closer to the Lord, you need all the deceptive schemes played against you to be exposed so God can cleanse you and be filled with the TRUTH.

Honor your heart= honor God.

Expose the lies, and also ask God to search your heart for any impurity. If you really desire to be intimate with Him: ask Him to search your heart. And be commited to the truth.

"The psalmist implies- ' O, Lord, you are the God of the early mornings, the God of the late nights, the God of the mountain peaks, and the God of the sea. But my God, my soul has horizons further away than those of early mornings, deeper darkness than the nights of the earth, higher peaks than any mountain peaks, greater depths than any sea in nature. You who are the God of all these, be my God. I cannot reach to the heights or to the depths; there are motives I cannot discover, dreams I cannot realize. My God, search me.' " - Oswald Chambers

Psalm 20

May the Lord answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion. May he remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings. May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

We will shout for joy when you are victorious and will lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the Lord grant all your requests. Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed; he answers him from his holy heaven with the saving power of his right hand.

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

O Lord, save the king! Answer us when we call!

I simply cannot deny His abounding perfect love when I read this. How great our God is! So full of grace and rich in mercy. I don't even need to go into detail about this scripture. It is so obvious and i would hate to ruin it's power by picking it apart in my own way. Simply read and open your eyes: our God is a loving, giving God.

We praise you Jesus, son of God. Holy of Holys. You are all we ever need. I pray that you soften our hearts to see how lovely you are. Unharden our souls so we are capable of experiencing the love you rain down upon us each day. Forgive us for not truly seeing how you unconditionally love us in every moment. I pray this in Jesus Name, amen.