WHAT CAN THE ANSWER BE?

What can the answer possibly be?  Why  is all this happening and what does it mean?  Does it  even have a meaning?  It hurts so much when you look at the devastation and death that has occured as a result of the deadly storms that ran through our nation.The loss of precious loved ones is an ache in the heart that is forever. It can only be comforted by the COMFORTER HIMSELF, nothing else comes close. Psalms 116:15. We cry  out to you Father for mercy. Have mercy on us as you help us rise from these ashes. I am taken into the book of Job in the HOLY WORD as I pray for the pain and heartache this nation is experiencing as a result of the storms, that left this heartache. The enemy was allowed to try Job (he would have anyway, without God's permission) and as a result, he brought Job to the brink,  but that was far enough. Having caused such devastation and pain and health issues in Job's life, his reign of terror ended, with a PRAISER and A WORSHIPPER forever dedicated to GOD ALMIGHTY.  At the time of this terror, Job found it hard and painful to worship God, but he knew that he belonged to God and even though all this loss and pain and devastation was occuring in his life, God was EVERYTHING to him. Job 1:20-21 kjv.  I personally believe that verse 7 is very telling in many ways.  When the enemy answered God  at the meeting he was allowed to attend, he said "from going to and fro in the earth and walking up and down in it".  God had asked satan where you coming from?(today's vanacular).  In my opinion this is telling  because the enemy said where he was. We know he got kicked out of Heaven for trying to buck GOD ALMIGHTY and to earth he came.  Because he hates God, his job is an evil one. Reak  havoc and cause pain and destruction and he does so.  With what is suppose to be a spring storm with a bit of wind, rain,thunder,and some lightning, his hand in it causes it to be devastating, cause he is evil,  coming to kill, steal and destroy.  Kill the eternal hope God has equipped every believer with, steal the ability to believe God and HIS WORD of abundant life, destroy all things created by THE CREATOR  in hopes that GOD'S people will do what Job's wife tried to get him to do,   "curse GOD and die" (Job 2:9).satan is evil and he is the prince of darkness,  he is not bright at all.  As believers, we are aware of the tactics and we KNOW that THE WORD IS A POWERFUL WEAPON in our arsenal (Ephesians 6:10-18). We will recover from this hit and like Job we will be twice as BLESSED  as before, it has been declared and proclaimed in JESUS NAME!!!   One of my favorite songs that feeds into my spiritman in hard times  has words that go like this:  Jesus, You are strength in my weakness, You are refuge I seek, You are everything in my time of need, You are everything I need, Jesus You carry me.  Our Father in heaven is a Restorer,  Refresher, and a Renewer and it is His good pleasure to do so. Seek Him in this hard time of pain, and allow HIM to comfort you from inside out. Psalm 30:11.  I love you and cry out in prayer for you,  GOD LOVES YOU and JESUS IS LORD!!  Psalm 84:6,  Psalm34:18,  Isaiah 61:2-3.

THANK YOU GOD, FOR HELPING ME CROSS THE STREET!!!

When I was a very young child, I can remember an adult holding my hand as we crossed  the street over to the other side. Sometimes that adult would be mama or daddy, uncle, aunt, bigmama, bigdaddy, friend whoever, but what sticks out so much in my mind is the grip they used  to hold my hand. It was tight and snug, I couldn't wiggle out from under it if I tried, they were much stronger. I was safe. I couldn't comprehend (at that age) the danger they were protecting me from or the potential harm that can come at such a time as street crossing. Now in my adult life and in the scarry times I find myself asking GOD  to hold my hand as I "cross the street". Those situations that present themselves with uncertainty and leave more questions than answers, GOD  holds my hand and helps me cross the street. Remember the children of Israel when GOD  brought them out of bondage in Egypt and their journey took them into the wilderness. They had no knowledge of anything except they were now free from the Egyptians. What, where, who, what comes next, was all a great mystery to them and very much uncertain in terms of the future. They had to TRUST and  RELY  on GOD  and HIS plans for them, which was not clear to them. That must have been hard for them, considering what they were coming from and what was familiar to them. So they went forward,  loaded with concerns and worries that caused them to doubt and gripe so much and for so long that they themselves didn't go into the promise land, but their offspring instead. GOD  is saying the same thing now that HE said to them then, (Hebrews 13: 8), and when it is time to" cross the street"  (daily)  I have to reach into the SCRIPTURES buried in my heart and remind myself what GOD  has said. Deuteronomy 31:6 states it clearly;  "be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them; for the LORD thy GOD, HE is the ONE that go with thee; HE will not fail thee nor FORSAKE thee".(nlt,kj). Now that is the best "cross the street" scripture  for me and in my life at such a time as this. Don't be scared, don't let worry in the mix. This day and time that can be difficult, mainly because I am  trying to use  my own  strength and  my  own power to "cross the street," and of course that has caused me  to leave THE CREATOR of ALL things out opting for something else. I slip into that a lot, and when I realize my focus has shifted, "crossing the street" gets scarry. Has that ever happened in your own life? Have you ever thought that you can "fix" things? Well I can answer yes to both of those questions.  Daily, I have to, on purpose, release these concerns to GOD throwing them at Him with my best pitching arm. 1Peter 5:7 states it clear: casting all your cares upon HIM, for  HE careth for you.  GOD,  being my caretaker, and life planner,  why the granny smith apples should I give a fratata.  I can be that little child I talked about earlier, needing my hand held as I "cross the street". HE always says what HE means and means what HE says. THANK YOU GOD, FOR HELPING ME CROSS THE STREET!!! Allow the CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE to hold your hand as you "cross lifes streets", giving all cares, worries, fears, over to THE LORD and count it all joy, it will strengthen you.  GOD loves you,  I love you,  and JESUS is LORD!!!  Philippians 4: 4-23,  Psalm 130,   Psalm131.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT IN ALL THE EARTH!!!!

When God said in the beginning, "Let there be.." and from HIS words came forth all creation, (Genesis 1), HIS love has been on display. And since that time throughout ages, eons, days,months, years,decades, centuries, milleniums,before, during, after, ancient of days, and all other time specifications not mentioned here, God's amazing LOVE has been constant. GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST!!!! When I read THE LOVE BOOK aka THE BIBLE, I can see with spiritual eyes and hear with spiritual ears the LOVE oozing from its pages into a heart HE created and set up to receive from its creator. Years ago I use to rock out to a song called "tell it to my heart" by somebody and that is precisely what God does to HIS. He speaks to the Heart. It is a heart issue and HE communicates to the heart of a matter through the heart. The Scriptures state that " we belong to Christ and have already won the victory (why) cause greater is HE that is in you than he that is in the world"(1John 4:4).We know who is in the world, and the scriptures say we have won if JESUS is on the inside of you, is HE? Love caused a victory for us long before we got here and we still claim it, PRAISE GOD!!! Love has so many attributes connected to it and many are stated in the love chapter of THE LOVE BOOK, 1Corinthians 13, however I am going to go into another direction with LOVE. Part of my title for this posting is THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT IN ALL THE EARTH,and so I shall go along those lines to talk about LOVE. He tells my heart that perfected love casts out fear a tormentor,(1John 4:18) so clearly MY GOD doesn't want me tormented in any sort of way,shape or form. Mentally or physically. Webster's Dictionary defines torment as intense pain or anguish; a source of pain or anguish. God says that LOVE flushes that out. When something gets flushed it is gone. So this perfect love that comes from Heaven has the ability within itself to cast out a tormentor - fear. WOW!! What else on earth can do that? God has manifested this great LOVE toward us when HE sent HIS BELOVED SON into this world to be the unblemish, perfect, nothing missing nothing broken, sacrifice to save the world.(1John 4:9-10, John 3:16).THERE WAS AND IS NOTHING ELSE IN ALL THE EARTH THAT COULD DO. Love is manifested for all who believe that Jesus is the Son of God,and that God loved us that much He made a way for all who believe to have everlasting life.LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!! Jesus said himself when HE walked the earth in HIS earthly ministry that "God didn't send HIS SON into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through HIM".(John3:17) That sounds like a plan GOD created from the beginning, "a saving the world plan". Much like you plan for retirement when you are in your 20's although retirement is a long way off. That may not be the best example, but it is understandable in terms of plan ahead, which is what our LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER did for us. That is a LOVE plan for all creation. In the interim, God has constantly showed HIS great LOVE. HE commanded HIS love towards us even while we are yet sinners (Romans 5:8). He is rich in mercy,for this great LOVE He has for us, forgives us by grace and saved us and raised us up causing us to sit TOGETHER in HEAVENLY PLACES in CHRIST JESUS. (Ephesians 2:4-6) I have hope cause of HIS great mercy towards me which are new morning by morning, day to day, He is compassionate and faithful. (Lamentations3:21-23). LOVE,LOVE,LOVE, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT IN ALL THE EARTH!!! Read more of Ephesians and see if you can understand how wide, long, deep and high, His LOVE is, it is beyond understanding.Ephesians 3:14-21. I read the LOVE BOOK and when I come across HIS WORDS that speak such things to my heart as " He will deliver me and set me on high because I have set my love on HIM",(Psalm 91:14), I can't help but shout praises and love to HIM.While I can honestly say that my love can be hot and cold, God's LOVE is faithful and true at all times and nothing can take HIS LOVE from me. Romans 8 clearly states that NOTHING, NO THING, shall be able to seperate GOD's LOVE from us. The list of things starting in verse 35-39, list all sorts of things that can happen, attempt to happen, will happen, whatever, but that GOD'S LOVE is massive and nothing can deplete it. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT IN ALL THE EARTH!! WOW!!! What manner of LOVE is this? Jesus said "if you love me, keep my commandments" (John 14:15,15:17) and to love one another was one of those commandments. Thank God for Grace!!!LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT IN ALL THE EARTH!! I love LOVE!! It is the greatest of these: faith, hope, love. 1Corinthians 13:13. I love you, GOD LOVES YOU,and Jesus is LORD!!! Revelation 1:5.

REFUGE, SHELTER, PROTECTION, SECRETS

Psalm 91 (KJV) starts out by saying "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the AlMighty,I will say of The LORD, He is my refuge, my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust.I have come to rely heavely on this Psalm. Since my children were young and we would read and meditate it together through now. Those children are now grown young married women with lives and families of their own and now we all depend on the promises of that Scripture. It is worth pulling it a part, and taking it bit by bit, and with ears to hear what the Spirit is saying, meditate this life-saving Word. Life- Saving, cause for me there are times that life can be a bit overwhelming,challenging,and somewhat difficult, to say the least, so I seek REFUGE,SHELTER and PROTECTION from the only place I know and that is THE SECRET PLACE. All I need for survival is in this place God has welcomed me into. I didn't have to have a certain income level to enter, there were no prerequisites to meet, I was approved right away, it didn't matter that I was on the other side of the railroad tracks, I wore whatever I had, cause He looked at my heart anyway,my hair style was whatever, my nails were so unimportant, my makeup was however, I was allowed in, empty pocketbook and all. So what is REFUGE? Websters Standard Dictionary's definition is a place of safety or shelter. That puts me in the mind of shelter perhaps from a rain storm or a tornado or hurricane of some type. All of which I wouldn't want to be caught in. God must have known that this life would have these kinds of occurrances and so He said He would be refuge for us. In His shelter there are protections that a believer such as you and I can rely on in troubling times. Abiding in God(v1) means staying connected to God, attached to God, obeying God,trusting, resting and believing God in these kinds of times. Thank you God, cause that last statement is for me and you used my own mouth to re- tell it to me. YOU ARE AN AWESOME GOD!!!! Saying of the LORD (v2) He is my refuge my fortress... is vitally important cause the Scriptures tell us the importance of the tongue in all this. Proverbs 18:21 tell us that 2 things come off the tongue, life or death. I can either speak life about me or death about me, it is my choice. Partnered with that is what is in the heart. The Holy Word says that "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks".(Matthew 12:34) When the sun is shining, the sky is blue and the mountains have been conquered, balloons are floating in the air, ( you know, in the good times), it is easy to talk good. But for me it is those trying times, when my tears fall, the clouds are dark, the sun is not shining and every problem that is not attached somewhere finds me and attaches itself to my life. That is when I have to more or less be silent cause what is in my heart and what might come off my tongue is not pleasant. I am only speaking of myself, cause it seems that everyone I come in contact with has it all together.WOW!!! Verses 3-9 talks a lot about protection and the many things God protects me from and these protections cover me night and day, shielding me all around being the buckler. One minister I listened to said that a shield would cover a warrior on 3 sides, front, left and right, and the buckler was protection all around the body and up and down. That sounds like God means for me(us) to be covered every which-a-way. Some will fall, they will be near and far or close to me or far from me but because of this protection, it will not come near me although my eyes will see it. God has commanded the angels, and they obey His Word to provide protection from the enemy. God has commanded His love to me as well even knowing I am a sinner (Romans5:8) He gave me a hope. Glory to God!! He says when I call to Him, He will answer me (v15), (Jeremiah 33:3) and never leave me especially in the troubling times, THANK YOU GOD!!! YOU ARE ALL I HAVE WHEN TIMES ARE DIFFICULT!!! I absolutely cannot make it without this relationship with the FATHER. I am lost and can't see clear when I take my eyes off HIM or I let life's distractions move me away. Help Me JESUS!!! Satisfaction and longevity in Christ is 1 of the many promises God gives in this SECRET place of abiding and resting and trusting and faith in Him. For me, this is it. Maybe you all know some other way, without God. I can't point to a specific area of my life and say look at all this success here or look at all this success there. My life is peppered with some successes here and some successes there, more in this area than in that area. I can say that God has never left me without the answer to a situation in due season, and He kept me from falling many times and when I did fall (I can be hard headed at times), He was the ONE that helped or sent help. Thank GOD!!! His GRACE is amazing, and His MERCY lasts forever and all times, THANK YOU GOD!!! So as I started with Psalm 91 and in verse 1 I shall dwell in THE SECRET PLACE OF THE ALMIGHTY come what may. What about you? Peace. I love you. GOD LOVES YOU!!! JESUS IS LORD OVER ALL THIS, AMEN. Psalm 91. Isaiah 41:10-13.

ALL PLACES,EVERY PLACE, ALL LOCATIONS,EVERY LOCATION,ALL AROUND THE WORLD, EVERYWHERE

This is the time and the season we celebrate the birth of THE KING. A Glorious time in humanity when the CREATOR, GOD ALMIGHTY said this is when I shall step down momentarily from My Heavenly Throne and come to the place and people I created and SAVE them (Matthew 1:23).What an AWESOME TIME this season of JESUS is!!! We get to see with eyes wide-open, every nation, place, all around the world, THIS BIRTHDAY CELBRATION OF THE KING, JESUS CHRIST!!! JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, (that Name, how sweet it is to the mouth and tongue) EMMANUEL ,GOD AMONG US, who has never left us alone (Hebrews 13:5). So as this decision was made in the HEAVENLIES, all the angels and the Heavenly Host, all began to celebrate, and rejoice and prepare to make the visit to the creation and make this announcement. A young virgin, full of faith, and willing to be the carrier of the PRECIOUS SEED, said "be it unto me.."(Luke 1:38) What powerfull words that would FOREVER AND ALL TIMES have a life altering impact on humanity. Say it in your heart and SPIRIT when the CREATOR ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING for HIM. So earth began to realize and know that HEAVEN and earth were about to have a DIVINE connection that would have life saving, life changing,abundant life implications for all times.GLORY TO GOD!!! Our God came into this place KING of kings, Reigning, forever, being GREATER than all others and Higher than all others, in fact, THE HIGHEST!! (LUKE 1:32). HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST!!! He came bringing many GIFTS to give to those who accept,confess, and believe on Him.(Romans 10:17).HALLELUJAH!!! Christmas is truley the most wonderfull time of the year, because of why. Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! It is a sight to behold when looking at every place, every location, everywhere, all around this world, the displays that sing out in adoration and love, affection, honor, recognition, praise, worship,something to recognize and honor THE BIRTH OF THE KING!!!UNTO GOD BE GLORY! Pay attention, we don't look alike, we don't all speak the same language, we are diverse in all areas from soups to nuts (so to speak), but the one thing that unites us in this season of merry and jolly, peace and joy is the celebration of the birthday of THE KING OF kings AND LORD OF ALL.HALLELUJAH!!! Our GOD is an AWESOME GOD, Stronger than any other, Awesome in POWER (John 10:18,John 17:2),HIGHER than any other (Hebrews 3:1),Greater (Hebrews 13:20, 1John 4:4) and indwelling each of us that chooses HIM, shining in darkness (1 John 1:5, John 12:46) with healing in HIS WINGS (Exodus 15:26,Psalm 103:3,Luke 5:17,Matthew 9:35)!!PRAISE TO THE KING!!!There is none like you JESUS, You are a MIGHTY GOD AND WE WORSHIP YOU!!! This season and for all time look to the CREATOR who created you (Genesis 1:27), draw close to Him in intimacy ( John12:32) and watch what happens in your life. This is such a GLORIOUS time right now, and this generation is an eye witness to the LOVE display to THE KING.GLORY! Philippians 2 is indeed a favorite chapter of mine in this LOVE LETTER, (I LOVE THE HOLY WORD, ALL OF IT) and verses 9-11 jump out at this particular time and season. It states that "wherefore GOD also hath highly exalted HIM, and given HIM a NAME which is above every name: That at the NAME of JESUS, every knee should bow,of things in heaven,and things in the earth and things under the earth (Praise God for the dead in Christ 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18);and that every tongue should confess that JESUS CHRIST is LORD to the glory of GOD THE FATHER".Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna!! JESUS, JESUS, JESUS!! We are witnessing the "every" part of that Scripture unfolding at this time and this season, Every Place,Every Location, All Places, All Locations, All around this world, Everywhere!!! TO GOD BE THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER, AMEN!!! God Loves you, I Love you, and JESUS is LORD!! Psalm 91, Psalm 15, Psalm 150, Psalm 135. TheChaser.

PRAY THE NOUNS --------- AN ACROSTIC

Can you remember what a Noun is? A Noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing.We all learned that back in the day in school. Today's blog is going to talk about 2 things we learned back in school and their relationship to a close intimate and personal one on one relationship with God AlMighty. I titled it Pray the Nouns,- cause as we pray, we pray for people, places and of course things then an Acrostic, which I will get to in a bit. When Jesus walked this earth in His ministry, The Scriptures tell us that He constantly was in prayer to His Father. He even prayed for us in His High Priestly Prayer to The Father, citing our protection and safe- keeping from the evil one (John 17:15,20). He went about doing good, healing all who were sick and oppressed of the devil.Sickness and disease is of the devil and therefore as believers we have the Power in the Name that is above everything with a name to break its grip (Philippians 2:10). Mark 9:29,Jesus tells the disciples how important prayer is when they tried to cast out an evil spirit in a boy and couldn't. He said :"This kind can be cast out only by prayer". As we pray for people, at times, we will have to cry out to God on behalf of them as we lift them in prayer to the Father, praying the Healing Scriptures back to Him. Family members, sick people, strangers,( remember the good samaritan), children, leaders, enemies, whoever, our faith - filled prayers is what our Heavenly Father's eyes and ears are attentive to (1Peter 3:12). Praying a place maybe the easiest of the Pray the Nouns subject. Pick a place where God's Word is dim or non - existant and cry out for that place for God's Mighty Life - Saving, Life - Sustaining Word to be proclaimed there by any an all Laborers He will send into those vineyards. Nations where the Name of Jesus is Forbidden, begin to call these places out in your prayer time and declare that God's Word will saturate these places bringing with it LIFE more abundantly (John 10:10). Support those that attempt and those that take the Love of God and this Gospel message into this darkness (John 12:46).Our world is in a trouble time and it is because we have pushed the Creator of it away opting for "other things" instead (Mark 4:7,19). Praying for the thing is not what you may think. Jesus said in Matthew 21:13 That His Father's House shall be called a house of prayer... In Luke 11:1 Jesus went to a CERTAIN place to pray... this sounds like to be effective in prayer oneness with God is vital. Jesus taught the disciples how to pray, yet the oneness with God was as important as faith and the prayer itself. The early church devoted themselves to the apostles teachings, fellowship, communion, and prayer daily (Acts2:42).The Love Book says that they gave themselves continually to prayer and ministry of the Word, lifting their voice to God on ONE accord declaring Him God ,Creator of Heaven, Earth, The Sea and all things, GLORY TO GOD ALMIGHTY!!!( Acts 4:24,Acts 6:4). Afflicted,sick, merry, whatever the case may be, The Love Book says to pray. The prayer of faith will save the sick...James 5:13,15,16. Faith-filled prayer works!!! God Hears and responds to the faith filled believer, Glory,Glory, Glory!!!!An Acrostic is my next ministry tool for this blog. Webster's dictionary meaning of acrostic is a written message whose initial letters form a word or another message. In school we have an acrostic that we use called DEAR. It stands for: Drop Everything And Read. Our students love Dear and they appreciate the opportunity they get when they can just get quiet for a while and enjoy a good book.It is a readers paradise for a few minutes of the learning day when reading a book that takes you into an adventure, a special place, or a fantasy escapade, whatever, it has been proven to be a very enjoyable time in a school day. My acrostic for this blog will be entitled GO DEAP! (deep). Yes deep is spelled incorrectly, but I need the letter a although it does not belong there. It is silent anyway. GO DEAP! stands for: GOD ONLY!!! DROP EVERYTHING AND PRAY. It is a time when your spiritman says to you STOP!!!! It is time right now to pray and don't stop until there is a release in your spiritman. An indication that God has given you the answer to this request. GO DEAP! each day and refuse to quit until you know that you have touched His throne for your request. Only God can answer you when you GO DEAP! This is not a prayer partner situation, no,this is one on one, between you and GOD, this is a GO DEAP! situation whereby ONLY GOD can and will respond. Look through the Scriptures and search for the GO DEAP! people and see how GOD responded to them. Listen and read how they cried out to GOD!!pay attention to how HE answered them.Continually thank Him for hearing and answering you,( Whether you have or see the answer yet )declare unashamedly your love and devotion to the CREATOR who CREATED you.Talk to HIM CONSTANTLY as HE does us.Shhhh.Listen. Let your heart meditation be pleasing and acceptable to HIM. Let me suggest you look to GOD and GO DEAP! as you seek answers for situations and circumstances. He loves us!!!! I love you, God ALMIGHTY loves you and Jesus is LORD!!! John 15, Psalm 139. Be Blessed Of GOD!!

Compare and Contrast: The Venn Diagram

Todays lesson will be one that will focus on a news item we all witnessed or know a little about and The Visible Hand of God AlMighty in it.In school we use a strategy in Literacy called The Venn Diagram to help students compare and contrast two things,people, places,whatever it may be. This diagram is two interconnecting oval shaped circles (they don't have to be oval, but circles) in which there are now three distinct areas to write information in. One section on the left side of the circle is for the subject on that side and one section on the right side of the circle is for that subjects information and in the middle where the circles meet, that space is for the information the two subjects have in common or are alike. This diagram is successful in helping students learn how to decipher information about a subject and to put that information in the category to which it belongs. I would like to use The Venn in todays blog and the two subjects for the diagram will be the three Hebrew boys - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego on the left of the diagram and the 33(34) Chilean miners on the right side of the diagram, and in the middle - the common area, is where ministry is and I shall strive to bring words to pictures in this area The HOLY SPIRIT has trusted me to write.(Psalm 71:19). To God be all the glory for all things He allows because His Word says that ALL things work together for good to them that LOVE GOD and are called according to HIS purpose (Romans 8:28).At times those things can be bad, as this situation was for these miners and for the three Hebrew boys in their situation. So let us learn what we can. The common area of the diagram is this: both subjects were entrapped and seemingly at the end of all hope: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into a firery, flaming, furnace upon the orders of the king,(Daniel 3:19-22), the Chilean miners were stranded a mile under the earth, unable (seemingly) to be freed. Both believed and HAD FAITH IN GOD (Mark 11:22) as the miners stated upon their rescue and during their communications throughout this ordeal, and Shadrach, Meshach,and Abednego stated clearly and unashamedly that GOD would deliver them from this fire pit (Daniel 3:1-17). Both had the presence of THE LORD with them in these ordeals- the king checked on Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego after they were thrown into the firery, flaming, furnace and clearly saw 4 men walking around unbound, not burned, not singed, not scorched, free,(Daniel 3:23-27) (Psalm 119:156).GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST!!! One of the Chilean miners stated upon his rescue that there were 34 of them under ground.PRAISES!!!! God NEVER lets go of HIS PROPERTY no matter what happens. His LOVE and MERCY is forever and enduring through everything (Lamentations 3:21-23). It is in the pains and difficulty in life that we see that so clearly. Both captives were freed without a sign of any kind of indication there ever was a captivity.GLORY!!! You would think that with fire, something is going to get burned to some degree or another, but when THE CREATOR spoke to the fire it obeyed and was rendered powerless in HIS PRESENCE. GLORY TO GOD ALMIGHTY!! The Chilean miners emerged from this place in the deep after 69 days, without a trace of injury, illness, impairment, hindrance to them. You would think that some type of injury or impairment would accompany this kind of situation or atleast a malady of some degree, but nothing. GLORY TO GOD - SUSTAINER!! At this writing, all but 2 are released from the hospital with a clean bill of health. TO YOU ALONE GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!!!! Upon their rescue, they knelt in humble adoration and thanksgiving to God ALMIGHTY, who saved them and gave them life and returned them back to their loved ones. They knew WHO caused this situation to work out this way (Romans 8:28) and they wanted the watching world to know as well. God does great things right in front of our eyes and to such a degree, that it is without doubt that HIS hand was there.(Psalm 86:10). He provides the HEAVENLY DIVINE ASSIST that only comes from on HIGH. He alone gave the wisdom, knowledge, and fortitude to the people to come up with the device they would use to cause this rescue to be successful. They heard HIM and obeyed HIS guidance and NEVER gave up. HOSANNA!!!LET OUR KING BE LIFTED UP IN THE HIGHEST!!! Finally, both subjects were in complete faith that GOD ALONE would save them and stated it verbally and in their hearts. Faith is a vital part to GOD moving in on our circumstance. The Scriptures say that it is impossible to please GOD without FAITH and that we will need to believe that HE exists when we come boldy to HIM (Hebrews 11:6), (Hebrews 4:16) where we find GRACE and help in our time of need.All this comes as we seek to have and maintain an intimate relationship with our CREATOR.(Psalm 126). So to put and end to the compare and contrast lesson for today, look for the distinctions of GOD and His MIGHTY Hand in everything. Psalm 136. HE is SAVIOR and LORD!!! God loves you. I love you. Jesus is LORD!! Philippians 2:1-18.