Sit and Relax with The Word of God

I lift up my eyes to the mountains where does my help come from my help comes from the Lord the maker of heaven and Earth he will not let your foot slip He Who Watches Over you will not Slumber indeed He Who Watches Over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep the Lord Watches Over You the Lord is your shade at your right hand the sun will not harm you by day nor the Moon by Night the Lord will keep you from all harm he will watch over your life the Lord will watch over your coming

and going both now and forever more my son do not forget my teaching but keep my commands in your heart for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity let love and faithfulness never leave you bind them round your neck write them on the tablet of your heart then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding in all your ways submit to him and he will make your path straight

do not be wise in your own eyes fear the lord and shun evil this will bring Health to your body and nourishment to your bones honor the Lord with your wealth with the first fruits of all your crops then your barns will be filled to overflowing and your Vats will brim over with new wine my son do not despise the Lord's discipline and do not resent his rebuke because the Lord disciplines those he loves as a father the son he Delights in blessed are those who find wisdom those who gain understanding for she is more

profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold she is more precious than rubies nothing you desire can compare with her long life is in her right hand in her left hand are riches and honor her ways are Pleasant ways and all her paths are peace she is a tree of life to those who take hold of her those who hold her fast will be blessed by wisdom the Lord laid the Earth's foundations by understanding he set the heavens in place by his knowledge the watery depths were divided and the clouds let drop the Dew

my son do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight preserve sound judgment and discretion they will be life for you an ornament to Grace your neck then you will go on your way in safety and your foot will not stumble when you lie down you will not be afraid when you lie down your sleep will be sweet have no fear of sudden desire master or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked for the Lord will be at your side and will keep your foot from being snared do not withhold good from those to

whom it is due when it is in your power to act do not say to your neighbor come back tomorrow and I'll give it to you when you already have it with you do not plot harm against your neighbor who lives trustfully near you do not accuse anyone for no reason when they have done you no harm do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways for the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence the Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked but He blesses the home of

the righteous he mocks proud mockers but shows favor to the humble and oppressed the wise inherit honor but fools get only shame I waited patiently for the Lord he turned to me and heard My Cry he Lifted Me Out of the slimy pit out of the mud and mire he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand he put a new song in my mouth a hymn of praise to our God many will see and fear the lord and put their trust in him blessed is the one who who

trusts in the Lord who does not look to the proud to those who turn aside to false gods many Lord my God are the Wonders you have done the things you planned for us none can compare with you were I to speak and tell of your Deeds they would be too many to declare sacrifice and offering you did not desire but my ears you have opened burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require then I said here I am I have come it is written about me in the scroll I desire to do your

will my God your law is within my heart I Proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly I do not seal my lips Lord as you know I do not hide your righteousness in my heart I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly do not withhold your mercy from me Lord may your love and faithfulness always protect me for troubles without number surround me my sins have overtaken me and I cannot see they are more than the hairs of my head and

my heart fails Within Me be pleased to save me Lord come quickly Lord to help me may all who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion may all who desire My ruin be turned back in disgrace May those who say to me aha be appalled at their own shame but may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you may those who long for your saving help always say the Lord is great but as for me I am poor and needy may the Lord think of me you are my help

and my deliverer you are my God do not delay now when Jesus saw the crowds he went up on a mountain side and sat down his disciples came to him and he began to teach them he said blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be for blessed are the merciful for they will be shown Mercy blessed are the pure

in heart for they will see God blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven blessed are you when people insult you persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me rejoice and be glad because great is your reward in heaven for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you you are the salt of the earth but if the salt loses its saltiness how can it be made salty

again it is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot you are the light of the world World a town built on a hill cannot be hidden neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bow instead they put it on its stand and it gives light to everyone in the house in the same way let your light shine before others that they may see your good deeds and glorify your father in Heaven do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets I've not

come to abolish them but to fulfill them 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 therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven for I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the

law you will certainly not enter the Kingdom of Heaven you have heard that it was said to the people long ago you shall not murder and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment but I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment again anyone who says to a brother or sister raaka is answerable to the court and anyone who says you fool will be in danger of the fire of Hell therefore if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother

or sister has something against you leave your gift there in front of the altar first go and be reconciled to them then come and offer your gift settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court do it while you're still together on the way or your adversary May hand you over to the judge and the judge May hand you over to the officer and you may be thrown into prison truly I tell you you will not get out until you have paid the last penny you have heard that it was said You

shall not commit adultery but I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart if your right eye causes you to stumble gouge it out and throw it away it is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell and if your right hand causes you to stumble cut it off and throw it away it is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell it

has been said anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce but I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife except for sexual immorality makes her the victim of adultery and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery again you have heard that it was said to the people long ago do not break your oath but fulfill to the Lord the Oaths you have made but I tell you do not swear an oath at all either by heaven for it is God's Throne or by the Earth for it is his foot

stol or by Jerusalem for it is the city of the great king and do not swear by your head for you cannot make even one hair white or black all you need to say is simply yes or no anything beyond this comes from the evil one you have heard that it was said eye for eye and tooth for tooth but I tell you do not resist an evil person if anyone slaps you on the right cheek turn to them the other cheek also and if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt hand over

your coat as well if anyone forces you to go one mile go with them two miles give to the one who asks you and do do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you you have heard that it was said love your neighbor and hate your enemy but I tell you love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you that you may be children of your father in Heaven he causes his son to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous if you

love those who love you what reward will you get are not even the tax collectors doing that and if you greet only your own people what are you doing more than others do not even pagans do that be perfect therefore as your heavenly father is perfect now there was a Pharisee a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling Council he came to Jesus at night and said Rabbi we know that you are a teacher has come from God for no one could perform the signs you're doing if God were not with

him Jesus replied very truly I tell you no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again how can someone be born when they're old Nicodemus asked surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother's womb to be born Jesus answered very truly I tell you no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the spirit flesh gives birth to flesh but the spirit gives birth to Spirit you should not be surprised at my saying You must be born again the wind blows wherever it pleases

you hear its sound but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going so it is with everyone born of the spirit how can this be Nicodemus asked asked you are Israel's teacher said Jesus and do you not understand these things very truly I tell you we speak of what we know and we testify to what we have seen but still you people do not accept our testimony I have spoken to you of Earthly things and you do not believe how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things no one

has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven the son of man just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness so the son of man must be lifted up that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him for God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life for God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him whoever believes in him is not condemned but

whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only son this is the verdict light has come into the world but people love Darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil everyone who does evil hates the light and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed but whoever lives by the truth comes into the light so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God after this Jesus and his

disciples went out into the Judean Countryside where he spent some time with them and baptized now John also was baptizing at Enon near Salem because there was plenty of water and people were coming and being baptized this was before John was put in prison an argument developed between some of John's disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing they came to John and said to him Rabbi that man who is with you on the other side of the Jordan the one you testified about look he is baptizing and everyone is going to

him to this John replied A person can receive only what is given them from Heaven you yourselves can testify that I said I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him the bride belongs to the bridegroom the friend who attends the bridegroom Waits and listens for him and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice that Joy is mine and it is now complete he must become greater I must become less the one who comes from above is above all the one who is from Earth belongs to the Earth and speaks

as one from the earth the one who comes from Heaven is above all he testifies to what he has seen and heard but no one accepts his testimony Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful for the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God for God gives the spirit without limit The Father loves the son and has placed everything in his hands whoever believes in the sun has eternal life but whoever rejects the sun will not see life for God's Wrath remains on them you have searched me Lord and you

know me you know when I sit and when I Rise you perceive my thoughts from afar you discern my going out and my lying down you are familiar with all my ways before a word is on my tongue you Lord know it completely you hem me in behind and before and you lay your hand upon me such knowledge is too wonderful for me too lofty for me to attain where can I go from your spirit where can I flee from your presence if I go up to the heavens you are there if I make my

bed in the depths you are there if I rise on the wings of the Dawn if I settle on the far side of the sea even there your hand will guide me your right hand will hold me fast if I say surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me even the darkness will not be dark to you the night will shine like the day for dark darkness is as light to you for you created my inmost being you knit me together in my mother's womb I praise you because I am

fearfully and wonderfully made your works are wonderful I know that full well my frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place when I was woven together in the depths of the earth your eyes saw my unformed body all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be how precious to me are your thoughts God how vast is the sum of them were I to count them they would outnumber the grains of sand when I awake I am still with you if only

you God would slay the wicked away from me you who are bloodthirsty they speak of you with evil intent your adversaries misuse your name do I not hate those who hate you Lord and upore those who are in Rebellion against you I have nothing but hatred for them I count them my enemies search me God and know my heart test me and know my anxious thoughts see if there is any offensive way me and Lead Me in the way Everlasting my son if you accept my words and store up my commands within you turning your

ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding indeed if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for Hidden Treasure then you will understand understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God for the Lord gives wisdom from his mouth come knowledge and understanding he holds success in store for the upright he is a shield to those whose way of life is blameless for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his

faithful ones then you will understand what is right and just and fair every good path for wisdom will enter your heart and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul discretion will protect you and understanding will guard you wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men for men whose words are perverse who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways who Delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil evil whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman from

the Wayward woman with her seductive words who has left the partner of her Youth and ignored the Covenant she made before God surely her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the Dead none who go to her return or attain the p Paths of Life thus you will walk in the ways of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous for the upright will live in the land and the blameless will remain in it but the wicked will be cut off from the land and the Unfaithful will be

torn from it shout for joy to God all the Earth sing the glory of his name make his praise is glorious say to God how awesome are your Deeds so great is your power that your enemies cringe before you all the Earth bows down to you they sing praise to you they sing the Praises of your name come and see what God has done his awesome Deeds for mankind he turned the sea into dry land they passed through the waters on foot come let us rejoice in him he rules Forever by his power his eyes

watch the Nations let not the rebellious rise up against him praise our God all peoples let the sound of his praise be heard he has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping for you God tested us you refined us like silver you brought us into prison and laid burdens on our backs you let people ride over our heads we went through fire and water but you brought us to a place of abundance I will come to your temple with burnt offerings and fulfill my vows to you vows my lips promised and my mouth

spoke when I was in trouble I will sacrifice fat animals to you and an offering of rams I will of bulls and goats come and here all you who fear God let me tell you what he has done for me I cried out to him with my mouth his praise was on my tongue if I had cherished sin in my heart the Lord would not have listened but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer praise be to God who has not rejected my my prayer or withheld his love from me one Sabbath Jesus

was going through the corn fields and his disciples began to pick some ears of corn rub them in their hands and eat the grain some of the Pharisees asked why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath Jesus answered them have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry he entered the House of God and taking the consecrated bread he at what is lawful only for priests to eat and he also gave some to his companions then Jesus said to them the son of man is Lord of the Sabbath

on another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath but Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand get up and stand in front of everyone so he got up and stood there then Jesus said to them I ask you which is lawful on the Sabbath to do good or

to do evil to save life or to destroy it he looked around at the allall and then said to the man stretch out your hand he did so and his hand was completely restored but the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were Furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus one of those days Jesus went out to a mountain side to pray and spent the night praying to God when morning came he called his disciples to him and chose 12 of them whom he also designated Apostles Simon whom

he named Peter his brother Andrew James John Phillip Bartholomew Matthew Thomas James son of alfus Simon who was called the Zealot Judas son of James and Judas es scariot who became a traitor he went down with them and stood on a level place a large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea from Jerusalem and from the coastal region around Ty and sidon who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases those troubled by impure Spirits were cured and all the people tried to

touch him because power was coming from him and healing them all looking at his disciples he said blessed are you who are poor for yours is the kingdom of God blessed are you who hunger now for you will be satisfied blessed are you who weep now for you will laugh blessed are you when people hate you when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the son of man rejoice in that day and leap for Joy because great is your reward in heaven for that is how their ancestors treated

the prophets but woe to you who are rich for you have already received your comfort woe to you who are wellfed now for you will go hungry woe to you who laugh now for you will mourn and weep woe to you when everyone speaks well of you for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets but to you who are listening I say love your enemies do good to those who hate hate you bless those who curse you pray for those who ill treat you if someone slaps you on One Cheek turn to them

the other also if someone takes your coat do not withhold your shirt from them give to everyone who asks you and if anyone takes what belongs to you do not demand it back do to others as you would have them do to you if you love those who love you you what credit is that to you even Sinners love those who love them and if you do good to those who are good to you what credit is that to you even Sinners do that and if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment what

credit is that to you even Sinners lend to Sinners expecting to be repaid in full but love your enemies do good to them and lend to them without expecting to get anything back then your reward will be great and you will be Children of the most high because he is kind to The Ungrateful and wicked be merciful just as your father is merciful do not judge and you will not be judged do not condemn and you will not be condemned forgive and you will be forgiven give and it will be given to you a good

measure pressed down shaken together and running over will be poured into your lap for with the measure you use it will be measured to you he also told them this Parable can the blind lead the blind will they not both fall into a pit the student is not above the teacher but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher why do you look at the of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye how can you say to your brother brother let me take the speck

out of your eye when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye you hypocrite first take the plank out of your eye and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye no good tree Bears Bad fruit nor does a bad tree bear good fruit each tree is recognized by its own fruit people do not pick figs from Thorn bushes or grapes from briers a good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil

stored up in his heart for the mouth speaks what the heart is full of why do you call me Lord Lord and do not do what I say as for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice I will show you what they are like they're like a man building a house who dug down deep and laid the foundation on Rock when a flood came the torrent struck that house but could not shake it because it was wellb built but the one who hears my words and does not put

them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation the moment the torrent struck that house it collapsed and its destruction was complete [Music]