June 27

“For the Lord your God has arrived to live among you. He is a mighty Savior. He will give you victory. He will rejoice over you with great gladness; he will love you and not accuse you.” Is that a joyous choir I hear? No, it is the Lord himself exulting over you in happy song. “I have gathered your wounded and taken away your reproach.” Zephaniah 3:17 (TLB)

“For the Lord your God has arrived to live among you. He is a mighty Savior. He will give you victory. He will rejoice over you with great gladness; he will love you and not accuse you.” Is that a joyous choir I hear? No, it is the Lord himself exulting over you in happy song. “I have gathered your wounded and taken away your reproach.” Zephaniah 3:17 (TLB)
 
In a world filled with on-going reports of bad news and sorrow, here in the midst of it all, is great cause for great joy and celebration!  The Lord your God, your Saviour, Redeemer and Friend, has arrived to live among you!
 
He desires to be with you daily, hourly, moment by moment. To heal you, fight for you, defend you, honour and satisfy you with long life.  To take away your sin, sorrow, shame and reproach, removing it as far as the east is from the west, so that you, and He, will remember it no more.  And on top of all of that—He is singing happy songs over you—even now!
 
Songs of joy and gladness, with shouts of victorious celebration, and symphonies of the purest love, to the one who has captured His heart.  Oh beloved of the Most High God, listen with all of your might, incline your ear to heaven’s song, for cherished and chosen one, that’s you!

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