Thursday, October 31, 2019

God Hears The Consistantly Righteous

He Hears our prayers and those prayers matter to him.

If you don't believe me, well maybe Joyce can change your mind and find encouragement throughout the word's written below.

God Bless.

God Hears the Consistently Righteous

by Joyce Meyer

The Lord…hears the prayer of the [consistently] righteous (the upright, in right standing with Him). - Proverbs 15:29

God promises in today’s verse that He will hear our prayers if we seek to be faithful in our walk with Him. What does it mean to be “consistently righteous”? Simply put, I think the best way to be consistently righteous is to refuse to compromise. A person who compromises is someone who tends to go along with what everybody else wants to do, even though it may not be totally right. A compromiser knows when something is not right, but does it anyway and hopes to get away with it. We compromise when we know in our hearts—and even have the conviction of the Holy Spirit—that we should not say or do a certain thing and then do it anyway. We are saying, “God is showing me what to do, but I’m going to do what I want to.” In that case, we can blame only ourselves if we do not see the results we would like. When we refuse to compromise and devote ourselves to being consistently righteous to the best of our ability, God sees our hearts, hears our prayers, and answers us. God’s word for you today: If you refuse to compromise, you will put a smile on God’s face.

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Quote Of The Day - I Challenge You

Here is one for the books!

God Bless.

Quote of the Day

-Joyce Meyer

“I challenge you to make up your mind right now to do something great for God.”

-Joyce Meyer, The Confident Woman Devotional: 365 Daily Inspirations

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Begin With Submission

God is the master of creation, so, what does that mean for you and me?

He ain't done creating and building our lives for His glory even though we may think He is or we can't see His building.

Let's not loose heart or our faith for although we may have trails and tribulations He is still God, the Creator of everything.

Gos Bless.

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." (Genesis 1:1)

Devotional

God's amazing ability to create the universe in perfect harmony and design at His command, demonstrates the amazing power of our great God. The detail of the smallest, most seemingly insignificant creation demonstrates God's abundant love. We are called to submit in worship to the Sovereign God of love and truth, our Creator, in whose image we are made (v. 27). And yet, to know who we really are and what our purpose is, we dare not look to "created things". We must look in faith to the Sovereign God and accept the truth He gives us through His Word. In Him alone we will know who we are and find our purpose.

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Monday, October 28, 2019

Quote Of The Day - Have You Decided

Trust, the new normal no matter how hard we have to work for it.

Have courage and keep on trecking for in the end, it will be worth it.

God Bless.

Quote of the Day

-Joyce Meyer

“Trust in Him Have you decided to enjoy today? Trust that God is with you every day, in every moment—the big moments and the ordinary—and He wants you to enjoy them”

-Joyce Meyer, Trusting God Day by Day: 365 Daily Devotions

Friday, October 25, 2019

Obedience Brings Success

If you think obedience doesn't matter, well then don't come running to me when the sh@t hit's the fan and you begin to reap what you sow.

Let's just face it, it is better to obey then go a stray and if you need more proge, then let this little devotional sink in and open your eyes and ears.

God Bless.

Obedience Brings Success

by Joyce Meyer

Every Scripture is God-breathed (given by His inspiration) and profitable for instruction, for reproof and conviction of sin, for correction of error and discipline in obedience, [and] for training in righteousness (in holy living, in conformity to God’s will in thought, purpose, and action). — 2 Timothy 3:16

The Bible says that we will reap what we sow. The dividing line between success and failure is doing what God tells us to do. We pray for fruit in our lives, but we don’t always want to pray for roots. If we want our days to go right, we need to do whatever God tells us to do. If we don’t walk in obedience, then we can’t complain if we wind up in a mess. If we are lonely and God tells us to invite somebody over, but we decide it is too much trouble, then we will stay lonely. Obedience brings the fruit of the Spirit in your life. Dig deep into God’s Word before you walk away from blessings today.

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Enduring To The End

Love this! Enduring is the name of the game and may we do it with grace, mercy, and in His love.

Enduring because we have people who are watching to see what the hope we have in us is all about.

Enduring is indeed the name of the game for the kingdom of God awaits to hear well done thy good and faithful servant.

God Bless.

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?" (Romans 8:35)

Devotional

A great test of your love for the Lord is not the passion we have for following Him, but the endurance. No matter how much you love the Lord, there will be situations that will make you waver or shrink despite the confidence you have in Him. And yet, throughout these times of failures, God never leaves nor forsakes you. Examine the relationships in your life, are you trusting in passion, feelings and good times to keep them steady, or will you, with God's strength, endure the trials, stay the course, exhibit love and endure to the end?

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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Wolves And Sheep

This is a crazy world we live in and it doesn't appear to be getting any less crazier.

We can loose hope or our way in any direction we take. We can slip up without even really knowing we lost our way.

The only way to keep our heads is to know the word and to keep getting encouragement from little devotional's like this one.

Be encouraged for our God reigns and will keep us as long as we are steadfast in our faith in the One who keeps the sun and moon.

God Bless.

"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheeps clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves." (Matthew 7:15)

Devotional

Jesus gives us a word picture here to demonstrate to us the need for spiritual discernment in the church. Men and women need to know the Scriptures and search them like the Bereans did, in order to accurately determine, whether the things being taught are true. Women can be supportive and instrumental with confronting and challenging bad doctrines. This can only be done effectively however when they understand the doctrines themselves and learn God's Word and what it says about dealing with doctrinal discords within the church. The importance and authority of God's Word will be preserved and it will expose wolves in sheep's clothing.

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Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Get Fit

May we not wait for the New Year to get it together but we must start now for there isn't much time left before Jesus' return.

He needs healthy warriors to go.out and win the battle that is raging like never before.

God Bless.

Get Fit by

Joyce Meyer

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control. - 2 Timothy 1:7 “Every athlete who goes into training conducts himself temperately and restricts himself in all things” (1 Corinthians 9:25, emphasis mine). That word all is a difficult concept for us to grasp. We need to live a disciplined life, physically, spiritually, and emotionally, if we want to enjoy God’s plan for us. The fruit of the Spirit is self-control, and the fruit of the flesh is no control. Paul said, I buffet my body [handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships] and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit [not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit] (1 Corinthians 9:27).

Monday, October 21, 2019

How To Fight Anxiety

Anxiety and fear...the Christian Kryptonite. Or can be if we let it and let's be honest, I have let these two things into my life and let me tell you, they have latched onto my mind and are not willing to let go of their home.

It's an awful feeling and a ugly place to live in and that is why God sends little devotional's like this one to keep me moving forward so I don't loose my faith.

I want to be an encourager to others thus, the reason for sharing this little devotional as well as others. If we don't take care of each other, the light will grow dim as the darkness overcomes the world and I am not sure I can live with that.

God Bless.

[Cast] all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. (1 Peter 5:7) Psalm 56:3 says, “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.”

Notice: it does not say, “I never struggle with fear.” Fear strikes, and the battle begins. So the Bible does not assume that true believers will have no anxieties. Instead, the Bible tells us how to fight when they strike. For example, 1 Peter 5:7 says, “[Cast] all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.” It does not say, you will never feel any anxieties. It says, when you have them, cast them on God. When the mud splatters your windshield and you temporarily lose sight of the road and start to swerve in anxiety, turn on your wipers and squirt your windshield washer. So my response to the person who has to deal with feelings of anxiety every day is to say: that’s more or less normal. At least it is for me, ever since my teenage years. The issue is: How do we fight them? The answer to that question is: we fight anxieties by fighting against unbelief and fighting for faith in future grace.

And the way you fight this “good fight” (1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7) is by meditating on God’s assurances of future grace and by asking for the help of his Spirit. The windshield wipers are the promises of God that clear away the mud of unbelief, and the windshield washer fluid is the help of the Holy Spirit. The battle to be freed from sin — including the sin of anxiety — is fought “by the Spirit and belief in the truth” (2 Thessalonians 2:13). The work of the Spirit and the word of truth.

These are the great faith-builders. Without the softening work of the Holy Spirit, the wipers of the word just scrape over the blinding clumps of unbelief on the windshield. Both are necessary: the Spirit and the word. We read the promises of God and we pray for the help of his Spirit. And as the windshield clears so that we can see the welfare that God plans for us (Jeremiah 29:11), our faith grows stronger and the swerving of anxiety straightens out.

-Author Unknown

Friday, October 18, 2019

Share Each Other's Burdens

This little devotional is a good encouragement for any who has been married for only a few months to 50 years.

We all know marriage is hard and there are times when you want to slap your spouse just to look at them but you just can't do that unless you want to rock that orange jumpsuit.

So, you need to be remembered at times to be a supportive as much as you can and this little devotional will help you do just that.

God Bless.

Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. (NLT) -Galatians 6:2

Do you know how much burden your spouse is carrying? It’s easier to connect and grow together when hardships and stress are balanced between you and your spouse. Don’t let this tilt too much in either direction. Make an effort to check in and help where you can. If the heavier load is on your end, be mindful of how the imbalance is affecting your love and patience. Then work towards the middle and you will please God.

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Thursday, October 17, 2019

Satisfy Your Thirst

Nothing is worst than being thirsty and not being able to satisfy it.

However, we live in a time when we can get something real fast when thw thirst urge comes upon us. There seems to be vending machines on every corner but there are times when your in the desert with no vending machines in sight.

And it is in those moments, we have to remember who we are and why we live the way we do.

May we always drink from the well that will never run dry and will always appear in the desert as well as any place you may need it.

God Bless.

Satisfy Your Thirst

by Joyce Meyer

I am the Bread of Life. He who comes to Me will never be hungry, and he who believes in and cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me will never thirst any more (at any time). - John 6:35

We all thirst for more of God, but if you don’t know He is what you are craving, you can be easily misled. Instead, if you set your mind on seeking God—if you give Him first place in your desires, thoughts, and choices—your thirst will truly be quenched and you will not be led astray. David spoke of this longing for the Lord in Psalm 42:2, saying, My inner self thirsts for God, for the living God. You are to search after God like a thirsty man in the desert. What does a thirsty man think about? Nothing but water! He isn’t concerned about anything else but finding what it takes to quench his thirst. Tonight, God is saying to you, “Here I am, seek Me, I have everything you need.”

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

The People Of Israel Mingle

Be the light! The world needs light! The world doesn't need people who don't know how to deal with them and their sins so they toss them to the side because they may be a little different than you.

Be the light! And not their judge and jury for heaven is already on it.

God Bless.

The people of Israel mingle with godless foreigners, making themselves as worthless as a half-baked cake! Worshiping foreign gods has sapped their strength, but they don't even know it. (NLT) -Hosea 7:8-9

If you're a believer, you know that non-believers surround us all the time. Instead of being influenced by others to do ungodly things, be a light to others by demonstrating godly behavior. We all have a nemesis, or perhaps a not-so-favorite person. Instead of avoiding them or being short with them, give them a compliment or simply say something nice. In other words, be a light!

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Confess To One Another

I love this. Although this little devotional is meant for women to pray for tbeir husband's but I believe this little devotional can be used for men to help with praying for their wives.

I believe, this little devotional should be, and can be, used for everyone you come into contact with.

We need to quit giving the enemy any more gound and take back what was given to you and this little devotional will be the encouragement you need to keep on praying for those around you.

God Bless.

“Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working]” James 5:16, Amplified.

With all of the challenges my husband and I faced over the 21 years that we have been together, one reason I stayed with him was because I didn’t want to leave and someone else reap the benefits of all the prayers I have prayed for him. I knew God was going to transform his life, I just didn’t know when. I knew God would help him learn how to lead our family, but I didn’t know when. I knew God was going to show my husband how to be the man He called him to be, I just didn’t know how or when. I prayed for him more than I prayed for myself, and God has answered my prayers. A trick of the enemy is to cause a woman to become so hardened in her heart towards a man that she no longer prays for him with compassion and faith. Her heart is so angry that her once humble and sweet prayers turn into a bitter venting session about what he is and is not doing. For a real man to change, it requires the hand of God. No matter how good the sex is, how good the cooking is, how fine your body is, or how encouraging your words are in his ears, it takes the power of God’s Holy Spirit working in a man’s heart and mind to bring true change. It also requires your faith and your patience. I believe that every man wants to be the man God created him to be, he just doesn’t know how. Keep praying and interceding for him in your alone time with God. Declare that he is a Psalms 112 man and other scriptures God leads you to declare over his life. He may be a good man, but God desires to make him into His man who He can use to fulfill His purpose and plan. God is no respecter of persons. What He has done for me and countless of others, He will do for you!

Prayer: Father God, thank you for ministering to my heart. I pray for the man you have given me. Way before he was mine, he belonged to you. You love him far more than I ever could. I ask that you cause him to see himself the way you see him. Open his heart to receive your love and your wisdom. Teach him how to lead our family. Help me to believe the truth of your Word and to be patient. Help me to be the wife he needs and to see him the way you see him. Make him into the man you destined him to be. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Read Romans 8:34; Hebrews 10:36

Recommended Resources: “The Power of a Praying Wife” by Stormie Omartian

-Author Unknown

Monday, October 14, 2019

Quote Of The Day - An Affirmation

I don't know about you but I needed this and I have it written down, strung up, and I am beginning to speak this out over my life and in my family's life. I am looking forward in seeing what God will do.

Let faith arise!

God Bless.

Quote of the Day

-Joyce Meyer

“An affirmation to say everyday: The healing power of God is working in me right now. Eveyr day I get better and better in every way.”

– Joyce Meyer

Friday, October 11, 2019

Good Words

I know I have said it before and I'm going to say it now....preach it, Joyce.

We need to learn and accept that words have power. Nothing may come from them at the time they are spoken or a day later, or even in day's and years to come but somewhere they will come back either to haunt us or bring blessing.

May we always seek to be blessing in every area of our lives and in the lives of others.

God Bless.

Good Words

by Joyce Meyer

Speak out to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, offering praise with voices [and instruments] and making melody with all your heart to the Lord. - Ephesians 5:19

The King James Version translates today's verse: Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. I like to apply this Scripture both ways. The way I speak to myself is important, and the way I speak to others is important, too. It is easy to fall into the trap of talking about negative things, problems, disappointments, and struggles. But none of that helps us stay filled with the Sprit and none of that reflects what the Holy Spirit wants to speak to us because He is not negative in any way. Even when He speaks to us about a problem, He speaks to bring a solution; and when He speaks to us about difficult situations, He does so to bring us comfort and strength. The more we think and talk about our problems, the weaker we become, but we are strengthened as we talk and think about Jesus and His promises to us. Life is not always easy; we all face difficulties at times. God has filled us with His Spirit to enable us to do difficult things with ease. When you are going through a hard time, keep your ear tuned in to the voice of God. Speak the positive things God says to you through His Word and through the voice of His Spirit in your heart. We all feed on our own words so it is very important to speak good words that are full of life.

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Praying From A Victorious Perspective

Love this and what this little devotional is trying to convey.

After reading this, our mindset has to change from a negative one and everything is out to destroy me to a victory perspective where we will live our lives knowing the King of King has defeated everything and everyone that will try to destroy us.

In essence, we have to live our best life and expect miracles at any given moment.

God Bless.

Praying from a Victorious Perspective

For each of us, life will involve many ups and downs, trials and tribulations, winds and waves. This is the normal Christian life: “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God” (Acts 14:22 NIV).

In God’s economy, our hardships work for us, not against us. But the outcome does not depend on our own strength. Christ’s victory: this is the perspective from which we must live and pray. This perspective keeps our prayers from falling to the ground before they strike their intended target. Like court heralds, we proclaim God’s sovereign greatness and we announce good news. (Well, it is bad news to the demonic forces over whom Jesus has won the victory.) As we intercede, we praise God and exalt His strength—and we remind Him of His promises. Tirelessly and persistently, we petition Him. By entering into His presence through our praises and reminding everyone within earshot (including ourselves) of His powerful benevolence, we shift into asking Him for what we need. Because we are praying with a heavenly perspective, enforcing the victory won by Christ’s shed blood, we are enabled to intercede and pray prayers that strike the mark. From a position of victory, we pray prayers of victory. We proclaim the all-sufficiency of our God and we draw heaven’s blessings down to earth. We pray expecting God and His angels to break up the darkness with the brilliant light of His glory. Do we see His glory every time? No. Often, we pray in the dark. But we keep on praying because He has furnished us with indomitable faith.

Eventually, our prayers shift again. I can’t tell you how this happens or how quickly it will occur. All I know is that there comes a time when you actually stop asking. This is because of an almost fierce and well-won peace that, even when the darkness still seems to prevail, makes you sure that your prayers have been heard and God’s best answers are bound for their destination. You start to thank Him and praise Him for the provision that may not yet be visible, confident that in due time, it will become manifest. At that point, all you can do is praise Him anew, and you do. Your prayers are striking the mark!

-Author Unknown

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

The Faces Of Prayer

This is a great guide and insight into prayer.

Love, love, love this. I plan on using it to help break down as well as heightened my prayer life.

May you find something that will enhance your prayer life as well.

God Bless.

The Faces of Prayer

Various believers have identified a wealth of valid variations in intercessory prayer. Like everything else in our experience of living in the Spirit, these prayer categories can overlap and color each other. Yet highlighting them individually can be very useful as we explore our options. Elizabeth (Beth) Alves, who is sometimes called “the grandma of the prayer shield,” is one of those believers who has identified varieties of prayer anointing. I must give her credit for the twelve intercessor “specialties” that follow:

1. General Intercessors love to use prayer lists. Throughout the categories of intercessors that follow, you will always find general intercessors faithfully praying by this method.

2. Personal Intercessors do not pray as much for projects, crises, or groups of people as they do for specific people.

3. Financial Intercessors have been given a gift of faith specifically for finances—for individuals, ministries, cities, and regions.

4. Crisis Intercessors pray for short-term, emergency situations, such as natural catastrophes, serious sicknesses, or wars.

5. Spiritual Warfare Intercessors pray to thwart the devil’s works of darkness in Jesus’s great name.

6. Worship Intercessors engage in concerted praise and worship, creating a holy flow that causes inspired intercession to pour forth.

7. Governmental Intercessors feel called to pray consistently, persistently, and enthusiastically for state, national, and international leaders, by name.

8. People Group and Missions Intercessors have an unquenchable passion to pray for those who have never heard the gospel message.

9. Salvation and Revival Intercessors pray fervently for people to come to Christ, obey Him, and make a sustained commitment to Him.

10. Israel Intercessors are “watchmen” who pray for the peace of Jerusalem, for the Middle East, and for God’s purposes among the Jewish people worldwide.

11. Church and Leadership Intercessors pray for the unity and revival of the church and for a hedge of protection around the leaders of the community of believers with whom they are connected.

12. Prophetic Intercessors pray with whatever particular focus the Holy Spirit gives them. They are the ones who listen and hear, look and see, and feel the burden of the Lord.

I am amazed when I see how prayers that strike the mark take on many different faces, expressions, and anointings of the Holy Spirit depending on the circumstances. Even if you start to feel you have it all figured out, your prayer expression will change from one season of your life to another. None of us can pray in every way for everything. But together, we can do it.

Let’s get on board with it! It is always time to pray, all the time and in all different ways—all for the sake of God’s great name. May His kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven!

-Author Unknown

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Then The Lord Said To Me

He loves us! Thank you, Lord!

Now may we believe and live by it so that we can be a testimony of His love bringing others into the kingdom.

God Bless.

Then the LORD said to me, “Go and love your wife again, even though she commits adultery with another lover. This will illustrate that the LORD still loves Israel, even though the people have turned to other gods and love to worship them.” (NLT) -Hosea 3:1

God’s love is relentless. It pursues us despite the ugly sin that goes against the very nature of God. What amazing news! Even when we feel we’ve committed the worst of sins the Lord still loves us.

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Monday, October 7, 2019

So Many People Are Wandering Like Lost Sheep

I'm just going to leave the words of this little devotional right here so they may be soaked up and to shine light into our lives showing us just how much God love us.

God Bless.

...So my people are wandering like lost sheep; they are attacked because they have no shepherd. (NLT) -Zechariah 10:2

Do you ever feel as though you are just wandering through life? Without a shepherd in our lives, we leave ourselves vulnerable to attack. Attacks from others and even attacks against ourselves can come our way. Make room in your life for God to provide purpose and direction.

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Friday, October 4, 2019

Bearing Fruit

This is our commission for worse or for better.

God Bless.

Bearing Fruit

by Joyce Meyer

You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you [I have planted you], that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting [that it may remain, abide], so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], He may give it to you.
—John 15:16
The Bible says that we are blessed if our confidence is in the Lord. We will be like trees planted by the waters that continue to bear fruit (See Jeremiah 17:7–8).
I admit that sometimes, at the end of a day, we may feel that all of our fruit has been picked! But God will replenish us if we abide in Him. If we put our trust in God, we will bear all kinds of fruit, and will have new fruit to share with others every morning.

Thursday, October 3, 2019

Look At Jesus

He is all we need....begin, continue, and always look to Him for everything life throws at you and everything in between.

God Bless.

Look at Jesus

by Joyce Meyer

And the Lord said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent [of bronze] and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.
—Numbers 21:8
At one point in Israel’s history, Israelites were dying in large numbers because a plague of snakes came upon them and were biting them as a result of their sin (see Numbers 21:6). What did their leader, Moses, do? He prayed. To solve the problem, Moses turned his attention immediately to God, not to himself or anyone else.
I have found that victorious people in the Bible faced their problems with prayer. They did not worry; they prayed. I ask you today: Do you worry or do you take your needs to God in prayer? Moses sought God about how to handle the snakes. He did not make his own plan and ask God to bless it; he did not try to figure out an answer in his mind, nor did he worry. He prayed, and his action brought a response from God. God told Moses to make a bronze serpent, set it on a pole and put it in front of the people. Every snake-bitten person who looked at it would live. The New Testament tells us this action represented the cross and Jesus’ taking our sin upon Himself: “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert [on a pole], so must . . . the Son of Man be lifted up [on the cross], in order that everyone who believes in Him . . . may not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:14, 15).
You and I still sin today, but the message of the bronze serpent still applies: “Look and live.” Look at Jesus and at what He has done, not at yourself and what you have done or can do. Hebrews 12:2 has great advice: “Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith . . .” The answer to your problem, whatever it may be, is not worry, but praying and trusting that Jesus is leading you.
Love God Today: Look to Jesus for the answer to every problem that you have! He loves it when you lean on Him.

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Future Things

I love to think and be challenged. And this little devotional is one for the bbn books.

God Bless

Future Things

As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God

- Romans 14:11-12

Today there are many who are blatantly shaking their fists in the face of God, daring him to judge them for their evil works, by either denying his existence or justifying their right to sin. But it will not always be so.

There is coming a day, says the all-powerful God, when every knee will bow and every tongue will be made to confess that I AM God. There will be no exceptions. No legs are strong enough to stand in His presence, no argument or will is forceful enough to deny the overpowering authority of the Creator.

There will be no place to hide when all the world is burning and there will be no excuse when everything is already known. Every one of us will give an account for every one of our actions before the just and holy God.

While this is a fearsome thought for any of us to consider, there are two possible responses to it: we can either be sobered by and submit to it, or we can reject it and be unaffected by it. What is your response?

Do you walk and think and act in the realization that we live our lives coram Deo, before the face of God, and that you will give an account one day to the Lord? Do you bow your knee voluntarily to him now, knowing that one day ever knee will bow?

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Five Ways To Trust God With Your Burdens

For all of us who care our burdens close to our heart.

God Bless.

Five Ways to Trust God with Your Burdens

by Joyce Meyer

If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him.
—James 1:5
There are many practical ways that you can trust God with your burdens on a daily basis. Here are five I want to suggest you apply to your life because I’ve seen the difference they can make.
Ask. You will be amazed at what a huge difference it makes to directly invite God into your life to help solve your problems. It’s astonishing how few people actually try this—even Christians! You need to take the time to quiet your mind and open it to God as you ask for His wisdom.
Attend Church. Some people manage to maintain very special relationships with the Lord for years without any support. They are few and far between. Most of us find that the weekly boost of prayer, Bible study, community, and sacred space we get at church gives us a far stronger bond. If you are struggling for ways to make contact with God, and you haven’t tried church yet, don’t put it off anymore.
Attend a Support Group. Support groups exist for a variety of problems, from alcohol to drug addiction to overeating. If you work best when you can share your struggle with others who are going through the same thing, then I encourage you to seek out one of these groups.
Begin Each Day with an Affirmation.First thing when you wake up in the morning, before all the busyness of the day comes flying at you, take a moment to renew your vows to God and refresh your spirit with His strength. This will give you the mental and emotional peace that is the foundation of success.
Pray in Moments of Doubt. No matter who you are, you will find moments when your determination weakens. When you get that feeling, don’t quit, but don’t blindly bull forward with the activity, either. Step back, take a moment, and call on God to come to you and carry you through.
Trust in Him: Choose at least one action you can take to begin trusting God with your burdens and start that action today.