Devot. Gratitiude In Affliction

Hi Folks,

 

I hope you are having a blessed week!

 

I hope you are enjoying our devotional topic on storms and spiritually growing through it.

I'm not trying to depress anyone with the idea of storms and trials, but I'm trying to prepare ahead of time.

 

I've heard the expression, "You are either going through a storm, having gone through one, or about to go through one."

 

It's good to spiritually prepare ourselves ahead of time, for the testing and trials that can come our way, like anyone would prepare for a storm.  I pray that this bolsters you this week!

 

Below is a devot. and also I song I found that was a blessing to my heart.   Lord bless you and yours this week!

 

Devot. https://www.intouch.org/read/magazine/daily-devotions/gratitude-in-affliction  (Used by permission. Taken from https://www.intouch.org/)

 

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQan9L3yXjc

Devot. Troubled Waters

HI Folks,

 

I hope you are having a super week! 

 

The devot. for today is on storms in life-when everything goes up in flour!

 

What types of storms can we go through, what can cause them and how do we get through. 

 

I read the devot. over last week and it convicted my heart.   Pray it does yours as well,

but also encourages you.

 

I also included a song link a found a few days ago that blessed my heart tremendously.

 

Lord bless you and your this week!

 

Devot. https://www.intouch.org/read/blog/troubled-waters (Used by permission.   Taken from https://www.intouch.org/)

 

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqTMJxSA7EM

Devot. When It All Goes Up in Flour

Hi Folks,

I hope you are having a good weekend!  

 

As we continue through the New Year, I'm sure we are all hoping and praying that life will go smoothly, that there will be as few trials and testing as possible, that our loved ones will stay healthy and well.  But life isn't always clear sailing, is it?

 

Proverbs 16:9 says, "A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps."  

We can plan out our lives, but God is the one who ultimately really directs our footsteps.  And sometimes curve balls are sent our way.   At times, those circumstances are our own doing, sometimes God sends them along to try, test and refine our faith, draw us closer to Himself and help us spiritually grow.

 

I know the title of this devot. is interesting, but under the title in the devot. the writer stated, "What to do when life gets messy?"  How do we praise when life is a challenge?   How do we deal with challenges, unexpected circumstances, in a Christ like way?

 

I pray the devot. is an encouragement to your weekend and gives you some godly counsel in this area that will prepare you for when life takes unexpected turns.

 

Lord bless you and yours!

 

 Devot. https://www.intouch.org/read/blog/when-it-goes-up-in-flour   (Used by permission.   Taken from https://www.intouch.org/)

Devot. Glorifying God Through Praise

Hi Folks,

 

I hope you had a good week!

 

The devot. for today is a reminder to give praise to God for all He has done in 2017 and all He can do in 2018.

Psalm 68:19 says, "Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. (Means 'think on this')

Lord bless you this weekend!

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December 31, 2017 Glorifying God Through Praise “Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.” (Psalm 50:23)   The great summarizing commandment of the apostle Paul was, “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). That is, every aspect of our lives should be so ordered as to glorify God in whatever we say and do.   This is a difficult rule to follow, for how do we determine whether such and such an action glorifies God or not? Nevertheless, there is one thing we can do that we can be absolutely certain does glorify Him—that is, offering to Him our praise and our thanks. We should offer praise for His person and work in general, thanks for what He is and does for us in particular. “Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me!”   This is His assurance and our incentive to praise Him in all things. “In every thing give thanks,” says the apostle, “for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18).   On this last day of the year, especially, praise and thanks should pour from our hearts and lips if we would “ordereth our conversation aright.” “Bless the LORD, O my soul,” says the psalmist, “and forget not all his benefits” (Psalm 103:2). Most of us all too commonly tend to forget all His benefits and fret over our troubles and burdens.   If we desire to glorify God, on the other hand, we should recount all our blessings and leave our burdens with Him. In the words of the old hymn: “Count your many blessings, see what God hath done!” Then will “the peace of God, which passeth all understanding” (Philippians 4:7) fill our hearts and minds, enabling the indwelling Holy Spirit to “shew the salvation of God” not only to us, but in us and through us to others. HMM     This email was sent to  | Print this article Unsubscribe | Subscribe

Devot. One More Minute

Hi Folks,

 

I hope you had a good weekend! 

 

What would you do if you found out that you had a day left to live?

 

What would you do in the last minute of your life?  

 

Would you do something for yourself that was temporal, wouldn't last past your lifetime,

or would you do something that would make a difference for the rest of eternity?

 

I've heard the expression, "Only what you do for Christ will last." (Taken from https://www.reference.com/world-view/bible-scripture-states-only-christ-last-ba83ad2a5e8b19e6#)

 

Our life is but a vapor, a mist (James 4:14), it's here and then gone.  How can we make a lasting, eternal difference, with God's help, in 2018?

 

I hope the devot. below will answer some of these questions. Lord bless you and yours this week.

 

Devot. http://www.icr.org/article/one-more-minute (Used by permission.   Taken from http://www.icr.org/)

Devot. All Things New

HI Folks,

 

I hope you had a super week!  

 

This devot. is a reminder that God will make all things new when we get to Heaven and also Scripture states that God will make a new heaven and new earth someday (it's in Scripture, Book of Revelation towards the end of the book, believe me and maybe sometime we will get into that).

 

2 Corinthians 5:17 says that when we have trusted Jesus, as Lord and Saviour, He makes us a brand new creation from the inside out. He gives me  brand new start on life.   Hold onto this reminder as we start the new year.   God is giving us a brand new year, He's giving us a fresh start to walk with Him.  

Lord bless you this week!

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January 1, 2018 All Things New “And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.” (Revelation 21:5)   The coming of a new year is a good time to consider that glorious time to come when Christ will make everything new again. In the present age, all things “shall wax old as doth a garment” (Hebrews 1:11) under the bondage of the universal law of decay and death; indeed “the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now” (Romans 8:22).   “Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness” (2 Peter 3:13). There, in the “new Jerusalem,” we shall each have “a new name” and sing “a new song” (Revelation 21:2; 2:17; 5:9). We shall have new bodies, “fashioned like unto his glorious body” (Philippians 3:21), and a new dwelling place, prepared by Christ Himself among the “many mansions” in His “Father’s house” (John 14:2).   And all the old and dying things will be completely and forever gone. “There shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away” (Revelation 21:4). “And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away” (Isaiah 35:10).   What a “Happy New Year” that will be! In the meantime, we have His “new covenant” and have each been made “a new creature” in Christ (Hebrews 12:24; Galatians 6:15). Since all His words “are true and faithful,” we know His promises are sure. Therefore, already, “old things are passed away; behold all things are become new” through faith in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). HMM

Devot. The New Year

Hi Folks,

 

I pray you had a very blessed Christmas and New Years.

 

Well, here we are 2018.  A whole new year ahead of us.  Only the Lord knows what is in store, but if we walk with Him in our daily lives, trust Him more, listen to Him, read His Word and seek HIS will, our steps will be directed in the way He wishes us to go.

 

"The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way."   Psalm 37:23

We are not alone, He is with us in 2018.

 

God spoke to Joshua and said, "Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest."  Joshua 1:9

 

Pray the devot. below will be a blessing to your heart this week.

Devot. https://www.intouch.org/read/from-pastors-heart/january-2018 (Used by permission.   Taken from https://www.intouch.org/)

 

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI7JYSw-gOU