Trust Me with every fiber of your being! What I can accomplish in and through you is proportional to how much you depend on Me. One aspect of this is the degree to which you trust Me in a crisis or major decision. Some people fail miserably here, while others are at their best in tough times. Another aspect is even more telling: the constancy of your trust in Me. People who rely on Me in the midst of adversity may forget about Me when life is flowing smoothly. Difficult times can jolt you into awareness of your need for Me, whereas smooth sailing can lull you into the stupor of self-sufficiency.Psalm 40:4
I care as much about your tiny trust-steps through daily life as about your dramatic leaps of faith. You may think that no one notices, but the One who is always beside you sees everything--and rejoices. Consistently trusting in Me is vital to flourishing in My Presence.
English Standard Version
Blessed is the man who makes
the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
to those who go astray after a lie!
Psalm 56:3-4
English Standard Version
3 When I am afraid,
I put my trust in you.
4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?
I put my trust in you.
4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?
Psalm 62:8
English Standard Version
Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah
Isaiah 26:3-4
English Standard Version
3 You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
4 Trust in the Lord forever,
for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
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whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
4 Trust in the Lord forever,
for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
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Heavenly Father, I love you, praise you and worship you. I thank you for always being there for me, in good times as well as hard times. While I am consistent in turning to you during troubled times, I am all too often, guilty of self sufficiency during the good times and often taking credit for my life going well. I pray that during these good times that I give you thanks and praise, keeping you in my heart and to remain humble in your presence.
ReplyDeleteWonderful devotion today. Thanks Jeff! Joining in your sincere and honest prayer. I must always give Him the glory for every good work I produce even if it is just a good dinner or yummy cookies. We do all things better through Him and in Him. Let us not get lazy in praising Him in the smooth and easy times as well as the hard times.
DeleteThank you Jeff! Amen.
DeleteYes echoing Jeff's prayer still in 2021 thank you father for all you do in our lifes I lift up all my community that our laying their loved ones to rest in Jesus'sholy name Amen....
DeleteAmen
DeleteAmen! I want to be connected and trusting him in all things, Always! Heavenly Father help me maintain my steadfastness and Faith in You!🙏🙏🙏❤️
DeleteYes please! Amen!
DeleteAmen!
DeleteAmen Jeff!
DeleteGod i believe in you I talk to you I go to church I try to do right so is it that I'm losing trust that's why my family is in trouble please help me understand god.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
ReplyDeletePraying for you and your family.��
DeleteIn perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago. Isaiah 25:1
Unknown, unknown you say..."God i believe in you I talk to you I go to church I try to do right...." This IS what pleases God. Try not to see any "troubles" as God being displeased. You HAVE faith, this faith will help with trust. Your believe does please God. I pray for you this day, and each day. Amen
ReplyDeleteThe prophets often spoke of the glory of the Lord filling the temple. Then one day, a poor couple with a new born child entered the temple (Luke 2:22-40) to fulfill the letter of the Law concerning a first born child. And the glory of the Lord was filling the temple. The only two people recorded that noticed it were Simeon and Anna, two very devout people who held as a priority in their lives, seeking God and His will for the world. Because they each had honed their heart with prayer and worship, they picked up on the Holy Spirit’s movement. They epitomized everything our readings and scripture references call us to and as a result, when the glory of the Lord filled the temple in an unexpected way, they caught it while everyone else was oblivious to what was going on. May these two individuals model for us a spiritual posture that is our heart’s desire.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Bob. I was reading about them recently and pondering how extraordinary they are. I appreciate this insight about how they caught this move of the Spirit!!
Delete#METOO! Today, one of my Bible readings was 1 Corinthians 2, which said in part... Only those who have The Holy Spirit within them can understand what The Holy Spirit means. The Spiritual person has insight into everything...Thank you Simeon and Anna for your inspiration to help shape our heart's desire.
DeleteAmen! Anna had devoted her whole life to serving others and Simeon was a righteous and faithful servant of God just waiting for baby Jesus to appear so his life on earth could be complete. May we all have their hearts of fervent love and devotion.
DeleteAmen Brie! May His Spirit within us bring us closer to Him every day so we too will be called good and faithful servants.
Amen! Praise be our Lord who gave us the gift of the Holy Spirit to better do our work on earth.
DeleteOur life is complete too, just as Simeon's when we see God's salvation- Jesus.
DeleteBeautiful
DeleteI Need you always Father God
ReplyDeleteDear Jesus, you are my "everlasting rock!" KS
ReplyDeleteThank You Lord for blessing me to see this last Sunday of 2019. All Praise and glory to Your Holy name.
ReplyDeleteHaving been disappointed so many times by people I trusted, I find it didficult to trust anyone and as I walk with the Lord, I know He is the ONLY One that I can trust, no matter what curve ball life deals me. He deserves my trust!
When life is often hard, God is always good. His love for us is unfailing and unconditional. He is infinitely compassionate and benevolent.
God loves us so much and has obligated himself to help us through our afflictions while producing goodness from them, and handling them as he deems best. Such as granting us His peace, hope, comfort, strength and stamina, as we walk in harmony with him.
Sometimes when we experience loss, hardships, sufferings, silence from God etc..., we can raise doubts about God that may make us reluctant to trust him. Our suffering is not evidence that God is untrustworthy. It is the inevitable consequence of the sin that infects the world.
God’s promise of help, never leaving us nor forsaking us, is our trust in him during distress. However, He does not always alleviate our problems as we would like or as we expect from Him (read Isaiah 43:2), but we can rest assure that He will reduce our sufferings when we encounter them, by improving our adverse circumstances in accordance with the objectives of His plans for us.
When life is good, trust God, when life is hard, trust God. He is present with us. He knows everything about us, cares about us and He has the resources to help us. He has obligated himself to help us.
Prov. 3:5-6 tells us to:
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths".
No matter what mountain is standing before you or what dark valley you are in, TRUST HIM! 2 more days for your cross over to 2020, He has brought you thus far!
Stay blessed.
Maplewood NJ
Love to you, Maplewood. Thank you for reminding me that 'no matter what mountain is standing before' me, He has brought me thus far. Praying for you. Praying your loved ones appreciate the great woman of God you are.
DeleteSo beautifully said Maplewood. Amen 🙏.
DeleteGreat insight here, Maplewood! I am preparing my list of 2020 blessings and gratitude for the passing into 2021 with trust at the top of the list.
DeleteAs I was preparing my long list of 20/20 Blessings, to share with you on Jan 1, occasionally, other than blessing thoughts crept in. I listed them separately to go on the burn pile New Year's Eve.
DeleteI believe He brought us this far, to be with us the last mile of The Way! I am blessed and thankful that all of us are hilding hands with each other and with him in making the trip together, free of airport security!
OOPS! ...HOLDING hands...
DeleteOh! Well!
Amen dear Maplewood. My peace and joy is from the Lord and in Him I trust completely. I am richly blessed in Him in all situations. He is forever at my side and has been with me through thick and thin. What a friend I have in Jesus! I praise Him in the sweet times as I rejoice in Him, and I walk with Him through the scary ones holding tight onto His Unchanging Hand. I trust Him like no other with every fiber of my being and I stake my life on the truthfulness of His Words.
DeleteLoved that Brie! We sure are here holding hands together in trust, gratitude and love.
Brie, we are all in the ✔️ pre tsa line. Continued prayers for this family of mine as we approach departure. Thank you Jesus for coming to save in all your glory!
DeleteAmen, thanks Maplewood, with 2022 on the horizon. God IS in control.
DeleteHappy New Year dear Maplewood! Still blessed and encouraged by your wonderful and sincere posts. Thank you dear sister.
DeleteAmen Peter! God is in control and always will be.
Dear Lord, thank You for directing me to this blog and "meeting" this wonderful JC Family. After reading today's devotion, I realize as a child I would tend to go to God in good, easy times, but maybe not so much in difficult times. As an a adult, I have tended to turn to God in the really tough times, but have acted more self-sufficient in the normal, day-to-day times.
ReplyDeleteWith all of the hardships over the past few/several years, I have finally embraced Jesus in good times and bad and have fully realized He is always by my side helping me get through every single moment. Thank You for your patience with me, Jesus! I am human and still make errors, but I am humbled that You are there for me no matter what. Jesus, I trust in You.
I had a couple of difficult days on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day; and upon reflecting, I think it was because I expected to not feel or experience any of my worldly problems because it was a day to celebrate Jesus, and my problems kept creeping in. Thank you, Jesus, for knowing my heart each day, and for helping me realize it is okay to have my feelings. I continued to redirect my focus and feelings on the beauty of your birth, and made it through with thanksgiving. Jesus, I trust in You!
LCA - Any news on Juan Carlos? I'm praying.
Bob Malsack - as others have said, welcome back! I enjoy reading your past comments and look forward to reading those posted in the future; your words have been a blessing!
Sassy Mom - praying for your neighbor and for all with broken relationships. I will go back and reread- have you heard if the doctor's have removed all of Lisa's cancer?
Norah - thank you so much for your posts. They seem so relatable and always seem to help me.
Love the accelerator/brakes relationship analogy. I also enjoyed reading about salting the oats. Very nice image for me to hold onto.
Saying prayers today for each JC Family Member on here and those who read and pray behind the scenes!
Jesus, I am a continual work in progress and I will work daily to Trust YOU with every fiber of my being. Thank you for everything! Amen. CO
Anonymous CO - No news from Lisa. Hopefully I will see her in church this morning. Thanks for your contribution to JC. Love, prayers and blessings to Warriors.
DeleteGood to hear from you CO; I'm praying for you and your family. Juan Carlos has a fatty liver and needs to lose weight per his dr. that read results, my daughter will talk to oncall dr. that ordered tests. I'm relieved considerably and I thank you and JC Warriors for your prayers. Jesus you are our refuge and we trust in you.
DeleteThank you for your prayers and blessings, dear CO. Praying with you and for you and your family, and for your problems to be resolved. God knows them all and loves you so much. We are all works in progress. We fall and our loving Father picks us up and brushes us off. I feel we see the Lord much more clearly in the valleys. He indeed is always with us. I too must strive to stay in His presence. I always ask Him to remind me to do so. In Him I have all I need and I am made complete. God bless you always. Much love.
DeletePRAISE REPORT ON LISA!!!! VICTORY IN JESUS. Just received text from Lisa. "Doctor removed all cancer but still have to have treatments. It is a blessing! In a lot of pain yesterday, Saturday, can't drive for a week, or lift, sweep or mop. Love and thank you for all the prayers." Please join me in praising, loving and thanking GOD FOR BLESSING LISA.
ReplyDeletePraise the Lord! Lord of lords, king of kings!
DeleteHallelujah for great news!!!! Our prayers have been answered!
DeleteWonderful news we thank God for Lisa and the good report
DeleteAs we are between Christmas and Epiphany (January 6), a.k.a. the 12 days of Christmas, the Universal Church is encouraged to keep alive the Christmas spirit; keep singing the carols, read the rest of the story, savor the wonder of the incarnation. Reading the rest of Luke is fairly easy for Mary and Joseph faithfully fulfill the religious practices and in doing so have encounters with devout people of God. Reading about Jesus birth in the rest of Matthew is very challenging; fleeing to Egypt in the middle of the night, the massacre of baby boys in Bethlehem, and the need to find safe residence for the child. These stories challenge our understanding of God, especially if one's theology makes God more like Santa Claus than the Suffering Messiah. How do we answer the questions that the rest of Matthew raises? Sometimes there are not "nice" answers to difficult questions. Maybe a rereading of the today's offering above is helpful. There are responses above from others that take a healthy spiritual posture in the face of challenging situations. A person who I find great blessings from is Jennifer Hubbard. Jennifer lost a child in the shooting at Sandy Hook School in Connecticut. She experienced the horror of the rest of the story in Matthew and she writes beautifully of the love of God. Jennifer has found an answer to the dilemmas that the hard questions bring. Keep singing brothers and sisters in Christ. It still is Christmas no matter what the circumstances of today. God be with you!
ReplyDeleteAmen Bob 🙏.
DeleteAmen! 🙏✝️
DeleteAmen Bob and thank you! We will have answers to our difficult questions in the By and By.
DeleteThat's true Bob!May we take a healthy spiritual posture at the start of each day....so no matter what we face we go through it with God's guidance.
DeleteGod bless all of you. Your thoughts are valuable as we share our individual Joy's and mourning in the face of a good God always. The holidays leading up to glorious Christmas for our family were some of the darkest my mind can or could imagine. Evil entered our home and it was undistputably the most dramatic that God used to create the most miraculous! Glory to God! Many faithful were praying for Gods healing for my sons mind, for him to return to us. It looked hopeless at every turn...and there is where God did His finest resurrection of a life. Every prayer and tenfold more were answered, astonishing blessing! I have been praying for this miracle for 15 years! God is faithful...it was for us darkest before the dawn. So dark no one could see except God. His plan hovered above for years creating the exact circumstances that my mind could never have imagined. Let me reiterate it was not pretty it was ashes ashes ashes that God used with the mixture of our heartfelt tears and resigned complete surrender that created the hopeful beauty that God had allowed us to stand in today! Never doubt...He is hearing your every thought He is seeing every piece of your heart and he loves you more than your mind can begin to understand! Keep hanging on the blessing is always close it is always Him! Thank you Jesus. We are overjoyed and feel greatful beyond measure please Lord help me to stay in this space of worship and never forget your great love, patience, timing and ultimately perfection if I understand the circumstances or not. Increase my trust and blessings cannot help but flow abundantly! Praise God that 15 years are only a blink of an eye to He who sits in eternity.
ReplyDeleteGod bless all of you in the wait for your miracles, there are miracles in the wait and Gods provision and response is eminent for He never fails like love for He is love!
I am praying for your miracles now.
Merry Christmas
Fern ---I rejoice with you for the Lord's wonderful miracle for your family. HE is indeed faithful. Thank you for sharing and I join you in praying for mircles for this incredible JC FAMILY. Thank you Lord that You watch over every detail of our live . Bless the Lord, Bless the Lord, Bless His Holy Name!
DeleteThank you, Fern, for sharing the miracle within your family. As a father of three daughters, I pray daily for them. For one, my wife and I saw a miraculous answer after 25 years of prayer. God is faithful always and forever.
DeleteAmen Fern 🙏.
DeleteThanking God for His mercy, love and faithfulness! Rejoicing with you for His wonderful gift to you and your family and our answered prayers for Dan. Our God is so good!
DeleteAs we see those we love, living in errant ways, it is difficult to accept when they reject our urging to return to God. He has given them free will to choose or reject His calling. Praise God, Fern, that His timing came around in your son's life. Prayers that your son will be led to continue following and find the blessings that a Godly life can produce.
ReplyDeleteAmen 10-4.
DeleteAmen! The only true joy and peace are from above. May Dan realize them in Christ.
DeleteFather, thank You for giving us this gift of life, the good times, bad times, and in between times. They are all times given to us from You for Your wise reasons and we are greatly blessed to have them all. Help us to appreciate them more than we do and to accept them for what they are--Your blessings bestowed upon us. Let us praise You continually and always as we walk through our days and hold Your hand and share Your love and word with others. Let the power of the holy spirit shine bright in us as we follow You Lord. Thank You Jesus. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen 🙏.
ReplyDeleteAmen.
DeleteAmen Janet ����
DeleteBlessings from France
Yes, Janet! Praying in Jesus's name with all JC warriors in good times, bad times and the in-between times 🙏
DeleteAmen dear Janet. Praying with my brothers and sisters.💗🙏
DeleteAs our world continues to suffer from a pandemic and untrustworthy global leadership, we are gently reminded by the Creator that He is also THE ONE TRUE Father worthy of His children's trust. JC today, humbles, as one can recognize the truth of seeking His guidance in times of trouble and need, but then arrogantly believe in times of abundance and ease, that God is merely a bystander. May we always see that the challenge is to pray to the Father in each breath and listen, truly idle the mind and listen, for His words of love that will result in peace in either the mountaintops or the valleys of life. Amen.
ReplyDeleteAmen Madfox. So true. Keeping you and your loved ones in prayers.
DeleteBlessings from France
Bravo MadFox! Thank you for your pure and accurate words. Amen
DeleteThanks MadFox, and thank You Heavenly Father God that each day I live, the reminder is bold and constant that You are the only True Leadership Authority Who is worthy of our trust! Thanks be to God for God. Amen.
DeleteAmen Madfox 🙏.
DeleteAmen MadFox..with every breath.
DeleteI second that "Amen", MadFox! You remain in my daily prayers as Jehovah Rapha brings you thru this! Be well, one and all!
ReplyDeleteAmen NJS 🙏.
DeleteJoining prayers. Always praying for you MadFox!
DeleteLoving Father, Thankfulness, Gratefulness, Gratitude, Appreciation and Acknowledgement are not enough words to express to You from the depth of my heart, how I see and feel about You, all You've done and continuing to do for me.
ReplyDeleteBut this morning, I ask Your Spirit to lead and guide me in walking the Jesus walk, thinking and talking the Jesus way and acting like Jesus. Why? So that His light in me can shine so brightly that others will glorify You and run after Him!
As we approach the end of this year, help us to examine ourselves before we cross over, and leave behind all those conscious and unconscious selfish, hateful, sinful ways and be reminded that there is no competition, hate or pride in Your Kingdom, but equal LOVE. Teach us to just keep our eyes on the Price that is, JESUS and trust and depend on You with every fiber of our being, knowing that no matter what we face in this world, we are NEVER alone! We have a Savior who cares deeply, knows us and is always with us!
Please help Your children to recognize and demonstrate true love. When we feel overwhelmed, help us to persevere. When we feel insecure, give us the strength to look out for the interests of others. Replace jealousy and pride with humility, kindness and patience, and above all, show us how to love like You’ve loved us. Thank You for a new day! In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Blessings and Peace.
Maplewood NJ
Thanks Maplewood NJ and Thank You Heavenly Father God, for helping me to
DeleteWalk The Jesus Walk,
Talk the Jesus Talk, and
Act The Jesus Way.
All day. Every day. Every way. I pray. Amen.
Amen Maplewood 🙏. Couldn't have said it better.
DeleteExactly what I needed to read and thankful for your beautiful words💗
DeleteAmen and thank you dear Maplewood. May we learn how to love others like God loves us in 2022.
DeleteLord, I have cried out in countless times of need and You are always there. Please help me to remember that You are with me always and that I can accomplish nothing without You. For everything I am and that I have, I thank You Jesus. I want to trust You in all areas of my life!
ReplyDeleteAmen Mark L. Absolutely Amen!
DeleteAmen Mark 🙏. Step by step, breath by breath, and praise by praise 🙌.
DeleteO Lord, please let us grab onto, and hold onto Your tendermercies which You freely release to us. Our only hope is in Your Love and Your Faithfulness in @ with Psalm 40. Amen.
DeleteAmen, He empowers us in every situation, He is greater and He is enough.
DeleteMy Loving Savior, I pray that you will be praised, loved and adored throughout the world... In all places and in all mens hearts.
ReplyDeleteAmen Mary Theresa 🙏.
DeleteJoining in your prayer for our world, Mary Theresa,
DeleteAdvent was a time for me to reboot my hope (and that is why I was unable to post during that time). I read through Isaiah and listened to God's displeasure with the lack of love in the world, His intention on intervening, and His ultimate plan to one day make all things perfect again. I had to do some self-examination on ways I have contributed to the lack of love in the world. I needed to be reminded the incarnation was a fulfillment of His words through Isaiah to intervene in a most miraculous fashion. I saw in the incarnation and the coming of the Holy Spirit the empowerment to 'prepare the way of the Lord' through seeking justice wherever injustice is occurring in preparation for His return. My hope rebooted from preoccupation with this pandemic ending to praying 'Come Lord Jesus' so all who are oppressed by evil behavior in the world will once and for all be brought to wholeness in their life. With that reboot, I am called to live with a real hope. Today's Office of Readings, started reading from Colossians where Paul commends the believing community in Colossae for living with a true hope. Those words challenged me to now live out a real hope as I was shown in Advent.
ReplyDeleteGod be with you. With love, Bob
Thanks Bob for reminding me to also reboot the B side of the record:
DeleteCome Lord Jesus' to all who are lifted up by GOOD behavior in the world, that they will once again be brought to the forefront, until the world sees and attaches to, God's wholesome goodness in their lives. Amen.
...And for reminding me to thank God and you for all the ways you have contributed to hope, love, and learning inside our JC Prayer Warriors' room. Hopefully, we go forth and multiply these things. Welcome Back! As Elvis would say, I want you. I need you. I love you...
DeleteAmen Bob 🙏. Missed you and all your inspiration. Glad you are back and better than ever.
DeleteWelcome back Bob as renewed, refreshed and rebooted! Joining prayers that the Spirit of God will work some mighty miracles in the hearts of God’s people, and remove the veils and soften the calloused hearts. Thank you Jesus! Let us go forward from this moment on and and not look back. We are all spokes in the wheel for our God and we can spread His love, truth and righteousness by our daily walk. Guide us to do Your Will in 2021. Come Lord Jesus, Come!
DeleteAmen Jeanne 🙏. Come Jesus Come.
DeleteAmen dear Janet! Come Lord Jesus, Come!
DeleteFROM 1 CORINTHIANS 2
ReplyDeleteFAITH + GRATITUDE = REST!
✝️The Holy Spirit's Power is in my words, proving to those who hear them that the message is from God. I do this because I want your faith to stand firmly upon God, rather than on human ideas or human philosophy. Only those who have The Holy Spirit within them can understand what The Holy Spirit means. The Spiritual person has insight into everything; we Christians actually do have within us a portion of the very thoughts and mind of Christ!
♥🙏🙏🙏♥Dear Heavenly Father God,
Thank You for the faith in You, and gratitude for You, that allows us to rest. We are thankful that You are in control so that we can rest.
😊Would You help us discern the real cause of peace?
😊Is our peace really caused by our circumstances? Or by the way we respond to our circumstances? Or by our allowing "Thy Will Be Done"?
😊 Would You help us rest in the faith, gratitude and peace that is only possible once we take our circumstances to you AND leave them there?
😊Would You help us constantly trust You with every fiber of our being, in Smoothe Sailing, Stormy Seas and everything in between?
I ask. I seek. I knock. I praise. I thank. In Jesus' Name. Amen
May the light of the Lord reflect unto those around us.
DeleteThanks Brie, I rest completely in Him as He abides in me as I do in Him. He is the only bringer of true peace and love that we can share.
DeleteAmen Janet! May others see the light of Christ within us before they even see our face.
DeleteLoved reading everything from today. It's been A DAY - new tires, radiator went out, electricity in the barn went out....$$$$. My God shall supply ALL of my need according to His riches in glory. Feeling stuffy, scratchy throat. Just worn out but for all of the best reasons: daughter spending some time here, Grands playing together. All of us are on vacation and it's been daily get-togethers with just our little 'bubble.' But, tonight I will SLEEP and pray that I wake up refreshed, feeling great, able to breathe! Which, btw, is due to our weather: 50's one day, 30's the next and that's it every other day the rest of the week. That's OK - God's got this! Praying for all of you and so very thankful to read your words.
ReplyDeleteMy dear friends ( and even those I don't know about) who have joined in prayer for my BIL Paul... A week ago he was given one week to live. Today he had quit the 16 pills of medication prescribed to him from hospice and is on fire for the Lord, and is taking steps to move back to his house next door to his own bed. God's time, not ours!! Thank you, Jesus. How great thou art!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHallelujah and Amen. God is so good.
DeleteAudra, Paul has yet to fulfill his life's purpose as a Trophy of Grace. Praise the Lord.
DeleteI believe this too, Peter. It is an amazing thing to witness, a true gift.
DeleteThank you God for Your Healing Spurt, so often seen. Loved reading Paul is now on fire for the Lord.
DeleteLet it be. Let it be. Let it be. Let it beeeeee!
LORD, we adore you! We praise your name above ALL names! We thank You for the work and power You do in our lives! LORD, You alone are GOD and WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU! We come before the Throne of God, we bow knowing He is the CREATOR and SUSTAINER of life. We're approaching The King of glory, sovereign over all things. Psalm 24 declares, "Who is he, the King of glory? The Lord Almighty--he is the King of glory." HALLELUJAH!!! Thank you, Lord for the manifestation of answered prayers!
DeleteIn His Grip of Grace --- JJ
Hallelujah! The power of God in Paul's life is shining like the sun. He is receiving and acting on it. He is a testimony to God's faithfulness. Nothing is impossible with the Lord. Amen. Praise HIM!
DeleteThank You Jesus. Praise the Lord always.
ReplyDeletePsalm 56:3-4
ReplyDeleteEnglish Standard Version
3 When I am afraid,
I put my trust in you.
4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me? It says whenever am afraid not if am afraid ....its part of human condition that we go through seasons of fear and anxiety! The words I notice "I will not fear. So how do we go from being afraid to I wll not fear ....by praising His word sing those songs that have God's words saying
He is by our side -https://youtu.be/yCKZw-NcsXk , when I get afraid may I run to the word so I get reminded that God is worthy to be trusted His promises are dependable !!To get the fear down is to trust in what the Lord says in His word ! Amen
Praying you and your family are feeling good dear Min Ahadi. Stay very safe! Amen! We know who to run to. The loving Open Arms of our Good Father.
DeleteYou keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
Trust in the Lord forever,
for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
I've loved this quiet morning, reading each post from years ago to current day. Proof that His Word never changes, we are still praying that we stand (and above ALL, STAND!) for His Word, Truth and praise our loving Father or bring his only begotten Son. I see deliverance all over this page and then, Audra, I saw your post about Paul (while listening to your song, Min Ahadi). I can't tell you how THANKFUL I was to read those words. Continued prayers for him.
ReplyDeleteLove and Blessings to each of you, and those either not with us or just quiet for a time. I'll be taking those "tiny trust steps," all day today and praying as I go.
Thankful for the beautiful posts past and present and all your prayers. Love and blessings to you and all our dear ones here. God is aware of every one of those "tiny trust steps". He is leading us forward and will bring us safely through 2022. Thank You Jesus!
DeleteSo great Audra! May God richly bless Paul’s acts of faith, and give great hope, peace and healing!
ReplyDelete"Jesus I trust You". This sentence a while ago in this blog (Sarah Young's writings) was given as a 'lifeline', for when circumstances get tough. We were encouraged to repeat (out loud if possible) this sentence. I have done so many times since. It's good to affirm our trust in Him verbally daily when all is quiet and serene, for that paves the way as a first thought when trouble hits the scene. Sometimes our trust in Him must take us out the boat to walk on water, sometimes our trust in Him causes us to do the only thing we can do, that is hold on tight to Him until the storm passes. One day, the trust in Him that is developing in us will lead us Home. Glorious Thought.
ReplyDeleteExcellent Peter! "Jesus I Trust in You" is a great short prayer to be prayed frequently. HIS Devine mercy, does provide when we trust in HIM during our fearful-challenging times. Thank you Jesus! Amen.
DeleteAmen ! Well said Peter
DeleteThanks dear Peter! Very true. I also have often said out loud: "I trust You Lord". He sees our trust by the way we are going forward even in fear, confusion and insecurity. We know that we do not walk alone. He is right by our sides to guide, comfort and encourage us. You worded it perfect. Hold on tight to Him until the storm passes. He is faithful to save and we are blessed that Our Mighty One can fight our battles for us and lead us through the fire.
DeleteFurther to 'Jesus I trust You'; I needed to get some provisions from the local store. I often get "Trust Me in all things" throughout the day. As I got dressed up for the weather, I said 'Lord, We're out of nuts to feed the squirrels' I got "Trust Me in all things". Local store had no nuts, next store no nuts either. I thought of one store further away that may have nuts, but as it's an expensive store, I don't go there often. I went there anyway, and to my surprise found a shelf full of nuts with a notice ' Marked down, all must go'. I bought the 9 bags at 1/3 the normal price. So yeah, I trust Him in all things. 🙂
ReplyDeleteThanks for the TESTimony to TRUST ME IN ALL THINGS!
DeleteWonderful testimony Peter ! We will trust God in all things .....even when it sounds a liitle odd....We serve a mighty God , He is all about the details in our life !
DeleteGod even led you to a bargain and provided your needs for your squirrels. I'm sure He is delighted you're taking good care of them. Good and faithful servant. You're a good egg!
DeleteDear JC Family, please pray for my friend Chris who had an aneurysm yesterday and is in the hospital on a ventilator. Her husband (who she has been caring or for the last several years through his cancer) found her lying on the floor yesterday morning. We have been friends for over 25 years and I just saw her last week at the store - so happy when I explained some SSA info for her. At the same store today, a friend stopped me and asked me to pray for her. Their youngest of two daughters is having her second child, any day now. I think about my prayers this morning and my commitment to TRUST. I am praying with all my heart or Chris and her family. Please join me, JC Prayer Warriors.
ReplyDeleteTrusting that God will bring Chris back to her family and heal all her weaknesses. God is greater than an aneurysm.
DeleteFather we are praying together thanking You for saving Chris and bringing her back to her loving family. We know you can do things and we are waiting on Your faithfulness. Praying for this in the powerful Name of Christ Jesus, our Risen Lord. Thank You Jesus!
Norah - Joining warriors and echoing prayers for Chris who is in the hospital on a ventilator and for the daughter who is soon giving birth to a second child. Hear our prayers, oh Lord. Thy will be done.
ReplyDeleteAmen! Thank You Father! Strengthen the whole family and bring that baby into the world smoothly with joy and peace. Thank You Lord for Your miracle for Chris. We trust in You.
DeleteTrusting in God’s saving power. Wonderful devotion today and verses. I have been clinging to the Vine like never before. He knows every thought in my mind and word in my heart. He knows my concerns and I bring them to Him. Only in Him can I find true peace and rest. My appointment with the Oncologist is tomorrow and it can’t come fast enough. May God strengthen me for whatever is in front of me. Leaning on my immovable Rock.
ReplyDeleteJeremiah 29:11
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
Nahum 1:7
“The LORD is good,
a stronghold in the day of trouble;
he knows those who take refuge in him.”
Hi Jeanne,
DeletePraying that your appointment goes well today. Lean on the Lord for strength and he will get you through any anxious moments. Hoping for good news. God bless!
TJ
Precious Jeanne --- Joining the JCFAMILY/WARRIORS in prayer for your upcoming appointment. The way you are keeping the WORD in front of you is THE WAY TO DO IT!!! It brings VICTORY!!! My Father God, bless Jeanne with your peace. Give her Your Great strength to hand over worries and cares.
DeleteSquelch any nagging doubts, and let Your presence manifest
in her life saying " You are her God: the Great I Am!" Nothing is impossible with You. And You do turn all things to good. Thank You for Your Great Healing and Restoration hand upon Jeanne. Thank You for Your Great Presence in her life. Bring Your Great Peace and Comfort to her family. I Pray and Believe, in Jesus's name, AMEN and AMEN
Love you, Jeanne ---- JJ
Joining in prayer for you Jeanne. May our heavenly Father's healing hands be upon you and His mighty power be manifested in and through you. Please grant her Your strength and peace and shower her in Your amazing love. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen 🙏. God bless.
DeleteJoining my sisters in continual prayers, Jeanne. May you feel a sense of peace surround you as you hear the game plan knowing God is at the helm of any and all plans, directing and guiding! Know that we are there with you in prayer and spirit. In Jesus' name, amen. Much love coming your way!
DeleteJeanne - joining all the JC Warriors lifting you up in prayer. Thanking God for the faith, poise, and calmness you have shown. Your faith is a blessing for all of us. May God grant you peace and lessen your anxiety between now and your appointment tomorrow.
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Joining fellow saints in prayer for you dear Jeanne. " Sustain our dear sister today dear Jesus, yesterday is gone, today what's needed is a fortified faith &, trust to face tomorrow which is not ours as yet. Therefore we place You , Who is able to see into Jeanne's tomorrow, in complete charge of whatever it holds". To God be the glory! Amen! Hallelujah! 💓🙏🌈
DeleteWill continue praying throughout tomorrow especially for you, our dear sweet sister friend in Christ, Jeanne!
DeleteYou may want to bring someone to the Omc appointment with you who can take notes or remember everything the Onc says. Oncologists sometimes use trigger words that can cause the mind to blank out.
Just a thought based on experience.
Speaking of experience. I know God is in this experience with you and He will always be here and He is staying with you. This visit, or something you value better is now in existence for you, created by a Good God just for you, and its on its way to you. So be it and so it is. God said it and we believe God is truth! Much Love and Many Prayers, Brie
Jeanne,
DeleteYou are in my prayers for peace and comfort during your visit and a full and speedy resolution with His full, complete control and Love.
JT 🙏
Joining in with JC prayer warriors for our precious Jeanne 🙏
DeleteThere's always room for one more pray-er to join you on your Dr. Visit. We are with you, but most importantly, the TRINITY is. Brie have summer good advice from my experience too, take your personal assistant with you 😎👍🙏♥️
DeleteJoining the prayer warriors as we pray in numbers for you, Jeanne. May He wrap you in His comforting arms and transfer peace to your heart. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
DeleteDearest sisters and brothers!! Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your powerful prayers and blessings which continue to lift and encourage me. My appointment is at 11 tomorrow morning. God is in charge and I will be surrounded by His peace and all your prayers. Amen!!! We know that God is greater and he has already prepared this appointment. Dear Brie, Rick will be with me to take notes and I will be listening carefully to every word the good doctor says. And Peter, I am doing my best not to lean unto my own understanding. Dear ones, I pray for you as you pray for me. Thank you all! Much love. 💗
DeleteHe who heeds the word wisely will find good, and whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he. (Proverbs 16:20). When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you. (Isaiah 43:2). Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit. (Jeremiah 17:7-8).
ReplyDeleteGreat food for my soul today dear sister 🙏💗
DeleteJoining WARRIORS in prayer for OUR BELOVED PRECIOUS JEANNE. Praying you are surrounded with His Peace, presence, love, joy, hope and guidance. You are loved!
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DeleteThanks sweet Sassy Mom! The appointment was moved to tomorrow at 11. Amen! All will go well because we serve a good and faithful God. Will send an update. Love you. God bless you Sis!
DeleteThanks dear Anonymous.
Lord, lifting my brother’s wife up as she has a double mastectomy this afternoon. This is a recurrence of her cancer from 4.5 years ago. Please be with the surgeons as they perform the surgery and grant my brother and his wife peace as they go through this morning.
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Praying SC.
DeleteDear SC --- Liting up your SIL to The Throne of Grace and asking
Deletefor the Lord to break the chains of breast cancer. Bring Your healing touch to the top of her head to the soles of her feet. I Plead the Blood of Jesus over her and devil----you CAN'T defeat the Blood! In Jesus's name, AMEN and AMEN. JJ
Praying with you SC🙏
DeleteDear SC, Joining all prayers for your dear brother’s good wife that God guided the doctor’s hands perfectly and the operation went smoothly. May God in His mercy cover them with His peace and bless them with healing of body, mind and spirit, and bring her back to perfect health and comfort.
DeleteThank You Father for all this in the powerful Name of Christ Jesus, our Risen Lord. Amen
Praying dear SC for your SIL. May the peace of God surround them both through this very difficult time they are facing. You oh Lord are in the midst. Amen!💞🙏🌈
ReplyDelete🙏 one and all. ✝️
ReplyDeleteI'm learning to be sure to thank Him for everything He does for me. This brings me in His presence during the " easy" times when I find myself floating on my own " laurels", so to speak. It also keeps me from only connecting with Gim in times of trouble. I want my relationship to be with Him all the time, not spotty connection when all else fails. He does rejoice in our relationship with Him and that joy cannot be equaled anywhere else! Thank you God for the opportunity to be with you at ANY given time. I love you ❤️for your availability to me and all your children. Amen
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DeleteThank You God 🙏❤️. Amen.
DeleteAmen! He is with us through every little thing. He wants us to take it all to Him, good and bad. He’s ready and waiting.
DeleteThank you for your prayers. In the waiting room awaiting round two of shoulder therapy shots. 🙏
ReplyDeleteYou know you have our prayers, Here and Now! Much Love, Brie
DeleteMay God heal your shoulder completely sweet Audra! Now take it easy dear sister and allow it to heal. Time to rest and just believe God is restoring you with thanks and praise. Praying for a perfect recovery! Thank You Jesus. 🙏
DeleteBlessings to you Audra! Saw your request late. Sending prayer. Papa God, let the bones and muscles to settle in perfect position for Audra to experience comfort. Help the socket to move smoothly and with ease. Ler there be healing and recovery so quickly that even the doctors are amazed. And, Papa God, You get the credit!
DeleteHALLELUJAH!!! In Strong and Loving name of Jesus, AMEN and AMEN. JJ
Deuteronomy 33:12. Of Benjamin, he said, "May the beloved of the Lord dwell in security, by Him, who shields him all the day, and he dwells between his shoulders."
Dear beloved Audra - So sorry You are having shoulder problems. Not fun!! I Lost my range of motion and know the pain you are going experiencing. Sending much love and healing prayers to Jehovah Rapha the great physician. You are loved.
DeleteTrusting the Father begins with humility and gratitude in all circumstances. Truly challenging to live out. But Jesus as our example on the night before His death, showed His love by washing the feet of the Apostles. Humility exhibited as a testament to His love for us as Father, Son, and Spirit. Be filled with gratitude in 2024 as you think of the LOVE He has for us. Amazing grace amd love, so sweet the sound! Amen.
ReplyDeleteAmen Madfox 🙏. He is our ever present helper in life. I pray that you are doing well and continuing to be a bright light and encouraging testimony to others. God bless!
DeleteHe who saved a wretch like me! Thank you Jesus!
DeleteAmen dear MadFox! May God lead us to be good and humble servants and follow righteousness and the Spirit instead of the flesh and this world. Trusting Him with you dear brother. He is so good and faithful. Praying for you always.
ReplyDeletePlease pray for my sister in Christ Patricia who is undergoing a difficult procedure to reduce the chronic pain she suffers with every day. Thank You Father for enlightening the doctor and guiding his hands perfectly to resolve her problem, remove her pain, and bring her back to good health, ease of movement and comfort in Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.
John 14:13-14
And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.
Joining in prayers with you for Patricia. May our heavenly Father touch her and heal her completely. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen 🙏.
DeleteDeclaring the presence of pain be REPLACED by the PRESENCE OF HIS PEACE in us all.
DeleteThanks dear Janet and Audra! Praying with you for a successful procedure and a complete recovery in Jesus’ Name.
DeleteI just found out that Patricia’s surgery was postponed till next week. She doesn’t really trust this doctor and is praying for God to lead her to someone who will really help her. God’s timing is perfect so we will continue to trust in Him. Thank You Jesus.
DeleteNow this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14). Cause me to hear Your loving kindness in the morning, for in You do I trust; cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to You. (Psalm 143:8).
ReplyDeleteBeautiful encouragement dear sister! Thanks
DeleteEspecially for 2024. Proverbs 3:5-6 AMPC "Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths."
ReplyDeleteAmen dear Peter!!
DeletePraise the Lord, for even in times of suffering He is here. Always here for us! Amen✝️
ReplyDeleteAmen!! So true dear Aly! Especially during our trials He comforts us and carries us through. He is close to the broken-hearted and those who are crushed in spirit.
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