This is what I woke up to this morning in my front yard!!!! So precious...........
What kind of week are you having? Has it been exhausting? Emotional? Professionally discouraging? Financially challenging? Depressing? Physical rest alone is not the answer. Prayer where you cry out to God; I just can't do this anymore! HELP! I don't mean the kind of cry where you are demanding. I mean the desperation cry. The more desperate we become for God the more he will show Himself to us. Have you ever doubted? I know I have! I am so thankful for Mark 9:24; God, I believe, help my unbelief. I love that scripture, and I praise God that He included it. It is like it is an invitation from God. He is saying be real with me. Don't pretend. He already knows anyway. So be Honest!! Sometimes I wonder where are you God? That is where the faith comes in. This is where God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. He is who He says He is. So many people have had to walk a path in life that is hard and they are still struggling with that today. This is where the darkness is. (the dark night of the soul)
When you don't spend time in prayer alone you are robbing yourself of spiritual strength that you need to overcome or endure something. One reason we need to spend time in prayer everyday is because the spirit realm is real!! Satan is waiting like a roaring lion to devour us. Do you understand that he wants nothing more than to keep us from drawing closer to God. It is a dark world out there and in the spirit realm those of us that belong to Christ have a light inside of us and it is a red flag to satan. He wants to put that light out. Do you ever wonder why or have you ever seen someone who isn't a believer and their life always seems to go so smoothly? Well they don't have a light the "Holy Spirit" inside of them. So satan doesn't mess with them, they are already his so he is coming after the ones who have the Holy Spirit in them. So when trials and tribulations come praise God. Spend time looking for God in the dark times of your life. Remember that when you feel disconnected with God he may being doing his best work. Just because he is silent doesn't mean that he is not there. Sometimes you have to look for God in the darkness. In the dry places of your life. And if you hang on long enough you just might see the back side of his glory pass you by. Sometimes the quickest path to the light is actually to run into the darkness! Look at Psalms 23:4; Even when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I'll fear no evil because You're with me. It takes courage to run into the darkness. God is faithful. Sometimes you are not going to feel it. Your not going to understand it. None of us will ever fully grasp it. Just praise him! PRAISE him in the darkness. He gives and He takes away. Somedays you are going to feel like you can't go on. When the waves hit and knock you flat on your back get up and say Father I trust You!! Read God's promises back to him. PRAY.
If you and I want more of his peace that passes all understanding, especially when we are confronting a crisis or under a lot of pressure, then we need the spiritual strength and refreshing that only comes from spending time in prayer and reading his word. There are no secrets. Access is for all believers.
by grace alone........
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What kind of week are you having? Has it been exhausting? Emotional? Professionally discouraging? Financially challenging? Depressing? Physical rest alone is not the answer. Prayer where you cry out to God; I just can't do this anymore! HELP! I don't mean the kind of cry where you are demanding. I mean the desperation cry. The more desperate we become for God the more he will show Himself to us.When you don't spend time in prayer alone you are robbing yourself of spiritual strength that you need to overcome or endure something. One reason we need to spend time in prayer everyday is because the spirit realm is real!! Satan is waiting like a roaring lion to devour us. Do you understand that he wants nothing more than to keep us from drawing closer to God. It is a dark world out there and in the spirit realm those of us that belong to Christ have a light inside of us and it is a red flag to satan. He wants to put that light out. Do you ever wonder why or have you ever seen someone who isn't a believer and their life always seems to go so smoothly? Well they don't have a light the "Holy Spirit" inside of them. So satan doesn't mess with them, they are already his so he is coming after the ones who have the Holy Spirit in them. So when trials and tribulations come praise God. Spend time looking for God in the dark times of your life. Remember that when you feel disconnected with God he may being doing his best work. Just because he is silent doesn't mean that he is not there. Sometimes you have to look for God in the darkness. In the dry places of your life. And if you hang on long enough you just might see the back side of his glory pass you by. Sometimes the quickest path to the light is actually to run into the darkness! Look at Psalms 23:4; Even when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I'll fear no evil because You're with me. It takes courage to run into the darkness. God is faithful. Sometimes you are not going to feel it. Your not going to understand it. None of us will ever fully grasp it. Just praise him! PRAISE him in the darkness. He gives and He takes away. Somedays you are going to feel like you can't go on. When the waves hit and knock you flat on your back get up and say Father I trust You!! Read God's promises back to him. PRAY.
If you and I want more of his peace that passes all understanding, especially when we are confronting a crisis or under a lot of pressure, then we need the spiritual strength and refreshing that only comes from spending time in prayer and reading his word. There are no secrets. Access is for all believers.
by grace alone........
