Going deeper with Jesus
Sometimes prayers take a while to get answered. You know what they say, God’s Timing. God is working behind the scenes. He is not as concerned with the surface as we are. You know the surface, what you feel, see and touch, the natural circumstances. God is always looking deeper. God looks at our heart, […]
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A new friendA few months, just long enough to get to know someone well enoughShe seemed niceShe was complimentaryShe seemed to like meI noticed hatred in her heart as she spokeShe told me of hurts she had endured and spoke of the hatred she hadShe said she could never forgiveI tried to let her know
These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33 My go-to scripture when things are awry in my life is:And we know that all things work together for good to them
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I couldn’t focus on Jesus this morningI was trying, and other things kept coming to my mindI was trying to pray and not being successfulIt was like I brought my situations and was trying to give them to the Lord, but instead of thinking of Him, I was trying to figure this out and that
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Is your soul vexed? Sometimes it feels that wayThis world is difficult to walk inWe must carry our crosses along the narrow roadUp hills and down valleysWith the Lord at the end, keeping our eye on the prizeIt seems there are so many obstacles and trials and tribulationsBe of good cheer, Jesus said, I have
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I was just minding my own business,doing what I do and his name, Methuselah, came to me.I wondered who he was and what I might learn about Godand how God allowed him to be known in the bible.We can always learn something about God by his interaction with any character in the bible.The way God
Part of the purification of the church, making His bride ready:That He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. Ephesians 5:27 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as
Those that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Psalm 126:5 Job knew the Lord regarded his tears:My friends scorn me; but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. Job 16:20 Tears of frustration:When you want to obey but you don’t know which decision to make.The answer is not yet quite clear. Tears of prayer:Turn
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. Matthew 18:35 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.But if ye do not forgive,
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Tumultuous times are comingTumultuous times are already herePerilous TimesThere is no safety apart from the LordThose who are not would do well to call upon Him in Spirit and in TruthGod is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:24There is only one name by which man can be saved,
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