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God, today we have visitors in our house that we are trying to help. The woman and her children aren't Christian but I know you love them and they really need you right now. I also need you though lord! I can't handle losing my family and I'm so worried that I'm not strong enough to keep them amongst all this strife in my life. I desperately need a job, confidence and maybe more paitience. You know what's best for me so please help me. Don't let Janice take over our lives and don't let her be mean to my son. Help my son and his half brother to get along and please don't let me get in the way but also don't let me lose my son in the process. I love you God! Jesus name I pray this...sorry it's so confusing for me...Amen!

God is never moved by situations that scare and frustrate us. Peter knew that Jesus was never intimidated by the fact that he had spent the whole night without catching any fish. He followed God’s instruction which he knew would not fail. I don’t care how many times you’ve failed, God’s counsel will stand and will never fail. What does God’s word say over your situation? It doesn’t matter how long it takes, all I know, it will come to pass. “For the vision is for an appointed time, but at the end it will speak and not lie, for though it will tarry, wait for it.†(Habakkuk 2:3).

Knowledge: 1. Facts 2. Information 3. Memory 4. Scholars/Pupils Understanding: 1. Meaning 2. Principles 3 Reason 4. Teachers/Counselors Wisdom: 1. What to Do Next 2. Application 3 Action 4. Prophets/Lay people Knowledge is book smarts, understanding is street smarts, and wisdom is the application of both. What is the significance of the differentiation? We see it in Isaiah 11:1-3: "A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him--the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD--and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or...

With greater trust comes greater obedience, that much is well known, but with more difficulty to we accept that with greater obedience comes greater trust. Why? Because the former places responsibility on the object of the trust, but the later places responsibility on us. Not to be redundant, but we know that if they build off each other than they are related in such a way that makes them examples of circular reasoning. In other words, they are on opposite sides of an equation; as with in algebra, if one builds on one side, then the other side is built also. But where do trust and obedience come from? They come from God's drawing us to Him and our response to that drawing. John 12:32 "And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw...

My faith is so limited sometimes. I fail to see the Lord is working in a situation. Many times in my life I have been consumed with my situation, my troubles and forget that there are hurting people around me. I was listening to a teacher on the radio today and he was talking about bitterness. I was very convicted by the message. I prayed that the Lord would help me change and then the Lord switched my thoughts to my father. My father is bitter? I never thought of him that way before. My father is a very harsh and proud man. He is not a christian. I have generally thought of him as, just mean. As I listened to the radio teacher....he said bitter people have usually been hurt. My father was hurt...., wow I just never realized that. I...

I started reading the book of Exodus last night and I thought I would start this survey: Of the ten plagues God sent on the Egyptians, if you had to endure one of them, which one would it be? 1. Water turns to blood 2. Frogs 3. Gnats 4. Flies 5. Livestock dies (to make it more modern, your pets will die) 6. Boils 7. Hail 8. Locusts 9. Darkness 10. The firstborn in your family dies

John 15:8-11 "This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!" Do you believe it? Perhaps this is a passage to meditate on? It's a shared joy between the two of you. God and you. Yay! Psalms Chapter 1 "Blessed/Happy is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly Nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful: But his delight is in the law of Yahweh, And His law he...

After the storm life seems fresh our Lord took us out of that mess After the storm the sun shines through Our Lord made us brand new After the storm we walk in His light things seem so bright After the storm people know His love has touched us His love is new After the storm we look at the sky We praise Him for all He does He keeps us in line After the storm life is nice He is the one whom gives us advice! Written by:©Betty Bolden

This is inspired by 1 Corinthians 9:24 "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Therefore run in such a way as to receive the prize." By God! It's okay, feel free to be motivated by heavenly hope for gold, or whatever your heart's desire might be for richness in heaven. Imagine it, grasp hold of it, have passion over the gifts of God, and you will end up loving God more for it, BUILD your treasure in HEAVEN! And you'll have greater passion in your faith and much more perseverance. No guilt involved! I think of the example with kids, but it applies to anyone with an altered state of entitlement. The government is teaching the psychologists to teach the school system to teach the parents and...

God, who else? Trusting God is the step that leads to all other healthy trusting. The trust of God comes from God Himself to you in a spirit of a good giving heart. Why do I say the trust of God comes from Him, isn't it earned like with everyone else? Well yes and no. Hebrews 11:6 "It is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." John 12:32 "And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself."The trust of God comes from God Himself drawing you to Himself and your predestined action to accept that beckoning love from the Almighty Father." There seems to be a locked circle of logic with this. The trust of God...