Good Morning Thankful Worshipers! May God bless you and yours today as you prepare, worship and feast with family and friends! He see you and is with you and is inhabiting your praise! PTL!
Here's a song to start your day with praise...counting my many blessings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz0cjGr2h4k
Today can be a very busy Martha-kinda-busy day. Be still a bit and prepare yourself before you pour yourself out in loving service. Today can be a very hard day, breathe out. Be still. Dwell in His love and receive His peace, comfort and strength. And today begins that sprint to Christmas and all the crazy busyness. Breathe out and breathe in a refreshing, renewing, shalom-filled breathe of the the Spirit. God is with you always. He knows you and all about what's going on and His perfect plans for you that lead to this great joy and satisfaction in the Lord. PTL! Yes rejoice and invite Him to come inhabit your praise and direct your steps to His best. And then continue to count those blessings He brings as you go be a blessing. Amen! He has some great plans just for you for such a time as this! Rejoice!
Below are just a couple of my devos from today. Begin with worship and praise that overflows into a day overflowing with gratitude and love! And keep adding to those gratitude lists! Amen and shalom shalom to you and yours today!
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November 28 - The Fervent Prayer
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Thanksgiving Blessings from Harvest Prayer Ministries!
"Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; lighten the eyes (of my faith to behold Your face in the pitch-like darkness), lest I sleep the sleep of death, lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed over him," and those that trouble me rejoice when I am shaken." (Psalm 13:3-4, Amplified Bible)
David does the one thing that a fallen, helpless man in a fallen, helpless world can do: He cries out. In fervent prayer, He asks God to answer him and enlighten his eyes to see the real truth and the bigger picture.
This is what we need. An ant looks at a large stone in front of him and sees it as an insurmountable obstacle. We look at the scene and see a clear path for the ant if he will simply walk around the rock to the food on the other side. It is a mountain to an ant, but a molehill to a human. It is huge to the small, but inconsequential to the one who is above.
God is above our trouble. He sees it with Divine perspective. David asks God for the eyes of faith to see with God's clarity so he will not be overwhelmed with despair.
"But I have trusted, leaned on, and been confident in Your mercy and loving-kindness; my heart shall rejoice and be in high spirits in Your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me." (Psalm 13:5-6, Amplified Bible)
At the end of his prayer, David is reminded of the lovingkindness of God. Think of that word. God is not only loving towards us, but also kind. Everything He does is driven by this never-changing attribute.
David remembers that God is a Savior in the full sense of that word. He has saved him over and over from trouble and He will not forsake him now. The Lord speaks to David, because he prayed. He comes to the place of being in "high spirits,” and even singing to the Lord! He knows—in spite of all the seemingly overwhelming problems around him—that God will deal bountifully with him.
Are you in this David moment? There is one remedy, and only one. Come to the Father with honest questions and a fervent cry. It will lead you to a refueled faith and a rejoicing heart.
Pray through the specific issues you are facing right now. Cast “all your care upon God, because He cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7).
Merciful God, You know everything about me and all that I am facing today! You care deeply for every sorrow, difficulty and uncertainty. Please increase my faith and give me a deep trust in Your lovingkindness to walk me through each hard place with a rejoicing heart. Thank You for teaching me how to cast all my cares on You because You care for me!
---Adapted from Prayer with No Intermission by Bill Elliff. This book is available at prayershop.org.
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- Praise God as the one whose arm is “not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear” (Isa. 59:1).
- Thank God for the promise to hear you when you come to him in prayer.
- Confess any sin which may result in his not hearing your prayers (59:2).
- If you are struggling in this area, commit yourself to regular, daily times of prayer and fellowship with God.
- Ask him to draw close to you as you fellowship with him.
- God has long arms when it comes to salvation. No one is beyond his reach. Thank him for that truth and pray for one unsaved person you know.
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