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Good Morning Praying, Seeking Jesus and Longing to Follow Him Well Friends! AMEN! May that be us Lord and may we do so in the way of Jesus for Your glory alone! Amen!
There has been some breakthrough for me the past two days as God spoke, I listened and began processing and He answered my/our/your prayers! PTL! I slept through the night! Now I feel rushed as it's been over a month since I was able to have morning quiet time and I have to get going to get the donuts and set up for
. BUT GOD! He knows, cares, loves, is with me, and has a perfect plan ahead for this day. So, I trust Him as I surrender, die to self, crucify me and allow Him to lead. Come Lord! Your will. Your way. Your timing. I am your servant and ready to watch ad follow. Thanks! Come and continue to breakthrough and deliver me. Amen!
The past few nights as I lie awake I started turning this song into my confession and prayer, begging God to break through, deliver me and bring sleep. Why not start
meditating, praying and making this your personal Psalm: Desperate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2zI1GbWqeg I am and was desperate for a move of God, crying out for help and deliverance and begging for sleep and He answered! PTL! What are you desperate for? Have you cried out with broken and humble heart? God knows, cares, hears and respond to the desperate, broken, repentant heart. Come Lord! We are desperate!
There is so much I want to process with you but time does not allow
. maybe you'll hear some at donut day or dinner huddle
. Reread my blog from
, that is where the break through began as I realized I have been striving in my own strength and kept banging against the closed door of my plans my way. It's like Paul's scales fell from my eyes and I can see clearly now and have some repentant, seeking, abiding work to do now. I also have some processing to do with some of you, including our support team at our meeting
. Please pray into that. And embrace this: stop striving in your own strength and for your own plans. God made you for such a time as this and he has transformed you, equipped and activated you to do His plans in His time. Hold loosely to your plans and agendas. be still and watch for how He wants you to join Him
. Receive His deliverance from the weariness of striving and don His easy yoke as you watch for and walk with Jesus
. he will refresh you and lead you to His perfect plans for you. he does know you and what you are made to do
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and next year. trust Him. Surrender. Repent. Trust. Follow. Amen! Let jesus build His Church and be available to allow Him to use you according to His plans for such a time as this. It will be good, a joy and easy yoke to bear. Amen! Follow Jesus' way and example to a healthy, fruitful, enjoyable life of living and loving like Him. He made you for
and the Sabbath for us to learn to abide and rest in Him and be ready to go with Him when the time is right in ways that are custom made for us. Amen! he did tell me to stop forcing things and striving to please Him with my own ideas and AGENDAS AND JUST WATCH FOR WHAT HE'S DOING IN THE MOMENTS OF THE DAY AND ALLOW HIM TO USE ME AS I AM for HIS plans! Let us all pray into that for each other and encourage and walk with each other in love and accountability to it. Amen
Are you honest with God?
Confession means agreeing with God about our sinful ways. If He has told us in His Word that something is sinful, then it is. Open your heart to the probing of the Holy Spirit; let Him reveal what aspects of your life need to change and what sins need to be confessed. Then repent and trust AS you walk with Him.
Ok gotta fly but if able you may be able to thread through and piece together some of all God has revealed to me
after 9 hours of sleep and stillness in Him. Amen
If you see me
and God spurs you, let discuss and pray together. he has perfect plans that bring peace and joy and fit you perfectly. Stop forcing things! I think of my grandmother who had fluid bloated feet saying, "Well, that's a lot of foot for that shoe!" Yet she tried to force it on and struggled with uncomfort, even pain. God has a custom fit day for you. Step into that! I'm praying for you, me and us! Come Jesus! Lead us!
Sarah Young
I to We
ODB
Betty is ready. She began following Jesus as a teenager and has taken opportunities her whole life to serve and please Him. She attends Bible studies, worship services, and prayer meetings. She’s taught studies, visited mission fields, worked in the nursery, served alongside her pastor-husband, and she loves being with God’s people every chance she gets. And remarkably she’s 102 years old and is still ready to do whatever pleases God. She’s an inspiration to many who might not feel like gathering with other believers some days. Then they remember, Betty will be there. I certainly can get there! Betty now says she’s eager to get to heaven to be with her Savior. She says, “I’m ready to see Jesus; I love Him so.”
The apostle Paul said he “would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8). But he knew God had work for him to do in encouraging believers in many churches (Philippians 1:23-24). So he kept serving and living “by faith” and “not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). Paul remained ready and kept serving under God’s direction.
Whatever our age and stage in life, let’s ask God to help us make it our heart’s goal “to please [Christ]” (v. 9) and stay ready. Betty is ready. And if someday she isn’t ready, it’s because she’s already seeing Jesus face-to-face.
By Anne Cetas
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In what ways can you practice answering God’s call to service? How can you become more ready for His call to heaven?
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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
In 2 Corinthians 5:6-9, Paul describes the tension of living on earth (“at home in the body,” v. 6) and life after death for believers in Jesus (“at home with the Lord,” v. 8). Metaphors like “jars of clay” (4:7) and “earthly tent” (5:1) point to our mortality. But Paul assures us that “we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself” (v. 1 nlt). We will “put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing” (v. 2 nlt).
As we answer the call to serve Christ, our goal is “to please” Him (v. 9). We’ll receive or suffer the loss of rewards depending on how we’ve lived (1 Corinthians 3:12-15). And by staying ready and serving in God’s strength, we’ll truly live well.
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UR: Getting It Straight
I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. - Proverbs 4:11 (NIV)
I was in a hurry as I pulled into the parking lot. I spotted an empty parking space near the entrance and quickly maneuvered my car into it, intending to dash into the store for the one item I needed and back out again. But, try as I might, I could not get the car parked straight. After several unsuccessful attempts, I got out of my car to determine what was wrong. I realized I had been using a vehicle next to me as a guide, but the car was parked almost diagonally! Instead, I should have been using my side and rearview mirrors to align my car within the markings on the ground.
Even though it has been quite a few years since that incident, every time I think or talk about it, a larger lesson stands out for me: Be careful whose life you try to align your life with. When we look at other people who seem to be successful or who are living a life that we aspire to, we may feel that we need to emulate them to achieve the same level of accomplishment. But doing so may lead us in a direction we don’t want to go.
While there’s nothing wrong with having good role models, we should strive for our lives to line up with the word of God above all else. When we focus on Jesus and pattern our lives after his, he will guide us in the way we should go.
Thank you, God, for your promise that when we pay attention to your words you will keep our paths secure. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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