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Lent Devotional 14
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Lent Devotional 14

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Trust

Trust in the Lord they tell you. Every Christian, every circumstance, they tell you to trust in the Lord. But what does that mean? You might say that that’s a dumb question, the sentence is self-explanatory. But what does it mean to trust? I like to use my dog as an example. He is my darling, I have had him since he was 8 weeks old. When I first brought my dog home, we had played out in the yard by the church all day because there had been a picnic, I liked to imagine that the picnic was to celebrate him, in truth it was just a normal Sunday picnic. When I got him home he was exhausted, so I laid down on the couch because I was tired too and he laid down next to me. My dog curled up against my arm and looked up at me, he stared at me for a little while, I even took a picture of him staring at me, then, very hesitantly, he placed his head on my arm. He wasn’t sure if he could trust me. Of course he wasn’t sure he could trust me, he didn’t know me yet. he almost trusts me too much. The other day he was up in a tree, ( yes, he likes to climb trees, no, I don’t know why.) I was concerned because he was fairly high up so I reached up and called him to come down. I had reached up just in case he fell, but he took it as an invitation to jump into my arms; I won’t lie, I almost dropped him, he’s a lot of weight when he’s falling a out of the air. The little dog who wasn’t sure if it was safe to sleep with me near by now jumps unconcerned into my open arms. He has learned that even if it I break my neck doing it, I will never let him fall and he trusts me.
Our relationship with Jesus is like this. If we don’t know Jesus personally than it will be hard to trust Him. Why would we if we don’t know Him, but when we have spent time with Him and gotten to know Him than trusting Him comes as second nature. That doesn’t mean we won’t struggle with fear and doubt, but because we know who Jesus is and we know He loves us and won’t ever let us fall, even if He has to die to save us. Oh right, He already did. Trust in the Lord means knowing the Lord and knowing He’s got your back.

Lent devotional 11
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Lent devotional 11

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God didn’t want us to hang on to scars, that’s why the body heals. The wounds seal over and the remnants of pain fade. When will we let the wounds in our hearts heal over so that their pain fades? God didn’t make us to be patchwork quilts of pain, He made us to be starfish, when one point breaks it heals and grows a new one, with no memory of the previous self that was lost. Don’t be discouraged, and don’t cling to what God has already been trying to heal in you. Until you let go God can’t seal your wound, because you are working to keep it open. Let Him heal you. It’s okay to let go.

Lent devotional 9
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Lent devotional 9

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God will establish you.

The Bible often mentions how God will establish His people. But that word can bring about a variety of thoughts. I like to center around the first proper version of the word establish that is brought into our lives at a tender age -driving. When we drive we learn how to establish at an intersection. Some people establish way too much and risk getting dinged or stopping others from being able to move forward. Others don’t establish enough and can’t get through the light in time. There is a sweet spot when it comes to establishing, where you are just far enough ahead without being too far and that spot makes it easy to turn into the lane you want.
When God establishes us He sets us in that sweet spot, a spot perfect for moving forward into where we are meant to be. If we do it on our own we can wind up starting too fast and having a painful collision, or we can end up sitting waiting for an opening but being too far back to be able to seize it. If God establishes us than we end up in the perfect spot to move forward because He knows where that perfect spot is.

Lent devotional 7
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Lent devotional 7

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To the old me. The one who was afraid that she had missed her chance. I want to tell her that something did happen, something good, and we are now moving forward.

As the old preacher said, “God isn’t finished with you until you’re in your grave.”
It’s easy to fear that we’ve missed our chance and that God is done with us, especially as things go on and you see more and more candles on your cake and more wrinkles on your face you can easily begin to feel like life has passed you by, but that isn’t true. When God wants you to do something your age will never stop Him from using you. His plan is His and His timing is perfect. Don’t become discouraged, God has a great plan for you, just trust His timing. 

Lent devotional 5
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Lent devotional 5

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Sore feet.

Today was an on the feet all day, day. It was a good day and lots of fun, but only part way through my feet hurt…a lot. My task was not complete but my body didn’t want to continue. Now what? I chose to take some time to sit, not much time, just enough so that I could feel my soles again and continue on.
How often do we feel like our spiritual feet simply can’t go on? We push and push, trying to keep moving forward but find it is too much. Then we pray and ask God what to do and He directs is to His word:
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28

God calls us to rest and regain our strength through Him so we can get back up and keep moving forward. He is good to us and cares for us, don’t forget that. God is not a task master, He is our king. He gives us the strength to go on. Count on Him, trust in Him.

Lent devotional 3
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Lent devotional 3

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Tonight is the night before the weekend and I am sure most of us have popcorn and movie plans. Tonight I leave you to begin the weekend with this thought, ‘who would I have been if I had never been saved by Jesus?’
Just take a few moments and ponder how Jesus has helped, guided, protected and saved you through the years, or maybe even only hours, since you accepted Him as your savior. Journal if you like, it may help outline the path that God has been guiding you on.
Have a nice Friday night!

Galaxies
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Galaxies

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‘God of wonders beyond our galaxy,’🌌
Think about that one. There are 100 billion galaxies in telescopic range. Some say that that number may more than double as technology increases.
To some that might not be considered awe inspiring, but I feel very privileged to live in one of the billions of galaxies that exist.
God took care to create a universe that can never be fully analyzed. No matter how much we discover we can never know everything that the creator knows. As an artist will always see something in their work that we as the viewer can never grasp.
God wants us to imagine and explore and wonder. He wants us to dream and love what we don’t understand.
Like His creation, God is also someone we will never understand.
No matter how much we study Him God (like the galaxies,) will never fit into our little box of understanding.

Cling to it, don’t give up
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Cling to it, don’t give up

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Giving up is easier than trying in the beginning, but harder in the long run. If you give up you may never know what would have happened if you hadn’t given up, and keeping going may hurt in the beginning but will usually be worth it in the end. If you stop now and then later chose to start again all your previous hard work could be for nothing if you have to redo it. So in the end keeping going is the easier solution. Yes dreams, goals and ambitions can hurt; in fact they will hurt at times, but that only shows that they are something worth fighting for. Easy things are the things that fade, the hard things are the things that stick together. Fighting to keep your marriage together will be worth it in the end, fighting to drop your addiction, fighting to get the job you want, to finish school, to raise your kids right, to follow your dreams! If God is in them than they will be worth the struggle! His end is a perfect and happy ending.

Deliver Us!
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Deliver Us!

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Deliver Us!

The Israelite people spent over 400 years in captivity, several of those years being worked literally to death as slaves. They prayed for deliverance constantly and for 400 years nothing happened, but they refused to give in and let their oppressors win because they knew what God had done for their people in the past and that the same God would save them.
Did they have days of doubt? Oh yes! Did they have days that they wanted to give up? Definitely! Did they have days when they wondered where God was? Of course. Did that stop God from saving them? No. It may have postponed their rescue, but their complaints and cries didn’t make God stop loving them, and because He is a loving God He saved them. He didn’t even save them in a typical ‘extract the prisoners’ fashion, He destroyed Egypt with His wonders. God Almighty sent His sword to make Pharaoh let His people go. He parted the sea! Not a river! A sea! He sent a pillar of fire and a cloud to guide them! He had birds bring them food! God Delivered His people in every possible way.
Whatever you are going through- No matter how hard or painful- God will deliver you! Keep your Faith and don’t give in. Some days it will be hard to be strong or brave but you still have to keep the Faith that God has a plan. Whatever, wherever, whoever your promised land is, God is taking you there, little by little, miracle by miracle. He will deliver you.

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We will be okay
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We will be okay

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I have doubts, I have fears, I have days I don’t want the sun to get me out of bed, I have times when there is no place on earth I feel would be safe, because I am just like everyone else, the difference is that I have Jesus. I have the Bible that speaks God’s truths to me. My family and friends have struggles. The world is obviously falling apart, but we have Jesus and we know who holds our future. I see people on the news who are scared and angry, I read comments on social media that show the level of hate that is rising around us, but my brothers and sisters in Christ have Jesus and the security He brings and we know He is coming back again. This world is a big, scary, damaged mess, but Jesus is holding on to us so we will be okay.