Word for Today: It's No Surprise to God

 

But thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph…2 Corinthians 2:14, AMP.

 

In life, we all have to deal with the unexpected. Just because we’re believers, just because we’re good people or doing the right thing doesn’t make us exempt from trouble. The scripture says, “The rain falls on the just and the unjust.” In times when something unexpected happens, or you find yourself facing a crisis, you don’t have to go into “panic mode” or fall apart emotionally. Remember, that crisis is no surprise to God. It may be unexpected to you, but God knows the end from the beginning. He has solutions to problems that you haven’t even had. He has equipped you for every battle, and He goes before you making your crooked places straight.

Today, focus on the fact that He is with you. Remember that He is walking with you and guiding you to a place of peace and victory. No matter what has happened, He will take what the enemy meant for evil and turn it around for your good! He always leads us in victory. So keep moving forward, trusting in the good plan He has for you!

 

Prayer for Today:

Heavenly Father, I come to You with an open and humble heart. I thank You for the victory that You have in store for me even when I can’t see it. I choose to trust You and Your goodness knowing that You are faithful in Jesus’ name. Amen.

 

He Makes all Things New.....Revelation 21:5

Enjoying the everyday is a blessing...

    

 

                                                                                                            MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY DAY

            The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed upon the ground, and then continues sleeping and rising night and day while the seed sprouts and grows and increases – he knows not how…

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Mark 4:26,27

 

Today's Scripture teaches us that a seed's growth and nourishment takes place while the seed is underground.  The same principle applies to our lives.  Most of life involves getting up in the morning, going to bed at night, and doing what we need to do in the interim.  When everything is "business as usual," that's where we develop the ability to enjoy everyday life.

 

Sometimes people think enjoying life means celebrating special occasions or getting raises and promotions.  The truth is that life is not one big party, and we cannot sit around waiting for the next exciting event.  We do need to celebrate life's big, exciting occasions, but in between them, we must be able to find joy in going to work, cleaning house, raising children, and dealing with grouchy neighbors.

 

One key to enjoying each day of our lives is to understand that most of life consists of a routine, unremarkable series of events that take place day after day.  So if we are really going to enjoy every day, we must learn to embrace the ordinary – to delight in little things, and to find pleasure in situations other people might overlook.  And as we enjoy life moment by moment, day by day, week after week and year after year, we find that all of life has become

rich, deep, and satisfying.

 

 

                                                                                    Love Yourself Today: "God, help me to enjoy ordinary days!"

 

 

Don't judge.....

                                                                                                            PRAYER INSTEAD OF JUDGEMENT

                                                There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA

 

God often allows us to see or know things about people specifically for the purpose of praying for them, but we often judge and criticize instead of praying. 

 

Years ago, I saw two women leaving a donut shop.  They were both at least 100 pounds overweight, and they were each carrying an entire box of donuts.  I could sense in my heart that they had serious problems with

their emotions and were eating to comfort themselves.  Perhaps they had been abused or had endured a lifetime of emotional pain and rejection.  When we encounter people, we never know what they have been through

or what they are currently suffering.

 

Although I was tempted to criticize them, the Holy Spirit prompted me to pray instead.  I simply prayed, "God, help those two women to lose weight, and help them know that You are the answer to their problems.  Send

someone into their lives who can speak the words they need to hear. Amen." 

 

There have been times in my life when I needed to lose weight and hoped someone was praying for me.  I would much rather have people's prayers than their judgment.

 

Too often people see situations such as the one I just described and think, That's terrible.  The last thing these women need is a donut!  Many of us are quick to judge others and jump to conclusions about them.  We need to

discipline our minds to refrain from judgment; we need to view people through the lens of compassion and do the one thing that can make a difference: pray!

 

                                               

                                                Love Others Today: "Lord, help me to see others in a loving way and not make quick, unkind judgments."

 

 

Isaiah 58:9-10

Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, 'Here I am.' "If you take away from among you the yoke, the putting out of the finger, and speaking wickedly; and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then your light shall rise in darkness, and your obscurity be as the noonday."
– Isaiah 58:9-10

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GIVE YOUR SOUL A BREAK

                                                                                    GIVE YOUR SOUL A BREAK

                                                            Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him…..PSALM 62:5NIV

 

 

When you take a vacation, do you give your soul a break, just as you give your body some rest, recreation and refreshment?  Your soul is comprised of your mind, will, and emotions, and it is a very

Important part of your entire being.  You are a spiritual being, and you live in a physical body.  But if you don’t understand your soul’s needs, you will not be a whole, healthy individual.

 

When we are weary, exhausted in strength, endurance, and vigor, we need help.  We need to be refreshed not only physically, but mentally and emotionally as well.  Being weary is not something to be

Ashamed of; it’s simply a sign that we need a break.

 

You can take a vacation thinking you need a physical rest, but if you don’t let your soul rest at the same time, you will return home just as exhausted as you were when you left.  Lying on the beach worrying

does not equal a day of vacation.  If you take a day off and spend it trying to deal with personal problems, traffic, high prices, and rude people – you’d have been better off at work!

 

Learning to let our souls rest is vitally important.  Jesus said in Matthew 11:28-30 that if we are over burdened, weary, and worn out, we should spend time with Him and see how He handled life.  He promises to

give us rest.  The Amplified Bible’s translation of these verses indicates that the type of rest He is talking about is recreation, refreshment, and blessed quiet for our souls.  Jesus is really offering us a vacation for

our souls, our inner lives.

 

            Love Yourself Today: Permit your entire being to take a vacation.  Get plenty of rest physically.  Rest your mind, quiet your emotions, and let your will be in total agreement with God’s.