Since my subtitle is "musings over God's promises for my life" I decided to hit the online concordance for all the times I can find the word "promise" and see how those scriptures resonate with me right now. Here's today's edition
Psalms 119:116 NIV
Sustain me according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed.
Do not let my hopes be dashed. Oh please Lord - that's my prayer. I have so many hopes. Big ones - hopes for my daughter's future, hopes for my future, hopes for my career, hopes for a ministry. And little ones - hopes that I get over this cold quickly (cough, sneeze), hopes that I'll have a voice tomorrow for church, hopes that our family get-together this week will be fun. (Dad's for McCain, big brother is for Obama - hopes we don't get in a political discussion!)
So here's the thing, my God cares about all my hopes and dreams and He does sustain me. That is exactly the reason I've been memorizing and praying God's promises - they sustain me. They sustain me so that I can live.
Amen
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Temptation and deliverance
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful, he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
OK - let me be honest. There are times when I don't really want to stand up against temptation, I'm not really looking for a way out, but God is faithful.
Yes - God is faithful, even when I'm not so much. Now I'm not saying that God is going to be my "fireman" for repeated, stupid, foolishness. But I have found that my prayers for deliverance and strength are sometimes answered when I'm not actually praying them. And perhaps those answers are also to the repeated prayers of my parents, my grandparents (now in heaven), and others who love me. Because - I am delivered - God provides a way out - even when I'm not looking for it at the moment.
And for that, I am truly thankful.
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful, he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
OK - let me be honest. There are times when I don't really want to stand up against temptation, I'm not really looking for a way out, but God is faithful.
Yes - God is faithful, even when I'm not so much. Now I'm not saying that God is going to be my "fireman" for repeated, stupid, foolishness. But I have found that my prayers for deliverance and strength are sometimes answered when I'm not actually praying them. And perhaps those answers are also to the repeated prayers of my parents, my grandparents (now in heaven), and others who love me. Because - I am delivered - God provides a way out - even when I'm not looking for it at the moment.
And for that, I am truly thankful.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Cardboard Testimonies
A friend sent me a link to this video today. Powerful.
From Hillside Christian Church in Amarillo, TX.
What's your cardboard testimony?
From Hillside Christian Church in Amarillo, TX.
What's your cardboard testimony?
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