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He Is All I Need
Waking up early this morning before anybody else, I had time with the LORD. It has been a long time I did not have a quite time with God and His word like today.
As I was reading and listening the book of Psalm (catching up with my 90 Days of Reading the whole Bible in this summer), I read Psalm 5:3 and made it my prayer this morning:
Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD.
Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly. (Psalm 5:3 NLT)
Because I miss Him, His voice, His touch, His presence and His love.
And God answered me with Psalm 23, giving me assurance that He is all that I need and He is with me all the time and He is my renewer, provider, guide, protector and comforter. I will be with Him forever in His presence:
The LORD is my shepherd;
I have all that I need. He lets me rest in green meadows;
he leads me beside peaceful streams. He renews my strength.
He guides me along right paths,
bringing honor to his name. Even when I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will not be afraid,
for you are close beside me.
Your rod and your staff
protect and comfort me. You prepare a feast for me
in the presence of my enemies.
You honor me by anointing my head with oil.
My cup overflows with blessings. Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me
all the days of my life,
and I will live in the house of the LORD
forever. (Psalm 23:1-6 NLT)
For all of these, oh LORD my God, I am so thankful and ask for nothing else. For:
You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing.
You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy, that I might sing praises to you and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever! (Psalm 30:11, 12 NLT)
Five Minute Friday: Story
Story.
“What kind of story are you writing now in your life?”
That’s the question that I always ask myself. It’s not because I wanna be a writer, but I want to leave a story for my next generation so they will know who their older generations are.
Just exactly like what God told the people of Israel in the book of Exodus through Deuteronomy, that they had to tell the stories, the amazing stories, what God had done among them since the beginning, from setting them free form the slavery in Egypt until how mighty God’s hands over Israelites when they overcame the other nations so they could take over the Promise Land and settled in. But not only the stories of how God worked in their lives, but most important things are all the Law and commands that He had given to His people, need to be told over and over again, at any time, any where and to all generations.
Story I want to pass on is the story how God works in my life, to bring glory only to His Holy Name. Story I want my next generations know and remember is how great our living God, how faithful He is and how He has changed my life and so that they can trust and to obey Him. And they can be the stories to the next one.
My past is not a story that I want them to remember, but I want God to use my past that one that He has changed to show how He has plans for my life and their lives, that God never forget nor forsake us. I let God use my life stories to bless others and changes others.
I want my next generations know that God is the one who write our life story, to wonderful and perfect one, when we surrender and trust in Him, in His plan, in His love, in His grace, and in His mighty power that can change our life and yours.
So, what kind of story are you writing now?
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There’s Always A Reason
There is always a reason for us to worship the LORD, our God.
There is always a reason for us to give thanks to the LORD, our God.
There is always a reason for us to lift up our voice and praise His Holy Name.
There’s 10,000 reasons to bless the LORD.
Overcoming Failure
I’ve been reading Renee Swope‘s book, A Confident Heart, for one of my Summer readings.
At the end of chapter 7, she shared about failing forward, failure and how we can overcome it. She wrote,
“When we disappint God and other people, it can automatically make us feel like a failure. This reinforces Satan’s lies and destroys our confidence. Fearing failure can distort our perspective and keep us focused on the fear of failing again. Instead, we need to ask God if there is something we need to di differently.”
What is failure? What are the causes of failure? Renee answers those quetions from the Truth:
“One of the main themes of the Bible is overcoming failure. Throughout Scriptures we see that failure is something caused by disobedience (Num.14:40-45), sin (Josh. 7:3-12), lack of faith (Matt. 17:15-21), not following God’s ways (2 Chron. 28:1-5), lack of counting the cost (Luke 14:28-29), unbelief (Heb. 4:6), and wrong motives (James 4:3).”
Isn’t that true? I know it’s true and happens to me. Satan always try to get to me through “making me feel like a failure” when I disapoint God or someone (especially my husband, daughter and parents). Satan knows well our weak spot in our life and he will use it over and over again to destry and draw us away from God and His love.
I would be so down and discouraged when that happened to me. But God is so good, so gracious and so faithful. He shows love, grace and mercy to me. He speaks to me through His words, patience husband and wise, spirit-filled mentor&friends I have. He makes sure I know well that He is there and guides me step by step to the victory in Jesus.
Overcoming failure is only by coming to Jesus, searching God’s will for your life and live it!