Here's an old chorus to go to bed with tonight.
Peace, peace, wonderful peace.
Coming down from the Father above.
Sweep over my spirit forever I pray.
In fathomless billows of love.
At times there seems to be just an onslaught of stuff coming at us all day long. Because of that we just need HIS peace...all the time! Without it your mind can take you to places you really don't want to go...at least mine can. So tonight I'm choosing to find peace and rest in HIM! How about you?
Father God, please help us to find that sweet peace...Your sweet peace...as we lay down to sleep tonight. Give our minds, and our bodies, the rest we so desperately need. Let us wake up refreshed and ready for a new day with You tomorrow.
In Jesus name we pray
Amen
Monday, February 25, 2013
Sunday, February 24, 2013
The Lord Is With Us
The Lord gives peace and rest to the tired and weary. Are you tired and weary?
The Lord is with us. Day in and day out He's right beside us. He hears everyone of our heart beats...every breath we take...every sigh we sigh...every praise we give to Him. He sees every tear we cry...every time we put our head in our hands...every time we lift our face to Him. We need to go to Him in our good times...in our bad times...in the weakest of our times. Whether we are down physically...emotionally...or spiritually...He cares. He cares and He's waiting for you to call on Him right now.
I have to admit that this past week/weekend was a tired and weary one for me. The only thing that kept me going was reading my Bible and just sitting quietly and talking to the Lord whenever I had the chance. Even though church was good today...I just couldn't seem to connect there. I left feeling just as blah as I did when I arrived. So, I came home and spent more time reading and waiting. While nothing has changed yet...I know...the Lord still cares.
So...what do you do when you're having those tired...weary...blah times and can't seem to shake them? You do what
Hebrews 12:1-3 says...
Therefore then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us,
The Lord is with us. Day in and day out He's right beside us. He hears everyone of our heart beats...every breath we take...every sigh we sigh...every praise we give to Him. He sees every tear we cry...every time we put our head in our hands...every time we lift our face to Him. We need to go to Him in our good times...in our bad times...in the weakest of our times. Whether we are down physically...emotionally...or spiritually...He cares. He cares and He's waiting for you to call on Him right now.
I have to admit that this past week/weekend was a tired and weary one for me. The only thing that kept me going was reading my Bible and just sitting quietly and talking to the Lord whenever I had the chance. Even though church was good today...I just couldn't seem to connect there. I left feeling just as blah as I did when I arrived. So, I came home and spent more time reading and waiting. While nothing has changed yet...I know...the Lord still cares.
So...what do you do when you're having those tired...weary...blah times and can't seem to shake them? You do what
Hebrews 12:1-3 says...
Therefore then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us,
2 Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and
the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and
is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for
the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the
cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 Just think of Him Who endured from sinners such grievous opposition and
bitter hostility against Himself [reckon up and consider it all in
comparison with your trials], so that you may not grow weary or exhausted, losing heart and relaxing and fainting in your minds.
Though life gets you down...people let you down...don't let circumstances keep you down. Pick your self up and trust in the Lord that He has everything in His control and He is right there beside you.
Never give up.
Still working on becoming "unshakeable".
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Prayer
Draw me Lord. Draw us Lord. Let the presence of the Lord filter through our hearts right now...tonight. Help us to long to be closer to You...closer than we have ever been before. Draw us closer and closer. Do a mighty work in our hearts and souls tonight. We love You Lord and we want nothing more than to enter into Your presence like we have never been before. You Lord are our Savior...our Redeemer...our Comforter and friend. Only because of You can we be unshakeable.
We know Lord that You are always there...waiting for us to come to You. Here we are right now Lord. We see Your arms open up wide...beckoning us to enter into them. To be wrapped in Your loving arms so we feel nothing but love and comfort...peace and hope...safety. We thank You and praise You tonight Lord for loving us more than we could ever comprehend. Thank You for giving us a new life in You. Help us to find rest in You tonight Lord. Thank You.
In Your name I pray...Amen.
We know Lord that You are always there...waiting for us to come to You. Here we are right now Lord. We see Your arms open up wide...beckoning us to enter into them. To be wrapped in Your loving arms so we feel nothing but love and comfort...peace and hope...safety. We thank You and praise You tonight Lord for loving us more than we could ever comprehend. Thank You for giving us a new life in You. Help us to find rest in You tonight Lord. Thank You.
In Your name I pray...Amen.
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