My Top 10

“Your unfailing love, O LORD, is as vast as the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds” (Psalm 36:5).

Greetings,

Several years ago, I splurged on a leather-bound journal so I could jot down any words of encouragement God sent my way. Here are my top ten entries:

      

       God, UNFAILINGLY, has my best interest in mind.

       God is the answer to my every need.

       Every time I pray, I’m advancing God's best intentions for my life.

       God is where He's asked to be.

       Faith is not a risk; faith is a RELIEF.

       Jesus is the way; I can't get lost!

       Jesus is the truth; I can't be deceived!

  

       Jesus is the life; the devil can't kill me!

       Prayer brings a stranglehold to the struggle.

       God may say "WAIT,” but He never says "WORRY.” 

   

I   I hope my top 10 has blessed you today.  Let's pray.

      

    PRAYER: Dear Lord, thank You that we are never without hope.  We trust You and Your plan for our life. You are our answer, and we are grateful You are with us right now.  As we pray, we are relived that by doing so we are putting a chokehold on our struggles.  Help us not to worry as we wait for Your perfect timing.  We choose to believe in your unfailing love. In Jesus' name, AMEN. 

Top 12

Psalm 36:5 Your unfailing love, O LORD, is as vast as the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds.

Greetings,

I am not a traditional journaler;  I have never made it a daily habit to chronicle my life.  Mostly,  I like to jot things down in the margins of my prayer books.   But over 15 years ago I splurged on an actual leather-bound journal where I got into the habit of writing down quick, short bursts of wisdom that brought me comfort.  I was reading through it this morning , and the truths that were powerful way back when are still powerful today. 

Here are my top 12:

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           When you receive Christ, you are never without HOPE again!

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       God, UNFAILINGLY, has your best interest in mind!

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       Wherever God is enthroned, no threat of hell can succeed against that/them!

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       God is the answer to your every need!

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       Every time you pray, you're advancing God's purposes for you!

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       God is where He's asked to be!

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       Faith is not a risk; faith is a RELIEF!

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       Jesus is the way; you can't get lost!

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       Jesus is the truth; you can't be deceived!

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       Jesus is the life; the devil can't kill you!

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       Prayer brings a stranglehold to the struggle!

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       God may say "WAIT" but He never says "WORRY"! 

    I hope my top 12 has blessed you today.  Let's pray.

   

   PRAYER: 

      Dear Lord,  Thank You that we are never without hope.  We trust You and Your plan for our life. You are our answer, and we are grateful that You are with us right now.  As we pray we are relived that by doing so we are putting a chokehold on our struggles.  Help us not to worry as we wait for Your perfect timing.  We choose to believe in your unfailing love. In Jesus' name, AMEN. 

Before We Even Pray~

Isaiah 65:24 I will answer them before they even call to Me. While they are still talking about their needs, I will go ahead and answer their prayers!

By no means am I consistent at journaling, but there have been seasons in my life where I have found it helpful to write things down.  This morning, as it dawned on me that Jorgie and Lis will be married two years this Sunday, I picked up an old notebook and read about what I was thinking at that point in my life.   Something my Pastor Bill said really encouraged me:     

“Responsibility is my response to God’s ability.”

The entire Bible is one glorious testimony to God’s unfathomable abilities, one of which is answering our prayers before we even call out to Him.

Long before I ever prayed for Jorgie to be married – it’s kind of hard to think in those terms when your son is still in a diaper – God was shaking things up and moving things around so that he and Lis would meet on one glorious August day.  She lived all over the world because her dad was an ambassador, but she eventually wound up living 10-minutes away from us.  By the time I met Lis I realized that God had answered my prayers long before I prayed them by keeping her safe and sound for Jorgie and vice/versa. 

The same could be said of my relationship with Jorge.  How is it that I, who lived in Georgia, would move to Miami, and because of an invitation from my sister’s co-worker, attend a little 40-member church in Hialeah where Jorge played the tambourine in a Christian band?   I was 17 when I met him, and marriage was the furthest thing from my mind.

And I have shared Rayray’s story.  She went off to coach volleyball at a local school and was asked to coach a club team where she was promptly assigned to be her now-husband’s assistant because there were not enough girls for her to have her own team.   The rest is history…

So many millions of details, so many I didn’t even think to pray of.  But as God’s children, He will always have our back.  He will cover us in so many areas where we are not even aware of the need yet.  I know that one day we will marvel at all the things He did for us that we never found out about and never prayed about. 

So what is our responsibility? Our response to His ability?  It is praising Him! It is sharing the good news with others! And it is praying to the One whose abilities are infinite!

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We feel so completely covered by Your love for us.  You do so much every day to get us where we need to go.  Our life is in Your hands.  It is incredible to think that before we even pray for something that is on our hearts, You have already answered.  We say Thank you!  In Jesus’ name, AMEN~