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by Katherine Kehler
“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8).
Yesterday, God put a song in my mind – a song that I had not sung for quite a while. The first line of the chorus is, “God is bigger than all my problems.”
The song reminded me of an email I received from an African woman last week. She has given me permission to share it with you.
“I, Oforiwaa Boamah, was born into a Christian home and received Jesus Christ as my Lord and personal Savior when I was old enough to attend Sunday school. However my relationship with Christ was a very formal one. When I say formal, I mean I saw God as strict and not understanding.
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“As a teenager, I found out that I never liked who I was. I had been abused on so many occasions by people and friends I had trusted. I felt like dying because there was no way God would look at me and want me. But I was wrong.
“One day a friend of mine broke my heart when he betrayed my trust by violating my body and then disgraced me by telling everyone about what he had done to me. I felt so much pain that I couldn’t take it anymore. I cried out to God and asked him why it had to happen to me. Even questioning God was a bit unfamiliar to me. Suddenly a memory verse come to my mind, John 15:7: “But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted.” Wow!
“Immediately I wrote God a letter, asking Him for the healing of my heart and the rededication of my life to him. Nothing happened instantly but I woke up the next day feeling new and fresh and happy as never before. My heart was made so whole that I even forgave my friend who betrayed me. Glory be to God.
“My life has changed completely ever since. Now I have no doubt that I am more than a conqueror in Christ. Those around me have also seen this peace and joy in me and ask me about it every day.”
God is bigger than all our problems!
~Lord, I thank you that You are much bigger than any of our problems. You are bigger than all our fears and foes. Enable us to remember that your grace abounds to us and at all times. Thank you, Jesus. Amen.
Questions to ponder: How has God shown Himself to you that He is bigger than all your problems? How has that fact changed your outlook on life?
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This devotional was written by Katherine Kehler. Read more about Katherine: http://www.talk.thelife.com/authors/katherine-kehler/
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Thank you so much Katherine, and especially Oforiwaa Boamah, for sharing this beautiful, beautiful message with all of us. I was just singing the song “God will make a way” to myself the other day and this is the reassurance from our dear heavenly Father that indeed HE WILL! He will make a way for me, and for all of us, His children. God IS bigger than all our problems!
Dear Lord, I know You hear me, and that You are powerful and wise. Help me to wait patiently and to trust You for Your good and perfect answers to the needs of those i love. In Jesus most precious name I pray. Amen!
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These last few messages have been so spot-on for me. Truly a blessing.
My friend who has been riding to work with me shared some problems with me this morning. Needless to say, she is stressed deluxe — three kids, one extra living with them. We get to work and I check my e-mail and there it is. Amazing how God provides the perfect words and the perfect opportunity to pass them on. Kinda freaky actually. Like this last Sunday. My cousin spent the night Saturday and we talked way into the night about some stuff his mom has done to him. He is just getting back into church and was dealing well with the issues but still needed someone to talk to. I walked into church Sunday morning and BAM! The preacher was preaching on the issues and spiritual shores (what I call them — you know, the scriptures to ’shore up’ your dragging faith against the flood of stuff coming at you) we had been up late talking through. That’s twice this week God has used me and the goose bumps are going strong right now. Bless Ms. Kehler for being a conduit of help.
As i read the devotional and the comments, i think back and he has always made a way, maybe it wasnt what i wanted but he still came through for us. Like the song says he works in ways that we cannot see, and as i thought about how he is bigger than our problems, i start to think about the trials im expereicnng right now, and been experiencing for years, and God always came through, many times he sent me ships, planes, something, i never recognized, but today Thank God, I recognizing, that he is always there, just waiting for me to turn over my problems, so that he can work them out for me.
Folks please keep praying for me to keep turning things over to him, SURRENDER, it all to him, BECAUSE HE IS SAYING TO ME RIGHT NOW, AGAIN “SANDRA IM BIGGER THAN —————-SO LET ME HAVE IT. CONTINUE TO LOVE, AS I HAVE LOVED!
These devotions are so imspiring, and GOD is faithful just by creating a place such as this where one can be encouraged , and encourage others in their walk of faith.
God bless u all and the writer!
Sandra
PTL. i SO NEEDED THIS DEVOTIONAL TODAY. God is bigger than all my problems . Will be quoteing that all day I’m sure. It’s so great that in the middle of all my stress God reminds me with this devotional to cast it to him he can handle it. That’s so cool right exactly when I needed it .So from this point on to do I am going to pass my problems to him, slow down and enjoy the day he has given me.
Thank you Lord for reminding me that you are the ultimate place of refuge for for me. When I so wanted to run and hide from everyone I can take comfort in you.
PTL… Bless you ladies have a good day.
jackie
Hi,
I appreciated the comments because as you mentioned, the devotionals remind us of God’s sufficiency. And songs like, “God is bigger than all my problems”, seem to stick in our minds to remind us that He is all He says He is–God Almighty!
The word “all” from scripture has jumped out at me in the last few days. Today it is in the devotional scripture 4 times. He is reminding me that He is able to meet “all” our needs whether spiritual, physical, financial, BIG or samll.
“He is able” is very important, as we have discussed many times in comments this week.
The song in my heart today is “Thou Art Worthy.” PRAISE HIM!
Just like everyone else has stated…this devotional came at God’s perfect time. I needed to hear God is bigger than my problems, even though I heard it the day before and that God will make a way where there seems to be no way…
My situation seems like the worst thing that could happen to anyone but when I really stop and take a look at it…things could definitely be worse and I know that other people would love to go through what I am experiencing compared to their trials…
Reminding myself that God does have Mercy on us and does extend us Grace and that he really isn’t this big strict mean God and I am not always going to please him..the fact that I want to always please him makes him happy…
Thank you sisters for sharing.
Thank you, Katherine, for sharing Oforiwaa Boamah’s powerful experience with our GREAT LORD & FATHER..Her testimony reveals how much BIGGER HE truly is than any earthen problem! Her testimony is Roman’s 8:37 revealed!
Praying for all you dear ladies and believing a weekend of blessings in HIM …HE really does still part “Red Seas” for us all in whatever our circumstances are.. AND is the “Mountain Mover”!!
Praising YOU and Thanking YOU, Dear Father for all you’ve done this week..For all we’ve learned in these life changing devotionals..For the amazing way you met needs here … and for all you will yet do, too! (Romans 4:17)..Amen, Amen and AMEN!!!!
Our Heavenly Father is God so He can do anything. I’ve seen this happen in my life many times before so I keep on looking back at how faithful He is to His promises whenever I’m faced with a difficult or a disgusting situation. While waiting for His mercy, I focus my thoughts on His Word not on my circumstances.His Word says ” I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Though it may take a while before His answer comes, I never waiver in my faith that He has a great plan for me. And true to His Word, He shows up at a time when least expected and He does it in a way beyond anybody’s comprehension. He is truly God. He always amazes me with the way He works and how He is able to do things so easily and turns things around to my favor. I’ve learned my lesson to let go and let God.
He trully is Bigger than our Problems. This morning the song in my spirit is “I am waiting for….”by Rebecca St.James. Being a time of waiting but seeing everyone else carrying and receiving the blessings you’ve been praying for like all your life is not so easy, yet when I think about all those years past I can see God saying ‘the best is what is instore for you, don’t settle for less’.Truth be told I’ve seen Him building me up and showing me things I would have otherwise missed out on.That testimony was a blessing and God is true to His word(John 15).
Father God I will abide in You even when my flesh,heart,mind and spirit fails me,Thank you that in you we find all that we need and I bless you for the good works you’ve started in all our lives in Jesus Name. Amen
We love you and will always praise you for the good times and the bad, cause you never change and are above all things.
I enjoyed the devotional today. I truly know that God is bigger than any of my problems. Sometimes it is all to easy to forget it though. Satan uses any weapon that he can to try to convince us otherwise. Therefore filling us with dought and worry. When you do find yourself in worry, stop and pray and ask God to put satan behind you, and grant you with the reassurance that He is in fact, bigger than anything that might come our way.
Please pray for me to have the strength to hold on to love. It’s one of those days again. I keep repeating to myself that ‘God IS bigger than all my problems’, but am struggling.
The woman that my husband is cheating on me with emotionally just won’t leave him alone. Just as he won’t leave her alone. He says it’s nothing, that there’s nothing going on between them, but i don’t believe him. That he is not cheating on me, and that there is no such thing as cheating on someone emotionally. I feel so betrayed. How does one feel when your husband’s heart is with another? When you can feel his withdrawal and coldness and he finds all kinds of excuses for his actions and blames you for everything? He just makes me feel so small and worthless. Almost as if i don’t deserve to be loved. I am putting on a brave front, but am so torn and broken inside. Will i ever feel joy, peace and love again?
Dear Lord, please heal the brokenness and pain. Show me the way. I don’t know how to proceed. I don’t know which way to turn. How does one deal with unfaithfulness? Help me, Lord. Lead me Lord. Please. Amen.
I am writing to say that I am just one example of how God IS truly bigger then the most absolutely horrible of situations! God has answered prayers in ways I never imagined, He has returned my husband from constantly going to the far country, He is shutting doors that should not have been opened and He is opening doors that we had no access to on our own! He is healing wounds, removing the enemy (people the enemy uses), He is keeping me from blaming my husband, but laying blame where it needs to be, ON THE ENEMY! He is using all myself and my hubs has gone through to encourage and inspire others in many areas AND when I can’t go on, without quitting, but acknowledging that I just can’t see that kind of faith IN me, someone will come along and show me, tell me or do something that has PROOF that the Lord IS alive in me, active in my life, my marriage and loves my hubs more then I can ever imagine! I cling to the hope of complete and absolute restoration and where the WORLD has said everything is hopeless, or told me every lie out there, THANK GOD HE IS ABLE!!! I pray to remember His miracles and blessings for the rest of my life! Thank you for this article, it came at the very time I just had an amazing prayer partner pray for Rob and I…and this is the first message I’ve read right after, how supportive is that?! Our Lord DOES work in the most amazing ways! HALLELUJAH!!!!!!