by Gail Rodgers
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“Come let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker” (Psalm 95:6).
As we move toward the approaching Easter season let us be reminded together that our God is a promise keeping God and we will choose to worship Him together.
~Almighty Father,
I thank you today that You are the God of the covenant promises. You are the God who keeps the promises You make to us, Your children.
Today I ask that You would remind me of the promises that You have made to me in the past and refresh my faith today to believe them with new confidence!
Thank you that You have promised never to leave me; to guide me with Your word: help me to find the time to read it. Thank you that You promise to hear my prayers and to be my guard and my guide today. Thank you for the amazing promise of Psalm 94:18 & 19
“When I said, ‘My foot is slipping, Your love, O LORD, supported me. When anxiety was great within me Your consolation brought joy to my soul.’”
Thank you, Lord, for that sure picture of Your love supporting us as we walk a slippery road and feel nearly ready to fall.
Thank you that You console us with the depth of Your name and how that is a source of deep joy as we walk.
Bless my heart today with peace, patience and a real sense of Your support where ever my foot feels a slippery edge. Grant me the confidence that You will hold me securely.
Lord, I kneel before You and worship You for You are my Maker and the one I can trust with my life even in the midst of my unanswered questions. I choose to trust You and worship You today
In the powerful name of Jesus I pray, amen.
Questions: How do you know that you can trust God in the midst of your unanswered questions? Can you relate a situation in your life where God obviously supported you when you were on a slippery slope? Let’s take some time today and thank Him for who He is.
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i really need to say this prayer.thank u for leading me to pray
i pray God will continue to guid and guard me and my family
I FIND I CAN TRUST GOD BUT NOT A LOT OF HUMAN BEINGS. WE AS HUMAN BEINGS HAVE A LOT OF FAULTS AND I HAVE LEARNED THAT THOSE FAULTS AREN’T VERY TRUSTING. I WILL TRUST GOD ANYTIME. I KNOW HE WON’T DO ANYTHING TO CAUSE ME TO WAVER THAT TRUST. WHATEVER WAVERING THAT IS DONE IS DONE ON MY PART NOT GODS.
What an awesome God we serve!I pray that we will receive a revelation of how big God really is.. because then we will realize what a honour it is to be held tight in the hand of our Maker..the God who holds the universe, holds you today..let us live our lives in such a way that we will always be thankful for what God has done and to reflect all the glory back to God.
DEE ARE YOU OK I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR YOU ALL DAY YESTERDAY. I HOPE YOU RECIEVED EVERYONES ENCOURAGEMENTS TO YOU.
God has used this site to bring me a dear friend to uplift me in some of my darkest times. We met through this website and she said she felt a need to reach out to me and we have become such good friends with such a love for each other put there by God. The Lord always sends us someone to lift us up in our darkest times. He even worked it out that we met in person as I had a funeral to attend in the same town she lives in. It was amazing as we had such a good visit and great hospitality.
Thank you to the ladies that write these devotionals. You all are so wise in the Word and following God in your lives. An inspiration for us all.
I will find out today if the ovarian cyst I have is still there and whether or not I need surgery. I have been praying that it is gone along with many others that are believing for this. I know I am in God’s hands today and that is all that matters.
Praise His Name,
Debra
I THANK GOD FOR ALL THAT HE HAS DONE FOR ME AND EVERYTHING HE HAS GIVEN ME I OWE ALL TO HIM
Dearest Debra, I just want to tell you that God loves you so much!You are right when you say that you are in God’s hands..what an awesome place to be.Take care and I believe that you will not need the surgery in Jesus Name.
Debra,
Our prayers are with you Sis…
The LORD is my maker! Wow! He is proud of me for I am His craftsmanship!
Have you ever felt a fierce protectiveness when someone has criticized one of your children or something you have made? I believe that God feels the same way about His creations.
When I am tempted to be critical or apologetic about my appearance I remind myself that God made me just the way He wanted me.
And when I am tempted to be critical of my behaviour I reread Matthew 5:22. God takes it very seriously when we criticize His creations and call them fools, and I think that applies to me calling myself a fool. Just as I am no longer a sinner, but a saint who sometimes sins, nor am I a fool, but a saint who occasionally does foolish things.
It is the enemy who wants me to call myself as a fool, but being mindful of the power of the words we speak over ourselves I believe that is very important that we only speak what God says about us.
Seem to have gone off on a tangent here, but do trust that this does still relate to the LORD our maker. Have a great day all!
Patricia
God is so Good! I got so excited as I read todays devotional as one of the scriptures mentioned has played such an important part in my life for the last 21 1/2 yrs. As I have mentioned before, I lost my teenage daughter in a car accident when she was almost 16. The day she passed away she had written a letter to my mom as we were going out there to visit her & Lee-Anna was going to go out for lunch with some of the young people from the church. I took the letter & gave it to my mom, then Lee-Anna was killed & my mom gave me back the letter feeling I would want it more than she did. On the bottom of the letter was the Scripture Psalm 94:19 “When anxiety was great within me Your consolation brought joy to my soul.’” I have always felt those words were for me, for me to cling to, to claim over and over during the past 21 years and claim them I have. But what amazes me is I never knew that, that verse was there until my daughter wrote them down on that letter. PTL she did for it has helped me through many, many difficult times in my life. And as far as trusting God in difficult times in my life I just Have to Believe that He is in control of my Life, He knows what is best for me & He said He would Never leave me Or Never forsake me, so my life is in His Hands 24/7 now I just have to learn to leave it there. Hugs Linda!
Dearest Jesus,
We Praise You, Honor You and Bow Down to you today as we lift our Precious Debra to Your Throne Room!. Lord, we are believing in Your Name that You have Your hand on her life and all that concerns her heart today. We know that before we even pray, You have answered! What a Mighty God We serve! There is No Other we can bring our request to in these uncertain times of our lives and circumstances.
Lord, You tell us that whenever two or more agree and pray, You are in our midst and You will honor that. We come to You in agreement for Debra right this moment….asking for good results today. How wonderful it is to know we can trust You!
We thank You and Praise You for what You have already done!
In Your Mighty Name, We Pray…..Believing!
What a devotion today! I think of the scripture that He will complete the work He began in me… and how many times He has fulfilled that promise! There has been a time that He gave me another breath that I could not take on my own. There were times He diverted an action that would have changed the course of my life and all who loved me.
Two different times that I have sat helplessly holding the hands of dear loved ones taking their last breath, He gave me a peace… It was a time that in my weakness, He was faithful and strong…as He promises.
How thankful I am today for a Loving Father Who remains faithful to His Promises…even when I am not faithful! I’m thankful for a Savior Who convicted me of my sins and kept His Promise of “whosoever will call upon My Name”. I’m thankful for my Lord Who has kept me in the cleft of the rock, protected me and strengthened me when I was fearful and in doubt.
Claiming His Promises this day, as I walk into the unknown…my eyes on Him….trusting like a child…
Thank you, Gail, for your devotional today.
You are teaching me the different names of our God and the difference ways of how to pray to Him. I am saving these and do share them with others so they may apply and learn, too. Those I have shared with have been blessed, also.
You asked:
How do you know that you can trust God in the midst of your unanswered questions?
Because He says we can. That is where my faith and belief are strengthened
Can you relate a situation in your life where God obviously supported you when you were on a slippery slope? When I had my stroke. (out of the blue–due to medication a doctor had give me, plus, I have an antibody in my blood that I was not aware of). I was young and healthy and at the E.R. they didn’t even suspect a stroke and accused me of doing illegal drugs.
You said:
Let’s take some time today and thank Him for who He is.
I am learning that thanking Him and praising Him is something I need to do daily. Not just for the “big” things in my life, but for those “small” things we so often just take for granted.
I DON’T MEAN TO BOTHER EVERYONE BUT DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF DEE USUALLY WRITES TO YOU GUYS. I HAVE NEVER WRITTEN UNTIL YESTERDAY. SO I DIDN’T KNOW IF SHE WAS NEW TO THE SITE OR NOT.
I thank the Lord when I am able to be out and my legs give out that he sends the right person to help me. Yesterday I asked a friend to pray because my legs hurt big time and the pain subsided. I was discouraged yesterday!
I praise the Lord when almost two years ago when my legs were bad I asked for prayer for my legs so I could go and see my mom and minister to her I was able to walk all over the place. I praise God that when I told mom at the end that she was in his hands and so was I and I put my hand under the covers and mom squeezed my hand hard and wouldn’t let go!
Keep me in prayer!
Kelly,
I haven’t been here all that long, but I do not remember seeing Dee before yesterday.
I and I know others will be praying for Dee….
THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO ME PATTI. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
LindaR,
What a beautiful scripture (Psalm 94:19) to hold onto all these years. Isn’t beautiful the way God provides us with exactly what we need even before we need it? Thanks for sharing that Linda….it got me thinking about some special scripture He has given me through others. I pray you are well sister.
Patti,
Your comments are always so encouraging. I also love the scripture about completing the work He has begun in me. Is that Phillipians 1:6? I have held onto that scripture many times when I felt like giving up. You mentioned another scripture at the end of your comments about God’s protection and strengthening. Is that when God put Moses in the cleft of the rock so he couldn’t see God passing by?
JudyD,loved what you said “because He said we can”. That’s really taking God at His word…what else do I need? I praise God for his love and care of His creation. I liked your idea of saving these particular devotions about God’s character to share with others. It would be very helpful in my mentoring…thanks
Praying and believing for you Debra. Our faithful God will carry you thru this situation because He loves you so much and is with you every step of the way.
Donna L and all the other ladies I would like to thank you so very, very much for all your prayers for Terry and I over the past 3 weeks. I can honestly say today is the first time we both feel human again & we both appreciate all your prayers so very much. Donna how is work going?
Debra I just want you to know that you have been and continue to be in my prayers. I just prayer that The Lord will be very near to you today and you will feel His presence and loving arms wrapped around you as you go through this healing process but am in agreement with Patti that the results will be good. I am also praying for your mother-in-law regarding the lump shown on her mammogram & just trusting God for complete healing for her too as we have seen it already in Sharon this year so we know He can do it again. Also I will continue to pray for your husband that he will desire more and more of Jesus just as you are right now, but just remember we all grow in the Lord at different levels and it is better to not pressure him but to continue to keep praying for him and all us ladies will too and he will come to the point where you are spiritually in Gods timing. I hope that makes sense and I didn’t say anything incorrect, if I did someone please correct me. Hugs Linda!
Yes Donna, it is Phil. 1:6 and the other scripture is Exodus 33:22, which is the one your referred. I also love Psalm 91…thinking about abiding under the shadow of the Almighty and His covering me with his feathers. Another is Psalm 139 which I still read over and over!
When I think of hiding in the Cleft of the Rock…I think of the old hymn written by, I believe Fanny Crosby…….He Hideth My Soul…..particularly the Chorus…..
He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock
That shadows a dry, thirsty land;
He hideth my life with the depths of His love,
And covers me there with His hand,
And covers me there with His hand.
Psalm 94:17 …
Ladies, there are so many of you that have named me personally in your responses, Linda, Patti, Jamie, Lene, Donna… I can’t thank you all enough that you would lift me up to our Lord during this time. I can tell you I feel it as today although the cyst is still there and the same size and now a fibroid tumor, I was about to go ahead with the surgery but there was a mixup in the appointment and at the last minute they put me in another doctor’s office to watch a film. In that office were items filled with God’s love. I started watching the film and a fear came over me until I said maybe she as a spirit filled doctor should do the surgery and a peace came over me. I knew it was from God. She is out on maternity leave now but I believe I should wait. I talked with my doctor and told her I felt I should wait a while since I am not in alot of pain and not having other troubles most women complain about that leads to this soon. My husband was with me and doesn’t understand my reasoning to wait for a spirit filled doctor. We are seeing a Christian counselor that I know is lead by the spirit. She told us today she could see how strong our love is and that God does not want this to divide us. She said the same thing happened to her with her husband becoming closer to the Lord and she said she felt the same way until she decided to learn to love the new man. I pray that Mike will learn to love the new me the way he loves the old me. Glory Hallelujah that God hears my cries and holds Mike and I in the palm of His hand. I love him so.
Deb
Margaret, You know your story touched me and I had to tell you so. You know God always knows our needs before we go to Him. He wants you to know that He loves you and will always be there for you. It is wonderful that you were there with your Mom at the end. What a blessing she went to be with Jesus holding your hand! Praise Him for giving you this blessing. I pray God will give you the desires of your heart and touch your legs in a healing manner. God is truly a God of miracles. I know from personal experience. Bless you Margaret as you are special to us.
Margaret for some reason I missed your comment this morning & I am really sorry I will put you on my prayer list. I know what it is like to live with chronic pain as I have rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia but your pain sounds worse than mine. Dear Lord I just bring Margaret to you right now Lord you see the pain that she deals with day in and day out and how she has to depend on others to help her get around as her knees give out on her. Jesus I just pray that you would just minister to her, encourage her. Lord even though to man it looks impossible we know that You can Heal her. I just pray that you would reach out with Your Healing Hand and touch her right now, just help her to feel your presence in her body and life each and every day. We Thank you for her testimony and pray that You will use her for Your Glory each and everyday. In Your Name I pray. Amen!
Debra Praise God for A Christian Doctor and a Christian counselor I will continue to pray for you and your physical needs but also for you and your husband, Yes God Is So Good!!! Hugs Linda!!!
Margaret,
Reading back through the comments this evening has brought to my attention your comments from earlier today. I am also sorry for rushing through them and missing yours this morning. I understand the special blessing it is to be with your mother, holding her hand and releasing her into Jesus’ arms. Two years ago I had the same experience when my mother passed on. It was a time of sadness, but also a time of great joy knowing that she is with the Lord now and has no more pain. It was such a privilege to be with her at that time. Margaret,I also will be praying that your movement will improve. You said your legs give out on you sometimes…I’m not sure why but God knows and so I will be asking him and believing that you will improve. We serve a mighty God and more than once we have witnessed His care of many of us on this site. Love to you all, have a restful night my friends…Donna
Dear Debra,
I just want to give you a scripture –
Jeremiah 17:7-8
Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.
It all comes down to trusting God.So I agree with Linda, praise God for a Christian doctor and counselor!God works through people and I believe that He will work through the doctor and counselor who are led by the Spirit.You’re in good hands..just keep on trusting God and you will be like a tree planded by the water and in a year of drought you will not fail to bear fruit!
May God bless you and your husband!
Lovies,Lene
Linda, you are so right in encouraging Debra, and any other unequally yoked spouses, to be careful about pressuring their less spiritual spouses toward spiritual development, as this often backfires, leaving the couple frustrated and discouraged. Just as you said, we each have our own spiritual race to complete, each of us growing at different paces, to different levels. We are not to compare ourselves to one another, as God’s timing is perfect, and He uses His time carefully and intricately to shape us and mold our characters to reflect His image. Husbands need to feel respected, admired by their wives. She may be more spiritually mature than he is, but he is the spiritual head of their home. It is important that she yield to his spiritual leadership, offering him up in prayer, and seeking God’s grace in supporting him with her quiet and gentle spirit. If he is made to feel inadequate, compared to others, he may withdraw from further developing his faith. We would be wise, as wives, to seek contentment, and set our husbands free to become the men of God they are meant to be, in His time!
This post is a up-lifter.I am so glad even in my storms,that i have and will go through tha God,have never left me or forsaken me.He is there with me in my worst storms.What a Mighty God we serve.
debra
i am praying for you and your husband
sharon b
Marilyn
Thank you so much for your advice. I know that God is taking us on different spiritual journeys right now and I want to be very sensitive to Mike and his concerns. I know God is the one that will show him His love and I will continue to love him with the love God has given me.
Sharon
Thank you for your prayers and all the other ladies as well. You all will never know how much all of your prayers mean to me. God tells us to pray for one another and I know God hears and answers our prayers for which I am so thankful! Praise Jesus that he is always there for us and sends those to tell us of His love for us.
Debra