Month: August 2023

Question; What is your favorite scripture and why?

I think we all have a favorite or go to scripture. For me 1 Corinthians chapter 13 is my go to scripture. I use it to evaluate myself. It helps keep me in line with God’s love. It lets me know when I am out of line and when I am operating in His love. I think I use it more to correct myself than for other reasons because I want to do what is pleasing to HIM.

So share which scriptures comfort, strengthen, encourage you, help you, give you direction, or any other reason.

Looking forward to reading your answers.

ANSWER/ Matthew 6:33

Matthew 6:33 ESV

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

In my previous post I asked what Matthew 6:33 means to you.

To me it means that as I pursue to live my life for Jesus, the things that I need will be provided.

Thank you for sharing your answers with me.

Here are some answers.

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 It means, I don’t have to worry. I have been born into God’s kingdom and seek to live by his righteousness in me. He will supply all I need.

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 It means that when we accept Jesus as our King and we are His free will servants, He will provide for us.

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 What the Lord showed and accomplished in me has been life changing. I have been crucified with Christ and His presence has been so wonderful that the luster for the food and things of this earth died. When all I wanted was Him, He gave them back, but only the things that would not bring any harm to me. They are no distraction for me. He is so very good and really wants to give us all things but will not do it if it gets in the way of Him.

I want to thank all of you for sharing your answers.

Romans 5:8

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Romans 5:2-5

“Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” ~

Faith that moves mountains

Art by Julie Sheppard aka Reiko Chinen

I recently had a conversation with someone who had just prayed for me. When they finished they asked me how I felt. I could tell by that they were disappointed by my response. I was still in pain and did not feel well. We hung up but I felt the prompting by the Spirit. So I called them back and we talked about faith, particularly my faith. I shared with them my faith was not based on what I could see, or instantaneous answers to prayer. God was not a vending machine that I put my prayer in and got what I want. Faith is not based on how I feel. There are things I have prayed for for years and have not received what I have prayed for. What I did receive was this, I heard that I am to wait and trust. In the waiting I have felt hopeless and depressed but the one thing I have not lost is my faith in God. I am thankful that my relationship with God, with Jesus, and with His Holy Spirit is not based on my emotional state or how I feel. It is the only thing in my life that I am sure of. My faith may not have moved the mountains in my life that I can see, but God has not left me or rejected me. The trials and tribulations He is with me through them all, and those mountains will move in His time.

ONE THING

August 1, 2023

In the past three years a lot has been taken from me. The injury took away my ability to not only work, but drive and limited ability to care for myself. People I am close to that would be willing to help have had to move away. I have had no income for two years. I spend my days alone in my apartment, and have to attend church services online because of my physical limitations.

The one thing that has not been limited but has actually increased is prayer.

Prayer is not limited by your body or your health.

Prayers are not limited by your financial situation.

Prayers are not limited by the time of day or day of the week.

You do not need a phone or internet to pray.

You may be stuck in bed unable to get up and you can still pray.

If you cannot sleep, you can pray.

Prayer does not need anything other than you opening yourself up to talking to God about anything.

So whatever I have been going through it has not stopped me from praying, it has increased my time in prayer. I have not only prayed for my needs, but the needs of others and for the things going on around the world, like human trafficking to come to an end to mention one of the many needs around the world. So if the enemy thought that this onslaught of attacks he would kill my relationship with God, he made a big mistake. The one thing that he did not take from me was prayer, and because I have had this connection, I have prayed harder and more often, drawing me closer to my Heavenly Father, through His Son Jesus, and through His Holy Spirit. Even when all I could do is cry out, ‘Help!’ to Him, HE has been with me through it all and has listened to every prayer. HE is THE ONE.

Update July 31, 2023

I know I have been an absentee for a while. Since getting injured at work, there seems to be a trial or tribulation to get through and I have not wanted to complain, at least not publicly about what I have been going through. It is still painful to type but I am hoping that I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Next week I will finally be seeing a doctor on my disability claim. After not being able to work for almost 3 years now I am hoping and praying that they approve my claim and I do not have to appeal. The constant pain, dizziness and inability to do the simplest task has worn on me both mentally and physically, not to mention the stress of not having any income for the last 2 years.

The good thing that has come from this is I have had a lot of time to pray. One of my dizzy spells helped me spot a leak in the ceiling from a condensation line before it caused the ceiling to come down. If i had not ended up on my floor I would not have seen it. Not saying the leak was good, but seeing the bubble in the ceiling kept it from being a bigger problem that a few of my neighbors had to deal with.

Also no matter how dark and lonely I have been, I have not lost the knowledge that God has been with me through it all. As His Word says, ‘No weapon formed against me will prosper.’ It doesn’t say their would be no weapon/attack but that they would not succeed in destroying me.

I do pray that August will be the month that the end of this current trial will come to an end and that God’s favor will be evident for all to see in my life.