Low Points in Life

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I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. (Psalm 40:1-3 NIV)

Every person in life experiences troubling times, there must be something within the low points of our lives that God has ordained to be good for our spirits and that will bring increased value to the ending scene of our lives.

The low points in life can be important touchstones in our lives, as they compel us to think about our purpose and the things that truly matter in life. More importantly, they can cause us to consider what God wants for and from us. They have the potential to bring insight, direction, wisdom, and valuable lessons if we are open to receiving them.

The long and short of it is that the “lows” in life teach us things that the “highs” don’t. They build character and remind us of the things that truly matter. While I may never come to enjoy a “low” in life, I think that by finding meaning in the lows, I’m coming to terms with the fact that they’re often the walkway that God uses to bring me to a different point in life and new spiritual growth.

Life continues beyond the lows, but as you go through those times, God can give you a new song to sing. [1]

The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days. - Robert Leighton

[1] Anchor Navigating the Low Times of Life

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God Will Bring Good From It

6 Mar

In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice. (Psalm 18:6 ESV)

 Is health really the most important thing, and as long as you’re healthy you’re fine? The Bible tells us that the most important commandment is to “Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. And the second is like unto it, to love thy neighbor as thyself.” […]
 In the Psalms we read over and over again how David’s problems and aflictions brought him closer to God. In other words, they worked together for good for him. We read, “Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.” “It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.” […]
  In the book of Job, we read how his losses and affliction led him to the realization that God is good, and no matter what happens in our life, God will bring good from it if we can continue to love and trust Him. […]
 Therefore, affliction, sickness, troubles, pain, and heartache can work for our ultimate good if we draw nigh to God through them.
 So, from the Bible we see that our relationship with God and others, not our health, is what is most important. Therefore, friends, it behooves us to love God and one another, and to bear our suffering and afflictions bravely and let them draw us closer to Jesus. —Dennis Edwards [1]

When we have exhausted our store of endurance,
When our strength has failed ere the day is half done,
When we reach the end of our hoarded resources,
Our Father's full giving has only begun. —Annie Johnson Flint

[1] Anchor Is Health the Most Important Thing?

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Let Us Pray That He Give Us His Mind and His Heart!

 

Here's today's Sunrise Devotional. I highly recommend them. They are in various languages including Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, and Italian. Great to share with your friends. 

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Let’s pray that He will give us His mind and His heart

14 Dec

Freely ye have received, freely give. (Matthew 10:8)

Let’s make a commitment to pray daily for Jesus to fill each of us with His love so that we

can pour His healing balm on all we meet and so that we can do to others as we would want 

them to do to us.
Let’s pray that He will give us His mind and His heart, which are loving, caring, 

compassionate, understanding, concerned, kind, and sacrificial for the well-being of others.
Jesus said, “I came to seek and save that which is lost”. The little sheep that is lost in the 

brambles may be any one of your brothers, sisters, friends, acquaintances, co-workers, or 

neighbours who may be lost in discouragement, lost in confusion, lost in condemnation, lost 

in doubts, lost in weariness, lost in pain.
Can you take up Jesus’ commission to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead? Heal 

the sick in body and spirit by your loving words, cast out doubt and condemnation through 

your understanding love, raise the “dead” whose hope has died by expressing faith and 

confidence in them. Cleanse the “lepers” who feel unclean, undeserving, unrecognized, 

unwhole, by your unconditional love and acceptance. —M. Fontaine [1]

 Prayer: Dear Lord, may we have love that never stops caring, love that never lets go,

love that holds on through the tough spots. Love that pulls others through, looks beyond.

Love that bears, that carries, that heals. Love that never runs out, that knows no

boundaries. Amen!

[1] Anchor A Call to Compassion

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