Psalm 31:24 (paraphrase) Because I have hope in God He will strengthen my heart
We can hope for a new car. We can hope to get what we want for Christmas. We can hope to see a love one we haven’t seen for a long time. We wish for these things in expectation that they will happen. There is no guarantee that we will get what we wish or hope for but we do it anyway.
When we put our hope in God we do get something in return for our trust in Him. He promises to strengthen our heart. Not our physical heart but our spiritual heart. Our inner self that makes us who we are. It’s important that we use that strength to follow God and obey what He tells us to do. God is there for us and we need to be there for Him in our behavior.
Our prayer: Precious Heavenly Father thank you so much that we have someone as special as You to put our hope in. Help us Lord to use the strength you promise us to stand up to Satan and be strong against the temptations of the world.
Ó Karen J. Gillett @ Pencil Marks and Recipes Publishing
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About Me
- Karen
- I reside in Oregon, with my husband of 32 years. I'm a mother of one and grandmother of six, counting my two newly adopted grandsons. I teach a women’s Bible Study. In June of 2007 God asked me to take with me the things I had learned in my own Christian walk to help those traveling down similar roads. A journey that started with a head injury in Jr. High School and the epilepsy it was to create later for 7 long years. One day I was given the key to my cure. In order to have the surgery to cure the 10% of my seizures that were truly epileptic I was told I had to get rid of first the 90% that were stress caused. For the next five years I took my stress issues to the Lord, leaning and relying on Him and His word as well as catchy sayings of others to see me through. As peace, obedience to God and giving up bad habits replaced worry, stubbornness and disobedience my stress seizures began to disappear. Finally I qualified for the surgery. The end result after 20 years has been being seizure free and pill free all those years. Praise the Lord. God is the cure. I can be contacted at karijo_fluffy@yahoo.com.
1 comment:
It is a great thing to tell us as kids showing us what is important to wish or hope for. The greatest wish of all is for Jesus. Marissa
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