December 21, 2008 at 4:05 pm (Encouragement, God, Hope, Jesus Christ, faith, forgiveness, grace, inspiration, love)
All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Even before He made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in His eyes. Ephesians 1:3-4, NLT
Glorious God. Heavenly Father. Loving Creator. Oh how i love You and oh, how You love me! Even before You formed me You loved me and chose me. Before my first failure, in my weakness and in my shame, You saw it all and loved me the same. You chose me to dwell in Christ and He in me. You have spared no heavenly thing to bless me, not even Your precious Son who died to save me; His love redeemed me and His blood cleansed me so that when You look on me You see me as pure and holy. Yes Lord, You are worthy of ALL praise!!
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January 26, 2008 at 5:41 pm (Jesus Christ)
Tags: control, God, power, prayer
Why is it when we recieve news of someone suffering or going through a diificult situation we say something like, “All we can do is pray.”? Isn’t prayer the greatest thing we can do for anyone? When we pray we are going to the throne room of the all-powerful God. Maybe that is where we have a problem. When we pray we are admitting that we are powerless. We do not have the answers. Our trust must be in Him alone to decide the fate of our loved ones. It is in His sovereign control-we have no control. What if we don’t like His answer? Do we assume He didn’t hear us or that He is cruel? When we are told God knows best and works all things for the good of those who love Him we question that because all we see is hurt and grief. Where did our prayers get us? This was not what we hoped for. Since that question is often not answered in our lifetime we often doubt the power of prayer. But we must remind ourselves that though we may not understand, God does have a plan and His plans are much greater than our own. His ways are perfect. I point my finger at myself as I say these things. Help me, God, to remember there is power in prayer!
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