Lord I come to you as humbled as I can, asking you to watch over our children as they start their school year. Protect them from hurt, harm, danger, and to not fear Covid-19. Give them the guidance they need to do their best and make the right decisions. The devil is busy but not in my house will I allow him to enter and destroy. I also pray for all my family, friends, and other children that are starting school, that the school year will be smooth as it can be. Protect them give them all strength to not be afraid and know that you are with them always. Be blessed and highly favored!!
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Being Obedient
Exodus 19:5, “Now, therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine” (KJV).
Many times, God calls his people to obey and trust him.
There are times consequences are given for our actions for not trusting and
obeying God. We miss out on blessings daily due to us not obeying and trusting
him. We will not experience the fullness of our cup overflowing with the many
blessings he has in store for us when we don’t trust and obey his word. Our
obedience is our way of showing God how much we love and trust him. God is
after our hearts, when being disobedient we miss out in many ways.
Here’s an example for myself I was asked to do this blog
whether it be daily, weekly, every other week, at first, I was like yes, I will
do it. I then began to think about what was I thinking agreeing to do this. I thought
to myself who are you to try to spread God’s word when you are just starting
your journey yourself? I then began to pray about this thing, I prayed and
prayed about it. I still continued to say I can’t do this, but I continued to
hear this quiet voice telling me you can do it all you have to do is try, but I
still continued to say I can’t do this. I finally said no, you have to be
obedient to God’s will, if it was laid upon someone’s heart to ask you to do
this blog, then it is meant for you to do it. I thought although I am on my
Christian journey there is nothing wrong with having others to walk on this
journey with me because I am doing something for God. So, I am being obedient.
Being obedient can be hard sometimes, but it is important
if we want to live in agreement with God’s Will. Charles Stanley wrote: If we
are going to do all that God requires of us, we must be ready to “Learn to listen
to the Lord and take heed to what you hear” (Mark 4:25, KJV). God wants to
speak to us, we must be willing to listen; “We must obey God rather than men”
(Acts 5:29, KJV). There are times when the people of the world would want us to
do one thing when God wants us to do another we must be obedient to God; “We
are to lay aside all our sinful ways” (Ephesians 4:25-31). We cannot obey God
while indulging in sin, we know we may not be perfect, but when God convicts us
of sin, our 1st response should be confessions and repentances;
Surrender our will to the Lord “Yet not my will, but yours will be done” (Luke
22:42). We should be obedient just as Jesus was obedient and yield everything
to God. We should want to please and honor Him not yielding to his Will, we
will be following our own desires and may suffer consequences due to us being
disobedient. A true sign of your love for God is obedience to his commandments,
the only way you will know you are obeying God is by knowing his word.
A Prayer for Teachers and Educators during the COVID Crisis
Since the children, educators, and teachers are heading back to school. I came across this prayer that I felt would be great, to cover them.
Father,
This is the day
You have made, we will rejoice and be glad in it. It doesn’t look like we
thought it would look, nor will tomorrow and the days to come likely be
executed in the way we expected and prepared for. Help us to see the good in
each day. Help us to find reasons to rejoice and ways to be glad. Litter our
lives with moments of laughter and lightheartedness, even in these extremely
dark and trying times. Birthdays are still to be celebrated each day. The sun
keeps coming up, and You remain the same. We are created in Your image, God, to
do good and great things to bring glory to Your name. Each one of us, both
teacher and student, were created with specific purpose. Help teachers to have
confidence in their craft. They were meant to teach, educate, coach, counsel
and lead. They are needed, appreciated, and loved. Their work and their efforts
are never in vain. When it is hard to see the good, grab our attention, Father.
When we are sad and miss school, our normal routine, and our teammates and
coaches, encourage our spirits. Sustain us through our very real fear of what
is and will happen in our world, God. Remind us we are not alone, even when we
feel isolated.
Author: Meg Bucher
Friday, August 7, 2020
Am I Doing God's Plan?
I know some of you may have a few uncertain things in your
life and you don’t know what is to come. You may be someone who loves to get out
and do things at the spur of the moment or more of a quiet mellow person who
likes to have some type of plan in place. Have you ever gone down a path you
thought God has laid out for you, but later on questioned yourself, “Am I doing
the right thing”?
What if I’ve taken the wrong path and it’s not the path God
was wanting me to take? Just a little reminder for you to keep in the back of
your mind that you are not powerful enough to mess up what God has planned for
you. We all have choices that we make but what God has set in motion will soon
or later materialize.
We at times forget that we must trust what God has for us.
His plan may not come when we want it, but it comes when he feels it is our
time. Often times we find ourselves jumping through hoops, going through
difficult situations because we may have taken a slight left along our path
when it should have been a slight right. But its OK, you will be able to get
back on track by turning your attention back to God and following his word. This
is when we finally realize we should trust what God has planned for us. God’s plan may not make any sense to us, this
is because we can’t see the plan he has in store for us, but we must trust his plan.
Proverbs 3:5 states, “Trust in the
LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding”.
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