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The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Matt 23:11 ESVWhen I showed up at a church work day event, the job that got assigned to me was scrubbing all the bathrooms: upstairs, downstairs, and down the hall. I di... -
Do Not Be Dismayed from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. Today I want to talk about becoming “Dismayed.” To be dismayed means “to be downcast, disappointed, disheartened, filled with terror.” It replaces hope and will lead you to a dark place. We become ineffective and...
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Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:2 WEBMy Dad was born during the great depression in the early 1930s...
Walk This Way
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But Naaman was angry, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 2 Kings 5:11 WEB
Naaman stared at his new skin with amazement when he came up out of the muddy water for the seventh time. His skin which had been covered in running sores, was now smooth as a baby and he was completely healed.
In his mind though, he had seen this going much differently. The man of God should have come out to him, waved his hands, and said a long prayer. Instead Elisha sent a messenger which told him to go wash in a muddy river. At first, Naaman went away angry, and remained sick. Then after thinking it over, he returned and did as Elisha's servant had instructed, and he was healed.
I have caught myself telling God, and expecting Him, to do it my way. Then watch Him do it better His way. He is not limited to our small way of thinking and our tiny resource pool. We often want God to be like us, to walk this way, and talk this way, but we have to remember that we serve Him, instead of Him serving us. The Almighty God is not our pet.
Twice I have asked Him to bless us financially so that we could buy some better equipment, then had someone call and trade us thousands of dollars worth of high end equipment in exchange for our help with a project. Things that were better than I would have bought, but came to need later. We often think too small.
Naaman gained some humility and was healed in the process. You can ask God to help you, but don't tell Him how to do it. He has multi-layered plans that in the end, are perfect. Ask Him and then just let Him handle it as He chooses. Trust Him, you will be happy with the results.
Prayer: Heavenly Father I thank You for all that You do for me. Help me to see through Your eyes and guide my prayers. Do it Your way Lord, for I know it is best. Fulfill Your will in my life, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.> You can subscribe to our daily devotional here <
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Prayer: Heavenly Father I thank You for all that You do for me. Help me to see through Your eyes and guide my prayers. Do it Your way Lord, for I know it is best. Fulfill Your will in my life, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen Thank you <3
Amen Father, let your will be done.
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Amen! Waiting for on our Heavenly Father is ALWAYS best!!
Amen, trying to let God do it His own way! <3
I am so glad you said some seem to think of God as their pet. He is the creator of all that we see even if we do not understand. He even holds all of this together some how, I do wonder what He really thinks when He looks at the state of society. I am learning to pray and ask Him once, and to watch what he will do with that prayer. God is so amazing!
Do it Your way Lord, You know what's best! Amen. Great message Pastor, humility, surrender and patience.
Amen I have learned to include thy will be done in my requests, for I know unanswered prayers, can be a blessing sometimes.
Carol, I am going to try and remember to start saying "thy will be done. " Thanks for sharing this and it is good to say that I don't say that enough. "Thy will be done. " Amen <3
Please give me patience and wait on you Lord Jesus,Amen.
Patience is NOT one of my virtues! So yes, I do try to help God out all the time! This was a timely reminder that if I just wait for Him to work, it will turn out better than what I could've done! Thank you, Pastor Dion!!!
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Patience is also NOT something I do well. My sister is having family issues. She has spoken to me often about this and I really didn't have the answer. I was in bed and about to go to sleep, when I thought, "Why don't we pray together about this?" I called her the next day and we agreed to pray at a certain time, daily. Well, things happened at that time of day, so I told her to just ask God for help whenever she thought of them throughout the day. We both are doing that, as we both work and sometimes can't just walk away. So, this message hit the spot and we are waiting for God's solution. We both pray about the problem daily and I am now reminded we're on "God Time" and must be patient, waiting for Him to answer our prayers, His way. Not ours. Thank you, Pastor Dion.
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Heb. 12: 1-3 , Lord I want to run this race that is before me, by looking away from other objects, fixing my eyes on Jesus, the Author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has set down at the right hand of God, for consider Him who has endured susch hostility by sinners against Himself, so that I may not grow weary and lose heart.
This reminded me today that Jesus is my example. God truly does know what is best for me, I pray that I will let Him do things His way, and in His timing.
Amén Heavenly Father, let it be Your way, not mine.
For he is our king praise God
Amen Lord Jesus.
Amen! Pastors prayer, Heavenly Father, I thank you for all that you do for me. Help me to see through your eyes and guide my prayers. Do it your way Lord, for I know it is best. Fulfill your will in my life, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray Amen!!
Praise God! Thank you Pastor Todd! Heavenly Father I thank You for all that You do for me. Help me to see through Your eyes and guide my prayers. Do it Your way Lord, for I know it is best. Fulfill Your will in my life, in the Name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.
The main thing is trusting in the Lord. Why pray if we want things done our way and not the Lord's. Thank you for again opening my eyes. I pray the Lord speak to me in a way I understand in Jesus Holy name Amen. .
Amen.Thank you Heavenly Father for all that you do and have done in my life.I commit my life into your hands and pray let your will be done in my life.Let me let you have your way in me.In The Name of Jesus Christ I pray.