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Beauty for Ashes from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. We live in an age of smiling despair. Like a whitewashed tomb, everything looks fine on the outside, but inside us, there is a pile of dead dreams. The things we struggle with seem overwhelming, and we don't feel strong enough to face the... -
Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this: he will make your righteousness shine out like light, and your justice as the noon day sun. Psalm 37:4-6 WEB.Once while performing a deed search on some...
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The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers. Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron bec...
The Goodness of God
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I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living. Psalms 27:13 WEB.
David was now a wanted man and on the run for his life. He was once a hero in the eyes of the people. Now the ones who David had trusted sought to kill him. David was on the run when he wrote Psalm 27. Either from his father-in-law Saul, when Doeg the Edomite reported him. Or from his own son Absalom, who attempted to overthrow David and become King.
When everything was against him, David strengthened his faith in God. He remembered the things that the Lord had done for him in the past (Psalms 27:2). Then he confessed that he was going to see the goodness of God again. "I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living!"
Sometimes you can do everything right, but everything will go wrong. Those who once loved you now seem to hate you. When you pray, you may hear only silence. Be assured that the Lord is still there, and nothing is hidden from His sight.
Yes, it may look dark and hopeless, but that isn't the end of your story. It's only a valley, and there will be another mountain top. Real faith is tested when you continue to live right and seek God, while all hell breaks loose around you. That's how the apostles did it.
Remember what the Lord has done for you. Don't get beaten down in the trials of life. God has brought you this far, and He is going to bring you the rest of the way. Stay the course, and you will overcome. Take courage, and know that the Lord is going to fix this somehow. Say it out loud: "I don't know how, but somehow God is going to bring me through this."
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I pray that You lead me out of darkness and into Your presence. Please come into my heart and help me make the right decisions today. I choose to make You the Lord of my life. Bring to my remembrance the things that You have already done for me. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen!
Note: Ladies, today is Thankful Thursday at the "Ladies in Distress" group (our RHM women's group)! You are welcome to join in our weekly sharing of thankfulness for the Lord's presence and any blessings you may have experienced, big or small! "Ladies in Distress" is a private group, so if you have any problems joining, just post anywhere and we will help you :). Here is the link: Ladies in Distress> You can subscribe to our daily devotional here <
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Thank you Jesus. This is exactly where I'm at now in life.. Father restore my strength, physically, mentally and most importantly spiritually... I'm tired and worn out but my hope and my trust is in You my Savior. I know God You are always with me, protecting me. Loving me. Though I stumble and fall You are with me. You are my help. My Redeemer, my Deliverer, my Rock and my Fortress in whom I trust. I declare Your living Word over my life in Jesus Name. Thank you Jesus..
AMEN !!! XO TRUTH
Amen Father thank You for giving me strength to get through the valleys
I would like to join Ladies in distress
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Amen. Heavenly Father, Thank You for saving me, for putting light wherever there was darkness. You are my everything. Amen
Amen!
Excellent study, Pastor Dion.
Amen, thank you Jesus.
Amen!
Amen and Amen
Amen!!
THE LORD HAS DONE SO MANY THINGS IN MY LIFE IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE NOT BEING WITH HIM AND HIS PRESENCE....I'M STANDING ON HIS PROMISES. PEOPLE WILL LET YOU DOWN. MY LORD AND SAVIOUR WON'T...JESUS IS THE ONLY ONE I CAN TRUST WITH MY WHOLE LIFE. HE'S MY BEST FRIEND TOO....BELIEVE ME WE'VE BEEN THROUGH ALOT TOGETHER...PRAISE GOD FOR HIS FAITHFULNESS...THANK YOU DION FOR YOUR MORNING DEVOTIONALS...
LOVE YOU ALL XO
SHARON
Amen...!!!
Amen Amen Good Morning Everyone
God will bring me through all my trials! Amen.
In Lord Yeshua's name I ask this, Amen.
Amen, I remember Lord what you brought me through!
Heavenly Father I know that You have always been with me in all my fears, I thank Your loving care and forgiveness for all I have done wrong. I cry to You from my heart, I don't know but somehow You ,God will bring me through this .In the name of Your Son Jesus Christ I pray, Amen.
Awesome devotional Pastor, God bless you and Sylvia, Amen.
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Amen, Pastor Dion! The Lord has been faithful through my lifetime of wanderings, picking me up, and guiding me despite my willfulness. He is so GOOD!
Yes, amen and amen Lord.
Amen!!!
God you are so good. Amen
Amen!
Amen I know I will see the goodness of the Lord again in the land of the living thank you Father for building me up
Amen! God is good all the time!!