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RHM Devotional: Teach a Man to Fish from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. Today I want to talk about listening to the Holy Spirit, instead of relying on someone else to tell you what He said you should do. We need to get to a place in our walk where we can discern what the Holy Spirit is tryi... -
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6 WEBIt was late Saturday night and we were both exhausted. A simple job that should have taken us a couple of hours, had now taken a couple of days, but we had chos...
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One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him. 'Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?' Jesus said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. A second likewise is...
When You Cannot Face the Wind
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Now when the south wind blew gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to the shore. But soon a tempestuous wind, called the northeaster, struck down from the land. And when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along. Acts 27:13-15 ESV
Paul was now a prisoner and being carried by ship to eventually witness to Caesar, but on the way they were caught in a terrible storm. They could not face the strength of the wind and were driven by the storm for two weeks, completely out of control.
In reality though, they were completely in God's control because He controlled the wind that drove them. They finally landed on a beach, and the Holy Spirit used Paul to heal all the diseases on the entire island of Malta. They all came to know the Lord. It was just a side trip on his journey.
Sometimes in life we face winds like this, and no amount of prayer, or giving, or crying seems to change our course. Just remember that when a storm blows you off course that God is controlling the direction of the wind. We will be driven right to where God wants us to be.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I know that You control the wind and that this will pass. I will come through this and have a testimony of Your greatness in the name of Jesus I pray.
Note: Good morning, we pray that you all had a peaceful Memorial Weekend! The highlighted group of the week is "Real Support for Military Families": This group is a place to receive and offer encouragement and prayer for members of the military and their families. We recognize that the families of those who serve in particular have daily burdens that often go unnoticed. If you would like to be part of this community, either as part of a military family, or just someone who would like to pray for them, please do join them! ALSO, the Creation Photographers fun theme of the week is "Celebrations and Recreation"! If you would like to join in our thematic fun, show us how you give thanks to our Father for these great gifts. As always you are free to post as God calls you too share.
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Thank you Pastor Todd. I am praying for a friend's husband who has been in a very tough battle with sickness. He is right now in hospice. His name is John Walker, Linda is his wife. Please pray for them with me. This storm is a big storm, but in reading your devotional today, I realized God is in control. I am praying God's word with this couple. I still believe in miracles from our GOD....
Amen Pastor Dion Thank you so much for your wisdom and for sharing a little bit with us! Have a super great first week of june Im so excited for this month my middle son Jeremy is graduating high school with honors he has made the honor role every report card since he was a freshmen God blessed him with brains and a desire to learn all he can, he will be going to college in the fall, He will be looking for a summer job very soon please say a prayer for him if you have a minute thanx again sincerely Scott R.
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