Steadfast Faith in God

Hello Dearest Readers,

  I hope your week is going well and you are seeing that walking with Jesus, everyday, is a great blessing, and very rewarding. It is rewarding because as we stay close to Jesus, our steadfast faith in God increases, and our spirits follow Him how ever He leads.

    When everything falls apart and God allows our faith to be tested because of His great desire for His children to grow, we must stay strong in our faith and reliance on Him. He deeply desires that we, His children, make it through stronger and closer to Him!

 Will we trust in our own wisdom, that we will make the right decisions during the test? Or will we immediately and whole heartedly turn to God in faith, through Jesus Christ, waiting for Him to lead the way through the situation? God tests us, so we can grow stronger and learn from any mistakes that are made. When we learn from these mistakes, we  grow  in that steadfast faith and total reliance on Him. The best part is that we make it through the testing time that much closer to Jesus!

  Job was a man who was blameless before God. He feared God and rejected all evil. He had a large family and great wealth in vast amounts of livestock, and many servants. Everything he did was to bring glory to God. God was very pleased with Job. One day God decided he would allow Satan to test Job. So Satan went out and afflicted Job severely; destroying his children, huge flocks and most of his servants. Then God allowed him to be afflicted with boils from head to toe. Job was in great misery, but what did he do? He didn’t curse God; no, he held onto his integrity even in his great sorrow. He even proclaimed to his wife, who was encouraging him to give up on life, “Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” Job 2:10  Job remained steadfast in his faith in God, and that God was in control.

  There have been times in my walk with God, that He has tested me as well. If I am walking in obedience, or in disobedience, these tests will come. These tests can even be unsettling at the time. As they pass and I look back with Jesus, I see what took place; as the old saying goes, “hind sight is 20/20.” Also, when I look back I see that Jesus turned a bad situation into something good for my benefit. It reminds me that Jesus is always with me, and has my best interest and spiritual growth in mind -  always! There is no greater feeling than knowing that Jesus, the creator of the whole universe loves me, cares about my growth, and leads me through it all with His love!

  If you find yourself going through a very difficult situation, or maybe even a little situation, understand that God has His eyes on you, always. Our first responsibility is to turn our hearts to God and give Him the situation at hand so He can lead us through it, teaching us what we need to learn. This steadfast faith that God desires of all His children is developed as we walk in obedience to God in the good times and the bad. When we trust God to lead us safely through the difficult situation, we will become stronger in our faith in Him and our relationship with Him will grow.

  “But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed His steps.” Job 23:10

  “In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith - of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire - may be proven genuine and may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.” 1Peter 1:6-7

 But others are like “Those on the rock ...who receive the Word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.” Luke 8:13

  Join me as we stand firm in our faith, in our times of testing, and let’s always praise God for those times that He allows for us to grow stronger in Him.

  We will continue reading Job chapters 1-14 for one more week.

Blessings,

Patricia

God Will Deliver and Protect Us

Hello, Faithful Readers   

  My hope is that you are being blessed with joyful hearts, even in your toughest days, as you walk closely with Jesus everyday.

  If you are living in a difficult situation, or suffering in some way, have faith in God through Jesus. Trust that as you grow in Him, He will be faithful to deliver you from your troubles in His perfect timing. Until we are delivered, we must be obedient and remain walking close to Him; even in our trials and fears.  We must remember that God is always with us. He has promised to never leave us, ever.  As we trust God in this way, our strength as a Christian will grow and His protection becomes very powerful in our lives.

Most Christians give up when things go wrong. They try to fix it themselves. They don't wait on the Lord or follow His counsel; if they even sought that counsel in the first place.  Esther and Mordecai DIDN'T do any of those things. That is the point of the story. They didn't just give up or run around trying to fix it themselves. They took it straight to the Lord for His counsel. God gave Mordecai the plan in his heart, a heart that sought God. While they were waiting for God to save their lives he, Esther, and the whole nation of Israel bathed it in deep earnest prayer and fasting. Esther and Mordecai had a real walk with God.  This wasn't just some emergency prayer. They were faithful and then when the emergency came they were able easily to go to God with their huge petition to be rescued. They continued walking by faith, planning to do the impossible, because they walked with God daily. They didn't give up or run around trying to fix it themselves. They took it straight to God, earnestly sought His counsel, cried out for His rescue, and stepped out in faith. They didn't know what God would do or how He would do it, but they knew that He was the only One to turn to.

  God heard them. He knew their plight. He had prepared everything for this very day. And His glory was revealed; He rescued them. And at the last second! We want to see our rescues come immediately. But God has other things in mind. He wants to see our faith and obedience...until the very end.  He pushes us and tests us to see what kind of faith we really have. Is it in our own wisdom or the wisdom of friends with a dab of God in it? Or is our faith the kind that seeks His will, His way, His timing, and submits to His plan?

  The obedience of Queen Esther and her Uncle Mordecai and their dependence on God in the face of annihilation was pleasing to Him. God had complete control over everything: from who became Queen of Persia, to the fact that Esther was born at just the right time to become Queen, to Mordecai's obedience in seeking God’s will in a difficult situation. God noticed their obedience and dependence on Him to save them, so God chose to use them as instruments to reverse the edict against His people, and to destroy one of their greatest enemies, Haman. God’s justice is perfect and will always prevail even in the darkest of circumstances. His children must always remember to seek His will over anyone else’s ideas. If Esther and Mordecai had forgotten about God’s love for them and all the mighty ways that He had delivered His people in the past, they would have been consumed with fear and would have never asked God for help in their time of distress. Their faith was stronger than their fear.

  Is God calling you to step out of your ordinary Christian life and trust Him and His will for you? If He is, or when He does, I pray you will be willing to take Jesus’ hand and let Him lead you and teach you how to live for Him, and truly serve Him in this world.

  “My prayer is not that You take then out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; Your Word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify Myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. John 17:15-19

“Because he loves Me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges My name. He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.” Psalm 91:14-15

“To God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood.” 1Peter 1-2

   Seek God in all you do, and He will hear from Heaven. He will speak to you His perfect will for you; and deliver you.

  We are now starting the book of Job. We will read chapters 1-14 for two weeks.

Blessings,

Patricia

Complete Devotion to God Brings Many Blessings

Hello Children of the Most High God,

  As I write this letter, I am greatly comforted as I walk today in the comfort and protection of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. My great love and devotion to Him as my God and my Redeemer is so pleasing to His heart. I hope to encourage any of you who are going through a difficult time right now and don’t know where to turn or what to do next. Maybe it feels like everything is coming against you. Jesus longs to set you up high above these problems as you give Him all your cares and rest in His abounding love for you. He is waiting to be Lord of your life as you devote your day to His ways and His purposes.

  God is greatly blessed when we learn about Him through His Holy Spirit. As we learn about who God is, we come to understand God’s great and infinite power and control over all things. This great and powerful God created us because He longs to shower His immense love and affection on us, if we will let Him. When we grow in our devotion and love for God, and complete trust in His perfect will, we are opening up our lives to God and His great blessings He has planned for us. This is when we start to see His power working in our lives. When something goes wrong, we are automatically driven to look to God through Jesus Christ for help in our need. Then in God’s great pleasure of our devotion to Him, we receive what we ask for because we ask according to His will and guidance.

  I don’t remember when I first started seeking the Lord in difficult situations, but I do remember that it just became automatic, like when you go to a parent for help.

  Haman the Agagite, who was a long time enemy of the Israelites, was highly honored by king Xerxes, to the highest position of all the nobles in his kingdom. Since Haman hated the Jews, he devised a plan to convince king Xerxes to approve a law that would authorize the annihilation of all the Jews in the kingdom, which included all of Israel. This would have been the end of all of God’s chosen people. But God had a counter plan that Haman was unaware of. Mordecai encouraged Esther to go before the king even though it meant that going before the king uninvited could cost her life. Knowing that nothing is impossible for God, she requested that all the Jews fast and pray to God for three days, then she would go before the king. After the three days, she went before the king, and through God’s grace, the king allowed her to come before him to speak her request. After a series of events happened, in God’s providence, Queen Esther was able to convince the king that Haman was trying to kill her, his wife, and her people. Greatly angered Xerxes had Haman killed. Then a new law was written that allowed the Jews to defend themselves and plunder the property of their attackers. The Jews were redeemed from certain annihilation because a Jews girl who became Queen had a stronger devotion to God, than to man. God honored Esther’s devotion to Him, and courage by making her Queen at just the right time, to walk in God’s grace and serve Him for such a grand purpose.

  In my new life with Jesus, I have learned that there is nothing in this world that is more important or valuable than my relationship with Jesus and His love for me. I am not afraid to be without any of life’s conveniences, because those things are not what satisfy my deep longing for security and peace in my life. Only Jesus provides me with the security and peace that I need daily. The other things are provided by God’s grace. I have learned to put all people and things second to God, and this greatly pleases God. My complete trust in God's perfect will, and my devotion to Him is such that if I lost everything in this world, I would still have God, and that is all I truly need. Everything else, and everyone else are gifts from God for my pleasure and joy. He is my life, my sustainer, my Redeemer, my Savior, my Creator. My heart is completely devoted to the God of the Universe through His Son Jesus Christ. There is nothing I lack.

  Each of our hearts long for this kind of love, but with all love, it must be cultivated through strong devotion and relationship. This is where we learn to completely trust Jesus and His guidance in our lives. God greatly desires all His children to seek this from Him and Him alone. If we will pray to God for guidance in the direction and plans He has for each of us, God will be faithful to providentially lead us in the way we should go. He does this by leading us through words from a brother or sister in Christ, or to get a certain book or music, or devotional. He uses these to speak to our hearts in just the way that He made out hearts to be spoken to. If we are willing to listen, He will speak to our hearts and we will hear Him. Over time, God will provide more in our life; like people who will have the same interests to serve God in the same way. As we continue to grow we see God’s hand of grace and love in our lives. This produces a profound love for God that nothing and no one can take away. This great devotion that is developed will make it possible for each of us to serve God in a way that we would have never dreamed or dared doing in our own strength. Do you desire to step out of your comfortable Christian life and live your life in obedience to God and His call on your life? If so, then the first thing you can do is learn God’s ways and live in obedience to them. God will honor your trust in Him and provide you ways to serve His special purposes for you, in His timing.

  God is calling each of His children to step out of their comfortable and predicable Christian lives and desire to follow Him where ever He leads. For me, this was a desire of mine very early in my Christian walk; it just took time and the right circumstances to make it into reality through God’s perfect timing. Now I live each day closely following Jesus and seeking His wisdom on how to handle every situation that arises. Some situations are quite amazing, and they cause me to be thrilled to be walking this life, a daughter of the King of Kings and co-heir with Christ.

  “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to a royal position for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14

  “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quite waters, He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for His name sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” Psalm 23

  “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” Matthew 6:24

  I hope you are enjoying the book of Esther, we will continue reading this book for one more week.

Blessings,

Patricia

Trusting God in Any Circumstance

Hello Dear Ones,

  There is always hope, even in the most difficult of situations, if we know and follow the Most High God through His Son, Jesus Christ. I want to encourage everyone who may be experiencing a situation in their life that seems hopeless. There is nothing impossible for God; so we should give Him our hopeless or difficult situations and leave them in His hands. Walk daily with Him and devote all of our lives to Him and His will. Then we can be confident that God is working out His perfect will for each of us; in His perfect timing. So let’s love God, seek His will, and trust Him to provide for our needs each day.

  We all know the saying that "for every cloud there is a silver lining." But as Christians, “We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28 If you know God through Jesus Christ, you have been called according to His purpose. He asks each of us to give Him our hurts and our hopeless situations. Then in His perfect timing He will transform us into the person He created us to be, for His glory. The person He created each of us to be is going to be the person we desire to be, but we must walk in His guidance and love in order to find that person in us.

  Esther who was raised by her Uncle Mordecai because she was an orphan, was of the tribe of Benjamin. They were living in Persia as well as many of the Jews who were exiled; but now they were free to return to Judah if they wished. Many stayed because God led them to remain in Persia for His purposes. King Xerxes was beginning his search for a Queen, so he had all the young women taken to his palace for a year of preparation before going before the King. Esther was one of the women. Even after having been taken from her family and the life she knew, she trusted God and walked in the grace He provided. She right away won the favor of all who knew her, including the head Eunuch Hegai who right way provided her the best room, food, and beauty treatments. After the year of preparation, Esther went before King Xerxes and he was more pleased with her than any of the other women. In a situation that began as alarming and difficult for Esther, God blessed her in a beautiful way by making her Queen of Persia.

  We all have stories from our lives that show how God brought triumph through tragedy, and loss of hope to new hope. I myself have many stories I can recall that reflect this hope given by God. Just last October I was beginning to wonder if I should look for another job since I was feeling like I wasn’t going anywhere with my current job, and maybe I should be making more money than I am. I asked God if I should do this. He said, “No, I don’t want you changing jobs. This is not a time to be changing jobs with the economy the way it is.” So I forgot about all that and continued on. Well a week later we got notice that our company was going to be doing a shared service agreement with another TV station here in Tucson and that we would be moving into that TV station's building. Well it just so happens that the other TV station is very close to my home and shopping!! I trusted God with my job and security, and He blessed me with a wonderful situation. I know my God loves me and desires the best for me. I greatly desire to know His will and then do His will to the best of my ability.

  Until we get to know God and His movements in our lives, we may never realize how He is working out His will for our lives. Like the ways that He causes things to happen for our benefit. He does this because He loves us dearly, and because He is positioning us in just the right place and circumstance for His purposes. He will also make it possible for us to be trained in the ways we need to grow, so we will be ready to serve Him at the right time we are needed. This sounds like my heavenly Father, who is sovereign, and works everything out for His good, and divine purposes.

“Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” Proverbs 19:21

“…for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose.” Philippians 2:13

“O Lord Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in You.” Psalm 84:12

My prayer is that we all would seek God’s will, and then do His will in His strength, not ours.

We will continue reading Esther for two more weeks.

Blessings,

Patricia

God is Our Provider and Sustainer

Hello Dear Ones

  I hope that you are enjoying your summer, and the worries of the future are not something you carry around, but that you have given them to God.

  God calls each of us to depend on Him each day of our lives. He desires for us to rest in His loving arms and seek Him for all our needs. He will provide for us in His perfect timing, if we depend on Him to provide. When we strive to provide for our own needs in our own strength we are dishonoring God because He desires for us to depend on Him to provide. God will not honor the efforts of the flesh. He will honor our efforts when they are done according to His will and guidance. As we walk each day with Jesus, we need to be always aware of His Presence, and ready to do His will when He leads. Each time we are obedient, we are honoring God with our lives. We can be confident that His plans and provision for us will work out in His perfect timing. Keep seeking His face and His will every day, and leave the rest up to Him.

  The Israelites were forsaking God’s law to rest on the Sabbath day. They were doing work and making money instead of resting and trusting God to provide for their needs. Nehemiah had to use great measures to get this to stop. The people didn’t know how to rest for one day and trust God to provide for their needs. Their blessings were limited because they were not being obedient to God in this way. The reform that Nehemiah applied helped Israel to be purified of self reliance and disobedience. He saw that the people needed to make these changes to follow after God; and they needed to maintain the direction of obedience.

  Each day as I continue growing in my loving relationship with Jesus, and learning from Him many times a week, I have learned to depend in Him more than people. During my journal time, as I talk with Him each day, and seek His will for my life in even the tiniest of things, I grow stronger in my dependence on Him. Then my confidence in Him alone becomes all I really need. Just today, I was distressed over a situation that troubles my heart. I wanted to panic, and talk to my friends about it, but instead I turned to Jesus to talk to Him through my journaling. I told Him the two situations that were bothering me and patiently and lovingly Jesus told me how to handle the situations the next time, and to trust Him to lead me after that. I finished my time with Jesus, calm and resting in His loving arms again, right where He wants me.

This is where Jesus wants all of us, but first we must learn to seek His face every day to learn to depend in Him. It’s hard to depend on someone you don’t really trust with every decision in your life. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 29:11-14

    Won’t you seek God and His will everyday, starting today? God is patiently waiting to be a part of your life in a bigger way.

“Do not let your hearts be troubled, trust in God; trust also in Me.” John 14:1

“My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will not be shaken.” Psalm 62:1-2

“Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

  Praying each of you desire in your hearts to know Jesus in the intimate way He longs for you to know Him. Walk the rest of your life with Him as first in your life; right where He belongs.

  We will now begin reading the Book of Esther for three weeks.

Blessings,

Patricia 

Worship God in Spirit and in Truth

Hello Dear Ones,

  I hope everyone is doing well each day, with all the many demands we have on our lives. I hope you are able to slow down each day for a time, to reflect on God’s love for you. Let His Holy Spirit move your heart to worship Him in spirit and in truth. This will keep your heart humble before God each day as you live for Him.

  Worship of God is our response to God for all He has done for us and those we love. The more we know God, the more we love and adore Him. As we seek Him more everyday, He is faithful to teach us more about His vast love and affection for us. Then we are given the ability to see how He is working in our lives. It is an awesome thing to find out that Jesus has been with us all our life, patiently waiting for the perfect timing for our heart to receive His love and conviction of sin that leads to repentance and salvation. Once He has control of our life, the praise, and worship intensifies because we then walk in His grace and protection. The heart felt gratitude that comes from this great love that He shows us is so intense, worship is the only way to truly express it to God. To know that we have nothing to fear in life or in death is so comforting. To know that our lives are in His hands and nothing comes to us unless it passes through God’s hands and He allows it, for His purpose. Oh I praise God for His vast and immense love for all mankind.

  Nehemiah was a strong leader who depended on God and His provision to help the exiles in Judah become more secure from outside invasions. Nehemiah also helped the people become stronger in their walk with God which was a great inspiration to the people. After the wall was finished, Nehemiah gathered the people to listen to Ezra read God’s law. Hearing God’s law, caused the people to see their sin, and tremble before the living God. They humbled themselves and repented of their sins. The people renewed their covenant with God and promised to change their lives and live for God according to His law. They saw the truth in God’s law and were filled with praise and worship of their Father in Heaven for His great patience and forgiveness of their sinful ways. They acknowledged many of the great things God had done throughout the history of their people up to that time; naming each thing and seeing where God was gracious and caring, never abandoning His people for very long.

  True worship of the living God is my greatest desire. When I was a new believer I desired to understand God and His love for me. This is not something I can do on my own. It is a gift from God to those who desire in their hearts to know Him in a deeper way. For many years I didn’t understand what it was like to truly know Jesus in an intimate way, and worship Him from my heart. Then I began to read about other people like Billy Graham and their experiences with God and the many things they were given to do for His Kingdom, and I desired to be able to serve God like that. I praise God daily for how lovingly He has brought me up to where I am now, and for the wonderful tasks He has given me to do in service to Him over the years. These things may not be well known like those of Billy Graham, but to God they are just as important. I rejoice with all my heart that God has found favor in me to give me the gifts to do all that He has called me to do. I know that my part is to be obedient to His call and use the gifts He has given me.

  How about you? Do you desire to seek God with all your heart, to know Him in an intimate and loving way? If you do, God will be faithful to show you His great love for you with care and patience. The love and life He will show you will awaken your heart to know Him as He intended for you to know Him. If you already experience this deep relationship with God through Jesus Christ, then praise God. If you desire more, seek God in your heart and He will show you the path to know Him, love Him, and worship Him with your whole heart for the rest of your life and for eternity.

  “God is Spirit, and His worshippers must worship Him in Spirit and in truth.” John 4:24

  “Come let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for He is our God and we are the people of His pasture, the flock under Him care.” Psalm 95:6

  “Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise His Holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits – who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.” Psalm 103:1-5

  Let’s praise and worship God, for all He has done for each of us and what He will do for us, with all our hearts.

  We will be reading the book of Nehemiah for one more week.

Blessings,

Patricia

God is Patient with His Children

Hello Faithful Followers of Jesus Christ,

  I hope everyone is doing well this week, and you’re seeing God working in your life daily. Everything we go through in life, God uses to teach us and grow us up for His purposes, if we are following Him. Some of us may not feel like we are doing much right now for His Kingdom, but have faith that He is working in each of our lives.

  This work He is doing in us is slow, gentle, and patient training of us to be the strong and mature Christian He desires us to be. Don’t get discouraged if you don’t seem to be useful to God where you are right now. Most likely, you are serving God in some way, but you may not be aware of it. Many of the gifts God gave you to serve Him with are already a part of your character and personality. God knows who you are in Him, so trust Him to reveal this to you and train you up for His purposes.

  The most important thing we as believers can do is read God’s Word daily. We need to share our whole life with God as we talk to Him from our heart everyday, as often as we can because God is always listening to His children. Then listen for His guidance. It is also very important to stay connected to a good Bible believing church where there is fellowship within the body of Christ. When we are obedient in these things, God will take care of the rest, in His timing.

When we submit our will and our life to God, we are giving Him everything; then He is able to steer us in the direction He desires for us, and as we grow through His leading, we will become prepared to do whatever He gives us to do. To the world these tasks may seem impossible, but remember, nothing is impossible for God. When we walk with God in obedience, we are given the ability to do the impossible because God gives us everything we need to do what ever He calls us to do.

  Nehemiah was a common person, who responded to God’s call to service because he kept a close walk with God in all he did. God called Nehemiah at the right time and showed him the perilous condition of Jerusalem and so Nehemiah prayed to God for guidance. Nehemiah was lead by God to go to Jerusalem and rebuild the wall around it so the city was more secure. Once arriving in Jerusalem Nehemiah started working on the wall with help from many of the Priests and Levites who served in God’s Temple. Nehemiah showed great leadership as he sought God’s help in everything he did. He came across opposition twice but Nehemiah remained calm and persisted in his work and service to God. Since he was doing as God called him to do, the wall was built in record time. Even those who were causing the resistance couldn’t deny that God was with them. In all this Nehemiah remained humble before God because he knew that only in God’s strength the impossible can be possible.

  I find great peace knowing that God is in control of my life. As I live each day for Him, there are amazing things He shows me and does through me daily and weekly. My greatest desire is to walk very closely with Jesus through my life and depending on Him for all my needs and desires. I delight in knowing that I get to serve and worship Jesus each day as I walk in His Holy presence. In His timing, He calls me to do tasks that glorify Him and help other members of the body of Christ. He leads me to give at the perfect time when someone is in need, and to say something to someone else with His guidance, that encourages that person. There are many things God does through me. I love His gentle patience with me in my weaknesses and flaws. Because I humbly come before God in repentance of my bad decisions, He always lovingly picks me up after a mistake and helps me understand where I went wrong and how to change. Then He is faithful to give me another chance to go through a similar situation to give me a chance to learn and grow. This has been a big part of how I have grown through the years. If I didn’t have a close relationship with God through Jesus Christ, this would not be an easy thing to do. There would be many times that I would be unable to understand what He is doing through me and I might miss something or get frustrated. This is why God desires that all His children seek His face in all we do, and then we will know Him and follow Him as He greatly desires each of us to do.

“He is patient with you…” 2Peter 3:9

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those He loves, and he punishes everyone He accepts as a son.” Hebrews 12:5
“Show me You ways, O Lord, teach me Your paths; guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are God my Savior, and my hope is in You all day long.” Psalm 25:4-5

  There is great joy when God calls us to serve Him. Immeasurable joy!

  We will be reading the book of Nehemiah for two more weeks.

Blessings,

Patricia