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Psalms 121:7-8
7 The LORD will keep you from all harm
he will watch over your life;
8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

Wow! God proved that He keeps me from harm today. A stop sign now resides on our Main St through my town. It wasn’t there for 40-plus years, but it is there now. I believe it has been there for a year, however, I don’t normally drive in that direction. Needless to say, I totally forgot about it and almost took out another car. Good thing I was going slow, I have good brakes and an even Greater God!

Some people will tell you I am oversimplifying this verse. Others will say they were in a car accident and God didn’t protect them or someone they loved died. I wish I had an answer for their loss. I wish I could say that these verses mean we will never have anything bad happen in our lives. I want us to all live with rainbows and unicorns. Life doesn’t work that way. As a matter of fact, in many ways, I probably did over-simplify it. Not that God didn’t protect me.

These verses show how God provided Jesus to take our sins away. He is also always there for us. Evil will have no power over us that we don’t give it. We will go through troubles. We will have hardships and pain. However, what more do we not see that God has kept from us? Don’t forget, He has kept the greatest evil away, eternal death away from Him forever and ever.

Lord, thank you for keeping me safe, today, tomorrow, and forever. ~amen

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Proverbs 4:23
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

When I opened all of my devotions today, these two verses went so well with today’s verse.

Psalm 91
1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”

Mark 10:27
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”

Let me put this all together for you. To guard your heart, spend time in the shelter of the Most High and rest in His shadow. For He is your refuge and fortress that will surround your heart. A heart that trusts God will know everything your mind says is impossible truly is possible.

So take time today and guard your heart. It is the power station of your joy, hope, love, and faith. Don’t give them away for anything. Feed it well. Everything flows from it.

Lord, today I choose to guard my heart and rest in you. I will not let anyone steal my joy, hope, love, and faith. ~amen

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Psalms 103:2
Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits.

As I type this, I am sitting in the ER waiting for who knows how long with my son. As a look around the room, I see so many people in need. I also see a bunch of staff in need. They are all overworked, understand and our waiting time is unreal. However, as I sit here with him I am also thankful we have medical care.

One poor kid is in so much pain next to us. I wish I could take it away from him. I feel so bad. Hmmm . . . I wonder if God ever feels that way? He is perfectly capable of making things go away. He is perfectly capable of giving us everything we need. One of the problems is we don’t ask for help or use the gifts He has given us.

I was once told a story about a man who died and was led to a room just filled to the brim with gifts. When he asked what was all of this, Jesus replied, “These are all the gifts that I wanted to give you, but you never asked for or used them.”

We don’t have to travel through this life in spiritual pain. We have the ultimate healer who is more than capable and willing to help. Our benefits are great. Take time to praise the Lord for all He has done for you and is yet to do for you.

Lord, thank you, for all of your many gifts. You truly meet my every single need. ~amen

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Isaiah 12:5-6
5 Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things;
let this be known to all the world.
6 Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion,
for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.

Psalms 68:4
4 Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,
extol him who rides on the clouds;
rejoice before him—his name is the LORD.

Feeling lonely today. . . Sing to the Lord
Feeling hurt today. . . .Sing to the Lord
Feeling angry today. . . Sing to the Lord
Feeling depressed today. . . Sing to the Lord
Feeling anxious today. . . Sing to the Lord

We cannot always, no most of the time we cannot control what is going on around us. People are going to do what people are going to do. Bad things will come and go. Evil is ever-present in this world. However, you absolutely have control of one very important piece of the whole puzzle. You have control over you. Only you can let someone take your value. Only you can let someone take our hope, faith, and joy. Many people will try, but only you can let them.

So today, take a moment when faced with anything. Control the one thing you know you can, you! Sing to the Lord His praises. Shout aloud and sing for joy. Rejoice before Him that He is God. Watch your joy level soar!

Lord, I am so thankful for your love, hope, faith, and joy. I am so thankful that You restore mine all of the time. ~amen

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Psalms 103:17 (MSG)
GOD’s love, though, is ever and always, eternally present to all who fear him, Making everything right for them and their children.

A friend of mine posted the meme “When it’s not God’s timing you can’t force it. When it is God’s timing you can’t stop it!” Then I read today’s verse, Psalms 103:17 in the Message bible, “GOD’s love, though, is ever and always, eternally present to all who fear him, Making everything right for them and their children.” Something clicked in my brain!

We often get caught up in blessings. We are all guilty of expecting a “genie in the bottle” kind of God from time to time. We pray for something, but we add in our own plan for how the prayer should be answered. Face it, we come from a Burger King kind of world, “Have it your way.” I have a sneaky suspicion God giggles at us sometimes when we pray that way.

I know I have looked at people of done things and just wanted to ask, “When did you think that was going to be a good idea.” I have also looked at my own children and said words like, “Now that that didn’t work, shall we try it my way?” Believe it or not, God did make us curious people and part of that whole free-will thing is letting us try things and screw up. We also serve a God who loves us enough to dust us off and help us make everything right. Maybe one of these days I will learn to not try to force things in my way and time. Maybe. . . LOL!

Lord, I am sorry for trying to have it all my way. I am learning to trust Your judgment and let things go. ~amen

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Philippians 3:20
But there’s far more to life for us. We’re citizens of high heaven! We’re waiting the arrival of the Savior, the Master, Jesus Christ (MSG)

We don’t have to live this life as if the endgame is just to survive. God wants so much more for us. As the old song goes, “When all the Earth is sinking sand, on Christ the solid rock I stand!” Sin entered the world a long, long time ago. Evil is still running a much. It will continue to run a muck until Christ returns to set all the records straight. However, that does not mean we have to play the game by the world’s set of rules!

Like today’s verse says, “there’s far more to life for us. We’re citizens of high heaven!” We don’t have to stand and take it when the world tumbles around us. We can choose to not let it steal our joy! We can stand on our faith and hope. We can spread love when all the world returns to us is hate. Even when we sit among the rubble of broken dreams and hearts, we know we can rest in His arms and carry on tomorrow.

Your world may not be all Candy Land. However, don’t let Satan dictate the rules to the game of Life. He always cheats by changing the rules and trying to cause Trouble. He doesn’t have a Monopoly on us. We can sink his Battleship any time we want. You are part of the ultimate Connect 4, God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and you. Believe me, Satan will be Sorry in the end when we yell, “YAHTZEE!”

Lord, I am tired of playing the game by the world’s rules. I choose to play by Yours! ~amen

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1 Chronicles 16:34
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.

I needed to hear today’s verse in 1 Chronicles 16:34. It has been a pity party couple of days. My husband is a Pastor, EMT, and Fireman. I often feel like I am at the bottom of his list. It seems like everything chooses to fall apart when he is serving others. My emergencies take second place to everyone else’s in the world. Yep, I am defiantly having a pity party and I don’t even have any chocolate to serve!

Now that the party is over and clean-up is almost done, this verse is making me re-examine my party guests. My guests tell me I am all alone. They say things like no one care about me or my problems. I will never come first in my husband’s life. Everyone else’s problems are bigger and much more important.

God on the other hand tells me I am loved. I am so very important to Him. I am so much stronger than I think because He is in me. I am never alone. He is prepared to handle any situation that flies my way. He also reminds me that He is in my marriage and is He will sustain me as I support my husband.

Well, it is time now to remind my guests they have overstayed their welcome. Today, I will give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love for me endures forever!

Lord, this pity party is over. Thank you for loving me and helping me send the unwelcomed guests home. ~amen

Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

I have had a rough 24 hours. I even got angry with God. Thank goodness He has big shoulders and let me just cry it all out. No, there was no death or bad news. I was just trying to be helpful and it all fell apart.

Like most people, we have a long to-do list around the house. My husband works 24-hour shifts and has been pulling a lot of overtime. We bought a new thermostat that I really thought would be easy to put together. I watched all the videos. I followed the directions completely, but still, something went wrong. So, I put the old one back on and boy did it all go wrong because nothing worked at that point. Of course, it was now late at night and HOT and HUMID! I was in tears!

My husband, mother, father, and even some very close friends came to my rescue. No, they couldn’t fix it, but they went over everything I did and couldn’t figure out what I did wrong. Now, yes, I would have loved to have had it fixed right then and there, but there was something comforting knowing that they couldn’t figure it out either. I know that sounds silly, but it made me feel less stupid.

I am sure they all felt helpless but believe me, none of them were. They showed their love just by being there for me and sitting through my problem and not berating me for failing. Heck, even the company that is coming to fix my problem laughed and told me not to worry because their techs go through tons of training and still screw things up sometimes . . . LOL! I didn’t need to be angry with God. He provided all the love and help I needed when I needed it.

Lord, I am happy to report that there are still people down here devoted to one another in love and honoring others above themselves. ~amen

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Matthew 7:8
For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

God is better than Google! My husband is always asking me questions and I will often say, “Did you google it?” Wait, I should explain, I only say that when I don’t know the answer. I really am not just being a pain. Today’s verse came from a women’s bible study. It made me think about my answer about googling things. I quickly realized how many times I have an issue and don’t immediately stop and pray about it. Instead, I either try to figure it out on my own or ask for advice from others. I think I am going to remind myself when I have a problem “Did you God it?”

This week I was blessed three times in really big ways. With all of those blessings came lots of prayers beforehand. Yes, I did ‘God it’ first! Now, I am not saying God is a genie in a bottle. I am not even saying God answered them in the way I requested . . . LOL! Oh, and I am not saying these were the only blessings this week. I am saying, I got answers to three large issues to me that I was faced with this week.

Sometimes God will answer with “No or wait.” Those aren’t easy answers, but they are answers. If you ask, seek, and knock you will get answers. When faced with anything, all you have to do is ‘God it’. He is just waiting for you to ask, seek, and knock.

I know where to find all my answers. Thank You, Lord! ~amen

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Hebrews 12:11
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

“What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of” (Jackie DeShannon). I think the form of love it needs is discipline. So maybe we can change the verse in the song to read, “What the world needs now is discipline, sweet discipline. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.”

I want to go on the books right now is saying there is a HUGE difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to harm someone else. You use it for revenge or to break someone. Discipline is used to help someone grow, guide them, and build them up. With discipline comes love and grace. Two things the world lacks today!

I am not sure exactly where we stopped disciplining children, but you can see in society today that something went wrong somewhere. We now have adults who seemed to be living for themselves only with no regard for anyone else. Respect for people and things is a passé. We are not seeing a harvest of righteousness and peace.

So where do we begin to make a change? We start by learning to discipline ourselves. Learning to let God show us where and how to change. I know it is easier to blame someone else for everything, but it is time we learned to ask God to change our hearts and mind to His will before we pray for the other guy.

I want to see change, Lord. Start with me! ~amen

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