Of course He will. He cannot lie and He always does what He says.

Faith vs. Doubt

So, why do I doubt? Fear creeps in. I think, “What if I didn’t hear Him right?” I tell the Lord that I don’t doubt Him. I doubt me. Maybe I missed what He said. Or what He meant. But He doesn’t let me off that easy. He reminds me that I can hear Him perfectly fine. And I am so grateful for that. I am so grateful for a history of relationship with Him that I can look back on and remember all the other times I heard Him speak and saw Him move.  In real life.

The question is, then, do I really believe? Do I believe His promise enough to act on it? To make decisions on what I know to be true, but can’t prove to you at the moment? It is done in the Spirit.  The Lord has said it will happen. That makes it done. Just like Hebrews 11:1 says, “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” We don’t see it yet, but we have such confidence in God that we walk forward as though we have already seen it.

Conditional Faith

I think we all have things that are easy for us to believe the Lord will do and things that are not so easy. Our personal story comes into play here. Things we have experienced, both good and bad. If you come to me for prayer and the Lord tells me that He is going to heal you, I have no problem praying for you and knowing without a doubt that God is going to heal you. Probably because God has healed me in the past and I have seen Him heal others when I’ve prayed.

But in this area that I’m believing for myself right now? Hmm. I find I have to convince myself that God has spoken, that He is able and willing and He is going to do all He said. Maybe you can identify with this. In what areas is your faith in God strong and in what areas does it need to grow?

• Maybe you have no problem believing God for finances, but wonder if He can really help you forgive the person who hurt you.
• Maybe you have no problem believing God loves other people, but aren’t so sure He loves *you.*
• Maybe you believe He loves you, but aren’t sure He wants to heal you.
• Maybe you believe He is with you, but feel like you haven’t seen His direction in your life.

We need to believe ALL the promises of God and that EVERYTHING He says in His Word is true. And then, when He speaks something specific to our hearts, we need to believe that in faith as well. What we hear from Him needs to line up with what the Bible says—always—and we do need to pray in agreement with His will and in right relationship with Him. But when those things are all in place and He has said He is going to do something we have a hard time believing, we need to exercise that faith muscle. Banish all doubt. Keep bringing thoughts in agreement with the Lord.

Faith in Real Life

One day the disciples were walking with Jesus toward Jerusalem in the morning. There was a fig tree that was full of leaves, but had no fruit. Jesus went looking for fruit on the tree and when He found none, said, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again,” (Mark 11:12-14.) The next morning, the disciples walked by this same tree again and saw that the tree had “withered from its roots.” Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”

Listen to what Jesus said next …

“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes what they say will happen, it will be done for them. Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours,” (Mark 11:20-23.)

We use this verse in a figurative sense, comparing a mountain to any obstacle in our lives and I’m sure that applies. But I’d like to point out that Jesus had cursed a fig tree—a living object in real life, not a figurative one—and it literally withered up and died. So I don’t think it is far-fetched to think that He was also talking about real, earthen mountains as well.

Now, I know I do not have the faith to tell a mountain to go throw itself into the sea. But I want to! I want to have the kind of faith that believes God can do ANYTHING. Even what I am believing Him for right now.

Faith Right Now

So I’m writing to you from the “in-between” and declaring that I do believe. If this had already happened, it wouldn’t require any faith! When my miracle happens, you’ll know that God came through, just like He said, and that I really have been believing Him and working toward believing Him more all along. I can’t wait to write that post!

So, let’s not count ourselves out of any of God’s promises. They are ALL for each one of us. Reach out and believe. It takes faith to activate and appropriate the promises of God in our lives. Believe and do not doubt. Ask in prayer. Believe and receive.

“Every good and perfect gift is from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows,” (James 1:17.)

Big Problems

Sometimes we are facing circumstances where we feel like the Red Sea is in front of us and Pharoah’s army is closing in behind us. Sometimes our problems and concerns really are Huge. Whether they are physical, emotional, financial or relational, some situations are much bigger than our ability or power to change them.

When the people of Israel were in this situation, God said some very interesting things to them. It had already been a long battle trying to get out of Egypt. Moses and Aaron went before Pharaoh over and over again. God showed His power and His judgment over and over again. Finally, Pharaoh let the Israelites go and they fled Egypt in the night. Then, the Lord led them to the Red Sea right when Pharoah’s army came chasing after them.

Overwhelming Fear

I understand how the Israelites felt. “They were terrified and cried out to the Lord,” (Exodus 14:10b.) I get that. When our circumstances are so far beyond our ability to fix them, when we feel like there is no way out, fear takes over. The Israelites went to Moses. “They said to Moses, ‘Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!” (Exodus 14:10-12.)

Their argument has some logic and they certainly weren’t afraid to say what they thought! But they were missing the whole point. God was bringing them OUT of bondage and OUT of slavery. So, no, it would not have been better to stay in Egypt as slaves. Now, at this moment, it *seemed* like they were going to die —and isn’t that how we feel, like we’re never going to survive this one!— but God had a much bigger plan.

Here’s the Plan

“Moses answered the people, ‘Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still,” (Ex. 14:13,14.) The Lord didn’t say to turn back towards Egypt and fight against the enemy bearing down on them. He said to “stand firm.” He said HE would fight for them and to be still. In our hearts, we need to stand firm and be still. We need to trust the Lord. We need to believe Him. We need to remember that He is fighting for us.

But after Moses gave this message to the people, he must have still been praying to the Lord for deliverance because the very next verse says this: “Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen,” (Ex. 15:15-17.)

God of Miracles

And that’s exactly what happened. “Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land,” (Ex. 15:21a.) The Israelites crossed the Red Sea on dry land. All of them got across, and Pharaoh’s army did come in after them. But as the sun came up, when all the Egyptians were crossing that sea bed, the Lord caused the waters to come crashing back down on them, drowning them all. The Israelites were truly free, once and for all.

It’s so interesting how the Lord tells the people to “be still” and to “move on” at the same time! While we “stand firm” and “be still” in our hearts— in other words, we hold fast to a firm belief and trust in God’s power and plan, then with our feet and our face, we “move on.” We turn away from the bondage, the problem, the enemy that is chasing us down and we look forward and take the next step God gives us to take. We move forward. We do what we’re supposed to do and trust God to do the rest! We look for that path that God WILL open up before us and we walk. Step by step till we are across the Red Sea and God destroys the enemy behind us.

Be Still and Move On

God has a plan for us to be free. God has a plan that breaks every bondage in our lives. He still does miracles. In every area of our life, He can and will perform the miracles we need to be truly free once and for all. We just need to keep following after Him. We need to believe Him. We need to do what He tells us to do. We need to seek Him and cry out to Him. Then, once He gives us a plan or opens up a path through the sea, we need to follow Him, step by step. We have to anchor our heart to Him and get our feet in motion. We will see the enemy destroyed behind us. We will experience God’s complete deliverance. We need to set our face forward and take the next step.

A two-step path to victory. Be still. Move on.

Listen to His Voice

Isaiah 30:21 describes the blessing of being led by the Spirit. “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it’.” I love God’s direction and knowing I’m doing what He wants me to do. But sometimes we start the day with a plan–a good plan, nothing wrong with it–and then the Holy Spirit puts a person on our heart and we feel a strong urge to call him. Even if talking on the phone isn’t our favorite thing (“Can I just text him, Lord?”) we need to respond right away.

Sometimes, we lose time second-guessing and procrastinating. When we know the thought wasn’t from our own thoughts or plans, and the direction is in keeping with His Word and character, we can know it’s Him and should move forward right away.

Did I Hear That Right?

Sometimes the Holy Spirit speaks to us and what He’s asking us to do makes us say, “Was that really you, Lord?” What we really mean is, “I really hope that wasn’t You, Lord! Do I have to?” But the blessing is in obedience.

If we’re standing in line at the grocery store and we feel like we should speak to the person next to us and ask how their day is going when we wouldn’t normally do that, it’s probably the Holy Spirit. We tend to panic and worry that God is going to ask us to jump up and down and make monkey sounds. Really? He’s going to ask us to spread His love and His life. And yes, it may be a little nerve-wracking to speak up and ask someone if we can pray with her, but it’s always worth it.

Planting Seeds

I had the opportunity to make a last-minute, surprise trip to CA this week. On my second flight, I was sitting next to a lovely, professional woman. We had chatted a bit and when we were getting close to landing, I wanted to tell her how God healed me of motion sickness. I felt like the Holy Spirit was confirming that I was supposed to do that. So I told her that I used to get sick every time I flew, but that on one trip God completely healed me and it was the best miracle ever! She looked right at me and asked me what I did. Did I just pray? So I was able to tell her more about it. She said that was cool and that was it. So glad I spoke up. I was planting seeds. One plants, another waters… I Cor. 3:8. We just obey. The results are up to the Lord.

Lifestyle of the Spirit

Sometimes we get away from that lifestyle of being ready for the Holy Spirit to speak to us at any time. We forget to keep an ear open for Him to speak to us and to keep ourselves in an attitude of willingness to change our plans and to obey. But that is easy to re-align. We just need to turn our heart toward heaven and ask the Holy Spirit to work through us. We just need to be willing. “Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit” (Gal. 5:25.)

It’s a wonderful feeling to know you’ve heard and obeyed the Lord and that He’s working through you to show His love to someone. Ask the Lord to give you a special person assignment today!

When was the last time you did something at the Holy Spirit’s urging?

Do We Leave Our Weapon Behind?

Our weapon in spiritual warfare is the Bible, the Word of God, but sometimes we head out the front door and into our day and we leave it behind. Not that we have to physically carry a Bible with us at all times (although if it’s on our phone or tablet, it is with us!) but we need to be hiding God’s Word in our heart so we are ready to use it in battle. Which means, we need to be reading it every day.

Even though we may agree with this concept or even deeply believe it, it’s so easy to have days slip by without reading the Word. Our lives are busy and we have a flood of incoming information every day. Sometimes it’s that flood that crowds out what we really need to be taking in: our best defense against the enemy in times of trial or temptation.

Our Spiritual Defense

We have the same spiritual defense that Jesus had. He is our example and He withstood the most vicious assault of temptation ever loosed on a man. (Matt. 4:1-11.) Jesus had been fasting for 40 days. He was at the end of that fast and He was hungry. His body was ready to eat. That’s when the enemy came to tempt Him, at a very weak physical point. Satan tempted him with three powerful temptations (including food!) but Jesus replied every time with one weapon and one weapon only: the Word of God. He quoted Scripture to the devil and the devil had no reply. Three tries and the devil left Him. Jesus had won!

Read the Word

What if Jesus had not studied the Word? He didn’t arrive on the earth with all the Scriptures that had been written to that point downloaded and stored in His mind just because He came from heaven and was the Son of God. He started out as a baby, just like us, and had to learn the Scriptures, just like us. He knew the verses He quoted to the devil because He studied ahead of time. He memorized them. He went to the synagogue. On one trip to Jerusalem, Jesus stayed in the temple so long “sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions,” that his parents left for home and didn’t realize he wasn’t with them! (Luke 2:41-52)

We need to be reading the Word of God and studying it as well. We especially need to be memorizing it. Bible verses are like arrows that we need to have ready to pull out and fire at a moment’s notice. They are like every swing, every thrust and jab, of a sword in battle.

Weapons!

If we are afraid, we remember II Tim. 1:7, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”

If we need forgiveness, we know that, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness,” according to I John 1:9.

If we are anxious, we remember Isaiah 26:3, “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you.”

If we are tempted, we know that “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it,” (I Cor. 10:13.) Then, we take the way out!

If we need encouragement that we will overcome the enemy and have victory:

“For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.” Duet. 20:4

“With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.” Psalm 108:13

“But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (I Cor. 5:7)

Whether we  have been studying the Bible our whole life or if we met Jesus yesterday, each of us need to be in the Word every day. We need to be reading and learning more. We need to meditate and memorize, so we already know the verses we need to use in the heat of battle to reply to any accusation or attack or temptation of the enemy. For with our God and with His weapons, our victory is sure.

Can I get an “Amen?”

Life Priority Check

Live in the light of eternity … eternity in their hearts (Ecc. 3:11.) These words remind us to live for more than the here and now. It’s easy to get caught up in our daily needs, burdens and concerns, but there is more ahead, friends. So much more.

You can watch the news and see our world spinning ever closer to the return of Christ, with catastrophe and chaos along the way. This is the perfect time to perform a “systems check” on our lives. What does the way we spend our time and money say about our priorities?

Are we living for the here and now? For our self alone? Or are we focusing on what really matters? To make sure we “love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength.” To remember to “love our neighbor as our self” and to show the world we are Christians by our love. Do we consciously give our families the best of us and show the fruit of the Spirit at home? Are we finding ways to make the lives of others better? Notice that these are all actions we take …

Eternal Actions: Outward & Inward

… Because living for eternity doesn’t mean sitting around and waiting for the Lord to come and take us to heaven. It isn’t only about deepening our spiritual life and our prayer life. That’s certainly part of it, but when we draw closer to the Lord in prayer, we will find He then compels us to show His love in very practical ways to those around us. “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world” (James 1:27.) There is no shortage of orphans and widows. There are so many homes with only one parent. So many kids find themselves alone. So many need support and not only financial. So many people need a friend, an afternoon out, a ride to church.

The second half of that verse, “to keep oneself form being polluted by the world” is a tall order these days as our society reaches a saturation point of sin. We have to take a sober look at how much is seeping into our hearts and minds through the music and media we absorb. We have to be careful to not “call evil good and good evil” (Isaiah 5:20) but to align our hearts and minds with the Word of God and what He says to be true.

A Life that Lasts

If we want to live a life that lasts, if we want our works to live on and to not be burned up as worthless at the judgment (I Cor. 3:12,13), then we need to be sure we are living for the right things and that we are doing the right things. Time is short. The Lord is coming soon.

“And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8.)

I know I have some things to work on. What does your “Light of Eternity Systems Check” tell you?

Sometimes the simple songs are the most profound.

Love Songs in Church

I don’t remember learning, “Jesus Loves Me,” but it must have been in Sunday school because I learned it so young, I’ve been singing it “all my life.” Such sweet, precious truth. “Yes, Jesus loves me, Yes, Jesus loves me…the Bible tells me so.” It’s such a comforting song and I’ve sang babies to sleep with it many times.

In junior high, another song about God’s love always brought me to tears in church, “Oh How He Loves You and Me.” Something about the way the song was built musically and the anointing on it brought the truth of God’s love home to me. It crashed over the defensive walls around my heart like a wave and always found a way in. “He gave His life / What more could He do / Oh how He loves you / Oh how He loves me / Oh how He loves you and me.”

God’s Love: Technicality or Desire?

God’s love was something I always knew in my head, but had a hard time feeling that it was true…for me. I mean, technically, God loved me. (He had to, right?) But it was hard to grasp the truth of how God felt about me. Surely, He didn’t want to love me.

Over the years, God has worked on this in me…convincing me of His love. One thought that helped was that I could do nothing to make God love me less and I could do nothing to make God love me more. I couldn’t earn more of His love because He already loved me completely, perfectly. And not in some distant relative, pinch-your-cheek-at-a-funeral kind of way either. He loves with a deep, personal, overwhelming, intimate love.

God’s Crazy About Us! (Oh!)

These days, the song “How He Loves” captures it perfectly. “He loves us, oh how He loves us…” (You can see the video here. Be sure to watch the whole thing.) We need to understand that God really loves us, not because He has to, but because He has chosen to and He has proven this over and over. He loves us. We have His full attention. Nothing escapes Him. He is concerned for every little thing that concerns us. He knows us so much better than we know ourselves. And He’s crazy about us! Smitten. Over the moon. Yes, over me. Over you. “He loves us, oh how He loves us.”

God’s eyes are turned toward us. He heart is full of love for us. He wants a daily relationship with us. His love is overwhelming, but we need to let it overwhelm us and realize how good and pure it is. His love is amazing. We need to see ourselves through His eyes and grasp a little part of His heart: He loves us!

“Oh how He loves you / Oh, how He loves me / Oh how He loves you and me!”

Do you readily accept and bask in God’s love or it is hard for you to believe He loves you? Either way, why do you think that is?

1.     All Prayer Counts. Sometimes we feel like we’re not praying enough because we aren’t physically on our knees for a solid hour every day. The Lord knows our life and our schedule. The prayers we pray in the shower, in the car on the way to work, on the treadmill, as we drop the kids off at school, in the office cubicle, in the grocery store, at the t-ball game or at the college graduation all count. It’s counterproductive to feel guilty for not praying more. Just pray. Now. God hears our prayers wherever we are and whatever we are doing when we pray them.

2.     Thinking is Not Praying. Sometimes we aren’t actually praying about a problem; we’re just thinking about it. It’s not the same thing. We have to remember to not just mull it over in our minds and try to find a solution, but to bring it to God and specifically ask for His help. “Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete,” John 16:24. We need to ask! Ask Him. Now.

3.     Leave It with God. When we pray and ask for God’s help, when we ask Him to intervene in a situation, we then need to leave it with Him. Don’t ask for His help and go right back to worrying about it. We need to release the problem to Him. Release it. Let it go. Leave it in God’s hands. Trust Him to answer your prayer and to do something about it. He will. He’s got this!

4.     Pray in Faith. We need to believe that God is good and that He is going to help us and answer our prayer. Pray in faith believing—believing God is hearing you right now and moving on your behalf. “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him,” Hebrews 11:6. Pray in faith. Pray now.

Did you notice the recurring theme of  “now?” There’s no time like the present. “Grow my prayer life” isn’t something that needs to sit on a long-term life To Do list, something we will get to later “when we have more time.” We will never have more time and prayer is just talking to God. So turn your heart toward Him. Talk to Him. Right now. He’s listening.

What suggestions would you add to this list?

PRAY about everything…

• Your home
• Your spouse
• Your kids
• Your job
• Your finances

Pray ABOUT everything…

• Your self: body, soul and spirit
• Your hopes
• Your fears
• Your concerns
• Your worries

Pray about EVERYTHING!

• Your friends
• Your church
• Your projects
• Your opportunities
• Your ministries

When we sit down to work or create or balance the checkbook, we need to take a moment and ask for God’s blessing, His guidance and His favor on every part of our life.

Prayer: the Path to Power

No wonder we are told to “Pray without ceasing” (I Thess. 5:17). There are many things to pray for in our lives, but we must remember the power of prayer. God is just waiting for us to ask. He is waiting for us to acknowledge Him and to ask for all He has for us.

Pray first. Everything goes better when we pray about and for it. Prayer shouldn’t be our last resort, but our first tool to success.

Do a Prayer Check—have I been thinking about that concern/child/job/opportunity or praying about it? (See a post on this here.) We can mull something over and over in our mind, but it’s not prayer until we turn our thoughts to God and invite Him into the process and ask for His help.

Trying to make a decision? Ask the questions, “What does God want me to do? What has God already told me to do?” That’s where we find our answers and the confidence of knowing we are in the center of God’s will.

Prayer: the Path to Peace

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:6,7).

There is peace when we turn everything over to the Lord. No matter how big or small the situation looks, it is worthy of prayer and peace that “transcends all understanding” will be ours.

Let’s Pray

Join me in praying about EVERYTHING. (“Lord, please bless this blog. Please use it to touch the heart of each person that visits with Your love. Please let each one sense Your Presence and know that You are right him.”)

Remember to commit things to the Lord throughout the day. We need to ask for His help, His wisdom, His favor.

We must not get to running so fast that we forget the One who gave us the legs and the will to run.

What needs more prayer attention in your life today?

In those moments, it’s important to have a good grip on the fact that—God Has a Plan. He has a plan for you and He has a plan for me. And we know it’s a good plan because His Word tells us so. “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,” Jeremiah 29:11.

Can’t See His Plan

A pastor I know used to say, “God knows what’s going on, but He’s not tellin’.” That still makes me smile. Of course, sometimes if we ask Him and sit still long enough to listen, He will tell us. Other times He is silent, but we can still trust Him.

I remember driving to work one morning after taking three kids into our home whose father was abusing them and asking the Lord, “What are You doing?” He quickly replied to my spirit, “Answering your prayer.” What? I didn’t pray for this.

What Did I Pray?

Oh, but wait. I did pray for God to bring into our home whatever children He had for us. I did make my life available to God for His plans and purposes. I had been praying out of Matt. 25 about feeding the hungry and clothing the needy, and out of James about helping the widows and orphans. I didn’t pray for the kids to be neglected by their dad any more than God wanted that to happen, but I did pray to be used by God however He saw fit. And He saw fit to have us in the right place at the right time to be a home and a haven for these three precious kids and to ultimately be their parents.

Do we listen to the words we pray and the songs we sing? I surrender all…Jesus, I believe in You and I would go to the ends of the earth…Take me, make me, mold me, use me…

Are We Truly Surrendered?

God is listening. He takes us at our word. Sometimes His answer to our prayer looks different than we pictured, but His plan is perfect. We can always trust His plan. It’s always a good plan. It’s always bigger and more fulfilling than anything we could dream up.

God has a plan for this year, for this month, for this week, for today. We need to invite Him to work in our lives and make ourselves available for His surprising ways. Then, when things look topsy-turvy, ask Him what’s taking place.

The answer will probably be—His perfect plan is taking place.

Is there something in your life that looks crazy right now? Tell me about it–so I can pray for you and encourage you to trust Him!

Prayers Needed

Our friend, Kathee Tomasello, had a stroke on Dec. 10, 2010. She lives in Morgan Hill, CA, has since come home and is recovering, but she is going through a lot of physical therapy. She has recovered some mobility on her right side, but her speech is still mostly “yes” or “no,” with the occasional full phrase randomly thrown in. Kathee needs our prayers.

Another dear lady, Joanne Heim, who I have only “met” through a prayer request from my friend, Kim, had a stoke on Jan. 12th and is still in the hospital. She is in Denver, CO, and is in an induced coma to bring down the pressure in her brain. It’s coming down, but Joanne and her family also need immediate prayer support. Joanne is a wife and mom, an author and speaker. You can keep updated on her condition through her blog, The Simple Wife.

Please join me in praying for these ladies today and in the days to come.

Give the Gift of Intercession

We know that God answers prayer and intercession is such an important part of our Christian walk. To intercede is to act on behalf of another. We need to intercede with God–to plead with Him on behalf of someone else–especially when that someone cannot pray for herself right now.

As we come before the Lord and ask for His healing for these two sisters in Christ, let’s remember to pray about all our concerns. Let’s remember to pray first. Let’s move everything from the “worry list” to the “prayer list.” We see much better results that way. Nothing ever came from the worry list. Miracles come from the prayer list!

Trust Him

God has a good plan for each of these families, just like He has a good plan for you and for me. If that good plan is hard to see right now, we continue to trust. God is good. He is faithful. He has not forgotten us. He has everything under control and He is working things out. Trust Him. That’s our best plan.

What do you need to trust Him with and pray about today?