What a moment You have brought me to?
Such a freedom I have found in You
You’re the healer who makes all things new…
I’m not going back, I’m moving ahead
Here to declare to you
My past is over in You
Things are made new, surrendered my life to Christ
I’m moving, moving forward!
You have risen with all power in Your hands
You have given me a second chance
Hallelujah, hallelujah!
You make all things new
Yes, You make all things new
And I will follow You… Forward!
Israel Houghton
“When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll…” – Strafford
Praying for those who are affected by this storm, that power will be restored, people are rescued, rescuers are kept safe, and that all will be well soon.
Be anxious for nothing, but in all things by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7
What a Friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer.
Joseph Scriven (1857)
It’s Throwback Thursday and here’s a blessing times two just for you! :)
There isn’t anything that we go through, that hasn’t first been permitted by God. This may be a little hard to accept sometimes, but it’s true, and in the end we’ll see that it was only allowed for our good… But there’s more. When it’s all over, the Lord often blesses you in such a way, that you receive “Double for your Trouble”, and sometimes even more!
Remember when the LORD told Abraham, way back in the beginning before Sarah was even pregnant, that he would be the father of a huge nation and this nation would be slaves in a foreign land, and that they would be there for over 400 years, but He would deliver them with a mighty Hand and they would come out with great substance?( Meaning they would come out with great riches.) Well 400 years of slavery is a long time for people to spend working for no pay, and the bible says that the morning after the first Passover, the Egyptians just started giving the Hebrews anything they wanted and they “spoiled” the Egyptians. Psalm 105:37 says, “He brought them forth also (out of Egypt), with silver and gold.” And we all know the story of Job who, after he had so tremendously suffered, received twice as much of all that he had before.
Think about it. Hasn’t God brought you out of trouble and then blessed you? It could be that He blessed you monetarily, or restored your health, or blessed your family, or even blessed you with wisdom, in preparation for the blessings yet to come. In Isaiah 61:7, the LORD says, ” For your shame you shall have double...” and if God says it, that settles it! So if you’re going through a rough time right now, be encouraged…
You’re gonna be blessed Double for your Trouble!
“… I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me…when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness,
the LORD shall be a light unto me.“
Micah 7:7-8
“Choosing to rest and not worry about things beyond my control, and to rely on God…
Who has all things under control.”
Faith♥
“My soul, wait you only upon God; for my expectation is from him.”
Psalm 62:5
“A friend loves at all times…”
Proverbs 17:17
“The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise Him.”
Psalm 28:7
Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,
But, he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;
At least no one has done it”;
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That “couldn’t be done,” and you’ll do it.
Edgar A. Guest
Faithrises 