He is Never Far/Having Faith
Isaiah 26:3 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind stays on you, because he trusts in you.
Throughout the whole day, my daughter kept looking at the scrape on her knee. “There are holes in it!” (scabs) As well as going back to the cut on her finger. “My finger is broken!” I tried to reason with her every time she brought it up. “It’s getting better! It’s healing! God made your body to heal itself.” Time and time again she kept bringing them up, worried, and not convinced.
Later on in the day, she asked if she could help me with dishes. “You can, but you have to wait. I just washed knives and they could hurt you. Don’t touch anything on the counter, because you could accidentally touch a knife and get cut. I don't want you to get hurt.” Her response? “If I get hurt God will heal me.”
For the rest of the day, she did not refer to any of her owies again. The moment she spoke God’s truth over herself and received it, she didn’t have a worry. She knew God would heal her. That He takes care of her. That He is always there ready to answer her prayers.
Psalm 34:4 I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
We were driving in the car and it was raining heavily. From the back seat I hear “Mom it’s too loud!!!” I took a deep breath trying to respond lovingly. “Honey, mommy can’t control the rain….but God can. You can pray and ask him to not let it be so loud.” With faith she prayed. The rain slowed down immediately. To this day she still talks about how God answered her prayer. How He answers prayers.
Acts 17:25-27 He isn’t served by humans as if he needed anything. He gives everyone life, breath, and everything they have. From one man he has made every nation of humanity to live all over the earth. He has given them the seasons of the year and the boundaries within which to live. He has done this so that they would look for God, somehow reach for him, and find him. In fact, he is never far from any one of us. Certainly we live, move and exist because of him. As some of your poets have said, ‘We are God’s children.’
God, thank you for creating us and wanting a relationship with us! Wanting us to look for you and making it to where through Jesus we can successfully reach for you and find you. Thank you for humbling yourself as a man, leaving your holy state to be with us, not just for the time span you were on earth, but now for all eternity. Thank you for your holiness. You are incredible God and still you call us your children. You love and care about us so fully and in such personally individual ways. I pray that we all experience that during this time. That we experience you now more than ever. That we grow in that beyond this. Growing in our faith in you. I pray this in your name Jesus, Amen.
Throughout the whole day, my daughter kept looking at the scrape on her knee. “There are holes in it!” (scabs) As well as going back to the cut on her finger. “My finger is broken!” I tried to reason with her every time she brought it up. “It’s getting better! It’s healing! God made your body to heal itself.” Time and time again she kept bringing them up, worried, and not convinced.
Later on in the day, she asked if she could help me with dishes. “You can, but you have to wait. I just washed knives and they could hurt you. Don’t touch anything on the counter, because you could accidentally touch a knife and get cut. I don't want you to get hurt.” Her response? “If I get hurt God will heal me.”
For the rest of the day, she did not refer to any of her owies again. The moment she spoke God’s truth over herself and received it, she didn’t have a worry. She knew God would heal her. That He takes care of her. That He is always there ready to answer her prayers.
Psalm 34:4 I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
We were driving in the car and it was raining heavily. From the back seat I hear “Mom it’s too loud!!!” I took a deep breath trying to respond lovingly. “Honey, mommy can’t control the rain….but God can. You can pray and ask him to not let it be so loud.” With faith she prayed. The rain slowed down immediately. To this day she still talks about how God answered her prayer. How He answers prayers.
Acts 17:25-27 He isn’t served by humans as if he needed anything. He gives everyone life, breath, and everything they have. From one man he has made every nation of humanity to live all over the earth. He has given them the seasons of the year and the boundaries within which to live. He has done this so that they would look for God, somehow reach for him, and find him. In fact, he is never far from any one of us. Certainly we live, move and exist because of him. As some of your poets have said, ‘We are God’s children.’
God, thank you for creating us and wanting a relationship with us! Wanting us to look for you and making it to where through Jesus we can successfully reach for you and find you. Thank you for humbling yourself as a man, leaving your holy state to be with us, not just for the time span you were on earth, but now for all eternity. Thank you for your holiness. You are incredible God and still you call us your children. You love and care about us so fully and in such personally individual ways. I pray that we all experience that during this time. That we experience you now more than ever. That we grow in that beyond this. Growing in our faith in you. I pray this in your name Jesus, Amen.
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