This was exactly what my mama heart needed today. I do often mess mothering up and fail to shepherd my children with gentleness and grace. I needed to fall on my face and ask forgiveness for that. To know God forgives and will always be with me. What an amazing and awesome assurance!
This was God’s perfect timing as this morning I was dealing with getting frustrated with my 3 yro and then my husband getting mad at me for exasperating her. Thank you Lord for Ps. 38 and the reminder that I can cry out to you even in my sin and you understand what it feels like to be pursued by angry people!
Lord please forgive me of my sins I don’t like how I’ve been lately restore my joy in you and fix my eyes on you make my heart of flesh and take away my heart of stone in Jesus name amen
Lord, I want to be brave for Your name! Help me Lord to overcome the world just as Jesus did. I am sorry for my sins. Please restore Your peace and joy in my heart. Let me be strong in Your name, in Jesus’ name—amen!
18 I confess my iniquity;
I am sorry for my sin.
—
This really hit me when I read it; I haven’t told God enough that I’m sorry for all the times I mess up!
Yesterday’s and today’s passages have pointed out to me that I need to be more content and to completely trust that the Lord is in control. No complaining or grumbling. Contentment.
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the Lord
and put their trust in him.
Loving this portion of the Scriptures today, how true it is, now that we are grafted into His family and we reflect His beautiful light, people around us can’t help but wonder who’s our Lord and want to know Him too.
Most of you are probably asleep already, but if you’re awake I could use your prayers. I’ve been struggling a lot with emotions and feeling depressed the past couple days. What a shocker for a teenage girl :P and then I went to orchestra only to have everyone there berate Christians and Christianity, as I have to deal with every Sunday. Everything has just been difficult. Trying to remind myself to turn to God. Thanks ladies!
Lord, I lift up savannah! I pray your grace and comfort would envelop her. I pray the joy of the Lord would be her strength. I pray your Word would wash her and renew her. Thank you for Savannah Lord, and that she wants to follow you steadfastly. Give her words when words are needed, and a contentment with silence when they are not. Remind her that she is surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses in the heavens and many steadfast followers of the Way here on earth. I pray you would increase her desire for you and lessen her desire for the things of this world. I pray you would be her one true love and she would not feel famished for the love of others. Bless her Jesus, as she runs into your arms. In your precious name I pray, amen!! ❤️
Savannah, stay close in His word and you will find comfort. Those that berate Christian’s and Christianity often do it out of fear of the unknown and ignorance/false teachings.
I spent most of my teens depressed and emotional, fighting to stay centered. Though I was a Christian and went to church I was not spending anytime in the Word. Maybe if I had been it would have been easier to find center and stay there. You have that over me. :-)
Pray, study the word and find a Christian adult you can trust to talk to. Thank you for trusting us. We will send you legions of prayers. Sleep tight and pleasant dreams. Feel,our prayers wrapping you in Our Father’s love.
I’ve been there as I’m only 24 now. I was raised in a Christian home, but if I would have known to just read my bible more and pray and let God handle it I would be 1000 steps ahead. Praying for peace and comfort. It’s totally ok to be different! Let your light shine and you may be someone’s only exposure to Jesus. How awesome could it be to be a witness to them! Thinking & praying for you savannah!
40:11 “You, O Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me”. Oh God. How I cling to this promise of compassion and mercy. It’s the only thing I can trust. The only hope for my wretchedness. The only light in my darkness.
Psalms 38 and 40 tug at my heart today.
8 I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart. 9 All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.
15 Lord, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.
21 Lord, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God. 22 Come quickly to help me, Lord my Savior.
I go back and forth between these sorrowful words and the uplifting words of psalm 40.
My husband and I are struggling with fertility issues. We never imagined we would be one of those struggling couples. As we are surrounded by friends getting married and getting pregnant right away, we assumed things would go off without a hitch and we would be joining them in this new exciting journey soon. I am a physically strong person, but apparently my body is feeble in a way I never imagined it would be. It crushes my heart. It is making my mind become feeble too. I went for testing Friday, and eagerly await the results. I pray so hard that it is an easy fix and nothing serious. But at the same time I pray that God opens my heart and my mind. Give me clarity and trust. Clarity to see the path my husband and I are meant to take if that path may not be children right at this moment. Give me trust in your choices Lord. Keep me strong from turning to sinful hate and anger. Bring my husband and I closer together through this struggle. Help us to lean on one another and hold us together Lord. Guide us in the path you see fit for us. I feel as though my prayers are selfish at times- help me to focus them on your will.
8 I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart
Kalli Ann I’m praying for you right now. Lord give my sweet sister peace and protection, mentally, spiritually, and physically. I pray for strength and compassion between her and her husband rather than discord or silence. I pray that if it is Your will, You will ultimately allow her to become pregnant and have a child. Lord, you know the very depths of her heart and the groans of confusion, frustration, and anger. Speak to her. Let her hear Your voice even if not Your plan. Sustain her and give her friends who listen, care, and pray with her. Kalli Ann, I found a lot of comfort in Lamentations when my husband and I were struggling to get pregnant, specifically Lamentations 3:19-26.
I’ve been on a similar path before and I wanted to let you know I’m praying for you. I pray this struggle yields miracles that will leave you breathless, and that you and your husband feel love and support in the valleys of this journey. Hugs to you!!!
praying for you and your husband, Kalli Ann! May the Lord give you the desires of your heart or the peace and the strength to accept his best for you! When I was handed something that I was not wanting or ready for I remember the thing I kept telling myself was this… “Lord, I want EVERYTHING you want for me and I want NOTHING that you don’t.” Whatever the Lord has for you, it will come to pass! And God is working on our behalf!!! He has taken care of our greatest need!!! And he is a Father who gives good gifts to his children… He knows what is best for you Kalli Ann!! He has his BEST in store for you!!
4 How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust,
And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
May the Lord bless you for trusting in Him, and give you wisdoms do joy in the coming days. May you overflow with gladness.
Many, Lord my God,
are the wonders you have done,
the things you planned for us.
None can compare with you;
were I to speak and tell of your deeds,
they would be too many to declare. (40:5)
Rejoicing in this truth today. I have nothing to worry about, nothing to plan. He is even too great for me to declare! Praise be to the God that I cannot understand nor put into words because if I could describe Him with my tiny human words would He even be a God worth serving? Praise our God!
I have always been a Christian and a believer but recently I gave my life back to God the Father and have been walking in a new light, His beautiful light! Everything I do now isn’t for me but for God and I feel a new sense of peace and protection by Him! 40:11 Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord;
may your love and faithfulness always protect me. I pray that God continues to protect my life that is now under Him and for Him to continue to do the same for all of you awesome women! Remain blessed!
Good morning friends! This verse really spoke to me: 39:5 You have made my days a mere handbreadth;
the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,
even those who seem secure.
It reminded me of the importance of being content in all circumstances. There might be people you think have it all, or even things that we are envious of, but this verse levels the playing field. Everyone is the same in regards to our time here, so let’s make the most of who we are, and glorify God. :-)
1 I waited patiently for the Lord;
he turned to me and heard my cry.
2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
This is how I felt once I began studying the Word and being in it everyday. I believed, prayed and tried to portray a Christian, but once I began to read and study His Word I felt a new foundation under me. He is my rock and my Savior.
4 My guilt has overwhelmed me
like a burden too heavy to bear.
These past couple of weeks I’ve certainly felt like David did when he wrote these words. While my head knows the Lord loves me and he covers all my guilt and shame, that Truth has not been in my heart as of late.
I pray that I know His Truth. I pray that all those out there who feel like their past deeds are too much for God to take care of will someday soon know how much He loves them.
Praying for you, Allison, that the Truth will take root in your heart and overcome the lies. You are made clean and whole in the righteousness of Christ!
8 I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.”
This is my prayer for my own life today. I pray that the word of God is so deep in my heart that I only desire His will. Such a good and timely reminder!
Amen! I enjoyed that portion too. Amazing how even David realized back then that it wasn’t about the outward actions and superficial “law”, but what was in our heart. In Psalm 4 it says how from the heart are the issues of life. Wherever our heart lies, is really where our life, behavior, choices etc will follow. May our hearts be fully resting in Him alone!
Jennifer, I was amazed at the same thing! How beautiful for an Old Testament Jew to say “sacrifice and meal offering you have not desired… Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.” David must have had such a deep understanding of God’s love and true desire for our repentance to permeate to our hearts!!
12 For troubles without number surround me;
my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my heart fails within me.
I love how transparent David is to God, he holds nothing’s back and cries out to him for help and just WAITS. So awesome!
Great is the Lord! Lord, lead the way & help me to trust you with all that I am. Your plan is good. I love you. Amen!
You are my helper and deliverer – do not delay
❤️
Love the reminder of God’s faithfulness. ❤️
❤️
❤️
Yes, totally understand.
Was a reply to a previous thread.
15But for you, O Lord, do I wait;
it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
1I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.
So much goodness from God this morning reading the Psalms.
16But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
say continually, “Great is the Lord!”
I just learned that this verse contains the root word for Yeshua. It’s so amazing to see Jesus written about in the psalms!
“17As for me, I am poor and needy,
but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God!”
Amen!
✔️
:❤️
✅
❤️
This was exactly what my mama heart needed today. I do often mess mothering up and fail to shepherd my children with gentleness and grace. I needed to fall on my face and ask forgiveness for that. To know God forgives and will always be with me. What an amazing and awesome assurance!
God is our helper, our deliverer and our protector. Our trust should be in him and his word. ❤️
“Let me know how fleeting my life is… the span of my years is as nothing before you.”
15But for you, O Lord, do I wait;
it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.-ellie
I will proclaim your wondrous deeds, yet there are too many to be told!
❤️
Have mercy God, and be my rock. You are our hope and joy!
This was God’s perfect timing as this morning I was dealing with getting frustrated with my 3 yro and then my husband getting mad at me for exasperating her. Thank you Lord for Ps. 38 and the reminder that I can cry out to you even in my sin and you understand what it feels like to be pursued by angry people!
Lord please forgive me of my sins I don’t like how I’ve been lately restore my joy in you and fix my eyes on you make my heart of flesh and take away my heart of stone in Jesus name amen
Lord, I want to be brave for Your name! Help me Lord to overcome the world just as Jesus did. I am sorry for my sins. Please restore Your peace and joy in my heart. Let me be strong in Your name, in Jesus’ name—amen!
18 I confess my iniquity;
I am sorry for my sin.
—
This really hit me when I read it; I haven’t told God enough that I’m sorry for all the times I mess up!
11 As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain
your mercy from me;
your steadfast love and your faithfulness will
ever preserve me!
8 I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart.”
❤ this really speaks to me. I crave to do Gods will!!
The lord is my strength and provider, I pray to keep him at the center of everything ❤️
Yesterday’s and today’s passages have pointed out to me that I need to be more content and to completely trust that the Lord is in control. No complaining or grumbling. Contentment.
Amen Kim!! Contentment in Christ is my Constant Prayer
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the Lord
and put their trust in him.
Loving this portion of the Scriptures today, how true it is, now that we are grafted into His family and we reflect His beautiful light, people around us can’t help but wonder who’s our Lord and want to know Him too.
Prayed for Kalli Ann and Savannah, that God would allow you both to feel His love and comfort as you wait for Him to show you His plans.
Most of you are probably asleep already, but if you’re awake I could use your prayers. I’ve been struggling a lot with emotions and feeling depressed the past couple days. What a shocker for a teenage girl :P and then I went to orchestra only to have everyone there berate Christians and Christianity, as I have to deal with every Sunday. Everything has just been difficult. Trying to remind myself to turn to God. Thanks ladies!
Lord, I lift up savannah! I pray your grace and comfort would envelop her. I pray the joy of the Lord would be her strength. I pray your Word would wash her and renew her. Thank you for Savannah Lord, and that she wants to follow you steadfastly. Give her words when words are needed, and a contentment with silence when they are not. Remind her that she is surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses in the heavens and many steadfast followers of the Way here on earth. I pray you would increase her desire for you and lessen her desire for the things of this world. I pray you would be her one true love and she would not feel famished for the love of others. Bless her Jesus, as she runs into your arms. In your precious name I pray, amen!! ❤️
Praying for you Savannah! He is near to you.
Savannah, stay close in His word and you will find comfort. Those that berate Christian’s and Christianity often do it out of fear of the unknown and ignorance/false teachings.
I spent most of my teens depressed and emotional, fighting to stay centered. Though I was a Christian and went to church I was not spending anytime in the Word. Maybe if I had been it would have been easier to find center and stay there. You have that over me. :-)
Pray, study the word and find a Christian adult you can trust to talk to. Thank you for trusting us. We will send you legions of prayers. Sleep tight and pleasant dreams. Feel,our prayers wrapping you in Our Father’s love.
Praying for you Savannah. Keep on trusting in God! We love you & so does God!
I’ve been there as I’m only 24 now. I was raised in a Christian home, but if I would have known to just read my bible more and pray and let God handle it I would be 1000 steps ahead. Praying for peace and comfort. It’s totally ok to be different! Let your light shine and you may be someone’s only exposure to Jesus. How awesome could it be to be a witness to them! Thinking & praying for you savannah!
40:11 “You, O Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me”. Oh God. How I cling to this promise of compassion and mercy. It’s the only thing I can trust. The only hope for my wretchedness. The only light in my darkness.
Psalms 38 and 40 tug at my heart today.
8 I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart. 9 All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.
15 Lord, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.
21 Lord, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God. 22 Come quickly to help me, Lord my Savior.
I go back and forth between these sorrowful words and the uplifting words of psalm 40.
My husband and I are struggling with fertility issues. We never imagined we would be one of those struggling couples. As we are surrounded by friends getting married and getting pregnant right away, we assumed things would go off without a hitch and we would be joining them in this new exciting journey soon. I am a physically strong person, but apparently my body is feeble in a way I never imagined it would be. It crushes my heart. It is making my mind become feeble too. I went for testing Friday, and eagerly await the results. I pray so hard that it is an easy fix and nothing serious. But at the same time I pray that God opens my heart and my mind. Give me clarity and trust. Clarity to see the path my husband and I are meant to take if that path may not be children right at this moment. Give me trust in your choices Lord. Keep me strong from turning to sinful hate and anger. Bring my husband and I closer together through this struggle. Help us to lean on one another and hold us together Lord. Guide us in the path you see fit for us. I feel as though my prayers are selfish at times- help me to focus them on your will.
8 I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart
Kalli Ann I’m praying for you right now. Lord give my sweet sister peace and protection, mentally, spiritually, and physically. I pray for strength and compassion between her and her husband rather than discord or silence. I pray that if it is Your will, You will ultimately allow her to become pregnant and have a child. Lord, you know the very depths of her heart and the groans of confusion, frustration, and anger. Speak to her. Let her hear Your voice even if not Your plan. Sustain her and give her friends who listen, care, and pray with her. Kalli Ann, I found a lot of comfort in Lamentations when my husband and I were struggling to get pregnant, specifically Lamentations 3:19-26.
Thank you so much Christina. I’m sharing that reading with my husband tonight :)
I’ve been on a similar path before and I wanted to let you know I’m praying for you. I pray this struggle yields miracles that will leave you breathless, and that you and your husband feel love and support in the valleys of this journey. Hugs to you!!!
Praying for you!
praying for you and your husband, Kalli Ann! May the Lord give you the desires of your heart or the peace and the strength to accept his best for you! When I was handed something that I was not wanting or ready for I remember the thing I kept telling myself was this… “Lord, I want EVERYTHING you want for me and I want NOTHING that you don’t.” Whatever the Lord has for you, it will come to pass! And God is working on our behalf!!! He has taken care of our greatest need!!! And he is a Father who gives good gifts to his children… He knows what is best for you Kalli Ann!! He has his BEST in store for you!!
4 How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust,
And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
May the Lord bless you for trusting in Him, and give you wisdoms do joy in the coming days. May you overflow with gladness.
Many, Lord my God,
are the wonders you have done,
the things you planned for us.
None can compare with you;
were I to speak and tell of your deeds,
they would be too many to declare. (40:5)
Rejoicing in this truth today. I have nothing to worry about, nothing to plan. He is even too great for me to declare! Praise be to the God that I cannot understand nor put into words because if I could describe Him with my tiny human words would He even be a God worth serving? Praise our God!
I have always been a Christian and a believer but recently I gave my life back to God the Father and have been walking in a new light, His beautiful light! Everything I do now isn’t for me but for God and I feel a new sense of peace and protection by Him! 40:11 Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord;
may your love and faithfulness always protect me. I pray that God continues to protect my life that is now under Him and for Him to continue to do the same for all of you awesome women! Remain blessed!
Good morning friends! This verse really spoke to me: 39:5 You have made my days a mere handbreadth;
the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,
even those who seem secure.
It reminded me of the importance of being content in all circumstances. There might be people you think have it all, or even things that we are envious of, but this verse levels the playing field. Everyone is the same in regards to our time here, so let’s make the most of who we are, and glorify God. :-)
So true! Thanks Leah
1 I waited patiently for the Lord;
he turned to me and heard my cry.
2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
This is how I felt once I began studying the Word and being in it everyday. I believed, prayed and tried to portray a Christian, but once I began to read and study His Word I felt a new foundation under me. He is my rock and my Savior.
4 My guilt has overwhelmed me
like a burden too heavy to bear.
These past couple of weeks I’ve certainly felt like David did when he wrote these words. While my head knows the Lord loves me and he covers all my guilt and shame, that Truth has not been in my heart as of late.
I pray that I know His Truth. I pray that all those out there who feel like their past deeds are too much for God to take care of will someday soon know how much He loves them.
Praying for you, Allison, that the Truth will take root in your heart and overcome the lies. You are made clean and whole in the righteousness of Christ!
Pray and stay in the Word. You are cleansed and you life starts anew. Prayers.
16 But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who long for your saving help always say,
“The Lord is great!”
Lord I pray you help me to praise you in all circumstances and always say the Lord is Great!
8 I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.”
This is my prayer for my own life today. I pray that the word of God is so deep in my heart that I only desire His will. Such a good and timely reminder!
Amen! I enjoyed that portion too. Amazing how even David realized back then that it wasn’t about the outward actions and superficial “law”, but what was in our heart. In Psalm 4 it says how from the heart are the issues of life. Wherever our heart lies, is really where our life, behavior, choices etc will follow. May our hearts be fully resting in Him alone!
Jennifer, I was amazed at the same thing! How beautiful for an Old Testament Jew to say “sacrifice and meal offering you have not desired… Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.” David must have had such a deep understanding of God’s love and true desire for our repentance to permeate to our hearts!!
12 For troubles without number surround me;
my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my heart fails within me.
I love how transparent David is to God, he holds nothing’s back and cries out to him for help and just WAITS. So awesome!