Text: 1 John 1:5-10
A beautiful Saturday to you, dear friends!
As we walk through this season of reflection and repentance together, we want to provide time and space for us as individuals and a community to meditate on God’s Word and bow at His feet in prayer.
Each Saturday during Lent we will read a brief passage of Scripture and a corporate prayer, both carefully chosen for this specific place in our Lenten journey. Sundays will be dedicated to scripture memorization, one of our favorite habits here at She Reads Truth.
We pray you will not only meet with the Savior on these quieter weekend days, but linger there with Him, in prayer and in His Word.
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Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
– from The Book of Common Prayer
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145 thoughts on "God of All Mercy"
What does walking in the darkness mean? Not repenting? Because we all sin and in some ways walk in the darkness.
Stephanie, walking in darkness is more like submerging yourself or aligning yourself with things that are not light (Jesus).
I am journeying though Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross and I am loving feeling my walk with Jesus become stronger as it has been a year of resiliency for me. May we all walk the walk together❤️
Thank you!
Psalm 51 ❤️
Amen amen!
Feels like fresh and cleansing rain, falling from the heavens to wash me clean! Thank you Father for your faithful and steadfast forgiveness
Amen
What a beautiful way to spend a Saturday. Reflecting on the week and having time in prayer, letting God take it all!
the prayer was quite uplifting
This is my 1st SRT study as well & I am loving it! As I think about & meditate on today’s Scripture, I looked it up in several different translations and love how The Message puts it, “Change your life, not just your clothes. Come back to God, your God. And here’s why: God is kind and merciful. He takes a deep breath, puts up with a lot, This most patient God, extravagant in love, always ready to cancel catastrophe.” … I know I have disappointed God many times, more than I care to remember, but God keeps calling out to me, as He did to Adam & Eve in the garden, “Where are you?” (Gen 3:9) … HE comes looking for me. HE extended his love across the chasm of guilt and shame and hasn’t stopped. His invitation to return home is still open to us today. I know there are areas in my life that I have shut God out of, but HE is ready, willing and able to change me from the inside to be more like Jesus every day. I’m so glad God gives me a do-over & isn’t finished molding me into His image.
Amen Debbie! When I read your comment on God calling out to us (where are you?) I burst into tears. Thank God for do-overs
This is just beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing this!(: God will forever be looking for us, unless we change our ways and be readily available for him!
Beautiful x
This whole passage talks to me. I long for the fellowship with one another. We travel often and I’m not sure when we will get to be part of a church again, but this study with all these sisters is a true blessing. Just needed to share that and to thank our Lord God for his love in spite of my failures. I am reminded again about what the cost of my salvation was. He loves us that much. I am in awe of his love and mercy.
I love the part of the prayer that says "perfect remission and forgiveness." He does not give us half remission, or forgive us only of a few things. But his forgiveness is PERFECT! It is whole! Thank you, Jesus!
Lord I ask that you help me to recognize and confess all of my sin and unrighteousness to You and in fellowship with fellow believers. Forgive me for my wretchedness and and wickedness and sinful nature. Do not let me become blind to my sin and in turn be blind to my deep need for You, God. Do not let me make you out to be a liar. Purify me of my sin this Lent, and let me be a light in the darkness.
I like this passage & prayer. I am excited to be on this Lenten journey and to reconnect with Christ. I am a long way from the girl who went to mass every Sunday, but I still pray and communicate with God although I have not been in his house consistently for a while. I am on a mission to become the best version of myself, but I cannot do that without him.
Amen!
Lord, so many times when I find myself claiming to have fellowship with you, and trying to firmly follow you. And then I find myself sinning against you and walking in the dark. Help me to walk with you in the light Lord. Help me to not lie to myself or others and do my best to walk with you in the light. Amen.
1 John 1:7 “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another…” Thank you ladies for walking in the light so we can have fellowship together. ❤️
Not even a week into Lent, but I can completely feel God’s grace holding me up. I gave up the scale, weighing myself, for Lent and I don’t plan on bringing it back. I’m not named by the number the scale reads. The number is just my pull on gravity. Not how many miles I need to run. Not how much I should eat. Not my worth. My worth is found in God alone!!
As a distance runner, fitness enthusiastic and someone who is very conscious of my body I can completely relate to this! Our worth is not defined by anything other than God. Let us be gentle to ourselves during the Lenten season, we need not worry about working out or counting calories but focus instead on the blessings and abilities that God has given us!
Peace be with you!!
Kara, I gave that up for lent one year and it was the hardest thing I have ever done. I struggled endlessly with a horrible eating disorder. It was during that time when I gave it up that I was finally able to break the horrible chains that were holding me back. I was so thankful for the opportunity and have only seen Gods redeeming story through giving up the pain of weighing myself and obsessing over that area in my life. He is so faithful and I am praying that others are able to break free from that bondage!
I love it when God weaves personal study, Sunday sermon series, and community group topics together so beautifully! It is so humbling- He gently and tenderly disciplines and guides His children! Thank you Lord for speaking so clearly about your hate for sin and your desire for us to be purified and in intimate communion with You!!! Help us to walk in the Light and in Your Presence where there is fullness of Joy!
I love the idea of selecting scripture and spending more time in prayer. My commitment for lent is not so much giving anything up but that I come to God in prayer first thing in the morning and last thing at night. My prayer life has definitely lacked at these times of day, I talk to God throughout the day and I so look forward to our devotions everyday but I have the ugliest addiction to checking my business' social media first thing when I wake and last thing when I go to bed so I especially love this dedicating extra time in prayer every Saturday! God above ALL from the moment I open my eyes that is my prayer.
Lord forgive me and shine light on my heart and the things I need to change in order to become closer to you. Amen.
Amen! This is my Lenten practice as well. And with Gods strength and perseverance I will continue this habit past Easter Sunday! <3
Thank you for the reminder of these verses today. Sometimes when a passage is so familiar I read over it too quickly. But today I was able to meditate on each verse and was blown away by his love and forgiveness for me. So looking forward to the time when we will sin no more…but for now am so thankful for his daily forgiveness and love.
Have a great weekend sisters!
This is such a beautiful space. I am so grateful that I stumbled (I think while searching for Lenten activities for my family on Pinterest). Lent always proves to be a special time of the year for me. Reading these verses, reflecting through my writings and carrying out my reflections through daily actions is supported through this page and all of the wonderful posts and comments. Thank you.
This passage always brings me such comfort. As part of the corporate confession and forgiveness portion of liturgy, it’s so beautiful to know that if we just talk with God and let Him in, forgiveness and grace is ours. Truly beautiful.
Klara You are beautifully made. God brought you here.
I love SRT yet today am struggling with feeling like I’m the only one caught in habitual sin. I bring my heart to Jesus every morning and feel strong and encouraged, yet by day’s end I allow the enemy to lead me away from the light. Lord Jesus, help me to cling to you today!
You’re not the only one. It remind us how much we NEED Jesus.
U r not alone. U spoke the words of my heart. Continuing to work at it. Joel 2:13
In Christ there is NO CONDEMNATION. What if instead, you thanked Him that He is at work in this area and that you’re trusting Him to set you free. Said a prayer for you tonight.
A beautiful prayer and a perfect way to reflect on Him. Thanks again for this amazing study.
Yet again, the Bible passage and prayer reading reminded me of a song: “In the Light” by Anthem Lights and Jamie Grace. Happy Saturday, sisters! http://youtu.be/694ajfbJo1o
God is so good! And this study is helping me delve deeper into fellowship with Him!
"God is light, and in him is no darkness at all." – I love this because in the darkness, we can't even distinguish colors. But with the light, we can see colors! I love that figuratively, with the Lord, He sheds light on beautiful details and we understand His Love and this life to a deeper degree.
"If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another" – I was struck by this. Initial thoughts – as we walk in the light, having forgiveness of sins, we can approach one another with more humility and grace and with God's love.
Thankful for the extra time this morning for prayer. Thanks SRT for these quiet Saturday mornings! <3
What stood out to me this morning was in the scripture reading: “If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet Walk in Darkness, we lie and do not Live Out the truth. But if we Walk In The Light, as he is in the light, We Have Fellowship With One Another…” As someone who in the past has struggled with the bondage of depression and the intense isolation and loneliness it breeds, this stood out to me because of its emphasis on fellowship, community and out part in seeking it. If I claim to have fellowship with The Lord but and not seeking to walk with him daily, seek his fellowship– especially even in my struggle, against depression
Whoops, sent too early–
Then I lie and am not living out the truth of God that says his presence with me in my aching. But if I begin to believe his word and choose to faithfully walk with him, seeking his fellowship daily, then I choose to walk in light rather than sit and dwell in the dark of my pain. It is then that I will have fellowship–not only with Him but also with others. He will do this, he will bring the community I crave when I trust him and do my part to walk with him. Trust and seek him dear sisters!
Amen Jules!
Amen!
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Freed from sin, free to serve and love. This has been on my mind a lot lately. When we allow God to give us all we need, we don't have have anything left to take from others. Then we can give ourself freely. You don't need to be loved or served in a relationship, rather that becomes a gift. Seems like so many of my/our actions/emotions stem from needing to be loved. Walk in the light.
Happy Saturday ladies!
I love this passage of scripture! Lord, help me to abide in you!!! To be walking in step with the Spirit! Take away all the ugly and hurt in my heart and replace it with you!
I’m excited this morning. As I was processing events that happened yesterday (I messed up an was not as gracious and honest as I should have been), I was reminded of how “ugly on the inside” I can be! Even though I want to serve Christ with my whole heart! I kept reminding myself of this verse. I am thankful for this confirmation this morning. :) If you read this would you breathe a prayer for me that God would show me how I might be reconciled with the person from yesterday? (Not someone I know or will see.)
Beth! I am right there with you. Before reading this, I too, was struggling with a decision I made that I felt was selfish and not the one Jesus Himself would have made. I felt the guilt from failing Him, but the verses today reminds me that we will indeed sin and are forgiven as we admit and ask God to cleanse our heart of all “darkness”. We will fight on for a heart more like Christ! Praise to our God who loves us. Prayers for a fellow struggling sister!
I remember learning in elementary school that the definition of darkness is “the absence of light”–not the other way around. How powerful and heavy that has been for me in my walk with Christ. LIGHT is the being, and not darkness. Darkness is what happens when there is no light, and even the smallest glimmer of light can dispel darkness. What it also means to me is that it is all or nothing. Light or dark. Hot or cold. We are either in light, or in darkness (John 3:19-21. Ah! So good!).
It adds so much weight to my sins. Thank you JESUS for reconciliation!!
I love this, Erin! Thanks for sharing. :)
Thank you for this great reminder!
I am praying for a reset this Lenten season. That God would reveal my vices and help me to walk away from them and more toward Him.
Happy Saturday!
I’m right there with you Melody! I love how you said it “reset”!!
I’ve always valued and longed for complete transparency, this living in the light, but have struggled. Growing up those around me valued being “good” over transparency, confessing to one another, and praying for one another. I praise the Lord that there is a way to live completely in the light. My role models growing up showed me more of how to hide and not talk about things than be real and love one another through struggles. I am in full time ministry overseas right now and am living in a very difficult place and situation. This season has been one of extreme loneliness, struggling with/losing to temptations I’ve never experienced before, and feeling completely beat up by the enemy. I recently found this app and am encouraged by this community of women and daily truth. Please pray for me, as I am not in a place where there is a community of believers around me and struggling to live completely in the light.
I will be praying for you Kimry, to walk in freedom in Jesus. The Holy Spirit can empower you to live victoriously. John 14:26, 27. 1st John 2:27.
6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
Ouch…..such a jarring truth that I think I often overlook or don't take seriously. Walking in darkness can take many forms, from the most minuscule to large things. If we claim our Saviour, we cannot take Him for granted and live out another way. Sometimes it's so easy for me to get complacent with this idea. I am so grateful that I can bring my confessions before the Lord, and receive His forgiveness and love. But I pray Lord that You continue to give me a mindful, conscious thought of the walk I'm living in, living in You Lord, before making some of the choices and decisions I make.
Happy Saturday! Enjoy your weekends ladies! May it be filled with family time, happiness, and leisurely moments! :-)
His mercies are new every morning! So thankful for a loving, forgiving Father who meets us with open arms each day. :) Happy Saturday, everyone!
Thank you Jesus for your amazing love. I lift up each and every one of your daughters today. Draw them nearer to you. Flood them with your peace and your presence. Hear each of their hearts cry for your light in thier llives. Touch each one in tiher own need today. All this I pray in the precious name of my Lord and savior, Jeus Christ. Amen
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” -1 John 1:9
I’m so thankful for this because I know just how undeserving I am of it. We are sinful, selfish beings and He loves us anyway. More and more, I’m amazed at His capacity of love.
God reached down and grabbed a hold of my heart back on 1996. I was on fire for Christ immediately, yet years later..when my life is less busy and I have more time, I feel the most distant. Like Day 2, my desire is to return to God, but my prayer time just doesn’t seem to draw me near. Not sure what it is, but I will continue to press on during this desert time and keeping looking to Him for a breakthrough. I am forever grateful for His mercies every day.
God is so good. I’m in awe of how He is using all of you ladies and the SRT team. He is moving is such powerful ways. I really felt His call to repent and return this morning and I’m so grateful for these encouraging verses and encouraging comments from all of you. He who is in us is SO MUCH GREATER than he who is in the darkness. I am so grateful this morning that LIGHT OVERCOMES DARKNESS!
I am praying for all of you! May you be mindful today and every day. Praise be to our Father!
Oh thank you for the help in your honest writing! So encouraging
Thank you Lord for your faithfulness, righteousness and forgiveness! I offer my brokenness to you and thank you for cleansing me.
Lord, Klara feels far away from you but I know that you are never far away from her. You know the hurt in her heart and mind right now. Please draw her into your peaceful arms and breathe your loving and safe breath on her. Fill her with life anew. Fill her with a sense of hope.
God of all mercy, create in me a new and contrite heart. Soften my stony heart of past hurts and forgive me of the hurt I have inflicted on others. Thank you for your sweet forgiveness.
Amen!
I am reminded in verses 5-7 that for one who has battled depression for many years how simply contradictive I have been to say there is truth in Jesus and His word and turn into darkness when pain and challenges have come my way. I’m not saying there have not been reasons medically, emotionally and situational to have depression but for me, for many years I was choosing darkness over light. I am so grateful for God’s truth and mercy, for His light that penetrated deep into my soul. Thank you Jesus!
I feel like I am in that place too, that its easy to turn to self-wallowing and apathy but so much more enjoyable to live in the Light. I pray that God will continue to strengthen us through our dark places so that we may always choose the Light, goodness and His grace. May we always be thankful for the blessings he has bestowed on us, the most gracious of all being the blood of His Son.
Love this Lent plan. Keeping on track and filling up on His word- instead of dr pepper
I am being so blessed by this study! I will be taking the notebook with me on vacation because I do not want to take a vacation from the Word! Each day challenges me and gives me much to contemplate. God bless all the contributors at SRT and all you dear ladies who have a hunger and thirst for God's Word. How wonderful that you all take time out of your busy days to join in community to know our Lord and Savior more deeply. It is humbling to be a part of such a sisterhood.
This is also my first SRT study. I have felt a craving to do “something” during the Lenten season for years. God led me here, to this beautiful gift, so I could better see what I was craving. Him. Thank you SRT!
This is my first SRT study and I absolutely love it! Having a hard time concentrating these past few days though & especially today. We are putting our beloved Boston Terrier down today who for the past 11 years has been our faithful best friend & love of the family.
Heavenly Father I thanks you that I am no longer in darkness but in light. All praises and honor belong to you, you are my rock in which I stand. Have a bless weekend everyone!
Amen!
Prayers for you today. Just love on your doggie and take your time. From my own experience. Hugs.
Toni, I'll be holding you dear in my thoughts and prayers throughout the day today. As someone who looks upon our two doggies (a beagle and a daschund) as "our boys", I dread this very thing as they are getting up in age and it's so hard to fathom not having them with us one day. God gives us such wonderful little companions in our lives…..lean on Him during your mourning, and remember your Boston Terrier pup is joining and celebrating with our God in the Heavens! Lots of love sent your way!
“Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent”. Need this. Need hope.
i loved this too. <3
We read this exact prayer in Compline last night, on a women’s retreat this weekend. Love BOC.
Father God, I lift up Klara to you. Lord, you brought her to this site for a purpose, so that she might receive encouragement to seek after You. Lord, You know her heart and how overwhelmed she is right now. Lead her to still waters and help her to trust in You to carry her through this rough time. Draw her unto You, O Lord and fill her with your peace that passes all understanding. Lord, You promised that if we confess our sins, You would forgive them & cleanse us from all unrighteousness. You sent your Son Jesus, to die on the cross for our sins and then You raised him from the dead so that whoever believes in Him would have eternal life. Father, you know Klara, I lift her up to You & ask You to help her to believe. Show her the Hope found in trusting Jesus. Bring her out of the darkness and into your marvelous light. Snatch her from the grips of the evil one & fill her with the Joy of your salvation. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen!
Yes. Amen.
Amen! I touch and agree in prayer.
Amen
Love days of reflection. Helps me to better process the week! Happy Saturday!
I personally loved “6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.”…. Great reminder for me to stop all my complaining about winter and nagging my husband, if I’m being honest!!
"You hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent." …Oh so thankful!
“God is light.” With so much darkness in this world, those are welcome words.
agree.
He hates nothing that He has made – that’s what stuck out to me. What a reminder! Thank You, Lord, for loving us. Fir forgiving us. For never hating the sinner, no batter how much You hate the sin.
Finding SRT is a blessing. I give thanks for the women who run this ministry and those who reap the blessings as well. My heart is so full as I reflect on the mercy and grace of my Lord and Savior Jesus. What a gift, to sit with Him.
Amen! <3
I accidentaly bumped into your site and I have no idea how it happened.
I'm 17 year-old-girl from Poland. I guess I've lost my way. I feel so meaningless, hopeless. I can't do anything.
Please, don't think that I feel like that only because of my 'rebel' age, so many things have contributed to my state. I'm overwhelmed with them.
I don't know how to get out of the darkness that surround me. I feel like only God can help me but still I'm too far away from Him.
I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.
Sweet Klara,
God has brought you here. Call out to Jesus. Only He can take away the darkness in us. Ask Him to rescue you. Tell Him what you just told us. He promised never to send away anyone who comes to Him.
I hope you’ll e-mail me- [email protected]
So much more to say, but start here, Klara. Turn to Jesus.
Klara, you don’t have to do the traveling when you feel far apart from God. Remember that when one sheep was lost, the Shepherd went looking for it! The Lord will fight for you, you need only be still. Cling to his word and pray and listen for Him. And if you feel you are in danger or want to harm yourself, please talk to someone that can help you. If the first person doesn’t listen, talk to someone else. Never stop praying. God loves you! I will be praying for you all the way from Texas!
Oh, Karla. Praying for you! The Lord didn’t send you here by accident. He loves you. You can never be too far away from Him. Just lean on Him and His Word and His promises. He loves you.
Oh Klara, it is no accident that you found this site. God has led you here. He loves you so much and no matter how far away from Him you feel, He is right there with you. I know that life can seem overwhelming and you can feel like you don’t measure up, or you can never be good enough. But that’s just it, we can’t. None of us. That’s why Jesus died for us. He IS the only one who is. Because He loves us we can have hope. Just talk to Him and ask Him to show you how much He loves you. He will. I will be praying for you. You are not alone!
Klara, it is no accident that you are here, just as it is no accident that I am here either. Or even where we are in our lives right now at this moment. God is using it all – even the hard things in our lives – to work something beautiful. I, too, have been through difficult times where I lost my way and felt far from the path God had for me. But what I also found through that time was that God was never really far away. Although I may have wandered from Him, He never left me and was right there ready for my return. He is never too far away from you. Try talking with Him today. I will pray for you today.
Halo Klara!
Powitanie! God brought you here for a reason. I hope you can find comfort and encouragement. I'm praying for you!
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God loves you and has a plan for you! He knows where you are and His arms are open wide. We all need our Savior. I pray you have a church you can go to and seek the Lord in his house. You are on the path to healing!
You are NEVER too far from God. Reach out he is might to save & loves you exactly where you are. Zephaniah 3:17
Dear Klara, I am so glad you found this site. Thank you for being brave and writing so honestly about your feelings of being lost and hopeless. It sounds really painful. Many of us know what that's like, because we too have lost our way…and then we called out to God in our desperation, and God found us. So, please know that you can find support from us here. Continue to read truth here, and share with us your journey, find a good Christian church, and let us help you find your way. I also invite you to write to me at Boston College in the Counseling Psychology department if you would like to talk more. I am a professor there, and you can find me in the faculty directory under my name, Belle. God be with you, little sister!
You found this site for a reason. God is already waiting for you with open arms.
Keats, it was no accident you stumbled upon this page. We are a group of mothers , grandmothers, wives, students who love The Lord.
But as much as we try to love and live up to him we cannot. His love cannot be copied. We are only human. I believe everyone of us here have been in your shoes so to speak and very probably at just about the same age. Being a 17 year old can be a wonderful time of life but at the same time be confusing.
Whatever is going on with you at this time I KNOW The Lord already has it covered. Look to him sweetheart. You may feel he is not there I promise He is. Talk to him as you would your closest friend. Tell him your fears, your hopes , your dreams.
If you don’t have a Bible get one. It is an amazing book. God breathed. In it you will find hope, answers and best of all Jesus.
We are told in the Bible that if we draw close to him , he will draw close to us. True, true, true!
I promise to pray for you often Klara in Poland. It’s hard to be a teenager no matter where you are.
Please email me at [email protected]. You are beautifully made by God. And even if one step is all we can take, He will make a way for you.
Can someone put Klara in contact with a Christian woman in Poland?
I can! But I don't want to post people's information across the internet without their permission
SO – Klara, if you are reading this and would like help finding another young woman in Poland to talk to, please let me know by commenting back here or email me. My email is [email protected]. I will check back here every day for a few days to see if you've responded. :)
I have never thought that so many people could care about me. That somebody would ever pray for… me.
I've been trying to find the meaning of my life, why I was gifted with life. Everyday I seek for answers.
Between those questions I've lost God. I've been thinking about me all the time, I'm going to change this. But it's hard. I'm going to find the place where I could help others as a volunteer. I feel like it could help me find a way to get closer to God and the path He prepared for me (I hope at least there is one for me).
I don't want to bother any of you, so forget about me.
Anyway, thank you so much! You can't even imagine what you gave me. The God has spoken to me through your answers. There is so much hope in them! You have brought some light to those dark days.
THANK YOU!
I believe that… God will never abandon me.
Dear Klara! You are not too far from Him! He is in this place and He has brought Himself to you here! This was no accident for you to find this place!
Dearest Klara,
So many have been where you are. Life is a choice between light(god) and darkness. It may help,when feeling lost to say to the Lord -I choose you, I reject this darkness, go away from me! Prayer has power! I will pray for you.
Klara, God is right with you, loving you and giving you tons of forgiveness and hope. Keep with us on this site, you might not know for sure how you stumbled upon it but I believe God led you here. Don’t give up sweet girl. God LOVES you all the time. I will pray for you and send up your name lots of times today. Jesus is everything you want him to be. He won’t let go or ever give up on you. Listen to the song Flawless by Mercy Me. I think you’ll hear an awesome message for your heart.
One thing I'm sure of God will meet you wherever you are. Call out yo him and He will answer. There are no accidents He brought you yo this site on purpose.
Klara,
It was no accident that you “bumped into this site.” God is with you. Just before reading your entry, I had been reading Nehemiah 8 along with some notes I had written in my Bible. I don’t remember where I took the notes from but the Lord has laid it on my heart to share them with you. “The enemy often turns our remberance into grief and regret. Grief and regret usually stem from something in the past. If we have been forgiven then God has also taken up our grief and regret; therefore, to hang onto those emotions and give them a front row seat in our emotional life doesn’t honor God and what He has done to forgive us. It also steals our joy and freedom. The enemy would like to remind us of our past sin, but instead we need to choose to remember what God did to forgive us and set us free.” You have asked His forgiveness, now walk forward with Him in the new life He offers you. God is with you Klara. He has given me these verses to share with you: Psakm 34:15 and 17 The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous and His ears are open to their cry…The righteous cry, and the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The LORD is near to the broke hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. I am praying for you my dear sister. God bless you and keep you always.
Praying for you sweet Klara, that you will feel His warm, welcoming embrace, praying for Godly women to enter your life and cover you in His love.
Dear Lord of Light,
I thank you for working so powerfully through the darkness in Klara's life and bringing her to the kind, loving, supportive, God-fearing women community of She Reads Truth. We don't pretend to know how or why you work the way you do in our lives, but we know that your timing is perfect. I powerfully lift Klara to you today, Lord, as we know the plan you have for her are good and not harm, please grant her your peace today, allow it to wash over her in an awesome wave so that she can behold the majesty that is you. Your mercies and graces are new every morning, and we thank you so much for that Lord. Allow Klara's brokenness to be made whole through a deep, true, sincere healing that only you can provide. Help her to find the Light, your son Jesus Christ, so that her sins may be forgiven and she may eternally life in fullness of life with you and the community of your saints. Thank you Lord for the work you are doing in all of our lives, especially in that of Klara's. Thank you for making her a beautiful in your eyes.
We ask all these things through the name of your Son, who's death has ransomed us,
Amen
Klara I go to this song often when I feel your way! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J3GcHguuxc
There's line 'you chase us into the dark and Lord we're grateful, we are grateful' You feel far away but he's there. He wouldn't let you travel anywhere alone. There's a light at the end of the tunnel. Keep reaching for it. Praying for you! Keep checking in ok?
Hey Klara,
My name's Nathalia, and I am just a little bit older than you! Check out the song "How Can it Be" by Lauren Diagle, it totally resonates with the feelings that you are experiencing. You are cherished, beloved, and a princess in the Kingdom of your father God, and you were bought by the blood of Jesus Christ. You are light. You are love. You have grace and mercy. God wants all of these things for you, and more. I am so thankful that God brought you here, and I am so blessed by the love that is the SRT community. God bless you, and lots of love. I will be praying for you!
Thank you, Nathalia, for bringing up "How Can it Be" by Lauren Daigle! I love Lauren Daigle and she is SUCH an inspiration to me. I too am only a bit older than Klara, and am lifting her up in prayer. Praying for you (everyone here, really) too! Be so blessed!
–AnnaLee
It is the best place to start getting close to God. Just talk to him as if you were talking to your best friend. We are all sinners and are far from God but Jesus made it possible for us to know God and come before Him in prayer because Jesus died for us. So now the blood that was shed on the cross makes us holy and clean. You must first as Jesus to come into your heart and ask Jesus to cleans your heart. Tell him you are a sinner and you are sorry for your sins and ask him to forgive you, now ask Him to come into your heart.and live there. He will forgive you and come into your heart.and you will experience joy and peace in your heart for which it yearns.
Klara, you are never too far from God. He is and has always been right beside you, waiting for you to turn to Him. He created you, and you are precious in his eyes. Today's passage in 1 John tells us that "God is light; in him there is no darkness at all." This world can be a bitterly cold and dark place, but God sent Jesus, the Light of the World, to set us- you, me, and all his people- free from our hopelessness. He does not hide himself from those who earnestly and humbly seek Him, but lavishes us with love when we come to Him in our brokenness. There's nothing you've done or could ever do to make God not love you, and there's nothing you can do to "fix" yourself or make yourself "clean." But God lovingly cleanses our hearts, heals our brokenness, and welcomes us into His eternal kingdom with open arms when we turn to Him and believe. John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only son so that whoever believes in him shall not perish but shall have eternal life." Such a familiar verse, and yet so powerful when we truly think about what it says. The God of the universe loves YOU! He wants to bless you with abundant life. All you have to do is believe Him and He will do the rest. I am praying for you, dear sister. You are not alone.
Dear sweet Klara.
God is with you wherever you go and close to the broken hearted. Klara, you are precious and loved in His eyes.
Dear Klara,
You are SO loved. The Lord brought you here because He wants to speak to you. I pray you'd hear whatever His beautiful voice has to say to you. Honey, you are never so lost that God gives up on you, that Jesus stops loving you. As a woman said above, Jesus said the Good Shepherd (John 10- https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John… goes looking for even the one lost sheep. He loves them that much. When He finds them, He joyfully puts it on His shoulders and goes home. He tells His friends and family about it, asking them to come over to celebrate with Him. Over one lost sheep! Luke 15:7 says this is how Jesus and the angels respond when one person repents. The same story goes on in Luke 15 after that… a woman, carefully looking for her lost coin, finds it and asks people over to celebrate with her.
Even those who choose to leave or rebel against Christ can be joyfully welcomed back, always. As the prodigal son, who recieved His father's inheritance money, rebelliously left his father's house, and used all the money on sin, he went back, poor and broken by sin, hoping that his father would let him be a servant in his home. What does his father do? "But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him" (Luke 15:20, NIV).
His father was just happy to know his son was home. He held his son in his arms, kissing him. There is no shame or guilt or condemnation in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1, NIV). If you believe in Christ as your Lord and Savior, you can NEVER be separated from God's love (Romans 8:39, NIV). You can run to Jesus RIGHT NOW, professing you need His love and mercy, asking Jesus to forgive your sin, and repenting, being held in the arms of Christ. They are ALWAYS open to you, yearning to be the arms you run to in the darkness. Let Him hold you.
I know the darkness. I know the self-hatred. I know the feeling of not wanting to be alive, of feeling and believing you're baggage to others. But those things are LIES. The truth is that you are WORTH Jesus' death on the cross. He died for the joy set before Him (Hebrews 12:1-3, NIV)– that joy was you. His love for you.
Klara, the truth is Jesus' LOVE for you. He is NEAR, always near to those with broken hearts and crushed spirits (Psalm 34:8, NIV). I'm praying for you now. I'm praying you would be surrounded by the Lord's ministering angels, and would know His Love for you in a deep, profound way. I pray against the darkness, the lies, the deceit that is entrapping and killing you slowly. I pray against the self-hatred, praying in the Loving name of Jesus that you would be set free from the lies by the Love of Christ Jesus. He has the power to break every chain (John 8:31-32; John 8:36, NIV) and where His Spirit is, there is freedom (2 Corinthians 3:17, NIV). Jesus, let Klara know just how beautiful, how loved, and how special she is to you. Remove and destroy everything keeping her from your warm embrace, Jesus. Holy Spirit, move in Klara's life and the lives of those around her, and transform her heart and mind, Jesus, renewing her mind with the truth of your Love, Hope, and Power (Ephesians 4:23; Romans 12:2, NIV). I love you, sister, so much. Thank you for posting on here. I will keep praying for you in the times to come.
–AnnaLee
Klara, thinking and praying for you….so many beautiful prayers and love being prayed over you…and this was just 'stumbling' on this site…This was no accident, God for sure wanted to tell you something, and for you to be here with us, here…you are not alone, ever……BELIEVE, have HOPE ….You are so very loved…God be with you…xxx
Klara, you are loved! I pray you have seen that through the outpouring of God's people who are reaching to you! God brought you here on purpose. I'm behind on my readings so I am just now reading this, however I think it's good timing I'm just reading this because sometimes after a few days we forget what God has been leading us to. I pray this is a reminder for you that God is here, He will always be here and He is reaching out to you! The question is how will you respond?
When I think of you and your story I am reminded of this verse from 1 Timothy 4:12-13… "Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching."
Do just that. :)
Thank you Jesus. Thank you for forgiving me! I want to reflect on the part of this weekends verse of “God hates nothing that he has made…” I think we as women struggle here. I know I do. I criticize myself to no end and I confess I do this to other woman too: comparing myself, envying them, etc. I want to remember this verse to combat those thoughts. Thank you Jesus for those words and for your mercy and forgiveness.
I enjoy reading all the comments and can relate to all of them, but I see myself so vividly as I read your comment. We as women struggle with being critical of ourselves and others. You touched a button when you when you stated, "…comparing myself, envying them, etc.". I have been praying about this a lot lately.
You must have read my mind!! This is exactly where I am this morning!! I’m being very critical of myself..unfortunately so are some of my “customers”. God give me wisdom to separate your voice from the enemy’s voice. What changes do I need to make and how can I help those I work with while satisfying my “customers”?
Amen, Katie. Praying for a humble heart to seek Him and His favor above all else. To fear Him and be grateful for the gifts, talents, passions He created uniquely in me to illuminate His glory.
I am fairly new to srt, but I love it here. And honestly, sometimes I get as much out of the comments as the devotion. Thank you, srt and friends for sharing! I am thankful I woke up before the kids this morning to enjoy this time even more!
Welcome, Mary! I too rise early before the kids and I have found that I can hear Jesus saying, “Get up! Let’s hang out!” So, I’m here with you too, sister!
My kids are all grown and I live alone. my morning coffee and SRT is the perfect start to my mornings.
I’m a single mom of 4 and a high school teacher. I love my morning nudges from Jesus too and cherish that quiet time.
Welcome Mary. Excited to be on this journey through Lent with so many sisters as well. I am thankful for you
Hi sisters! I am so comforted this morning by this reflection and truth….that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. How many of you struggle with being very sensitive to the darkness in the lives of those around you? Where it pains you and worries you? As women who are often in the roles of caring for others….this can be a heavy cloud over us. How can we live more joyfully in this Light?
Lord…You are my desire. No one else will do. Nothing else can take your place. To feel the warmth of your embrace. Help me find the way. Bring me back to you. You're all I want. You're all I ever needed. Help me know you are near.
Love this song.
beautiful heart filled song. thanks for reminding me of it.
I also think this is a great idea for Saturday’s. After a busy week it is great to spend time in prayer and reflection. It also gives me a time to end the week that’s been with the children at work before starting fresh with the children at church.
This is a good idea for Saturdays. Less to read but still a great opportunity for reflection and prayer. Prayers not only for myself and my family and friends this morning, but for all my SRT sisters who will read this today. ❤️
Meeting with the Father. Lingering with my Lord. What a beautiful image and peaceful task for a quiet Saturday.
I pray that during this Lenten season, my heart/our hearts would be humbled in repentance, drawing closer to His heart, making room for Him to continue to change our hearts with his amazing grace and abundant love. Lord, create and make us new that we may walk boldly in your Light.
Ladies, I pray that you all have a peaceful weekend basking in His compassion and goodness.
Thank you Beverly! What a lovely prayer and blessing you are. Praise be to God!
Blessings to you, sweet Elizabeth. Have a glorious weekend!