Take this day to catch up on your reading, pray, and rest in the presence of the Lord.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
—2 Corinthians 3:17
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There is joy and peace in His gift of freedom. Amen and amen.
Thank you for everyone’s prayers for my broken foot. Julia C, it is still in a cast. Been a month today. It’s a slow go as it’s a bad break I’m told. Will be probably 5 more wks before I can return to work as a hair stylist. I’ve had a busy wk so I wasn’t able to do the reading daily so I’m catching up today. Have a great day ladies!!
AMANDA NOBLE – Continued prayers for you, dear sister.
JULIE GANUCHEAU – How is your dad Bill doing? Did his operation go as planned?
ASHLEIGH PRUETT – How are you doing? How was your doctor’s appointment?
JESSICA H – How is your niece Isabelle doing? Any updates?
KARRIE – How are you doing? How is the healing of your foot going?
ADA MCCLOUD – The calmness of God’s presence ❤️
LAURA DIANNE – Yes, all for the glory of God ❤️
ERB – “May my heart always be willing, obedient, and truthful!! Amen.” ❤️
FOSTER MAMA – Praying for your goddaughter. May she open her heart ❤️
KIM BUTTONBERRY – Praying for peace and clarity of mind ❤️
SHARON – Continued prayers for relief of your back/hip pain
DONNA WOLCOTT – “We may not be in a church but we are gathered as a community of believers from all over, surely His presence is with us as we gathered to read, comment and pray for each other.” ❤️
KRIS ❤️
MARTHA HIX ❤️
TINA ❤️
SHARON – AMEN AND AMEN! ❤️
MICHELLE – Continued prayers for your family ❤️
RHONDA – Keep acting with boldness, sister!! ❤️
KIM MULLINS – Praying for your foster daughter Destiny, that she may seek and find help for her tonsil infections. ❤️
ALLISON BENTLEY – Praying for your cousins heart to be softened so that seeds of God’s Word and presence can be planted. ❤️
DANIELLE B – Praying for the tensions in your family to be resolved ❤️
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Reading this verse makes me think of the Maverick City Music song, “I Thank God.” The chorus says “Hell lost another one, I am free.”
@ JULIA C, please keep those daily prayers flowing!
I really love this verse. I find that when I am in His presence, I am changed. I am made whole. I am healed. He changes me just by being near me. And sometimes He brings up something I need to repent of or be healed of. It can be uncomfortable for a minute, but as I repent and ask for healing and forgiveness, I am changed and the chains that bind me fall off and I am free. Yes, I am free and healed and made whole in His presence.
@ KELLY (NEO) & @ DONNA WOLCOTT and all who are praying, thank you for your prayers. So far, goddaughter has heard the story of the wind & waves obeying Jesus and overheard a bunch of adults talking about how Fear can be such a challenge in life.
@ DONNA WOLCOTT, I’ve never heard that song… looking forward to it when baby wakes.
@ KIM MULLENS – that was beautiful. Praying alongside you.
POSSIBLY silly prayer request: please pray a WhatsApp message I sent yesterday is understood CORRECTLY!!! Oh, my impulsivity and “caring too much” — I drive myself bananas!! But am trying to focus on more tangible things today.
From the YouVersion app today:
“You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be mine.”
— Leviticus 20:26
“God’s call to holiness, to live a life set apart, is not about seclusion or superiority. It’s an invitation to a life connected to God’s character and will. It’s about being marked by God’s purity for the purpose of showing others God’s glory and power.”
Dear Father,
Thank You for giving us Your Spirit of freedom.
May this freedom shape our thoughts, actions, and desires.
Help us to cultivate a heart posture that reflects Your holiness in our relationships.
Teach us how to be holy, just as You are holy.
AMEN.
@kelly (neo) thank you for mentioning me and my dad. I know I’ve been more quiet the last couple of weeks. I’ve been thinking about how to share what God has been showing me.
As you mentioned my dad. He had his MRI on Thursday this past week and is scheduled to see his surgeon on Tuesday. If all goes to plan his surgery will happen on 4/23. Please pray for all of us as there is a lot tension in my family right now mostly between my dad & my sister, whose house are supposed to stay at for a couple days. She is a prodigal and my dad feels responsible for her returning to faith. My grandma is making progress with her physical therapy and she seems more in touch with reality. The way she talks to us at times makes it challenging. God has shown me some blessings in this hard season. One was showing me that when He met me on the beach In February, He knew what was going to happen in the next two months and that He will be with me. I was not only to rest that weekend, but rest in Him being in control. I know this hard season isn’t over yet but I know who to trust in the midst of it.
@Kelly Neo – in case you missed my update, my sister Arian has not yet found a full time job. I have not had any more contact with my cousin Scott. I gave him the gospel & shared my testimony in a message via FB messenger. He read it and answered back but nothing was mentioned about what I shared. Continued prayers for more opportunities and that he will be open to the gospel.
@Kim Mullens – praying for your foster daughter Destiny.
@Allison Bentley – praying that God will open the door to share with your cousin, that He will prepare her heart to hear and that she will listen with an open heart and ultimately accept Christ.
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Freedom. Freedom from sin, freedom from darkness, freedom from self, freedom from guilt, freedom from shame. Freedom from everything. All made possible by the precious blood of the Lamb. Thank you Jesus.
“Freedom, You have given us freedom
You have given us freedom, hallelujah
Now I have resurrection power living on the inside
Now, I’m no longer bound by sin and darkness
Living in the light of Your goodness
You have given us freedom!” (Resurrection Power by Chris Tomlin)
Happy Saturday – Blessings to you all!
Good Morning She’s! Asking for prayer requests this morning. The long and short of it all is I have a cousin who has never believed and is very hard towards Christianity in general. I feel Gods presence is pulling me to witness to her and I know an opportunity is coming up soon so please pray her heart is softer so that the seed is at least planted deep within. I also ask that other “seeds” or “gentle rains” come too so that perhaps Gods presence will come onto her! It is just so hard to see someone reject God so completely and frustrating that she won’t give Him a chance!
Good morning ladies! Asking for prayer for my foster daughter.She’s 22 and lives a couple hours away now. She met her mom when she turned 18, she remembered being raised by her until she was 8. But the mom can’t “give” she only takes. So my foster daughter Destiny still turns to me . Anyway she has struggled with tonsil infections for years and needs them out! But somehow she’s never followed through or the doctors have never set up appointment for ENT until yesterday. I’m praying she gets an appointment for surgery. She is a believer but struggles with “issues” from previous foster homes. I only had her her senior year of highschool. We met when her group home brought her to church. She was in my small group and said no body wanted her. Well I did!!
Update Saturday!
MADELEINE – how is your baby boy. Continued prayers for clear lungs.
LINDA IN NC – how is your SIL?
FOSTER MAMA – praying the time with your goddaughter is a blessing to you both. May the Lord give you wisdom with showing her love in a way she can receive.
KATIE PENFIELD – continued prayers for your little guy’s needed kidney transplant.
MARCIA LAING and HOPE – continued prayers for relief from your IBS
ALEIDA POLANCO – continued prayers for Victor
MERCY – continued prayers for your husband
DANIELLE B – praying your dad’s surgery goes smoothly.
NICOLE BURKE & CHELSEA JOHNSTON – praying you’ve had your babies and all is well
GM!
I read a little more and share-
12 Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness. 13 We are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from gazing steadily until the end of the glory of what was being set aside, 14 but their minds were hardened. For to this day, at the reading of the old covenant, the same veil remains; it is not lifted, because it is set aside only in Christ. 15 Yet still today, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts, 16 but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at, the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.
“overflow with glory” If the old covenant, which was characterized by death and condemnation, came with glory (see v. 7 and note), how much more does the new covenant, which is characterized by the Spirit and righteousness, reveal God’s glory?
The verse today goes perfect with the freedom conference I was at last night and going back today. I was called upon to be available for alter call to pray with people….which, you might remember makes me SO nervous!! I feel like I am so bad at praying for people out loud even though I have tried to step forward in faith with God…for 2 years now!! You would think I would be comfortable now, but nope. BUT..when I just let go last night of the fear…which of course was the first topic we covered —FEAR!! So, anyway, going to be doing that again today, even though the main purpose is to learn and be present for the FREEDOM myself!
Hope you all have a great Wkd! Love all ya’ll, you all are perfect in his sight!
I love your post and I love that you didn’t let fear stop you from stepping out on faith. One thing I do know is if we are obedient and just take a step toward what God wants us to do, He will do the rest. Your prayers will be a blessing to the people and God will transform their hearts. God bless you, Rhonda. Have a great weekend!
Rhonda you got this!! AND you know God will use your prayers (good or bad) for HIS good!! He is working through you! Step forward with BOLDNESS and praise His holy name for all the work he is doing around you!!Praying for peace today as you continue to work for His glory!!
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“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built!” 1 Kings 8:27
Catching up on yesterday’s reading, this morning. I sat down at a coffee shop to study… actually, just before I was about to study, two girls from my church walked in and they invited me to sit with them and fellowship. It was an unexpected surprise. ♥️ I always prioritize the Word, but God was answering a prayer I had prayed for more intimacy with His body. It was a pleasant interruption to my day and I am grateful.
@Mercy – just seeing your comment/question the other day asking about me and my brother Justin. I have not seen him since this happened (though, it happened over text). I left the house when he came over last week because I was not ready to see him. I am feeling ready now, though I know it might be awkward. And I’m not sure if he’s still angry with me. I’ve been praying God would work all things together for His glory in this situation and that He will continue to speak to my brother about Himself. I’m hoping we can be at peace around one another when I see him, next. I don’t hate him, obviously, but he does hold hostility toward me, because of my faith in God. It is a hard thing to really understand, even though I know it is Satan trying to pin him against me. I never expected my once compassionate brother to allow this influence in his life. But I believe God, that all my family will be saved. I pray for the restoration of our relationship, though, as I have expressed so much to Justin personally that I never want our family to be so divided we don’t speak to one another. I wrote a song that is being published soon that is my prayer against that, as I see division in my parents relationships with their siblings. I pray Justin remembers my heart towards him and our family, despite his anger towards God.
That was long-winded, lol. But God hears these words we type and cares for us. I appreciate you @Mercy and every She who has prayed for me and my family. May God continue to lead us with hope through our painful situations. Love you girls. ♥️
I’ve read this verse many times but not just this verse by itself. What a difference when singled out, allowing it to sink into my heart & mind. NKJV says “liberty” in place of freedom, and I came across a translation I’d never heard of “Complete Jewish Bible” (note: I haven’t looked into the source or background) that says it this way “Now, “Adonai” in this text means the Spirit. And where the Spirit of Adonai is, there is freedom.”
TINA❤️
LYNNE FROM AL, NANCY S, LINDA IN NC – praying for you, sisters.
MIA FAITH❤️
CEE GEE ❤️
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
—2 Corinthians 3:17
I don’t know about you, but just reading these beautiful words, I feel a freedom. A release from the bondage of life and the expectations of living in this world. I do not have to conform to things of this world, if they do not align with the Word of God, because the Spirit given freedom sets me apart to live as God intended and not what the world expects of me..
That truly is freeing!
Thank you Lord God, for your Spirit, and that with you I can be unveiled and transformed to be the person you created me to be.. Thine be the Glory, Lord God..
BUT GOD..
AMEN.
Praying the Lord turn His face to shine on you, today, my dears. Much love to all..♥️