As an African-American kid in a predominantly white community, I always knew I was different. But my parents did their best to prepare my siblings and me early on for what life might look like for us as the minority. Yes, we were loved and chosen children of God. But there would be people in the world who wouldn’t like us because of what we looked like. This racial injustice and pain weren’t because God isn’t good. It was because of our humanity, our collective sinful nature, and how the devil often detours our hearts and minds from the truth.
Now, as an adult with my own kids, I can definitely think of times when I was overlooked, underestimated, or treated differently because of what I looked like. But in times like these, I love Paul’s encouragement to the church at Thessalonica: “Stand firm and hold to the traditions you were taught” (2 Thessalonians 2:15).
With these words, Paul is offering the Thessalonians encouragement and a reminder of the greatness of God. Even though they were “outsiders” to much of the rest of the church, “from the beginning” God had chosen them for salvation—all they had to do was believe the gospel and receive God’s grace (vv.13–14).
But here’s the catch: being chosen didn’t make them exempt from pain, and the same goes for us. God’s love and Christ’s endurance are available to all believers, and we need both (2Thessalonians 3:5). That’s because in this world we’ll walk through difficult times and places, and we desperately need the hope of Christ in all situations.
God is faithful. He watches over His children. He doesn’t promise that everyone will like us, that we’ll be treated fairly, or that we won’t encounter difficulty. But He will give us strength! No amount of sin, pain, trials, or disappointment in your life has the power to change His promises (Proverbs 10:25). It’s not always the right time for us to be exalted. Sometimes we need to experience humility. Sometimes we have to grow through our pain. God works in both ways and at all times (1Peter 5:6).
Friend, the devil is active, and if we aren’t rooted in Christ, we’re left susceptible to his attacks. The way we combat the devil is by standing firmly in our faith in God.
Are you experiencing loss? Have you been passed over for an opportunity? Is your family walking through a dark season, facing impossible odds, or wondering how you’ll find the strength to keep going? You are not alone, nor are you abandoned. In fact, you were chosen for salvation. And God will restore, establish and strengthen those who follow Him after their suffering (1Peter 5:10). He still has and He still is the final Word.
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this is a word that me and my husband both needed to hear this morning. thank you abby ❤️
I found this really helpful to read today. My family (my husband and I and our children: 6, 4 and 2, and our dog!) are due to move in 3 weeks for my husband to start a new job in a new city as a co-pastor, but the house we were due to move to has fallen through so we don’t have anywhere to move to! Trying to keep praying and to trust in God’s goodness, so found this study encouraging today
Great message. Well put Abby.
Wow. I’ve been loving this study. I am rooting myself in the Lord. If I’m honest. This is the most I’ve consistently read my bible ever. I am proud of myself and grateful for his grace.
As the school year comes to an end, know there are many keeping you and your community in prayer.
May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father…
“He still has and He still is the final word.” Mmmm -Abby Flynn
Praise God! He is good.
We must trust in god!
@Ashley Thomas, I am so sorry for your loss. It sounds like he touched so many lives. Praying for you as you grieve the loss of this precious man.
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Praying for you Tre’Shanda. I’m so sorry we live in a world that causes you and all people of color to have broken hearts so often. Praying more more of us will become part of the change. Sending love❤️
My family is also going through a dark season which has turned into a dark year. So hoping for peace soon.
Ashley Thomas, you are so blessed to have known someone who touched so many lives in a positive way. To God be the glory. I’m praying for your peace and the peace of your community.
2 Thessalonians 3:16
“Now the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.”
Praying for all who need prayers. Good is faithful. God is God. God is trustworthy. God is true.. He is the waymaker..
God bless you and keep you all, sisters, always with my love and hugs across the pond.❤
Kelly M I pray that God will restore your hope and send a refreshing over your spirit. Our sovereign God is Lord over all. This situation too. Stand on His word.
Amen! I have both God’s live and Christ’s endurance. He both has and is the final word. Amen!
Kelly M, praying for you and the situation.
I really needed this today. After talking with our foster girls case worker- I felt so hopeless (there were ALOT of tears). We’ve been waiting for things for so long (almost a year). They need things to change. Can you just pray God would move quickly and mightily on their behalf on what is in their best interest?
So good!
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Tomorrow, the security guard at my children’s k-12, Christian school will be laid to rest. He passed away from Covid Monday after fighting since mid-March. He was someone I have had many deep and meaningful conversations with since I often work as a sub at the school. He was the smiling face you saw when you entered the building. He was a good and faithful servant, and everyone who knew him loved him. We are all reeling in our grief. It doesn’t seem real. We didn’t get to say goodbye. He got sick sometime during spring break, which was mid-March. We all went off on vacation unaware that we wouldn’t be seeing him again. I know God will get me through this grief, but it seems overwhelming right now. His funeral is private as he will be buried in a military cemetery in town. The school is having a celebration of life ceremony next Monday, where we will hopefully get some sort of closure. At this point, I can’t imagine entering the building and not seeing him again. Please pray for us sisters.
Tomorrow, the beloved security guard at my children’s k-12 Christian school will be laid to rest. He passed unexpectedly from Covid,
@Bethany B I don’t usually post but felt the need to make sure you knew I saw your message. Being Black in America is very difficult right now. I’ve carried so much anger at times. It feels like a hopeless situation, it’s like I’m just waiting for that next hashtag to be my father, brother, nephew, friend. And, despite all of those feelings, God is still good. That doesn’t change. I needed that reminder today like I need it everyday. Thank you for sharing.
I don’t usually post but felt the need to make sure you knew I saw your message. Being Black in America is very difficult right now. I’ve carried so much anger at times. It feels like a hopeless situation, it’s like I’m just waiting for that next hashtag to be my father, brother, nephew, friend. And, despite all of those feelings, God is still good. That doesn’t change. I needed that reminder today like I need it everyday. Thank you for sharing.
@Becky McMoil, I pray that God restores your relationship with your daughter and your husband finds a job soon.
@Jill Rummer, prayers and a big virtual hug for you! God will sustain and restore you!
I sure wished everyone loved God. I wish everyone was kind and loving.
Father, you are sovereign and good. May Jill see your light in the midst of her darkness, may she feel your peace instead of the battle. May you show her the way forward so she knows her way out. Jill, I bless you in the name of Jesus with the deep love of the Father who is carrying you through your turmoil.
I love that God’s plans and purposes aren’t stopped by bad things happening. He still has the final Word.
Deborah (and Sharon made mention too)… A friend at church once told me that God loves our kids even more than we do. I find great comfort in that.
First the suffering, then the death, then the resurrection, then the glory. I feel that these are the same stages we experience when following Jesus. Thank you Abby Flynn for such a wonderful devotion.
Lifting up our sisters facing hardships and trials in prayers. Dear Jill, I second the Psalm 34 to read over and over again in tough seasons. These words are true, sharp and alive. God is a way maker. Out of the dry desert He made water out of a rock, He brought quails to fly into the Israelites’ camp (food delivery to their door). I pray the same way He surprised them and He provided for them, such unusual way to human’s mind, He would again make a way for you. No one has ever said, I found God on a sunny day on a beautiful beach, never ever, they always say I found God in the darkest hour of my life. When we students, are doing a test (like an exam in school for instance), the teacher is not allowed to help us, you are left alone to do the test, until you finish, then you will see the answer afterwards. In tests of life, God/The Teacher seems quiet, hidden from the scene, but we know He is with us, to watch how we will act, and if we will apply the lessons we learnt into practice. Please find strength and hope in His Word. May God give you grace to overcome this test with a great testimony. God loves you so much!
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Amen! That Biblical story is such a vivid picture of prayer. Used it to answer out grandson’s question, why do we pray for others?
I have always loved 2 Thessalonians 3:2-3. “not all have faith. But the Lord is faithful.”
As believers, we live in this tension. We mourn and lament the sin, suffering, and brokenness in our world. At the same time, we serve a faithful God who comes down to us, lives and dies for us, and is making all things new.
Oh, Lord, direct our hearts to God’s love and Christ’s endurance.
Praying for you, Jill! May the Holy Spirit reach out— envelope you in His tangible love and care, and LEAD you, gently but confidently, through the fog and challenges that you face! Lord, please bring some encouragers around Jill, and if You need to – use Your ministering angels❣️
Praying for you Jill. Keep crying out to the Lord, he will walk you through it, there is light ahead. I too have been in darkness and so thankful the Lord helped me through along with Christian counselor and friends.
Praying… God sees you, He hears us praying for you. You are loved, valued and never forsaken.
This devotion helped point out an idol of mine. I am a people pleaser and this holds me back from living a fully devoted Christian life. “God doesn’t promise that everyone will like us, that we’ll be treated fairly, or that we won’t encounter difficulties.”
“But he will give us strength!”
May the Lord direct you hearts to God’s love and Christ’s endurance- Thessalonians 3:5
What a loving prayer for the church at Thessalonica and for us now!
Praying for you Jill Rummer. Satan would have you to believe that God has abandoned you, but remember – he is a liar and a deceiver! He wants you to blame God and turn from Him, but resist this temptation laid before you by the devil himself. God promises never to leave us or forsake us. (Hebrews 13:5) He promises to be with us when we pass through the waters,the rivers will not overflow us; and as we walk through the fire, we will not be burned. (Isaiah 43:1-3a) May God give you grace & peace as you walk through this dark time.
Praying for you also, Deborah D. I feel your pain as I too have two sons that were brought up in the faith. My husband and I have been in ministry for 27 years, out of all this time serving – this is what I most don’t understand. We dedicated each of our 3 children to the Lord, we prayed over them and for them since birth. Taught them the truths of God’s word. They too, prayed and received Christ when they were young but in later years – walked away. God knows, God sees, God hears.
Much prayer for you both. ❤️
Bethany B and Abby Flynn, thank you for sharing your hardships. I am so sorry! Because I am white and all my life have lived middle-upper class, I admit I have chosen to be blind or to be ignorant to my sisters and brothers of another color or culture. I’ve lived comfortably in cultural boundaries already set by society and often have looked away from what life might look like to another color or culture. I confess this before God and to this community and especially to you both and ask for your forgiveness. I pray you will receive this one heart as one step towards restoration.
Just as Paul reminds us of the greatness of God, we must stand firm and as “outsiders”together in the race set before us to stand firm, love the Lord with all our hearts, minds and with all our strength!
Praying for you Jill. You are beloved and lifted up to God by these many sisters. Don’t lose hope. He is the one who chases after us relentlessly. May He protect and guide you.
Praying for the heavy burdens posted today. Exodus 17:9-13 comes to mind. When, in the face of your battle, your arms and heart are too weary,when your mind is racing with all the “what if’s,” when you don’t see a way out or through, know that many are holding you up in prayer. Let us lift your arms as you await the victory.
Praying for you Jill. Know that God is with you always. He has never left. Cry out to Him and he will hear you. I pray that you stand firm in your faith and send the devil packing. He has no claim over your life; you are a daughter of the most high God. That will never change!
Needed this today.
The NASB, in vs.13, refers to the brethren to whom Paul is writing as “beloved by the Lord.” Sisters in Christ, this is who we are. How easy it is to forget or to minimize God’s truth (not opinion) about us. I wake up my body in the morning with some stretches. I wake up my mind by looking in the mirror and saying this fact, outloud, “I am beloved by the Lord.” And I wake up my face by making a big smile. Because I’m alive and loved, my face should reflect the blessing both of those are. I’m alive with another day here on earth to draw people to consider life beyond here. I’m loved by God so whatever comes my way, He’ll be there to help me handle it. And my face will reflect the joy of my Lord, as best I can.
Abby, you said it all when you said we combat the devil when we “stand firmly in our faith in God.”
In knowing he is close to us at every moment is what has always carried me through in my long (42 years as a believer) walk with our triune God. He always shows up to help us, often in such unexpected ways! I’ve watched you go through many struggles, and you always come out more beautiful and wise on the other side.
A gem of a verse I found today is for all of us believers, a thought to recall and lead us to prayer:
“Am I a God at hand, says the Lord, and not a God afar off? Jeremiah 23:23
Abby, you said it all when you said we combat the devil when we “stand firmly in our faith in God.”
In knowing he is close to us at every moment is what has always carried me through in my long (42 years as a believer) walk with our triune God. He always shows up to help us, often in such unexpected ways! I’ve watched you go through many struggles, and you always come out more beautiful and wise on the other side.
A gem of a verse I found today is for all of us believers, a thought to recall and lead us to prayer:
“Am I a God at hand, smith the Lord, and not a God afar off?
Jill Rummer, I encourage you to read and memorize Psalm 34, at least 1-9 and speak those words to yourself. I will join in praying for you and that you know he’s with you.
I am praying for your family Deborah D. Hold on Jill Rummer – He will never leave you and I will pray for you and all others in a dark season. Dear Lord, thank you for SRT, thank you for hope and for never leaving us. I love you and trust you as I pray for all. Amen
10And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. Amen!
God is so good. I have been learning about the person of the Holy Spirit. Jesus came as our Savior and He finished our salvation on the cross, but then He sent the Holy Spirit as our Helper. Praise God we have the Helper God who prays for us what we don’t know we need, who gives us discernment, who leads us to obedience and helps us to choose the will of God. So blessed are we to have the Holy Spirit. Jill praying you feel the Helper, welcome Him in. Seek Him, for God the Father did not leave you abandoned in sin but sent His only son Jesus, who laid down His life to give us our life and cleanse us from sin. And Jesus though He went to heaven sent The Holy Spirit to be with you even when our hearts our suffering and struggling we are not alone. The Holy Spirit is mighty and God the Father answer to the Spirit’s prayers is always Yes. Jill your Sisters here are praying for you. Deborah we are praying for your sons. Lay them at the feet of Jesus and keep knowing that as they have accepted Christ the Holy Spirit will pursue them with the Truth that Jesus is Lord. Have faith that on their journey He is still going to shine His truth for Jesus is Truth. John Piper Seeking the Holy Spirit and and Transformation Church The Upgrade have recently encouraged my faith. God bless you all this day Sisters as you know He is fighting for us, He loves us so dearly. Be still and know and keep walking in His light and sing His praises for He God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit is so Worthy of our praiise!!!
So thankful for the hope provided in 1 Peter 5:10. We all suffer, but it’s the hope of restoration and becoming strong again and remaining steadfast that gets us through it. Praising God for the truth in scripture and the encouragement it provides.
Jill, I did and will be praying for you. May you feel God’s hand pull you out of your darkness.
Thank you, Abby Flynn for that encouraging devotion. Being black has been so hard. I don’t really talk about the hardships, my husband getting pulled over at gun point, searching his car for no reason, teachers wanting to touch my kids hair and examine each curled strand. The list goes on. I’m praying for the healing of our nation and that people will realize the wrong they have done to us. I cry every time a black person is killed by a cop. Could’ve easily been my family. Oh but I’m so thankful that I have Gods word to comfort me!!!! It’s His words and live that give me the strength and firmness to keep going!
Today’s devotion brings to mind Isaiah 43.1-4. I love to read these verses slowly, and where it says Jacob or Israel, I insert my name and imagine God speaking these words to me.
Yes, the lessons we face in our trials and tribulations are the hardest to bear. It seems never-ending and hopeless. But those are the times when we have to work harder to seek God and stand firm in His promises. He. Is. Faithful. And He DOES restore, establish, strengthen, and support you. Hold fast to that truth.
When I look back over my life (62 years), I have proof of His goodness through everything! I didn’t always make good choices and had to live with the consequences. But He never left me! When I went to the grocery store each week with $50 to feed a family of six, He stretched it and we had plenty.
Ladies, stand firm! He cares!
Praying for each of you going through rough times. ❤️
May the Lord direct your heart to the love of God and the steadfastness of God. 1Thes 3:5. Lord direct our hearts to you and your love and away from the dark thought that overwhelm our hearts and minds. Remove the darkness and the blinders that keep us from seeing your beauty and the glory around us. We need you now so much!
Try reading thru the Psalms. If something jumps out at you, dwell on that. You’ll see a pattern in many of the Psalms where the writer tells God EXACTLY what he’s feeling and thinking, and then heads into praise, and CHOOSING to trust God. POUR OUT YOUR HEART TO GOD. He loves you so much and nothing you’re feeling or thinking will lessen that. He is hurting for and with you!! Your feelings are legitimate. Tell Him!!!
Then thank Him for something, anything.
Praise Him for an attribute.
Say “I will PUT my trust in You.”
This is a spiritual battle and you’ll have to continue doing this. But the Spirit will comfort and strengthen you. He will guide you.
Praying for you Becky! That you would be overwhelmed today by the reality of God’s love for you. I’m so sorry for the pain you and your husband are walking through. Stand strong in the truth that you are chosen by God and you are not alone. He can restore all things, even broken relationships. Praying that for you as well. ❤️❤️
I’m feeling abandoned by God. I have serious chronic health issues, my older daughter locked us out of her life 4 years ago. We aren’t allowed to see our 1st grandson who is now 6. He doesn’t even know we are alive. 6 weeks ago my husband lost his job. We thought for sure he would find a job quickly. That hasn’t happened. It’s really hard right now to feel loved by God.
Amen!
This is in response to Jill Rummer
God works I amazing ways! What a wonderful message for today. God chose us for salvation and he gives us strength. Thank you God!
My heart is heavy this morning but I am taking 1 Peter 5:6-7 to heart and humbling myself by casting all my anxiety on Him. I think giving my worries to God is part of being humble. I am not in control but He is and I trust Him.
Praying for your family, Deborah. I was much like your sons in a young profession of faith that I rebelled against when my parents fought then divorced. I realize now that I was not firm in my beliefs and merely mimicking the church around me. God never left me. He called me back to Himself in college by bringing me to my knees. I write this to encourage you that He who has begun a good work in your sons will continue it (Philippians 1:6). Draw near to Him in this season and speak love as well as truth to your sons.
Praying for you too, Jill Rummer. May God draw you close to Him in whatever you are going through.
Praying for you, Jill. Been there. Done that for 4 long and arduous years! Oh, but God and his never-ending grace!! I am on the other side, where I am surrounded by His light, after being in darkness for so long, where He has lifted me to higher ground, so that I no longer feel as if I am drowning.
Yes, I was humbled by the experience, but I also learned a great deal because of it. This experience prepared me for the amazing things God was about to do (and continues to do). He has truly blessed me and I am eternally grateful that I know Him.
So, hang in there sister! As hard as it may be, try to understand what God wants you to learn from the experience and know that He will bring you into the light and place you on higher ground. And, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him,And He shall [a]direct your paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6)
@JILL RUMMER-
Praying God’s peace to comfort your heart and your mind in Christ… praying His comfort to allow you space to go to Him in honesty and recognition of how big He is and how in love with you He is. We’re talking about the God who had to watch His own child be tortured and murdered and had to restrain Himself from stepping in and stopping the whole thing. He knows pain. He knows hurt. He knows disloyalty. He knows abuse. And He knows you. He created you. He is concerned with you. Be at His feet and rest in His power to use all things for good. You are so so so loved, dear sister.. Cry with Him- He cries with you too…
I too can testify to the absolute fact and truth that when we take our suffering and trials and surrender them to our Savior, He will 100% restore, establish, strengthen, and support us. It’s a fact. It’s HARD. When something so dark and so wrong happens, we hold onto it like some kind of badge over us. But He in His divine wisdom knew that to hold onto it and allow it to create a new definition of who we are, will only give that pain power to happen to us every single day, over and over. It makes us dead in our witness and useless to His power in us. It gives the enemy the victory. Praise God!!! He knows the afflictions will come AND HE HAS A RESCUE AND RESTORE PLAN ALREADY IN PLACE and please I beg of you ladies- please believe those of us testifying to this fact- He really does it. He turns ashes to true, honest beauty. He takes the hurt and refuses to allow it to be in vain. He gives it purpose and gives you freedom. It’s all so unreal… Hope in Him. In HIM, not the outcome of the situation.
He WILL. NOT. DISAPPOINT.
Praying for you, Jill!! May you see glimpses of light that help you hold fast! He who promised is faithful!
@Deborah
It’s so painful what you’re experiencing. Watching people you love on a path of destruction. I want to testify to what the Lord can do.
A young man in my family – magnetic in personality and seemingly solid in faith – made devastating decisions including one against his own brother. The path looked to lead only to death.
But God…
In the years that followed God has restored his faith (through a horrific accident of his friend in Afghanistan who lost limbs but lived) and has brought him back to full reconciliation with his brother. If I hadn’t seen it, I wouldn’t believe it!
Our God is NOT too small. He is a God of miracles. It may not look exactly like we want, but He hears you and comes near.
Oh God,
Hear the prayers of your daughter Deborah. Her mama heart is broken. Comfort her in her grief. Release her hands to offer her sons to You completely. Interrupt the plans her sons have, and reconcile them to you.
In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Amen
@Jill I pray for you my sister. Please hold on and give it to God. He can handle your doubts, your worries, your everything. I recommend counseling if you are able to get it. They can give you tools to help you. And post here everyday if you feel you need to. Praying for you.
Praying for you, Jill! Praying for your sons, Deborah. Praying that the Holy Soirit would remind them of the goodness and love of God and that the things of this world would not satisfy.
Praying for God’s Grace, Peace and provision, for you, Jill Rummer. Even the faith to believe God comes from Him. May He fill you with faith today.
First the suffering, then the glory and salvation.
“8Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour… 10And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.”
Sisters, please pray for my family. My sons all accepted Christ in their teenage years, but the devil has sought to” devour” them, and they have fallen away from their faith (at least it looks like that to me). My youngest is very spiteful towards my and my husband’s faith.
Please pray they will return to Christ and follow hard after Him and that Christ will “restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish” them! Thank you so much.
Have a blessed day, sweet sisters!
Taking you before the throne of Grace now! Father, help Jill to know the presence of your steadfast love. You know we are weak and only you can sustain us and bless us. Father, in dark times, you meet us and redeem our tears and cries to you. Let this be real in her mind and the devil be shut out from his attempts to hurt her through unbelief.
Jill, I don’t know what you are going through, but hope this season proves a refining fire for your faith. ❤️
@Jill
Father God,
You are faithful and merciful. Your love for us never ends! You find us is the dark and shine Your perfect light of love on us. Please be with Jill! Give her strength to endure her trials, courage to face her fears, hope in all your promises and peace knowing that You will NEVER leave her-that You are in the fire with her! Thank You Father! In the precious name of Jesus, Amen.
Praying for you sister!
(I never comment either but I felt the Spirit urging me to…)
I am praying for you right now, Jill. God is so faithful and he does work things out for His glory. He has never failed me in my 61 years of life. It may take years of suffering but afterwards the blessing is so sweet.
Jill, I’ll be praying for you today.
@Jill Rummer, praying
I am going through a battle, a dark season and it feels like there’s no way out. I’m finding it so hard to have faith that things will work out and that God is good. I never post but I’m so desperate for prayer right now.
Just prayed for you, Jill. For the devil to stop chasing after you, for Christ to strengthen your heart, for you to keep your eyes on Him only.
Praying for you, Jill! I don’t know your circumstances, but I do know what it’s like to feel like you’re drowning in the dark and not even God sees you. He’s right there with you and will bring you through this. It’s hard to see His presence and how He’s working right now. But when you get to the other side of this hard thing, you’ll be able to look back and see His hand. Hang in there, cling to Him, and know you’re being lifted up by your SRT sisters!
@Dorothy, that is beautiful. May he continue to restore. ❤️
2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 – Thank God for we are:
Chosen First Fruits,
Called by the gospel,
Eternally comforted,
Given Good Hope through Grace,
Established in Good work and word.
(This is who we are in Jesus Christ. I typed them in separate lines because the depth of our Father’s love and power in each one amazes me. I take them in slowly, one by one, and through the Holy Spirit, they blanket me in Him. )
A Blessing I pray upon my life and all those I love and care for – 2 Thessalonians 3:5: “May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.”
Proverbs 10:25, 1 Peter 5:6-11 –
Be:
Humble,
Lay down anxiety for God cares for us,
Sober-minded & watchful,
Resist evil,
Stand firm in faith,
(vs. 10) “after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself
restore,
confirm,
strengthen,
and establish you.”
Thank you Father for the person You have created me to be in You. May these ladies and I stand firm in the power and glory of Your love and strength. Protect us Lord, and all those in our lives You have given us. May our foundation be the steadfast love of Jesus Christ, our Savior, our Lord, our Eternal Friend, always. Amen.
I love the reading from Peter at verse 10…. and after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. Thank God we have a king who is acquainted with pain and suffering, who does not try to sugar coat it all but assures us that nevertheless we will have peace with Him. ““I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”” John 16:33. Praise the Lord, our Prince of Peace – his name is Jesus ♥️
“He still has, and He still is the final word”…Thanks be to God.
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
Thanks be to God
Praise be to God! Yes!
@Dorothy, that is incredible! Thank you for sharing!
“No amount of sin, pain, trials or disappointment in your life has the power to change His promises”…. Amen sister!!!
I can get really glum and down in a pit about things so I shall learn to wield Proverbs 10;25 like a sword!
Abby is so right when she wrote “And God will restore, establish and strengthen those who follow Him after their suffering (1Peter 5:10).” After the death of both my son and my niece I was restored, strengthened and established. My faith grew deeper and I trusted the Lord more.
Have a blessed day sisters.