Beloved friends,
When God was looking for someone to lead his people, he found a young man named David, quietly and humbly taking care of his sheep. But this wasn’t his job or his passion. Through his job, he was nurturing his relationship with God. You see, while tending sheep, David felt the presence of God all around him. He felt Him as he fended off wild animals who would do harm to his sheep. He felt Him in the stars of night. He felt Him during the quiet times as he worshipped, sang, prayed and gave thanks in all things. God uses folk like that. I pray God uses you this year as you trust Him to lead and guide you in all your ways. Peace and Love, Scott
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Trust Me by relinquishing control into My hands. Let go, and recognize that I am God. This is My world: I made it and I control it. Yours is a responsive part in the litany of Love. I search among My children for receptivity to Me. Guard well this gift that I have planted in your heart. Nurture it with the Light of My Presence.
When you bring Me prayer request, lay out your concerns before Me. Speak to Me candidly; pour out your heart. Then thank Me for the answers that I have set into motion long before you can discern results. When your requests come to mind again, continue to thank Me for the answers that are on the way. If you keep on stating your concerns to Me, you will live in a state of tension. When you thank Me for how I am answering your prayers, your mind-set becomes much more positive. Thankful prayers keep your focus on My Presence and My promises.
Colossians 4:2 2Devote yourselves to prayer,being watchful and thankful.
2 Peter 1:3-4 3His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.4Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you my participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling by Sarah Young