If 2014 was a difficult year, Ive got a word from God for you - - TopicsExpress



          

If 2014 was a difficult year, Ive got a word from God for you - read this in my time with God yesterday morning. Have it for you in two versions - NIV and The Message. Be encouraged today - God is faithful! I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. 20 I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. 21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: 22 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 24 I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” 25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; 26 it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. The Holy Bible: New International Version. (1984). (La 3:19–26). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. I’ll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness, the taste of ashes, the poison I’ve swallowed. I remember it all—oh, how well I remember— the feeling of hitting the bottom. But there’s one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on hope: 22–24 GOD’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, his merciful love couldn’t have dried up. They’re created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! I’m sticking with GOD (I say it over and over). He’s all I’ve got left. 25–27 GOD proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks. It’s a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from GOD. It’s a good thing when you’re young to stick it out through the hard times. 28–30 When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence. Bow in prayer. Don’t ask questions: Wait for hope to appear. Don’t run from trouble. Take it full-face. The “worst” is never the worst. 31–33 Why? Because the Master won’t ever walk out and fail to return. Peterson, E. H. (2005). The Message: the Bible in contemporary language (La 3:19–31). Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 15:50:01 +0000

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