Todays Prayer Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8). God, You have warned me...and I have listened. I have recognized how the devil tempts people and turns them down the wrong path. I have seen how he manipulates people to do his will and unknowingly take part in his plan to destroy families and destroy lives. Please, through the power of Your Holy Spirit, keep me alert and watchful against the devils plots. Help me to recognize and resist his efforts, and to turn to You for help in all things. May I never be used in the devils plans, but only be a part of Your plan. In Jesus name I pray. Amen. Living Forward, Understanding Backward TGIF Today God Is First Volume 1, by Os Hillman 12-01-2014 The one who calls you is faithful and He will do it. - 1 Thessalonians 5:24 When I was in my 20s, I participated in a wilderness-training course in a desert and mountain area. For our final exam, we were blindfolded, placed in the back of a pickup truck, and taken to a remote area. We were dropped off and told to meet back at the camp in three days. We did not know where we were. We had to determine our location with our compasses. It was a frightening experience for four young people who had learned to navigate through the use of a compass only a few days earlier. With our food and water on our backs, we began our trek. It had just snowed that morning, so the way was difficult. We walked through valleys, canyons, snow-covered hills, and forests. In all, we walked more than 60 miles in three days. There were times when we did not think we could go another foot. Exhaustion and frostbitten feet were taking their toll. However, we finally made it to our base camp successfully, and to our surprise, we were the first ones among the other patrols to make it back. At the conclusion of our journey, we were able to stand on top of a ridge, look behind us and see the beautiful terrain that we had just scaled. The pain of what we had just endured seemed to subside. We could not believe we had actually walked through those valleys and snowcapped hills. There was a sense of accomplishment. Life is very much like this. It is often lived forward, but understood backward. It is not until we are down the road a bit that we can appreciate the terrain God has allowed us to scale and the spiritual deposits He has made in our life as a result. When you begin to realize some of this, you sit back and breathe a sigh of relief because you know that God was in control all along. It didnt seem like it at the time, but He was. Are you in the midst of a difficult journey that seems almost impossible to continue? Be assured that God is providing grace even now to equip you for that journey. There will be a time when you can say, Wow, look at what God has done because of what I gained through that valley. Trust Him with the outcome of where you find yourself today.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 04:08:22 +0000
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