TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: “But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart that you may observe it.” Deuteronomy 30:14
TODAY’S MESSAGE: It is difficult to allow joy to overcome our hurts in life. When bad things happen, we often allow those things to become the center of our life. We focus on them and think of them all of the time. They begin to burn a hole in our pockets to the point of not allowing anything else to enter our thoughts or actions. However, our Lord plainly tells us that we don’t have to feel the despair that our troubles sometimes bring. His Holy Word is near us. His word is in our hearts and in our mouths. All we have to do is to seek them out and dwell on them. Prayer plays a vital part in our overcoming the bad things in our lives. When we pray, we allow ourselves entrance into the spiritual world. We enter into the presence of our Almighty God in heaven. It is through Jesus that we are able to be recognized by our God and our prayers heard and answered. When we begin to pray our minds go to the Lord and not to the evil around us. When we find the scriptures, we can begin to recite his promises for our lives, and we suddenly begin to see that there is more to life on this earth than the problems that confront on a daily basis. Joy is given the opportunity to enter our beings, and our desires turn from feeling sorry for ourselves to Jesus our Lord and Savior. It is important that we continue to surround ourselves with the heavenly things of God. Prayer, praise and thanksgiving should come from our mouths. Our focus should be on Jesus every day. He is the answer to our problems. He is the one who can and will resolve our issues if we just allow him to. We must always remember that our God in always near us. He is not somewhere else in the universe where it takes days to receive our prayers. He lives in us through the gift of the Holy Spirit. Our communication with him is instant and there is no waiting period required. He wants us to come to him and we should desire to go to him. We must, however, build up our faith and continue to be faithful in our time with him. If we do, then the joy we receive will overcome the circumstances we face! PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL SITUATIONS!
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