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Wednesday... What do you really need today?


Wednesday... What do you really need today?

The writer of Proverbs 13:12 (MSG) may know exactly what you need. He writes, "Unrelenting disappointment leaves you heartsick, but a sudden good break can turn life around." Is that what you need?

In my prayer time this morning, as I was praying for each member of my family I had a deep burden to how to pray for each one of them. I really don't know what they are facing today and what they really, really need and I really do want to be able to pray exactly for them and what they really need but I don't know but God does and my praying for them can still make a major difference for them even if I don't know exactly what they need. Prayer makes a difference.

The same is true as I sit down to write an encouraging word for you personally today. I don't really know what you need to hear today but God does and as I have been drawn to Proverb 13:12 I know that this is what you might need to hear today because God's Spirit has prompted me. Yes, "Unrelenting disappointment leaves you heartsick, but a sudden good break can turn life around."

None of us really know what others are going through but God does and it is so amazing that I can sit here at this table at Aspire Coffee in Las Vegas, Nevada and be connected with you by God and his word and it is exactly what you need to hear today. God knows exactly what you are going through and he really cares and he really wants to connect with you and encourage you. 

David writes in Psalm 133:1, "How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along!" Satan our enemy wants us to be alone with no connection to others and especially to God. He wants us to be unrelented in our disappointments. He doesn't want us to have that good break that will turn our life around. Yes, we really do need each other. God knows what we need. And he knows we need each other and so does Satan. 

So why not stop and pray Proverbs 13:12 and maybe even reach out to someone and ask them to pray this Proverb with you. 

The New International Version says it this way, "Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life." Lisen, that longing could be from God. Just stop and believe that he is working in and through you and then do your part to do it.

Why don't you stop and say to God, I am tired of living with no hope. My life isn't hopeless and I have this longing in my heart. If it is from you, God, deepen it. Show me what to do. I am going to start looking for and believing that there is a sudden good break for me that will turn my life around. Thank you, God for showing me that I am not alone. 

So, just reach out to God and maybe someone else. Remember, "Unrelenting disappointment leaves you heartsick, but a sudden good break can turn life around." So look for it and believe that you're not alone and that God is working at turning your life around. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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