Wednesday... Have you ever felt this way?

Luke 23:49 (NLT), "But Jesus friends, including the woman who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching."

Wednesday... Have you ever felt this way?

You feel like your world is falling apart. So what did you do?

Luke 23:49 (NLT) says, "But Jesus friends, including the woman who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching."

Now verse 47, right before this verse says, "And when all the crowd that came to see the crucifixion saw what had happened, they went home in deep sorrow." They were there to see if this man, Jesus was who he said he was and it seemed that they hadn't really put their lives, their trust in this man so they went home with disappointment.

But the ones in verse 48 were different. They believed with all their heart that Jesus was the one and the fact that he died shook them but they didn't run. Their world it seemed died and they didn't really understand what was happening but they still held on and believed.

Have you ever felt this way?

Now if they had really listened to what Jesus had said and understood and believed him they would have gone home and waited for what was going to happen on the third day but they really didn't know and understand what he said. Their hopes and dreams had just fallen apart. And maybe you have been in that spot in your life. But we must read, listen to and believe the whole story.

It is so easy to read the Bible and grab hold of a few verses and put our interpretation on them. Some live by the phrase, "an eye for an eye" but they don't catch hold of the fact that it says, "some people say", and that is not the way we are to live. Yes, the Bible says it but there is more to it. So they do stuff and retaliate when Jesus said to "love your enemies" and forgive them and let him take care of those problems. So they stand at a distance watching and then turn and go home with deep sorrow.

Now Sunday was coming. And those who didn't run away saw what happened, He rose from the grave. And they became a part of the impossible.

But some just went home and never saw what really happened.

Maybe things happened in your life that you believe showed that God didn't care or there wasn't a God so you quit believing. You didn't really believe and know what he really said so you went home disappointed and didn't reap the benefit of believing in God.

"But Jesus friends, including the woman who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching." Yes, they were distraught, in great sorrow but they kept on believing and they have been rewarded with eternal life. They may have been confused in the moment but they still believed in him and what he taught and on Sunday they were rewarded with the fact that Jesus was who he said he was. He was and is and always will be God's son who died and was resurrected for our sins. And yes, he can be trusted.

So maybe it would be a good thing to spend time in the Bible, going to a Bible believing church and spending time with Christian friends and see what God really says. Let's not miss out on what God has planned for us and our lives. Yes, he can be trusted. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." Monday... He did it by Himself. Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited. The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?" Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself." Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to ma...

Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

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