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If Paul and Silas could pray in a dungeon…

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If Paul and Silas could pray in a dungeon surrounded by misery and pain (Acts 16:25-34), what great circumstance restrains our hearts from reaching out to the healer of hearts?

If Jonah could cry out of the dark place of the deep, inside the belly of a great fish because of his own disobedience (Jonah 2:2), what great darkness is stopping your voice from searching for the one who can bring light?

If Daniel could knowingly endanger his own life and would face a den of lions, still felt the need in himself to pray and give thanks to God (Daniel 6:10), what stops us from doing so even amongst the pressures of life we may be facing?

If our Lord, with everything within Him, prayed until great drops of blood flowed from His brow before the suffering of the cross (Luke 22:44), what great trial hinders you from drawing closer to the one who can see you through the trial and meet you on the other side?

Corrie Ten Boom, remembering the days she and her sister spent in the concentration camp in Germany, recorded in The Hiding Place the words of her dear sister before her death: “There is no pit so deep He is not deeper still,”1 (Ten Boom, 1971, p.240) showing that God’s love, mercy, strength, and power can penetrate the harshest and most severe of circumstances.

May our hearts continue to reach for Him regardless of the trials we face.

In all the examples, God was there performing His perfect will. Some walked away, while the stories of others ended differently. But even through the worst, God’s name was magnified, and a greater end to their story was birthed.

Do not let what you see today discourage you from seeking the face of the Father. In the good times and the bad, He is still there through it all.

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:35-39

Blessings~

1 Ten Boom, Corrie & Sherrill, Elizabeth and John, 1971 and 1984, 2006. The Hiding Place. Hendrickson Publishers, Inc.

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Undaunted! | Your Monday Motivation to Keep Moving Forward

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“But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.” Acts 20:24

Everyone has an end goal in mind when it comes to life. That goal can include anything from a higher education sought and achieved, career positions and successes, working toward optimal health for one’s individual plans and needs, familial relationships being the best that they can be, adventures to be had worldwide, and more.

But there is a robber of these goals and achievements. They come in the form of doubt and discouragement when things don’t go as planned, or some unforeseen thing comes and sidetracks us or knocks us totally off course.

When that happens repeatedly, it gets hard to believe that we can do this. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel. We can be and achieve.

Sadder still is when someone feels that way about their walk of faith.

But we do not have to succumb to discouragement, fear, and intimidation.

We can push forward successfully, even when it is hard. And with God’s Word filling our tanks of hope, we can be undaunted in the face of what we see and feel and believe that we can!

We can direct our hearts with the same tenacity the Apostle Paul had when he said, “But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God” Acts 20:24.

You have a course!

You have a ministry!

You have gifts!

You have something the world needs!

Now is not the time to quit!

Keep going and be undaunted as you continue to move forward.

My prayer is that the verses below will fill the places where encouragement may need to be strengthened and to stand in the gap between your heart and what you are believing for because God’s Word declares it to be so!

Blessings!

“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised.” Hebrews 10:23

“I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:14

“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” Galatians 6:9

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:58

“I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.” Psalm 16:8

“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6

“For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.” Hebrews 10:36

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:7

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1

“Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.” Psalm 22:29

“The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.”
Psalm 29:11

“He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.” Psalm 18:33

“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.” Colossians 3:23

“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.” James 1:12

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