My life is a blessing each day that I wake up. Our God is so full of compassion! I don't understand how he stands me at times. I fall each and every day. At times Satan would use the idea of "perfection" against me. I constantly desire to be like the Lord and grow in Him each day but then when I would consciously fall, I would tend to beat myself up over it, instead of fully just giving it to the Lord and trusting that he forgives me each time. In James 3:11 it says, " We all stumble in many ways." Constantly I stumble and constantly I fall but each time the Lord reminds me, in your weakness, my beloved, I will make you strong.
Don't we serve such a great God? Recently I have been reading out of a devotional my pastor's wife from school gave me. It's called, "Lord I Want To Know You", by Kay Arthur. I would recommend it to anyone who's looking for an encouraging devotional! Kay Arthur discusses the different names of the Lord and there meaning behind each of them. Today she talked about El Shaddai, the All-Sufficient One and how he never fails to provide for our every needs! I have been looking back over the past semester and the prayers I have presented to the Lord. It AMAZES me each and every time how he answers those prayers. "Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find; knock and door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." Matthew 7:7-8 This verse is one of the many that is proof to my life how God, El Shaddai has been moving. After spring break I began praying that the Lord would provide a job for me and a week before I was coming home for summer my dad emailed me, telling me about a man who was looking for someone to help him take pictures at his office. One of the many answers and then I had begun praying for a place to serve or a mission trip I could go on. One of my friends text me asking me if I would be interested in being a counselor at my church camp. I prayed about it, discussed it with my parents and filled out the application and then received a phone call saying they would love for me to be a counselor!
Don't ever stop praying to our God, our Father in heaven and our best friend! He's waiting with anticipation to hear from his children and never ever stop praising him! Blessings and answers are all around us when we simply start asking and knocking on his door!
But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart, consider what great things he has done for you. 1 Samuel 12:24
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