In life with all of its trials and challenges, ups and downs, setbacks and discouragements it is a great comfort to know that the God who created the universe and all that is within it knows each of us personally. There are some who may not think so, they may not believe so, but that does not change the fact that God knows you better than you know yourself. He knows your thoughts, your feelings, your dreams, your aspirations, your fears, your worries and everything else that you don’t think anyone knows about you. God knows all of our faults and flaws and yet the Bible says that He loves us with an everlasting love. That is why we should be strong in our faith and be confident that no matter what may come our way we can overcome and be victorious over it not because we are strong, but because God is strong through us. The Lord Jesus told the apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 12:9 “… My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” We can rest in God’s strength because it is enough to get us through our trials and challenges. No matter what may come your way believe that you will come out of it better, wiser and stronger than you were before. (Jeremiah 31:3) (Job 23:10-12)

Be encouraged to believe that God is for you and not against you. Trust that God’s will for your life is to be blessed, encouraged, lifted up and filled with His joy and peace that surpasses all understanding. If God is for us, then why should we allow any temporary trial to discourage our hearts or make us want to give up? We just have to remind ourselves that when times get tough we just have to dig our heels in, believe what God says about us and continue forth until victory becomes ours. We should remember that the Bible says that He is the God of all comfort. What does that mean? It means that if you are in a raging storm God can be your calming peace. It means if you are worrying about a trial or challenge that is in your path, God can be your perfect strength. Whatever our needs are, God can meet them. He has every answer to our every problem. Our job is to recognize His provision and sustenance so that our hearts will be calmed no matter what may come our way. (2 Corinthians 1:3) (Philippians 4:4-8)

I hope this message inspires and challenges your heart to see that God loves you and will be there to strengthen your heart when the trials and challenges seem so overwhelming.


TOUCHED BY GOD TODAY

I was touched by God today. Just ever so lightly. It was after a storm as I sat outside enjoying the smell of the rain and the coolness it brought with it. The clouds still hung heavy, almost obliterating the sky with their massiveness.

If one sat quiet and still long enough, you could almost hear the earth breath a sign of relief from the intense heat that had consumed it, only an hour before. I too had breathed that sigh, for it was a very welcome break from the heat that seemed never-ending.

That's when it happened. As I sat there quietly enjoying the sights around me; I felt something on my shoulder. Reflexively, I attempted to just brush it away, thinking it was only a fly, or some other unwanted pest. But yet, it stayed. There appeared to be a gently warmth about it.

Again, blindly, I brushed at it and still it lingered. Now the warmth began to intensify to an uncomfortable heat, so I turned and looked. The culprit was a single ray of sun coming down from the sky to my shoulder. One single ray had broken through the mass of clouds and touched me.

Like a finger, it seemed to reach out and pat me on the shoulder, attempting to get my attention. As I looked up in the sky, the clouds started to move more swiftly than before. Like a curtain opening on a stage the clouds parted the sky to reveal a glorious rainbow.

I now know God had painted me a picture, and had tapped me on the shoulder with His finger of sunshine. Almost instantly, I understood and without thinking, I uttered, “Thank you God. It's beautiful.”

By Pam Handshy


Read and meditate on these scriptures:

Psalm 40:1-4 “I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.”

Ezekiel 36:26-27 “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put My spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments, and do them.”

Isaiah 26:3-4 “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.”

Psalm 118:5-9 “I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.”

All of these scriptures can be found in the King James Version Bible. 


Today’s Selected Poem: WHAT YOU WILL BE
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Today’s Selected Testimony: MADE STRONG THROUGH WEAKNESS
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In Christ’s Service,

Dwayne Savaya
God’s Work Ministry