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“We know that in ALL things God works for the good of those who love Him”. Even Hurricanes 

following Jesus does not mean life will be easy or that we will be perfect.  In fact, the opposite may be true.  I know it has been for me.   It just means that Jesus will walk every step of our lives with us and that we will come home to Heaven!

And personally, I can share from experience, that walking with Jesus makes all and any hardships easier to carry.  Burdens shared, are always lightened.  And prayer changes things 🙂

 

Personally, I am terrified of going to the dentist.  Break a foot, have a heart problem, or any number of diseases, and I do not worry.  But the dentist terrifies me, lol.  I guess everyone is afraid of something!  For me it’s the dentist.  So when I broke my tooth; I was not happy!  And like anything else I am worried about, I ran to our Lord and asked for His help.

And as always, He gave it, and then some! ?

You see, not only did I need to go to the dentist, but the next day I was planning to travel to visit with a Sister in Christ who is very dear to me.  I was worried about going to the dentist, but even more worried that they would pull my tooth and I wouldn’t be able to visit with her!

But God is good, always!  And as usual He gave me even more than I needed.  Not only did I survive the appointment, but the dentist decided it could wait until the next week to be fixed!  What a Blessing!  I could still visit with my Sister in Christ.  Did God fix my tooth, no.  But He did provide for me a wonderful, compassionate dentist and a visit with my friend!

God may not always give us exactly what we want, but He always gives us exactly what we need!  So if you are afraid of anything or worried about something, Keep Praying; Prayer Changes Things ?

“What we believe about Jesus and what we do with His teaching will keep our names written in Heaven or erase them”- Serge Tate

Sometimes we just don’t feel like praying.  Especially if we feel our prayers have not been answered “Yes”.  But the truth is, sometimes God’s answer is “Not Yet”, or even “No”.  Why is that? Why doesn’t God just give us what we want?

Sometimes because what we want, is not what we need.  And sometimes because it would not be good for us right now.

But don’t give up on praying!  As my Pastor, Pastor Richburg says, “Prayer Changes Things”.  Although God may not always give us what we want, He will always give us what we need!

Popular culture today says Yes.  Popular culture says we should not mention your faith or Jesus in polite discussion.  But what does the Bible say?

The Holy Bible says that Jesus said we must love the Lord our God with all our hearts, with all our souls and with all our minds.

So can we really follow Christ’s command and go overboard in loving and serving Christ?  Should we not be talking about our Lord? Should we not share our faith?

I guess it depends on what is more important to us-popular culture or God’s Word.

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Heard on 90. 5 FM, ” I don’t have to figure it all out I just have to hang on to Jesus”, what a relief 🙂

• Prayer is what connects us to God.  And we need that connection like we need to breathe :).

Being friends with God is a lot like being friends with anyone else-only better 🙂  What does it require?   Spending time, building trust, sharing our good days and our bad ones.  And it requires honesty.

God made us!  So it’s okay to be less than perfect, because God already knows that we are.  And it’s okay to share our true feelings, the good, the bad and the ugly, because God made our feelings too!

God understands it all, and loves us as we are!  We don’t need to pretend with God, we just need to spend time with Him 🙂