2023-11-05
LJC Devotional (watch the video)
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Prayer
- When I’m growing tired and weary, will I put my hope in the Father?
- Will I put my hope in the Lord even when I don’t feel His presence?
- Will I receive God’s Love and surrender to Him completely in my life?
Isaiah 40:29-31
29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
1. When I’m growing tired and weary, will I put my hope in the Father?
(The commentary out of the Life Application Study Bible on vs. 31: “Hoping in the Lord is expecting that His promise of strength will help us to rise above life’s distractions and difficulties. It also means trusting in God. Trusting helps us to be prepared when He speaks to us. Then we will be patient when He asks us to wait and expect Him to fulfill the promises found in His Word.”)
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Psalm 42:5
5 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
2. Will I put my hope in the Lord even when I don’t feel like it?
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Romans 5:5-8
5 …hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.
8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
3. Will I receive God’s Love and surrender to Him completely in my life?
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How do I follow Jesus?
- Turn to Him in every moment, give thanks to Him for every breath, and worship Him with all of your heart
(All scripture references are in NIV)