July 5, 2024 … Struggling With Our Fatih …
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Steven Curtis Chapman singing His Strength Is Perfect … poignantly singing of how we Christians can - and MJST - rely on God’s strength when we are weak in the struggles of life. And also hear Don Moen singing God Will Make a Way - USE THIS LINK - …
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Highlight Passage: … Genesis 32:24 [NLT] …
24 This left Jacob all alone in the camp, and a Man came and wrestled with him until the dawn began to break.
… Jacob wrestles with a man Who was God in human form.
Highlight Passage (in context): … Genesis 32:22-32 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jacob wrestles with God in human form, … Who renames Jacob to be “Israel.”
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Reference Passage: … Psalms 23:4-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… King David sings of being uplifted by God as David struggled through the valley of the shadow of death (i.e., the struggles of life).
Reference Passag:</u> …1Corinthians 10:13 [NLT] …
13 The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you can endure.
… The Apostle Paul reminds fellow Christians that God will show us how to face temptations and trials by making a way even when there seems to be no way - USE THIS LINK - for Don Moen’s song.
Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 12:9 [NLT] …
9 Each time He said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.
… Paul remembered Jesus’ teaching that He would provide Paul (or us) of God’s strength working in/through our weaknesses.
Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:13, 19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Paul teaches Christians that God’s strength, thru Christ, will provide Christians with our needs in times of trial.
Reference Passage: … 1Peter 1:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Peter - to oppressed Christians - reminds them (us) that the trials of life are there to test the strength of our faith in our Lord.
My Devotional Journal: Today’s <b><i> Our Daily Bread</b></i> Author, Alyson Kieda - AT THIS LINK told of receiving a card from a friend after the ODB author’s husband had died, reminding and admiring her husband being a faithful struggler thru life, … even comparing him to Jacob, who wrestled with God (see Highlight passage).
Perhaps some of you reading here with me today have had struggles in life where you felt like being a Jacob, wrestling with the circumstances of life. Well, if you taken in the linked songs and meditate on the Scriptures provided above, I’m praying today that we all remember that the temptations, trials, or troubles of life are there for us to wrestle with and build up our strength, relying on God’s enabling/empowering grace, to face and bring us through any/all of the trials of life.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your strength to bring me through the trials I will face today - and tomorrow.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying today that those who read with me here will join me to thank You, Abba Father, for giving us Your strength to face the trials of life today and tomorrow. … Amen
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