Sept 17 2026 … Look To God for Help

Sept 17 2026 …  Look To God for Help

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Zach Williams singing … Heaven Help Me … calling out for God’s help when things are causing Christians to go into panic mode. 

Praying for help from God ... 

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Highlight Passage: … John 11:25-26  [NIV]

…   14 Then as I looked over the situation, I called together the nobles and the rest of the people and said to them, “Don’t be afraid of the enemy! Remember the Lord, who is great and glorious, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes!”      

… Nehemiah calls on God’s people,  doing God’s work to remember the Lord’s protective and enabling grace.   

Highlight Passage: …  Nehemiah 4:6-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                     

… Nehemiah exhorts and encourages God’s chosen to seek help from their all-powerful God when those who were rebuilding the temple walls were discouraged.

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Reference Passage: …  Psalms 121:2  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s unnamed Psalmist, calls on God’s faithful followers to rely on the Lord in times of trouble or trial.

Reference Passage: …  Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon teaches his son - and all believers - to trust God to lead him (them and us) to be able to follow God’s direction and receive His help.

Reference Passage: Isaiah 41:10  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                                

… God, thru Isaiah, promises His strength when His faithful and called people find themselves (ourselves) in times of trial or temptation.  

Reference Passage: Matthew 11:28  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …      

… After praying to God in front of His followers, Jesus invites them to come to Him in times of trouble.

Reference Passage: 1Corinthians 10:13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …    

… The Apostle Paul exhorts God’s faithful followers to go to The Lord in times of temptation, trial, or trouble. 

Reference Passage:…  Philippians 4:6-7, 13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …              

… Paul also calls on God’s faithful to come to Him in prayer in times of trouble (see photo), seeking His strength in our times of weakness.    

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Leslie Koh…  USE THIS LINK    related a story of a friend named, Elise, who was in a panic to make her publishers deadline for a book layout the next day.  But her husband encouraged Elise to take her concerns to God, who, like He did with Nehemiah (see Highlight scriptures above).   And in doing that, with Elise’s effort and expertise, the deadline was able to be met.  

Right now, … I’m dealing with some physical challenges which seem overwhelming. But the linked song and the Scriptures from God’s word, which come from today’s ODB entry led me to seek out and study, led me to realize that what I need to do is take all my concerns to my all-powerful and all-knowing God, Who cares for me, and wants to help me like He did with Nehemiah.   Perhaps you  have such a challenge in your life.  Join me, (as in the photo); … let’s take it to God. 

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for being there for me, Lord, just as You were for Nehemiah.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for ALWAYS being there when we come to You for help.  … Amen

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