“When our questions make us doubt God’s heart, our pain can lead to bitterness and bondage. Yet in the security of our relationship with Christ, God wants us to ask the hard questions and look for answers that usher us into the depths of His redeeming love. He wants us to live in the promise that He offers hope for our future despite the pain of our past. He knows our past and our pain can actually lead us to His plans and hope for our future.”
from Chapter 4, A Confident Heart
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Our Word for the week: HOPE
(Download in a PDF or download in MSWord). Please print it and post it everywhere so you can remember that God’s love can satisfy the thirst of your soul!
HIS Word for us this week:
“May the God of hope fill [me] with all joy and peace as [I] trust in him, so that [I] may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13, NIV
Today’s Assignment:
Start or continue reading chapter 4. Remember, take your time and highlight or underline sentences that resonate in your heart.
Connecting in Community:
Let’s commit to memorize this week’s verse together! If you are in, leave a comment by clicking on “share your thoughts” and tell us how you plan to memorize it. I’m writing mine on my mirror and on a ceramic plate in my kitchen for the week.
I’m still sick today but getting better slowly. Would treasure prayers for total healing. Meeting with video editor today to finalize this week’s message so I can share it with you. I’ll be back with a question or something else to we can talk about soon. I’ll just add it to this post (but I’ll email to let you know when I do. Praying for you today!
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Absolutely beautiful images Paula – love them all. The canvas challenge entry is truly lovely. Thanks so much for joining in with us again. Jean, Crafty Individuals
“God is not responsible for sins in the sense of causation.”In what sense then is He responsible for sins?(I am not sure I should interact with you given the yesterday’s treatment; but hey, it’s a new day)
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Kristin, i so agree with all your thoughts about praying for our online sisters. As we read each comment, we can lift that sister up to our Father God in prayer. How awesome it must be to our Lord for all these prayers to come floating up to Heaven for each other.
Online Sisters, I am praying for ya’ll! How awesome is it that we have embarked on this journey together!!! I love how we are in all different parts of the world, most of us not knowing one another, yet we are open-minded to share what’s on our hearts. How neat it is to know we are all growing through the challenges and excitements of this study together! I feel like I could type forever… Super excited about all that God is doing in our hearts and lives right this very minute!
Skipping to another thought: if anybody has other ideas on memorizing scripture, send it my way. This has always been a challenging part of my walk with the Lord. I am determined to conquer this! (I still haven’t given up on our other verses…) I enjoyed reading the ideas posted a while back. Still haven’t found the one that “clicks” with me best yet. I KNOW I CAN. I KNOW I CAN. I KNOW I CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!!
Try praying the scripture for your family, friends etc. Pray it over and over through the week or weeks- not only will you evenually learn it- it will be rooted in your heart and spirit. I not only insert my name but the the names of those I am praying for. Let God speak to your heart about those who needs the particular prayer. You can also write it on sticky pads or paper and stick it in your bible, journal, book you are reading- I move it around so when I open either If I see it I will stop and read it.
First of all, I pray for God’s continued healing for you, Renee. Being sick is not fun and it just takes time to heal. I love Matt 11:28 whenever I’m feeling sick or overworked and it just calms me down. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest”. I sure hope God has given you some rest this week 🙂 In my college years, it was very hard for me to trust in God’s promises for my future. I had gone down a road that led to nowhere. It started with excessive drinking to try to fit and look cool, that lead to being vulnerable to guys, still wanting to fit in. Thank God, it did not effect my grades or career choice that I had chosen. My junior year of college, I found out I had contracted a sexually transmitted disease, which totally disgusted me and I felt so ashames. That same year, my parents separated and later divorced. I didn’t know where God was in all this and why He allowed it to happen. My saving grace was my senior year when a good friend cared enough for me to show me the bible verses in Romans and pray with me for my salvation. I praise God for putting her in my life at that moment to show me that He had hope for me!! Over 8 years, God has been working in me and changing my perspective to deal with the issues of my past. He has restored me and now I’m praying that He will give me the confidence to share with other and connect with others. I am so thankful for the idea of the timeline you have given us and think it will help out alot. Please pray that I have the boldness to forgive those who have hurt me in the past so I can move on and comfort others.