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How often do we not recognize where our good comes from? In fact I would say when things are good we get comfortable and often miss the great things going on around us.

More than likely it is not until things are not going good and life gets hard that we start to see the struggle, recognize the good is gone and pray to God for help.  That shouldn’t be the case.

We are blessed people, and God is for us.  The Bible is very clear about that fact.  So, I want to suggest that we take to heart some Bible verses, maybe memorize them, about God’s strength and the good that is often found in our lives.  Several of these have crossed my mind through this week, and that is why I share them with you.

Notice the pattern of strength.  Notice the direction of where things or blessings come from always.

Exodus 15:2  NLT
The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him— my father’s God, and I will exalt him!

Strength.  It is God’s gift.  So is victory a gift.

2 Thessalonians 3:3  NLT
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

God is faithful when the attacks come. 

Habakkuk 3:19  NLT
The Sovereign Lord is my strength! He makes me as surefooted as a deer, able to tread upon the heights. 

Confidence comes from an outside source.  It doesn’t come from what we have.  It comes from what God gives.

Here is the verse that stands out.

Romans 8:37  NLT
No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.

Go look at the context of that verse.  Read the verses around it.  God wants to strengthen you and me.  He gives us victory.  

Look to Him. Thank Him for the reality.  Now, may we recognize all the time that our strength and anything good comes from God.  He’s got it all, and He has us!

NOTE: this will be the last devotion for this week as I am spending some time with a mission team working on a church in North Carolina.
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