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hear God's voice

 


Are you open enough to see what God is doing or to hear what God is saying?  It is easy, but it also alludes us when we are too busy or focused on the wrong things.


Yesterday was incredible.  I want to thank every one that was so kind and wished me a happy birthday.  Our family devotion last night was especially good.  That is why I simply share part of it with you in today’s edition of the e-devotion.


As you read, I challenge you to hear God’s voice for you.


How's your faith right now?


I would like to encourage you to have an eternal focus so the situation you are facing does not limit your worship. Worship like never before, put music in your car, kitchen, living room or wherever you are day after day. Because when you raise a song to the Lord, your heart focuses on Him; you proclaim His victory and focus on His greatness, His power and majesty. At the end of the day, we are all created to worship Him.


Let us not deny reality, but rather live according to that higher and more powerful reality that is the word of God, aligning our confession with what God speaks.


I love Paul's words to the Corinthians, reminding them that neither sin nor death could overcome Jesus. This is the God we serve! The same God who will sustain you in the midst of trial, the one who will renew your strength and raise your eyes to all that He has prepared for your life.


So, friend, when you find yourself in the midst of the storm, remember that there is more from God, that Jesus conquered and us with Him. 


2 Corinthians 4:18  NLT

'So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.'


(taken from day 7 of “Unshakable Faith” at www.bible.com)

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