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lifting the light and support

  Once again I want to share some of the greatest things that the ministry in Cuba that stand out to me.  Today I share with you about SUPPORT.   I am grateful for those people who have chosen and given to support the mission tip I get to be part of.  I am over the tip grateful for the support that i get to bring to the friends and partners in Cuba through our time together, and finally, I am grateful for the support that God has given His church across the world including in Cuba.   This type SUPPORT can only be through the hand and goodness of God.  Thanks to each who have been part of this support. Let me move forward with some great truth about our God.  When we lift up His son, we are doing what we having been ordered to do, what we have the responsibility to do and what we have the privilege to share. John 12:32  NLT   And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself.” Do you get that promise?  Jesus lifted ch...

lifted by God

We all need to be lifted up at times.  I have battled depression, and those low feelings have put me in a place where I need to be lifted.  Depression is something I have a hard time explaining. What I do understand is that our situations and struggles too often put me in the place where I need to be lifted.  Depression expresses itself in several different ways.  Some times it has been to the point where I don’t have the ability to interact with others, but there are other times when the depression is hidden and very few people see it. That is why I draw your attention, and mine, to what I need from God.  I need to be lifted.  Here are the presuppositions that i am standing on with this devotion: James 4:10  NLT Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor. Matthew 18:4  NLT So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 23:12  NLT Bu...