My precious blessing (ie. hubby) and I believe that our marriage has another partner - Christ. It is not just about the 2 of us and our promise to each other - it is about Jesus and His promises to us. =)
"Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees." (1 Chronicles 14:14). When we face a trial, our first instinct is to come head on against it. However God's best will for us might not be according to our plans. Sometimes what He wants us to do is to let go, take a different route, and then arrive at a God-given solution later on. But why? The next verse gives us the answer- "And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines." (1 Chronicles 14:15). The reason why He doesn't want us to fight our battle straightaway is because He intends to fight them for us! So many people don't realise this beautiful truth and try to fight their own wars. They end up being battle-worn and scarred, whilst ending up fe...
Have you tried encouraging someone discouraged and angry before? It can be hard to talk to them sometimes. It's like talking to a wall of cactus- you get either no replies or a lot of thorns embedded in your skin. It's easy to think about just giving up on them, but how to? I can't help loving them though it hurts like mad. But I've also learned that sometimes you need to let go of your worry for them and let the LORD take control of these dear ones and their problems. Often it's their anger speaking and when your realise how the devil is using you both to hurt each other, it's often easier to just back off from the situation and enter into rest about it. I can't talk to some of them, I can't be around them but I can praise for them wherever I may be. I say praise because i believe God's victory for them. Praise is victorious. Prayer can sometimes be uttered with a defeatist mentality. I will praise You in the Storm, LORD, in the grief and pain. You ...
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