Many confess that they are trusting God with all the situations they face, but yet, they are trying to find solutions elsewhere. If you have given a situation over to God, learn to be still, to wait patiently on the Lord, and watch him work it out. God works in mysterious ways to bring about the solutions we seek, but many of us miss out on the message by focusing on the mess. I am trusting God today for everything. Will you trust him too?

As the world rushes by, we get caught up in so many things and if we are not careful we’ll find less time for God. But, as the song writer Ira Sankey reminds us, we should take time to be holy, to speak regularly with the Lord, to make friends with God’s children and help those who are weak, and by looking to Jesus and following his examples, others will see his likeness in us. He said, let us not be quick to run before God, but in joy or sorrow, trust in the Lord, and to never forget to seek his blessing in everything, and if being led by his spirit, we’ll be fitted for service above. Take time to be holy today and every day. Amen!

Many of us have been rebellious, and have suffered great afflictions, we are struggling in places where we should be content. We feel like outcasts, when we could be welcomed. But, it’s never too late to come home. God is calling you home, he is waiting for you with open arms, no matter where you have been, or what you have done; he is calling all sinners to come home. Thank you, Lord for your forgiveness and your love towards us.

“I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high. O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth!” You deserve our praise, our highest praise, all honor and glory is yours O Father, for you desires nothing but the best for us, and therefore, the best we will give back to you, and we will begin with praise.

Lord, we are daily in need of your direction, show us the path you have chosen for us, help us not to lean to our own understanding, but in all our ways acknowledge you, that we may fear you, for the fear of you O Lord, is the beginning of wisdom, fools runs from it, but we will run to it, for it is your will for us to know your truth and be guided by it. Therefore, let integrity and uprightness preserve us, for we will wait on you. Praise the Lord!

When we take a decision to follow Christ, we should not turn back, we must be willing to daily bear whatever the cross we are called upon to bear, be it rejection or persecution, suffering, or shame, want or need, distresses or heartaches, and rejoice in them, for they will bring us closer to God, and after we have endured, we will reap the crown of life in Christ Jesus.

It is not easy to love those who hurt you, it is not easy to pray for those who spitefully use you, and it is not easy to turn the other cheek, after you have been slapped on the other. But, God’s will for us is to love our enemies, and to do good to them, and the least we could do is try; and keep trying, until we are able to love our enemies and do good to them, that we may receive our reward. Help us, Lord!

I believe that he hears us, I have proof that he heard me; for when I was distressed and called upon his name he answered me favorably. But, there were times when I called upon his name and he was silent, but that does not mean he did not hear me. He may have been speaking to me from a pillar of cloud and I was waiting to hear him speak to me directly. Lord, let us fall before your footstool and repent of all wrong doings, keep your testimonies and your decree, so that you may hear us from your Holy Hill and answer us favorably. Amen!

God does so much for us and therefore, we have so much to thank him for. Let us begin the new week with prayer and praise to God, not only for what he has done for us in the past, but all that he is about to do . God’s loving-kindness to us deserves much praise.

Consider it pure joy my brothers and sisters in Christ whenever you face the trials and tribulations of this life, and keep your hearts with all diligence to God, for it is not every man who suffers, that is blessed; but he who with patience and perseverance, goes through all difficulties in the way of life. Praise the Lord!