Daily Bible Reading - Friday Jan. 23
The story of Joseph continues, again I just love reading about Joseph. He is such an encouragement to me. Look at all he went through after his own brothers sold him into slavery. He ended going through years and years of turmoil, being bought and sold, being put into prison and so forth but yet he never gave up hope that one day he’d be free and that the Lord would bless him. That’s the kind of faith and tenacity I pray for. I pray we all are able to push on through the hard times of losing weight and not give up for in the end, whether it be 1 year or 5 years, our goals will have been reached and we will reap the blessings God has in store for us. The paths we have to go down in order to lose weight are not easy, having to exercise, eat right, endure temptations, make wise decisions are all hard at times but very very rewarding. Just remember the Lord is always there with you no matter what as He was with Joseph and He will always be with us throughout this never ending journey of weight loss. Hang in there, you can do it.
***Vesta*** I just love Galatians, its such a beautiful book and inspiring. Isn’t it wonderful how we when don’t have our earthly fathers anymore we still have our heavenly Father and we can call him abba *daddy*, He is always there for us where ever we are and like our earthly dads He loves us so much, what a loving and caring God we have. Im so glad you are blessed by reading the devotions, they bless me as well and hope those that read them are just as blessed.
You all have a great day. Stay warm.
Today’s
Genesis 46:1-47:31
Matthew 15:1-28
Psalm 19:1-14
Proverbs 4:14-19
Daily Devotional for Dieters
2 Samuel 22:21
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Don't expect God to make you thin. You have to do the hard part for yourself. Do know this, however: God will bless you beyond your wildest hopes if you will put forth your best effort and not give up. When we show Him that we really are serious about being better people, He is pleased beyond measure, and He will do all kinds of wonderful things to help us along. When we refuse to give into the temptations, to dirty our hands, then God will reward us and lift us up. All He asks is that we give it our very best effort. If we do that, we will succeed.
Today's thought: God is pleased by my best effort to lose weight.
I Corinthians 15:57 - But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
I'm going to type this out more for my own good than anything...it seems to stick in my mind better if I actually write it out...
Psalm 19:7~14
The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are sure and altogether righteous.
They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults.
Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me.
Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock, and my Redeemer.
Oh my goodness such words of joy, peace and hope in the present and future! Even though I fall short so much of the time this gives me courage and strength to know that I can get up dust myself off and try again and such GOOD things will be waiting for me!
The Proverbs goes right along with this...
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil men. Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way. For they cannot sleep till they do evil; they are robbed of slumber till they make someone fall. They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.
I started to think in this day in time and in my life... what would this evil doings be? And I had to go back to anyone or anything that draws me away from what I know the Lords wants me to be or live... man that could encompass alot of things! There always seems to be something that wants to distract us from His " law,
statutes, precepts, commands and ordinances" that the Psalms talked about today.
This is the promise:
law ~ perfect,reviving
statutes ~ trustworthy, wise
precepts ~ right, joy
commands ~ radiant, light
fear ~ pure, enduring
ordinances ~ sure, righteous
Those are words of hope, strength, solidness!
Righteousness ~ "right living" sure has its rewards! I'm so thankful for this Word that is urging me every day to strive for victory in my own life!
A blessed day to each that reads this!
Bec
The words that gave me hope today was the story of the faith of the Canaanite woman in Mt 15:21-26. I love how she didn't give up and she completely understood what Jesus implied when He told her that He was first here for the Jews. Yet she didn't give up. And He blessed her. How many times have I given up just because I didn't hear what I wanted to or what I thought was the correct answer. How many times have I missed what He had planned? Too many times to count I'm afraid. I know He has told me to wait or has been silent and I've just quit. When I should've been faithful and persistant until He gave me His answer. Instead I would just quit.
Looks like today needs to be a day of journaling and reflection. Too many things have gone on this week that are beginning to overwhelm me and I don't want to miss His voice. Love to you all....
Life isn't about about waiting for the storm to pass...
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
