Category: A Door of Hope

 

John 4:14 "But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never
thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of
water springing up into everlasting life."

 

"A man who had learned this secret once said:  'I came to Jesus and I drank, and I do not think that I shall ever be thirsty again.  I have taken for my motto,

 

"Not overwork, but overflow"

and already it has made all the difference in my life.'

There is no effort in overflow" ~Streams in the Desert

 

When my heart and life are full of Jesus, my heart overflows with gratitude and love for the One Who saved me.

My service then is not a driving effort, but rather a joyful expression of a thankful heart.

 

Psalm 119:10-11 "With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee…"

 

John 16:13 "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth…"

 

"The Holy spirit uses God's Words stored up inside us to nudge us, remind us, redirect us, empower us, and lead us on to victory.

"I wish I could give you a more definitive formula…something a little more packaged and step-by-step and not so reliant on having to make a choice to listen to the Holy Spirit." ~ Lysa Terkeurst, Made to Crave

 

Do you want answers???

Then you must take time to listen to God's answers!!! 

 

Jeremiah 29:13-14a "And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 

And I will be found of you, saith the LORD…"

 

"If the bird is going to fly, it must keep away from fences and the trees, and trust to its buoyant wings.  But if it tries to keep within easy reach of the ground, it will make poor work of flying." ~ A.B. Simpson

 

Hebrews 11:8 "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went."

 

I suppose it is probably safer to hop around from limb to limb, fence to bushy plant, and close to the ground – so if we fall, it isn't too painful.

But imagine the vistas that we will never see, the currents we will never glide upon, the expanse of sky we will never traverse.

Safety is…well, safe; but it is never exciting!

 

"O Lord, send us out to sea – out in the deep water.

Here we are so close to the rocks that the first bit of breeze with the Devil, we are all knocked to bits.

Lord, send us out to sea – out in deep water,

Where we shall have room enough to get a glorious victory."

~ Old Cornish prayer

 

Philippians 3:13-14 "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."

 

Don't be afraid to lose sight of the shore as you set your sails for God's exciting will!

 

"Remember that we have no more faith at any time than we have in the hour of trial.

 
All that will not bear to be tested is mere carnal confidence.

 
Fair-weather faith is no faith."

~ C.H. Spurgeon

 

I Peter 1:6-7 "Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ"

 

John 19:10-11 "Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above…"

 

"Is it not a glorious thing to know that, no difference how unjust a thing may be, or how absolutely it may seem to be from Satan, by the time it reaches us it is God's will for us, and will work for good to us?" ~ Streams in the Desert

 

Genesis 50:20 "But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive."

 

 

"Let's choose what we want to fill today with.

"Is it with regret?  With haunting memories?  With negligence that will feed tomorrow's distress?  With complaints and disgruntledness?  With wishful thinking?

"Surely not.

"How much better to fill today with the three great basics of Christian living – faith, hope, and love.  All are rooted in God.  All come from choosing God for today as the One we seek, first and foremost.  

He's the One we can trust to be more-than-sufficient.  He's the Source of all we need these twenty-four hours." ~ Ruth Myers, 31 Days of Encouragement

 

"There comes a crisis hour to each of us, if God has called us to the highest and best, when all resources fail; when we face either ruin or something higher than we ever dreamed; when we must have infinite help from God and yet, ere we can have it, we must let something go; we must surrender completely; we must cease from our own wisdom, strength, and righteousness, and become crucified with Christ and alive in Him.  God knows how to lead us up to this crises, and He knows how to lead us through it." ~Streams in the Desert

 

 Isaiah 43:1-3 "But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and
he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I
have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
 When thou
passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers,
they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou
shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour…"

 

I Kings 17:16 "And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail,
according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah."

 

I just want to encourage you today, my friend, to let go, step out and walk with the Lord through the crisis.

It is not easy, but it is the way to victory!

 

"The mighty God can make us stronger than our circumstances.  He can bend them all to our good…We can even take hold of a black disappointment, break it open, and extract some jewel of grace." ~Dr. Jowett