Category: A Door of Hope

Joining the Resistance

by ObtainingMercy, posted in A Door of Hope, Isaac Update, Managing My Mondays, What's Happening

 

I know I've been lax on daily or even weekly updates on us, here on the blog, for quite a while.  I plan to do better about that – honest! :)  I'm going to try to allow myself to write shorter entries, and to be less critical of each entry.  It's true that we tend to be our own worst critics, yeah?

So, on with an update:

We had a pretty miserable weekend here.  We are all sick, and it's a good thing misery loves company, because neither Doug nor I felt up to church yesterday.  We all slept most of the day.  I even missed listening to the morning church service online because I was asleep.  I can't even remember the last time that happened.

We are all taking our supplements, especially the new vitamin C powder we added to our arsenal, and I am p-r-a-y-i-n-g that we will be feeling better soon.

Of course, yesterday was supposed to be Doug's first Sunday working in the children's ministry at church.  I cannot help but think this illness had some devilish assistance in finding our house! 

On the days when we feel particularly unimportant, it would be wise for us to remember how hard our enemy fights to keep us from doing our work for the Lord – whether that work is in your home, in your church ministry, or at your job.  The devil would like nothing better than to keep us ineffective in our own personal circles.

 

I Peter 5:8 "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour"

 

We must remember that even though we have a powerful adversary, we have an even mightier Advocate!!!

 

I John 4:4 "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world."

 

Have things been difficult at your house too?  Believe me, I understand!  Let's pray for one another, and encourage one another to continue strong in our faith, as we do the work the Lord has entrusted to us today.

If you have a particular prayer request, share it with me here in the comments or by email.  I will pray about it with you.  I would appreciate your prayers for us, too. 🙂

Blessings,

Alesha

Filled to Overflowing

by ObtainingMercy, posted in 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.

Finding the Answers that I Hope For

by ObtainingMercy, posted in A Door of Hope

 

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…"

Sailing Out in Hope of Adventure

by ObtainingMercy, posted in A Door of Hope

 

"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!

Today’s Thought

by ObtainingMercy, posted in A Door of Hope

 

"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"


A Glorious Thought for This Day

by ObtainingMercy, posted in A Door of Hope

 

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."

 

A Thought for This Day

by ObtainingMercy, posted in A Door of Hope

 

"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