
Daily Devotion - Isaiah 1:18 - Being Honest with God
He's not asking us to confess our sin because He doesn't know. He's asking because He wants us to know.
He's not asking us to confess our sin because He doesn't know. He's asking because He wants us to know.
Many times we are faced with a decision to obey God when it just doesn't make sense.
Jesus is our rock and our anchor in any storm we face.
How do we walk alongside Him? By finding our rest in Him.
King Solomon knew from experience that all of our intentions, desires, dreams and aspirations come from our heart and flow like water into all areas of our life.
Most days, God is in the whisper, waiting for us to tune out the noise of this world and listen for His steady, unchanging voice.
When we are sitting in our sorrow and drowning in tears, God doesn't abandon us - He leans in closer.
At its very core, fasting is disciplining ourselves to master all of our natural instincts, such as the desire to amass possessions or the pride of being known and adored.
"Your purpose in life is this: I feel closest to God when I ___."
We are designed - as the first couple was - to live a life in fellowship with God. Only when we live within that purpose will we be truly content and stop searching for meaning and happiness in the things the world has to offer.
Are we more like Christ than we were yesterday, last week, last year? Do we have a changed perspective on life and an unspeakable joy in our hearts?
Jesus echoes the words of Genesis 2, proclaiming that His work was done.
compassion
All he wanted was for Jesus to remember him when He received His kingdom. He could have never dreamed of the response Jesus gave him.
anxiety
Peter knew Jesus was who He said He was, because he had devoted himself to spending time with Him.
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God comes to us as believers and gently asks us to make room in our hearts for more of who He is.
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This offer is generous, calling all who desire fellowship with Him, including the sick, the poor, and the outcasts.
anxiety
Jesus doesn't enjoy any aspect of this broken, cursed world full of sin, pain, misery and death. He despises it all, even more than we do.
creation
"It is finished."
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His yoke is light, because He has taken the full weight of it upon Himself.
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We have hope, because on the other side of difficulty we find a deeper fellowship with a God who will never abandon us.
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Our Good Shepherd knows where the good, peaceful pastures are for our weary souls.
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Jesus is our protection and light, and His presence goes with us. He is our rescue.
anxiety
"Our heart is restless until it finds rest in Thee."
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We wrestle with an ever-increasing doubt of God’s good and perfect plan for our contentment and peace.