God Who Turns Everything

 Nothing is too hard for you -  Jeremiah 32:17.

A way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert 

            I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert - Isaiah 43:19.

Mourning into Dancing

           You have turned for me my mourning into dancing - Psalm 30:11.

Sorrow into Joy

           Your sorrow will be turned into joy - John 16:20.

Darkness into Light

        You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light - Psalm 18:28.

Crooked places made straight and the rough places smooth

          Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth - Isaiah 40:4. 

Wilderness into Pools of Water

         He turns a wilderness into pools of water, And dry land into water springs - Psalm 107:35.

Dry land into water springs

          He turns a wilderness into pools of water, And dry land into water springs. There He makes the hungry dwell, That they may establish a city for a dwelling place, And sow fields and plant vineyards, That they may yield a fruitful harvest. He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly - Psalm 107:35-38. 

Wilderness like Eden and desert like the garden of the Lord

         All people will see, know, consider and understand together that the hand of the Lord has done this for us. He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the Lord; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody - Isaiah 51:3. 

Life to the dead 

           God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did - Romans 4:17. 

Water into Wine

          The master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine - John 2:9.

Evil into Good

               In the life of Joseph, God turned all the evil that were meant by his brothers into good. But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive - Genesis 50:20. 

                                                          

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Nothing is too hard for You. We thank You for turning all our situations into good. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

The Lord of Peace Himself Give You Peace Always In Every Way

Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all - 2 Thessalonians 3:16. 

                 The Lord of peace Himself will give us peace always in every way as we give thanks to Him, trust Him and love His Word. The Lord will bless His people with peace - Psalm 29:11. 

Give thanks to God

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus - Philippians 4:6-7.

Trust God

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed upon you, because he trusts in you. - Isaiah 26:3.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit - Romans 15:13.

Love God's Word

Great peace have those who love Your law, And nothing causes them to stumble - Psalm 119:165.

                                                 

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for giving us peace always in every way. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Your Father Knows What You Need Before You Ask Him

Your Father knows what you need before you ask him - Matthew 6:8.

                   Our God is such a good and loving Father who knows what we need even before we ask him. But the land you are entering to possess is a land of mountains and valleys, watered by rain from the sky. It is a land the LORD your God cares for. He is always watching over it from the beginning to the end of the year - Deuteronomy 11:11-12. bb

Birds 

 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? - Matthew 6:25-27. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! - Luke 12:23, 24. 

Lilies

 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?" - Matthew 6:28-30.

Seek first the kingdom of God

Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble - Matthew 6:31-34.                                                                            

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for being a good and loving Father who knows what we need even before we ask You. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

The Lord Surrounds His People

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore - Psalm 125:2.

God's unfailing love

          God's unfailing love surrounds all whose hope is in Him. Let your unfailing love surround us, Lord, for our hope is in you alone - Psalm 33:22.

God’s favor

          God’s favor surrounds all who are righteous as a shield. His favor is like a shield, like a protection around about us that shields us against the blows of life. For surely, O LORD, You bless the righteous; You surround them with Your favor as with a shield - Psalm 5:12.     

God's protection 

         God's protection surrounds all those who fear Him from all harm, danger and evil. The angel of the LORD surrounds those who fear him, and he delivers them - Psalm 34:7.

You have surrounded me on every side, behind me and before me, and You have placed Your hand gently on my shoulder - Psalm 135:7.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for surrounding us with Your unfailing love, favor and protection. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

The Righteous Are Bold As A Lion

The righteous are bold as a lion - Proverbs 28:1. 

                  We will be as bold as a lion and fearless when we are righteous. The lion is mighty among the beasts and it does not turn away from any. A lion, which is mighty among beasts And does not turn away from any - Proverbs 30:30. Nothing makes them afraid. Where is the dwelling of the lions, And the feeding place of the young lions, Where the lion walked, the lioness and lion’s cub, And no one made them afraid? The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, Killed for his lionesses, Filled his caves with prey, And his dens with flesh - Nahum 2:11,12.

                  Peter and John boldly spoke the word of God. Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus - Acts 4:13. They spoke the word of God with boldness - Acts 4:31. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world - 1 John 4:16. 

                Let us be righteous and be bold and fearless as lions. God has not given us the spirit of fear, but He has given us the spirit of love, and of power, and of a sound mind - 2 Timothy 1:7. Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you - 1 Corinthians 15:58. Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD - Psalm 27:14. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world - John 16:33.

                                                                            

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to be righteous and be bold and fearless as lion. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

For God To Hear Our Prayer

In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears - Psalm 18:6.

Be Humble & Pray

Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble - Psalm 10:17. He does not forget the cry of the humble - Psalm 9:12.

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land - 2 Chronicles 7:13-14.

Call on him in truth 

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth - Psalm 145:18.

Be righteous

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer - 1 Peter 3:12. The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous - Proverbs 15:29.

God hears the cry of those who fear Him

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them - Psalm 145:19. 

Ask God with no iniquity

If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear - Psalm 66:18.

Help the poor

Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered - Proverbs 21:13.

Ask in faith

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways - James 1:6-8.

Ask God with right motives

You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures - James 4:2, 3.

Ask according to His will

Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us - 1 John 5:14.

Believe that you have received

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours - Mark 11:24.

Forgive others and pray

And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins - Mark 11:25.

Wives, submit to husband & Husbands, give honor to wife for prayers not to be hindered 

For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror. Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered - 1 Peter 3:5-7.

Delight yourself in the Lord

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart - Psalm 37:4.                                                                       

               I love the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live - Psalm 116:1,2.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for hearing our prayers. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

A Woman of Faith:Jochebed

      Walk by faith, not by sight - 2 Corinthians 5:7. 

            Jochebed was a godly mother who saved the life of her son Moses by faith. She was an Israelite and also a member of the tribe of Levi. The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam - Numbers 26:59. Moses was born during difficult times when Pharaoh commanded every son to be cast into the river. So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive" - Exodus 1:22. But Jochebed was not afraid of the king’s command as she trusted God.  We ought to obey God rather than men - Acts 5:29b. The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe - Proverbs 29:25.

                By faith, Jochebed hid Moses three months and then took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put him in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s command - Hebrews 11:23. And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi. So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months. But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank - Exodus 2:1-3. 

               Jochebed prepared Moses for the calling of God to lead Israelites out of Egyptian bondage. Her  example of faith turned Moses into a man of faith and he grew up knowing God. He became a great man of God and delivered Israelites from Egypt and fulfilled God's purpose. By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible - Hebrews 11:24-27.    

           Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen - Hebrews 11:1.                   

                                                            

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us walk by faith and not by sight. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.