Dream BIG!
Sweet Journey Girls,
I just want to first of all THANK YOU for your patience with me. Thank you for your encouragement and prayers! Thank you for coming alongside me and laying facedown at the feet of our wonderful Savior. This weekend, God has been renewing my strength. He continues to speak and I am listening intently to what He says. There is no other place that I would rather be than at His feet. I praise Him every day for each one of you! You bless my heart so much and I am so honored to serve Jesus through serving you! I love y'all from the bottom of my heart!
This morning was confirmation to my spirit, as I sat and listened to my Daddy preach from 2 Corinthians 4. I was reminded once again the scripture we shared together recently. "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed." (2 Corinthians 4:8-9) "For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all." (2 Corinthians 4:17). I love this passage and each of us should tuck it away in our hearts. Remember, we must keep an eternal perspective and not lose heart!
This afternoon, as I lay facedown, I begin reading the Psalms. I receive so much encouragement from this portion of scripture. Sometimes, we see the psalmist crying out to God in distress and this helps us give voice to our cries for help. Other times, we read of them praising God for His goodness and we too can relate. I love how God's Word is as true now as it was then!
I began to read Psalm 126. I am a dreamer. Every since I was a little girl, I have always loved fairytales and dreaming. I remember dreaming that I had a secret staircase in the corner of my bedroom that went up to a magnicficent castle. Needless to say, I had a big imagination. This, however, is not the kind of dreaming I am talking about. I love to dream about the endless possibilities that GOD can do when we fully surrender our lives to Him. Complete submission to our Savior! It fills my soul with joy!
The psalmist is decribing a time when it felt as though they were dreaming. The wonder and joy of what God had done was so marvelous, they could hardly believe it! Their mouths were filled with laughter and shouts of joy! (vs. 2) "The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy." (vs. 3) God has done great things for us, Journey Girls and we are filled with joy! I praise Him for His grace, mercy and love that He has lavished on us! We serve a wonderful God!
Even when we go through valleys, we can look back and remember how far He has brought us. We can remember all the God things He has done. No one can ever take those from us. They are precious memories from our Savior and O how we can cherish them. However, the psalmist does not stop here. In verse 4, we read, "Restore our fortunes, O LORD, like streams in the Negev." I love how The Message version of that verse reads. "And now, GOD, do it again- bring rains to our drought stricken lives."
We have journeyed this far together and had some wonderful times of remembrance. We have laughed, cried and lay alongside each other with our faces to the LORD. Now, let's pray for God to DO IT AGAIN!! Pray for Him to rain down showers of blessing. Ezekial 34:26 says, "I will bless them and the places surrounding my hill. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing." Pray for God to use you to be a blessing to someone else this week. Share your testimony of how God has blessed your life. God blesses us on the mountaintops and He blesses us in the valleys. We just have to keep our eyes focused on Him.
The last couple of verses of Psalm 126 says, "Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him." Beloved, hold to the promise that when you cling to Jesus; what you sow in tears, you will reap with songs of joy!! He will bestow on you a crown of beauty instead of ashes, oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. (Isaiah 61:3)
God still works miracles and He continues to give us times that seem almost too good to be true. It feels as though we are dreaming! There is a joy unspeakable that we just cannot contain. God desires to do something glorious in your life! I love what Habakkuk 3:2-3 says. "LORD, I have heard of Your fame; I stand in awe of Your deeds, O LORD. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy." The same God who performed blessings and miracles then, is the same God who performs blessings and miracles today. We must believe God! John 14:12-13 says, "I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it."
Ask God to do greater things through you for His glory! Ask Him to rain down upon your life. Pray for opportunities to bless others and shower them with the love of Jesus. Renew them in our day, O LORD! Do it again!! I cannot wait to hear how He works in and through you. I love you girls and I am praying for our Daddy to do something glorious in your life!
Still Dreaming,
Elisabeth
I just want to first of all THANK YOU for your patience with me. Thank you for your encouragement and prayers! Thank you for coming alongside me and laying facedown at the feet of our wonderful Savior. This weekend, God has been renewing my strength. He continues to speak and I am listening intently to what He says. There is no other place that I would rather be than at His feet. I praise Him every day for each one of you! You bless my heart so much and I am so honored to serve Jesus through serving you! I love y'all from the bottom of my heart!
This morning was confirmation to my spirit, as I sat and listened to my Daddy preach from 2 Corinthians 4. I was reminded once again the scripture we shared together recently. "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed." (2 Corinthians 4:8-9) "For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all." (2 Corinthians 4:17). I love this passage and each of us should tuck it away in our hearts. Remember, we must keep an eternal perspective and not lose heart!
This afternoon, as I lay facedown, I begin reading the Psalms. I receive so much encouragement from this portion of scripture. Sometimes, we see the psalmist crying out to God in distress and this helps us give voice to our cries for help. Other times, we read of them praising God for His goodness and we too can relate. I love how God's Word is as true now as it was then!
I began to read Psalm 126. I am a dreamer. Every since I was a little girl, I have always loved fairytales and dreaming. I remember dreaming that I had a secret staircase in the corner of my bedroom that went up to a magnicficent castle. Needless to say, I had a big imagination. This, however, is not the kind of dreaming I am talking about. I love to dream about the endless possibilities that GOD can do when we fully surrender our lives to Him. Complete submission to our Savior! It fills my soul with joy!
The psalmist is decribing a time when it felt as though they were dreaming. The wonder and joy of what God had done was so marvelous, they could hardly believe it! Their mouths were filled with laughter and shouts of joy! (vs. 2) "The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy." (vs. 3) God has done great things for us, Journey Girls and we are filled with joy! I praise Him for His grace, mercy and love that He has lavished on us! We serve a wonderful God!
Even when we go through valleys, we can look back and remember how far He has brought us. We can remember all the God things He has done. No one can ever take those from us. They are precious memories from our Savior and O how we can cherish them. However, the psalmist does not stop here. In verse 4, we read, "Restore our fortunes, O LORD, like streams in the Negev." I love how The Message version of that verse reads. "And now, GOD, do it again- bring rains to our drought stricken lives."
We have journeyed this far together and had some wonderful times of remembrance. We have laughed, cried and lay alongside each other with our faces to the LORD. Now, let's pray for God to DO IT AGAIN!! Pray for Him to rain down showers of blessing. Ezekial 34:26 says, "I will bless them and the places surrounding my hill. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing." Pray for God to use you to be a blessing to someone else this week. Share your testimony of how God has blessed your life. God blesses us on the mountaintops and He blesses us in the valleys. We just have to keep our eyes focused on Him.
The last couple of verses of Psalm 126 says, "Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him." Beloved, hold to the promise that when you cling to Jesus; what you sow in tears, you will reap with songs of joy!! He will bestow on you a crown of beauty instead of ashes, oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. (Isaiah 61:3)
God still works miracles and He continues to give us times that seem almost too good to be true. It feels as though we are dreaming! There is a joy unspeakable that we just cannot contain. God desires to do something glorious in your life! I love what Habakkuk 3:2-3 says. "LORD, I have heard of Your fame; I stand in awe of Your deeds, O LORD. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy." The same God who performed blessings and miracles then, is the same God who performs blessings and miracles today. We must believe God! John 14:12-13 says, "I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it."
Ask God to do greater things through you for His glory! Ask Him to rain down upon your life. Pray for opportunities to bless others and shower them with the love of Jesus. Renew them in our day, O LORD! Do it again!! I cannot wait to hear how He works in and through you. I love you girls and I am praying for our Daddy to do something glorious in your life!
Still Dreaming,
Elisabeth
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