Devotional Thursday.....

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in GOD, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my GOD.

                                      Psalm 42:5-6 NIV

Corrie ten Boom and her family were part of an underground movement to protect the Jews in Holland during the Nazi occupation. For this, the ten Boom family was arrested in 1943. As they were taken from their home, Corrie managed to place a small Bible in a cloth bag and tie it around her neck. “As we stumbled up a hill I felt the little Bible bumping on my back,” she said. “As long as I had that, we could face hell itself.” Corrie and Betsie , her sister, were soon to face hell in Ravensbruck concentration camp.

As guards searched the women, Corrie asked GOD to shield the Bible.  “The woman ahead of me was searched,” she said. “Behind me Betsie was searched. They did not even look at me.

In barracks 28, the words of that Bible were shared with other women until their building became known as “the crazy place, where they have hope.”

Is your hope running low? Pick up a Bible. Read it. GOD wrote the scriptures with you in mind. As you meditate on His Word, you will soon find what you are looking for—unshakable hope in God for the future.

Todays devotion was taken from the book below. My hope is all will turn to GOD, in good not just in bad. Praise the LORD for all that I have a wonderful husband who takes care of me as the LORD takes care of me.  Have a wonderful Thursday……

Praise the LORD for today…

Stacy

Devotional Thursday.......

The flood waters recede.
INSIGHT
Because the physical world reflects spiritual truth, the resurrection is pictured throughout nature. Man falls asleep at night but awakens in the morning. The earth "dies" each fall, sleeps throughout the winter, but awakens in the spring.
The earth died with the Great Flood, but Noah and his family emerged from the ark to enter a resurrected earth. Death is a fact of nature, but God abundantly pictures to us His promise: He will give us new life after death (John 3:16).
Noah's response and ours? Worship.
PRAYER
· Lift up your heart to heaven as you praise the God who rules the earth.

The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood,
And the Lord sits as King forever.
The Lord will give strength to His people;
The Lord will bless His people with peace (Psalm 29:10-11).

· Now pray this confession to the Lord to keep your life in fellowship with Him:

Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercies
and Your lovingkindnesses,
For they are from of old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions;
According to Your mercy remember me,
For Your goodness' sake, O Lord
(based on Psalm 25:6-7).

· Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind. As you agree with God's will, voice your affirmation of His Word:

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time (1 Peter 1:3-5).

· As you make your requests known to the Lord, pray for:
· a greater sense of the majesty of God in the world,
· an opportunity to share your faith today,
· today's activities.

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With Love,
Stacy

I was so blessed over the Christmas break.  I got to spend time with my two oldest children and my granddaughter.  GOD is good.

So now the holidays are over I must find a reading plan of GOD's word and I need a really good devotional. Any suggestions are welcome.


With Love
Stacy