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January 7, 2020
Don’t Give Up on Them!
Sometimes we want to give up on people because of all the pain, heartache, stress, work, challenge, etc. involved in being in their lives, and we want nothing more than to break free, to walk away, even to run away to find a place of peace, of hope, of comfort, of well-being, of joy, of freedom, of rest, of healing after what we have been through.
Friend, we SHOULD NOT walk away UNLESS we have sought the Lord, prayed to Him, heard from Him, read the Bible for help and encouragement, sought...
Don’t Go Back
“The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way.” Psalm 37:23
“Maybe I should go back there,” I thought to myself concerning somewhere the Lord had emphatically called me to leave behind.
Sometimes our flesh wants to go back to the familiar, the comfortable, the easy, the simple, to what brings us pleasure, for whatever reason, good or bad, to whatever place or person, good or bad, simply because. Because our flesh has a mind of its own. But then there is the...
January 6, 2020
Sorry Ain’t Enough
“Awake to righteousness, and do not sin;” 1 Cor. 15:34
“A simple sorry is not what I desire,” the Lord spoke to my heart. “I want you to eradicate it from your life.”Wouldn’t it be something if all we needed to do is run to the Lord when we do something wrong, ask for and receive His forgiveness, and run right back into the sin we fell into? Oh, but that’s not the way it works!
Just like the Lord reminded me that day, we need to TURN AWAY FROM THE SIN. We need to LEAVE THE SIN BEHIND. We...
Surely This is Your Will God, Right?
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” Isaiah 5:20
“Don’t try to convince yourself what isn’t my will is my will,” the Holy Spirit who lives inside Jesus’ followers said right as I was in the midst of my usual daydreaming.
Oh, how experienced I am in convincing myself something that isn’t the will of the Lord is in fact the will of the Lord. Then off I go enjoying what really...
I Like This But….
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:10 I was thinking about something I liked when I remembered this is not the way to make decisions as a believer in Christ as Lord. Just because I like something doesn’t mean it’s the Lord’s will. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it isn’t. I may like something, but this doesn’t mean I should do it or have it or go there or buy it or work for it or anything at all. I have learned to seek the Lord and to trust He will...
Good News Daily – January 6
January 3, 2020
I Won’t Go There!
“I won’t go there,” I told the Lord one day as I daydreamed once again about somewhere I thought would be a wonderful location in my travels on the road for Jesus around the United States for my ministry work. “Unless that’s where you want me to go,” I essentially said.
Unbelievable change! For years, I called Jesus Christ Lord but lived for me. My life was about what I wanted, where I wanted to be, with whom I wanted to be, what I wanted to be doing, how I wanted to live, etc. The Lord has...
I Can’t Do This!
I CAN’T DO THIS!
“I can do all thingsthroughChrist who strengthens me.” Phil. 4:13
“I will give you all you need to do all I give you to do,” the Lord told me.
Why? He hasgiven me so much to do in that season of my ministry work for Him, and I knew it was impossible – without Him. Without His strength, without His help, His wisdom, His love, His grace, His mercy, His direction, His provision.Long ago, a loved one told me, “the Lord equips us to do what He calls us to do.”
If there is...
Good News Daily – January 3
TODAY’S LITTLE LETTER FROM LARA
Dear friend,
JESUS’ PLANS FOR YOUR LIFE!
A dear friend of mine shared with me one week how opposed she was to leaving the location where she had lived for years to move even 45 minutes away, but within two weeks she was open to the Lord moving her hundreds of miles away and even excited about the prospect.
It reminded me of how close-minded I was for years to the Lord’s will for my life, and how much He has changed me. Now I realize my life belongs...
January 2, 2020
Jesus’ Plans for Your Life
Dear friend,
JESUS’ PLANS FOR YOUR LIFE!
A dear friend of mine shared with me one week how opposed she was to leaving the location where she had lived for years to move even 45 minutes away, but within two weeks she was open to the Lord moving her hundreds of miles away and even excited about the prospect.
It reminded me of how close-minded I was for years to the Lord’s will for my life, and how much He has changed me. Now I realize my life belongs to Him, that I need to seek, hear, and obey...
