Jesus Calling, with Scripture References: Enjoying Peace in His Presence (A 365-Day Devotional) (Jesus Calling®)

by Sarah Young

I did not design the human mind to figure out the future. That is beyond your capability. I crafted your mind for continual communication with Me.

Bring Me all your needs, your hopes and fears. Commit everything into My care. Turn from the path of planning to the path of Peace.

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety...

Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.

SEEK TO PLEASE ME above all else.

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

“The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.

When you shut out the world and focus on My Presence, you can enjoy sitting with Me in heavenly realms.

Stay in continual communication with Me whenever you walk through the wastelands of this world. Refuse to worry, because this form of worldliness will weigh you down and block awareness of My Presence.

seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus. —

look to Me lightheartedly and say, “Oh, well.

return your focus to Me, you will walk through your days with lighter steps and a joyful heart.

all your troubles are light and momentary compared with the eternal glory being achieved by them.

A man’s steps are directed by the LORD. How then can anyone understand his own way? —

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

TRUST ME AND REFUSE TO WORRY, for I am your Strength and Song

come home to the present, where you will find Me waiting for you.

I can give you Joy

As you walk in the Light with Me, you have one foot on earth and one foot in heaven.

The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

When I unburden you, you are undeniably free!

Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.

if we walk in the light, as he is in the light,

LIVE FIRST AND FOREMOST in My Presence.

give love and encouragement to them. My Peace will permeate your words and demeanor.

You will be active in the world, yet one step removed from it. You will not be easily shaken because My enveloping Presence buffers the blow of problems.

Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD. They rejoice in your name all day long; they exult in your righteousness.

Grace and peace be yours in abundance

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POUR ALL OF YOUR ENERGY into trusting Me.

sheer concentration,

utter commitment

each of My children would seek to please Me above all else,

Focus your attention on the path just ahead of you and on the One who never leaves your side.

The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. —

do not look inward and lament the lack you find there. Look to Me and My sufficiency; rejoice in My radiant riches that are abundantly available to help you.

Thank Me for your neediness, which is building trust-bonds between us. If you look back on your journey thus far, you can see that days of extreme weakness have been some of your most precious times.

The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, “Destroy him!” —DEUTERONOMY 33:27

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. —PSALM 27:13–14

an act of faith: believing that I love you with boundless, everlasting Love. The

training your mind to trust Me, coming close to Me with confidence.

Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence.

submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Because I am infinite, I am able to love you as if you and I were the only ones in the universe.

do not lose sight of My Majesty. I desire to be your closest Friend, yet I am also your sovereign Lord.

I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. —

I AM PERPETUALLY WITH YOU, taking care of you. That

I am not limited by time or space;

Your future is in My hands; I release it to you day by day, moment by moment.