FIT OF THE PRICKLIES!

2 Corinthians 12:9 NKJV And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” …

Do you ever have days where you feel all prickly? You’re not even sure why, but it may have been something someone said or did, or what you heard on the news. It may be you just woke up on the wrong side of the bed and the enemy gave you a thought which you should have thrown out immediately but instead you let it grow. We’ve probably all been there and done that!😊

So what do we do with the pricklies when they come? There’s only one thing we can do and it’s to take them to the Holy Spirit and ask Him for His help to pull them out or let them go.

God has grace for each day, for each prickle and He tells us His grace is sufficient, more than enough. One meaning of sufficient is that it ‘lifts off’ whatever is bugging us. But we have to go to the throne of grace to receive it by faith. It’s no good harbouring the prickles or excusing them. We have to want His grace and humble ourselves to ask for it.😊

God says He is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34), that He will treat us all the same. So if He helps and forgives one, then He will do it for us all. His grace is free and for all who will receive it, but we have to receive it!

Can I encourage us all, next time we have a fit of the pricklies, let’s just find a quiet spot and talk to the Lord about it and ask for His amazing grace to let go of whatever has upset or disturbed our peace. Allow His peace that passes understanding to flow into all the prickly corners as His love and kindness and care of us wash them all away.😊

It helps to remember that Jesus Himself is interceding for us before His Father around the clock and the Holy Spirit is our Helper and Advocate as well. We’re not on our own, His grace is available to us all and it’s more than enough. Praise God. In Jesus name Amen.

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GOD IS NEVER TOO BUSY

Psalm 120:1 NLT I took my troubles to the Lord; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.

How often have we tried to ring someone and there was no answer, or all we could hear was the engaged tone? They were busy! Well I have good news today, because God’s phone line is never engaged, never too busy. As the Psalmist says, “He is always listening to our every cry.”

Scripture says to call to Him and He will hear, that when we seek Him with all our heart we will find Him, that when we humble ourselves and submit to Him He will exalt us in due course. It even says He will answer before we’ve ever asked!

We all know no one likes it when their child comes with a whining, moaning attitude and God is the same. We can all come to Him through Jesus and He doesn’t mind how big our prayer requests are as long as we ask with grateful thanks for all He’s done for us already. We have so much to praise and thank God for every single day.😊

So no matter what’s happening in our lives, let’s be so grateful that God is never too busy for us, that He is constantly watching over us and that He is standing beside us, keeping us from all harm. Psalm 121:8 NLT The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever. 

So we can bring all our cares, all our requests to Him today because Jesus made it possible for us to do it, but we can also come with faith to believe He is saving us out of all our troubles, that He is listening and He will fulfil His word to us no matter what it looks like! 

He has promised to lead, guide, provide, heal, restore, and save us to the uttermost. Now our part is to trust Him and receive it all by faith. Glory to God. I hope that helps you sing today.😊 Amen.

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