GOD IS PRESENT WITH US

Psalm 91:15 NLT When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them.

I read these words the other day, “God is always present and ready to help.” How reassuring that is! It makes no difference what is happening whether it’s health issues, financial challenges, family upsets, whatever it may be, God is always with us.

The enemy comes and tempts us to think God is not willing to help us because we may have brought the problem on ourselves, either through disobedience or some silly mistake. Other times we may feel we don’t deserve His help because we think we haven’t been praying enough, or maybe we’re just too proud or stubborn to ask for help!😊 One lady I knew said she didn’t like to bother God because He had more important things to deal with. She had been told a lie and believed it!

Thankfully, Jesus’ invitation is always to come to Him, to know the throne of grace is always open to us and it’s often when we feel we don’t deserve His help that it’s the very time we need to go to Him the most! When sin has crept in He has mercy for us. When we need His grace and favour to deal with upcoming situations we can ask for it because it’s available on the shelf, waiting to be taken away!

So we can rejoice today because God is not only present in our joys and celebrations, but most importantly God is always a very present help in times of trouble. He wants us to know that He’s present with us before the trouble even comes, all through the trouble and after the trouble is resolved! God is just present with us all the time! 😊

We can praise and thank Him for that because it means He loves us and cares about our lives and He’s more than able to sort things out for us, if we’ll just turn to Him and ask Him.😊 In Jesus name. Amen.

Psalm 46:1 NIV God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

OPEN THE DOOR!

Revelation 3:20 NIV Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

I was really struck by a prophetic word I heard last week about the Lord standing knocking at the door of our hearts, asking us to open the door and let Him in. So often we think of that as the moment of conversion when we invite Jesus to come in and be Lord of our lives but it’s an ongoing knocking.😊

I wonder if you have had a sense of the Lord knocking on the door of your heart lately? Those times when we’ve maybe felt a bit distant, or even grumbling or fearful about something? Perhaps we’ve not felt like praying or reading our bible? I expect we’ve all experience those dry times at some point, or maybe you’ve been cross or sad about something and not even wanted to talk to God about it!

The Lord knows where we’re at, how we feel each day and why. He is standing knocking on the door of all our hearts, every time we open our eyes, waiting to see if we’ll invite Him into our day, into our leisure time, our work environment, and into our home life. 

God is a loving Father who cares about us and wants the best for us. He wants to be involved in everything we do, to have fellowship with us in the ups and downs of life. If your heart is feeling a bit distant or hard or you feel like hiding behind the door, God is saying today would be a good time to allow Him to come in and soften your heart, to restore, heal and comfort you, or whatever you need.😊

We all know the handle of the door is on the inside and only we can open it, so let’s choose to open the door again to the One who loves us and was willing to die on a Cross for us. When we do, we’re choosing hope, choosing peace, joy and protection. We’re choosing to allow the One who made us to give us the best way to go about our day. 

Let’s open the door and invite Him in, and enjoy fellowship with Him once again today.😊 Amen.

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