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“I’m Still Yours” – Kutless (with lyrics)

by Donny on Feb.28, 2010, under Uncategorized, devotionals, devotions, music, prayers, videos

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If You washed away my vanity
If You took away my words
If all my world was swept away
Would You be enough for me?
Would my beating heart still sing?

If I lost it all
Would my hands stay lifted
To the God who gives and takes away

If You take it all
This life You’ve given
Still my heart will sing to You

When my life is not what I expected
The plans I made have failed
When there’s nothing left to steal me away
Will You be enough for me?
Will my broken heart still sing?

If I lost it all
Would my hands stay lifted
To the God who gives
And takes away

If You take it all
This life You’ve given
Still my heart
Will sing to You

Even if You take it all away
You’ll never let me go
Take it all away
But I still know

That I’m Yours
I’m still Yours

Oh, I’m Yours
I’m still Yours
I’m still Yours

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“Warm gratitude melts discontent!” – Evelyn Bence (Daily Guideposts)

by Donny on Feb.13, 2010, under Uncategorized, devotionals, devotions, music, prayers, videos

Lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.

Solomon 2:11

I spent most of this wintry day shivering in discontent. The mailman delivered nothing more personal than advertisements. My neighbor never knocked on the door. Under my breath I repeated a complaint I used to hear from my mother: “The phone hasn’t rung all day.” Her grievance referred to something bigger than the black box wired to the wall. She felt forgotten.

This evening, however, I discovered a long letter I’d tucked away in my journal. It was from Lois, a friend who had left town fifteen years ago. She’d come back to visit once or twice and sent me smiley wedding pictures, but then we’d lost touch. After several years of silence—on her end and mine—this past Christmas I’d sent her a card and letter. Tonight I reread her newsy January response to my holiday greeting, all the way to her closing: “Thanks for not forgetting me.”

As I focused on that line, her warm gratitude melted my discontent. Energized, I made plans to connect with people who might have reason to feel they’ve been forgotten. Tomorrow morning I’ll mail a note to the unacclaimed author of a book I’m enjoying, I’ll e-mail a missionary friend in Europe, I’ll call a local widow just to say hello.

Lord, when I start feeling sorry for myself, turn my attention outward, to others.

(by Evelyn Bence from Daily Guideposts and OurPrayer.org)

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“Don’t let suffering turn you away from God!” – Revelation 2

by Donny on Jan.10, 2010, under devotionals, devotions, prayers, videos

Revelation 2:9-11 (NCV)

⁹ I know your troubles and that you are poor, but really you are rich! I know the bad things some people say about you. They say they are Jews, but they are not true Jews. They are a synagogue that belongs to Satan. ¹⁰ Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer for ten days. But be faithful, even if you have to die, and I will give you the crown of life. 11 Everyone who has ears should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. Those who win the victory will not be hurt by the second death.

Everyone would like to feel good and live comfortably, but pain is part of life — and it is not easy to suffer, no matter what the cause. Jesus commended the church at Smyrna for their faith in the midst of suffering. He then encouraged them that they need not fear the future if they remained faithful.

If you are experiencing difficult times, don’t let them turn you away from God. Instead, let them draw you toward greater faithfulness. Trust Him and remember your heavenly reward (Revelation 22:12-14). God is especially near to those who suffer for Him.”Ten days” means that although suffering may be intense, it will be relatively short. It has a definite beginning and end, and God remains in complete control.

The message to the church at Smyrna is to remain faithful throughout their suffering because God is in control and His promises are reliable. Jesus never says that by being faithful to Him we will avoid troubles, suffering, and persecution. Rather, we must be faithful to Him in our sufferings. Only then will our faith prove itself genuine. We remain faithful by keeping our eyes on Christ and on what He promises for us now and in the future (Philippians 3:13-14; 2 Timothy 4:8).

(from the Life Application Bible)

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“Where’s Your Hope?” – Homily Grits

by Donny on Oct.22, 2009, under Uncategorized, devotionals, devotions, music, prayers, videos

“But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His unfailing love.”

Psalm 33:18

“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

Isaiah 40:30-32

There seems to be a lot of wishing going on without much hoping. We wish or desire for what we perceive are good things for ourselves and others but somehow seem to become very doubtful about our wishes coming true. We can not only hope but, like Job, know that “our redeemer lives and that He will again stand upon the earth.” (Job 19:25 NIV)

“I wish I could lose ten pounds.” “I wish I could get a new car,” “I wish I would win the lottery,” are just a few of the desires expressed that are common to many people.

There is often a large gap between our wish and our hope with regard to salvation. When asked about being sure of going to heaven, even many professing believers become hesitant and unsure. “I think I am,” “I hope that I am,” and often “how can anyone be sure of this.” We must understand the facts: “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” (1 John 5:12-14)

It is so good to know that our hope is a living hope based on the incredible power of God, where it becomes not only a desire but an expectation and confirmed fact of faith.

When our hope is confirmed by faith and trust in the incredible promises of God, we are no longer tossed about by conflict and doubt, but stand strong in the security of God’s love and the blessed assurance of the hope we have in Him.