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Entering the Battleground with God’s Strength

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When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”

“But sir,” Gideon replied, “if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us?  Where are his wonders that our fathers told us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and put us into the hand of Midian.”

The Lord turned to him and said, “GO in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand.  Am I not sending you?”

‘But Lord,” Gideon asked, “how can I save Israel?  My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.”

The Lord answered, “I will be with you…” (Judges 6:12-16)

One side note before I begin this devotional.  My husband let me know that the subscription email for the devotional has not been working until today, so I am very sorry if you have not been receiving the devotional in your email box.  Please place your email in the subscription box one more time and I will add you to the email list.  I pray God continues to guide you with the wisdom in His Word.

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A Real Shot of Espresso

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How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! (1 John 3:1)

Who needs espresso when you have the love of God pouring into your life every day?  Every day I have my 2 cups of coffee in the morning.  I know some people can’t bare to go anywhere until they have had their coffee.  Some people need their energy drink. Last night I was reminded that True energy doesn’t come in a can, it can’t be bottled, or brewed in a pot.  True energy comes from God.  He is the One who wakes us up every morning with fresh air to breathe, a reason to live, and hope to survive on. Read more

Crazy in Love

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In just 11 days, I will be celebrating my 1 year Anniversary with my husband.  It’s made me reflect on the number one a lot this week.  So I’m thinking I will do some of that reflecting on here.

First of all, I’m crazy in LOVE with God.  He is still Number One in my life.  If there was anything I ever feared about a marriage it was where my relationship with God would go.  Thankfully, my husband has been so supportive and so encouraging about who I am in the Lord and where my relationship is at with God.  He is constantly spurring me forward.  I’m so blessed.

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Delightful Wisdom ~ Psalm 119 Part 4

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You rebuke the proud and arrogant, the accursed ones, who err and wander from Your commandments.  Take away from me reproach and contempt, for I keep Your testimonies.  Princes also sat and talked against me, but Your servant meditated on Your statutes.  Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. (Psalm 119:21-24, AMP)

Getting back to the heart of Psalm 119.  The test yesterday was ugly from a human perspective, but as I watched God turn things around all I could do was smile.  God was winning!  He always wins!  He is VICTORIOUS!  Whenever you doubt this and think someone or something is going to get the best of you, go to the Word of God and find the many times that God has been faithful to those who walk righteously before Him.  He does not leave us defenseless.  He always comes through for us!  Even in this part of Psalm 119, I can see that God’s timing is perfect.

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God is Greater

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…Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world. ~1 John 4:4 (KJV)

I’m taking just a small break from the Psalm 119 series to share with you something that happened to me today.  When I got online to prepare my devotional for the day, I was greeted with an email that shared with me…my facebook account had been hacked into.  For those of you who don’t know what facebook is, just imagine you have a journal open to all your friends with pictures, comments, journal entries, etc.  Well, on this particular day, my facebook page had been hijacked.  My identity in cyber space had been stolen.  Someone was acting as if they were me and sending out very disgraceful messages and pictures on my behalf.  It was a huge spiritual attack.  The pictures were hideous and the words written were enough to make you cringe.  I tried desperately to get into my account, but my password had been changed, as well as my email and picture for my profile.  It was a mess!

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