daily prayer

  Great morning! How are we faithing? Some really big questions have been posed and not being a scholar I need to speak from the perspective of the Word of God and my own life. I do don't know why things happen the way they do. Some are social economic, some are physiological, some are spiritual and some are due to all the above slathered with ours and others mistakes. How do we deal when our world comes crashing down? I know in my own life that when all went haywire I had to swallow my pride. I had to ask for help, admit I was incapable at this point to advance any further without assistance and I had to face my God head on and ask some questions with the attitude of really listening and applying what I found. Lots of time can pass doing things a certain way and it may succeed for that time but a point comes when the truth gets revealed and we have to look into the darkness and pick a path. Unfortunately some pick escape paths that do lead to ruin of the entire being. The easy way out, i.e. drugs, compromises to our beliefs just to ease the pain. When we really get a hold of the fact that God loves us enough to sacrifice his son for us we begin a journey to a peace inside that even when we are hungry we still are content. I do not want to diminish your pain at all but I want you to know that what you are going through is not unusual or new. What you are experiencing is age old and some of it is the evil one holding you down because the things that hold you down works. We have to step unto the platform of Jesus and start believing he loves us and will sustain us when we are at our lowest. I know, you're living on the street and you've lost everything material in your life but you are still here therefore God says he has a plan for everyone and it just might be you have run so long that now because of events in your life, he has your attention. I do not believe he caused your current situation but he also allows us to make choices that got us where we are. Don't blame anything or anybody, take the steps you need to climb out of the hole you're in. Don't be afraid and if you are, pray your soul is saved. Pray Jesus forgive everything and open your eyes to the wisdom that is already right in front of you but you are missing because of fleshly wants and needs. Change your perspective; you have no ties anymore, you have no more fleshly trappings, you are free for the first time in a long time and you only have one way to go...up...and Jesus is that up...miss that and all this will repeat...

Job 5:6-7

"For affliction does not come from the dust,
Neither does trouble sprout from the ground,
For man is born for trouble,
As sparks fly upward.
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Job 4:8
   "According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity
And those who sow trouble harvest it.
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John 16:33
  "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world."
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James 1:12-16
  Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. 15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.
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Heavenly Father,
  Lord, we are hurting. We have problems that look so overwhelming. Lord we ask for peace and understanding. We ask for the wisdom to make the right choices even if it means more pain. Lord we don't understand why things happen the way they do or to what end they serve but open the eyes of our heart so we can see your truth. Lord we rebuke the enemy and his henchmen. Protect us. Send a protecting angel to guard us. Lord we want to do what is proper and honorable but our flesh gets in the way. Help us be comforted in the middle of woes. Help us realize your love that sustains us unto death. Lord we love and honor you and seek your wisdom, bless those mentioned in a way that shows your grace and love and mighty power. Reveal yourself so you cannot be denied, in Jesus name, amen