Great morning! How are we faithing? It is tough to deal with distress and anguish. I have many friends that are dealing with these issues today and you know what? There is nothing I can say that helps but my Savior does. The Word is indeed a comfort while the healing process goes on. Some of the things being dealt with I do not understand because I have not gone through them but my Savior has. Some of the events that have happened to these people blows me away and makes my head shake but my Savior gets it. Any emotion that we feel or meet has been met and defeated by our Savior. Our savior rose from the dead. Our Savior sits at the right hand of God. Our savior is our defense and paid, endured and rose above on our behalf. Does it get any better than that? All this junk we face in the flesh has already been defeated by Jesus so we just have to pass through all the anguish, all the hurt, all the sleepless nights because of the vessel we occupy. The victory over whatever you are facing has already been won we just need to recognize it and in time, we do when we look to the only source that is totally above all this. I want to encourage you today to place your trust in Messiah because for over 2000 years he has been here for us. Think about that...

1 Timothy 3:16
 And by common confession great is the mystery of godliness:
He who was revealed in the flesh,
Was vindicated in the Spirit,
Beheld by angels,
Proclaimed among the nations,
Believed on in the world,
Taken up in glory.
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1 Corinthians 10:13
 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, that you may be able to endure it.
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Ephesians 3:14-19
 For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father,  from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,  that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man;  so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,  may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,  and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
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Remember your friends and neighbors today..lift them up with holy hands to our Father...
 
Heavenly Father,
   We praise and worship you. We acknowledge your majesty . We recognize you are supreme over everything. We beseech you on behalf of our friends and families, touch them in your grace and let them know of your presence today. Let them see you in everything. Help us form your words in our mouth. Let us bless and not curse. Let us love and not hate. Let us be children of yours and not children of perdition. Thank you Jesus for your love, in your name we pray, amen