2/3/23
Precious LORD, may we joyfully and continuously cast our every care upon You. Amen
Friend, may you be FILLED with hope today and share it with others!
Tag: Prison
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Well, HELLO There!
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Well, HELLO There!
2-2-23
Precious LORD, we love You. We exalt You. We worship and adore You. Amen
Friend, may you be FILLED with hope today, and share it with others!
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Well, HELLO There!
1/30/23
Precious LORD, may all my treasures and pleasures be found in You, my true delight. Amen
Friend, may you be FILLED with hope today and share it with others!
Amazing Grace, Anxiety, Battle, Believe, Belonging, Bible, Burdens, Calm, Certainty, Comfort, Confidence, Death, Depression, Difficulties, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, Father, Fear, Fight, Forgiven, Forgiveness, Gift, God, God’s Word, Grace, grief, healing, Heaven, Holding on, Holy Spirit, Hope, Humility, Kindness, Letting go, Life, Light, Love, Peace, Perseverance, Persistence, Praise, Prayer, Precious Life, Prison, Prisoner, Promises, Refuge, Renew, Renewal, Rest, Safety, Scriptures, Shepherd, Sing, Sovereign, Strength, Stress, Struggle, Trust, Unfailing Love, Victory, Worship
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Tragedy’s Song
Banging your foot on a solid piece of furniture in the living room and cracking a toenail may cause frustration and some wicked throbbing … BUT … it probably doesn’t qualify as … a tragedy.
A flat tire, a bad hair day, being snubbed by a once close friend … while not necessarily fun or intoxicating … none of the aforementioned circumstances should warrant a prolonged session of grief.
A tragic event involves more than just a passing inconvenience.
Hello friend and welcome to 5 Minutes of Hope.
Today’s topic is: Tragedy’s Song
Tragedy:
• a disastrous event
• calamity
• misfortune
If you are in the middle of one or have survived one, nobody needs to tell you what a tragedy is.
It is life-changing. It alters the course of your direction. It opens up a world you’ve never experienced before … unless you’ve experienced it before.
It may strike as quickly as a bolt of lightning and enter the scene as loudly as a thunder boom … leaving in its wake … destruction … devastation … disaster. Your world is turned upside down!
But listen to the poet’s take:
On the day she broke her wing
Her friends all thought
She’d no more sing
But tragedy is a funny thing
For now
She outsings them all
And if you ask her of her wing
She’ll tell you
“That’s a funny thing
It seems as though I am reaching notes
That until now
I could not sing”
Friend, God has the ability AND wherewithal to take the tragedy, heartbreak and what seems like the end … and … give us a NEW song.
But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Genesis 50:19,20
Even the plans of our enemy to destroy us will be turned by the hand of God and GOOD will be the outcome!
Joseph’s testings, trials, and brokenness were like the loaf in the hand of the Lord. When he broke it … MANY were fed!
Dear one, your pain has purpose. Your life, my life, and ALL of our circumstances and heartache, when placed in the hands of the Master, feeds the multitudes.
Is not Christ our example? His unfathomable suffering, pain, and BROKENNESS … bought and brought salvation from sin, hell, death, and the grave.
HE was broken … WE are blessed!
If we live in an ivory tower, untouched by tragedy and adversity, how would we EVER relate to the individual who is going through the depths of grief and sorrow?
In the midst of the vice grip and chokehold of our darkest day let’s declare, “Lord, my EVERYTHING I give to you. Have Your way and shine through me!”
Mighty God, we’re not gonna lie. This sorrow and grief is nearly unbearable. But … we place it ALL into Your hands. Through us, touch and bless others who are hopeless and hurting. In the matchless name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, we pray. Amen
Friend, may you be FILLED with hope today and share it with others.
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The Doctor’s Rx
I was feeling down
So I read the Doctor’s script
Yes, opening the Word
Page after page I flipped
Landing in the Psalms
With heart and spirit raised
From the rising to the setting sun
The name of the Lord is to be praised.
Psalm 113
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A Song in the Fight
Some of the biggest battles in the Bible were fought and won while singing unto the Lord.
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Blessed are His Prisoners
When John the Baptist
Was tossed in jail
His cousin Jesus
Did not post bail.
While he sufered alone
He found cause to wonder
If Christ was the One
Or should he look for another?
Then Christ sent word
“John, the lame can walk!”
“The blind now see!”
“And the dumb can talk!”
“Oh, and one more thing
And this will set you free …
Blessed is he
Who is not offended in Me!”
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A Blogger’s Confession
Help!
I’ve been writing forever (well, sometimes I exaggerate) and I can’t seem to get much response.
Just trying to share the hope we have in Jesus. Am I boring? Am I antiquated? Do my verses not rhyme?
Honestly, do I need more color?
Am I not loud enough?
I am so serious! I wanna tell the world about my Savior.
ANY and ALL comments and suggestions are welcome.
Enjoy your day!
yours truly Anxiety, Believe, Bible, Burdens, Calm, Certainty, Choice, Comfort, Confidence, Depression, Difficulties, Faith, Father, Fear, Fight, Forgiven, Forgiveness, Gift, God, God’s Word, Grace, grief, healing, Heaven, Holding on, Holy Spirit, Hope, Humility, Letting go, Life, Love, Mistakes, Peace, Perseverance, Persistence, Power, Praise, Prayer, Precious Baby Project, Precious Life, Prison, Prisoner, Promises, Refuge, Renew, Renewal, Rest, Rock, Safety, salvation, Scriptures, Shepherd, Sovereign, Strength, Stress, Struggle, Trouble, Trust, Victory, Voices, Whispers
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Freed to Serve
Freed from enslavement to serve the One who freed me from slavery.
He sets the captive free.
No longer am I a slave.
He set this captive free:
from death, hell, sin, and the grave!
No longer captive — captivated.
No longer fallen — fascinated.
No longer weary — rejuvenated.
No longer a prisoner — I’ve been set free.
Freed from enslavement to serve the One who freed me from slavery.
“O Lord, truly I am your servant … you have freed me from my chains.” Psalm 116:16
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Sent
by Angela Forker
If you are a Christian, then God has called you to go out and touch the world around you, just like Jesus did. The same Spirit that was on Jesus is also on you and me and He wants to use us to bring others to Him.
“How can I do that?” you might ask. To be honest, I don’t know what that would look like for you. Sometimes I don’t even know what it looks like for me! But when I go and pray and ask God how He might use me, He puts ideas in my heart and mind. He takes my gifts and my talents, and He shows me how I might use them to help others see Christ in me.
And that’s all He wants to do with you! God wants to use each one of us. Are you willing to allow Him to use you? Come to Him today and ask Him how He might use you and your gifts to touch lives around you.
I can’t wait to hear how God uses you!
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“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free.”
Luke 4:18 NIV
*** To learn more about Angela and her ministry visit her website at: http://www.preciousbabyphotography.com
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