Sandy’s quite time is enriched by several devotionals. The postings here are her thoughts and prayers, a “putting it all together’ part of her day. May it bless you too.
Share God With Us. QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: The Bible gives strength, believe it. MY NOTES: “Trials are God’s gym. They make you stronger.” Greg Laurie “Make it your business to know your Bible.” Ryan Robbins “The words I have spoken to you … they are full of the Spirit and life.” John 6:63 “The testing …
Share God With Us. QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: God is with us in birth, in life, and in death… we are not alone. MY NOTES: “Do not fear, …When you pass through the waters, I will be with you.” (Perhaps this is birth.) “And when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.” …
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Share God With Us. QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: Fighting for your faith in the darkness may be your fiercest battle. MY NOTES: “Fight the good fight of the faith.” “…guard what has been entrusted to your care.” 1 Tim. 6:12 & 20 “Often our fiercest battle is a battle of keeping our Faith …” A note …
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Share God With Us. QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: Our only hope is unearned, unmerited grace. MY NOTES: “We can overcome earth’s hardships because we have Heaven’s Hope.” P. Briscoe paraphrase “Justice is getting what we deserve. Mercy is not getting what we deserve. Grace is getting what we don’t deserve.” “Grace is unmerited.” Greg Laurie “Salvation …
Share God With Us. QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: Follow God’s plan, not my pride. MY NOTES: “War is the product of pride plus our need for protection and the defense of our purpose.” (But God has already given us His protection and our purpose… so perhaps war stems from pride alone.) The Dispatch- David French paraphrased …
Share God With Us. QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: God has assigned a beautiful vision for my life…I have to believe it. MY NOTES: “Our eternal welfare is altered by the ‘business’ of living, especially if we ignore God’s vision for our life.” “Reflect on why God made you, then do it.” O. Chambers “There is a …
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Share God With Us. QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: Being faithful through humiliation brings ultimate happiness. MY NOTES: “Faithfulness in small things matters. May we hear the ‘Well done!’” TWFYT “Once I grasp that God always and ultimately wins – evil is defeated.” “Humiliating days are an opportunity to carry God’s banner.” A. J. Russel, Eventide “Well …
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Share God With Us. QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: We all need help, we all need to pray. MY NOTES: “‘Self-sufficiency is spiritual suicide.” Dr. J. Dennison “When you pray, you are not taking into thin air, you talking to the Living God.” One For Israel “The Holy Spirit living in you has far more power than …
Share God With Us. QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: Perhaps this is how we can pray for peace. MY NOTES: May we pray Moses’s blessing over the families in the ‘fog of war’ today: “The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn …
Share God With Us. QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: God’s pruning makes us stronger so we can withstand Satan’s evil. MY NOTES: “Don’t settle for a few fruits, when God had planned a harvest.” H. Nouwen “… Every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, to make it even more fruitful.” John 15:2 Jesus replied, “What is …
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Share God With Us. QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: When we sing Praises, God shows up. (Please, Sing a prayer for the Ukrainian people – there is Power in Praise!) MY NOTES: “Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army…For the battle is not yours but God’s.” ….. “Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing…they went …
Share God With Us. QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: Our life is a magnificent flash. MY NOTES: Late last night my sick dog needed to go out… As I looked at the midnight sky, God gave me the gift of seeing a fleeting shooting star! It was magnificent! “God’s arrow will flash like lightning.” Gates of Repentance …
Share God With Us. QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: Only a heart empty of bitterness can be filled with forgiveness. MY NOTES: “May the God of Hope fill you…by the power of the Spirit.” Rom. 15:13 “If you forgive … your … Father will forgive you.” Mat. 5:14 “It’s incompressible that we can be filled with His …
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Share God With Us. QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: Do I love Him enough to let go of what’s holding me down? MY NOTES: “We can only go deep by cutting our tie to the shore…God is the sculptor of the depths-so He knows where he takes us.” Streams in the Desert “Put out into the deep …
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Share God With Us. QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: Submission to God in prayer is how we wrestle to win the war. Our mission is submission. MY NOTES: “When wrestling with God, He can pin you in a cradle.” Grunall & years of our sons wrestling…The cradle has 2 meanings here. “You stiff necked people! … You …
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