day five.

{morning}

{Bible app's verse of the day today...}

“Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; (Deuteronomy 7:9 NKJV)

{devotion this morning}

Title: How Long is God's Arm?

Author: Elisabeth Elliot

How do we reconcile God's promises for protection with the fact that so many evil things do happen in our lives? Can we believe God for protection?

This question comes up often, and no wonder, since there are many promises in the Bible about protection, including (especially in the Old Testament) physical protection. We must be careful to interpret Scripture with Scripture, and if we examine the record we find that God did not by any means always protect His people from harm. He has absolute power to keep us safe, both physically and spiritually, but His engineering of the universe made room for man's freedom to choose--that is, freedom to will to obey or to disobey Him. This is a deep mystery. Man's disobedience brought evil into the world, and all of us are subject to it. God does not cancel out its effects, even for His choicest servants (John the Baptist, Stephen, those nameless victims of Hebrews 11:35-37, for example).

Nevertheless, we have the promises. Romans 8:35-39 is one of my most reread passages. I believe we can rest assured that we are invulnerable so long as God does not give permission for us to be hurt. If He gives that permission, He will not leave us alone. He goes with us through the valley, the deep water, the furnace. He will never, absolutely never, leave us or forsake us.

{praying for my husband this morning}

Pray for opportunities to serve the Kingdom together as a couple.

Pray for opportunities for you to be an encouragement to your husband.

Pray for greater grace and understanding between the two of you.

Pray for greater communication between the two of you.

Pray for your own heart, that you would love, honor, and respect him.

http://cbmw.org/women/marriage-women/praying-for-my-husband/

catching up on my prayer lists this morning and read through these last 5 days. it's crazy-amazing because these have been on my heart since the storm came... i love how God has His ways of reminding and encouraging us... i find i hear Him and see Him more clearly in the daily moments when i'm looking for Him. praise be to God!

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:11-13 NKJV)

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much to be thankful for this morning. God is good.... His mercies are new every morning... Great is His faithfulness. :)