Bible Reading: Psalm 91
Focus verse: “But You, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; You consider their
grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to You; You are
the helper of the fatherless.” Psalm 10:14
I am writing this devotion in honor of my friends in Kenya experiencing the loss of a father and other friends who lost a child. Life is difficult when a loved one dies.
There is shock and disbelief. There is loss and sorrow. How do you move from that sorrow and mourning into a place of accepting life without the one who died? When you face sorrow, seek the face of God because he sees your trouble and affliction.
God is your refuge. God cares and will hold you in His hand and care for you. It takes time, but God will heal the sorrow as we trust Him. He will turn our hearts and we begin to see a glimpse of hope among moments of sadness. He will nurture the hope in your heart and through faith, it will grow into joy, once again.
Friends can comfort, but God heals the heart.
~Page Johnson
Interlocking Ministries
In loving memory of Christopher Wambo, and four month old, Praise Nzenze, son of Pastor Tobias and Anna
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Seeing The Invisible
Scripture Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:7-18
Focus Verse: 2 Corinthians 4:18 "So we don’t spend all our time looking at what we can see. Instead, we look at what we can’t see. What can be seen lasts only a short time. But what can’t be seen will last forever."
We have all come to points in our lives where we feel like giving up and quitting. I think it is during those times that we get too focused on the things that are seen. Maybe our job is not going well, or you are having trouble with your grades in school. Maybe there are issues in your marriage. In 2 Corinthians, Paul talks a lot about an inner strength that we can call on from the Holy Spirit. Remember it is only through our weakness that God can be made strong in our lives.
Our ultimate hope during times of trouble or discouragement is the realization that this life is not all that there is. We have life after death. Knowing that we will live in a place with God forever where there is no more sin, no more trouble, no more problems should give us great encouragement. So let us not forget all that is waiting for us that we cannot see right now. It is "earning for us a glory that will last forever."
Bobby Johnson
Interlocking Ministries
Focus Verse: 2 Corinthians 4:18 "So we don’t spend all our time looking at what we can see. Instead, we look at what we can’t see. What can be seen lasts only a short time. But what can’t be seen will last forever."
We have all come to points in our lives where we feel like giving up and quitting. I think it is during those times that we get too focused on the things that are seen. Maybe our job is not going well, or you are having trouble with your grades in school. Maybe there are issues in your marriage. In 2 Corinthians, Paul talks a lot about an inner strength that we can call on from the Holy Spirit. Remember it is only through our weakness that God can be made strong in our lives.
Our ultimate hope during times of trouble or discouragement is the realization that this life is not all that there is. We have life after death. Knowing that we will live in a place with God forever where there is no more sin, no more trouble, no more problems should give us great encouragement. So let us not forget all that is waiting for us that we cannot see right now. It is "earning for us a glory that will last forever."
Bobby Johnson
Interlocking Ministries
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