LOOK UP

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

Lord, I’m weary. My energy is sagging, and my motivation is lagging. And I am so in need of you. I need your strength and your fresh touch to get back on track again. Your Word says the joy of the Lord is my strength. If that's true, then I need your joy to replace all the bone-tired parts of my mind, body, and soul.

The pressures of life sometimes push me into a corner, rendering me helpless to move forward. A hundred voices call my name, and I feel paralyzed at times to answer, not knowing where to turn. 

Lord, help me not to quit, to keep running the race faithfully, and to find strength in that safe, secret place of yours, under the shadow of the Almighty.

I need your strength to say no when I'm tempted to surrender to harmful things, or when selfishness clings to my clothes and won't let go. I need your strength to say yes, when cowardice and fear nudge me to deny the convictions of my heart. I need your strength to reach out in love to those both close to me and all around me. 

When don't I need your strength, God?

You are my rock, and I run to you today, believing that you will lift up my heavy arms, that you will fuel me for the tasks you've given me, and that your joy will completely consume the weakness of my life and make me strong again. I don't want to stay grounded, crippled by limitations and failed attempts. I'm tired of feeble efforts. 

Lord, I want to mount up with wings like an eagle and not just fly. I want to soar.

Renew my strength, Lord. Fill me with your supernatural power to overcome each obstacle in my path. 

With my eyes on YOU, Lord, with you walking beside me, working through me, I can make it. Thank you, Lord!

In Jesus's name, Amen - (a Father Jordan's Prayer)

Ever feel like the author of our prayer some days?

Many do…

Including this author.

So, let’s both decide right now to…

pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties. - Oswald Chambers

Let’s GAIN the strength we need by EMBRACING the PROMISED PRESENCE of GOD; let’s commit to becoming INTERTWINED with HIM.

Today:

Be reminded He is our ROCK.

Be reminded He is our REFUGE.

Be reminded He is our STRENGTH.

Be reminded He has overcome TEMPTATION. (and so can we)

Be reminded He has already SOARED (and so can we)

Let’s trust HIM to lift, protect, shield, refresh, forgive, re-energize, correct, convict, change, and reveal.

Stumbling blocks? Let Him be the guide around or through them.

Stronghold hindering you?  Surrender and confess it.

For: 

GOD is poised to bring you back and close to Him right from the start of today.

GOD is poised to refresh and bring healing.  

God is poised to change the tenor of the last few days into something new and possible.

Just look up.  Trust Him.

Hammond once remarked,

“I had struggled so hard and so long that I had simply exhausted myself, only to find that God had all the time in the world to wait for me to allow Him to free me.”

And that freedom begins with eyes on Him. …seek those things which are above – Colossians 3:1 (KJV)

I love you all.

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