-Life might be hard for me now but I can see where God is going in everything. I will be blessed when the right time comes.
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"You can lead people to Christ but you can make them come to Christ."
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"God went before You and knew You can get through it."
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"God led you to it, He will lead you out stronger then ever before."
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"You do you."
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"Get your heart in tune with God and then lead by example."
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"You can lead people to Christ but you can make them come to Christ."
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"God went before You and knew You can get through it."
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"God led you to it, He will lead you out stronger then ever before."
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"You do you."
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"Get your heart in tune with God and then lead by example."
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God does His Prefect Thing in His Prefect Timing. All last week I have been praying that more doors will open and hopefully one that I like best will be one of those doors. God kind of confirmed that He was doing that in my life by what the sermon was all about yesterday. The sermon was about "The Good Shepherd". It touched my heart where it needed to be touched. Knowing God is there for me really comforted me.
In the sermon, there was a lot of references going back to Psalms 23. "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." "Although I walk through the valley of death I shall fear no evil, my rod and staff they comfort me." It was also pointed out that if the person was a good shepherd, then they would be a good leader and vice via. It was a way to show that God is in control of our lives.
God has gone ahead of us to see what was there just like a shepherd does for his sheep. He isn't surprised by anything that happens in our lives and He wouldn't let anything through if He knew we couldn't handle it. It is like that thing has to get through Him first before it comes to us. It is strange to think about some earthly things that way. We think, sometimes, that it still went through Him and He let it happen. He knows when we are ready for certain things. It is like the saying. "Jesus is the door. He has control of what comes in and out of our lives."
In the sermon, the pastor showed us what a shelter for sheep looked like. The shepherd usually lays at the entrance and won't let anything in that is not good for the sheep. He will fight whatever wants to get in if he has to. He knows what is coming before the sheep even does. Does this remind you of someone? Jesus. I have been praying that many doors will be open in my life right now and I will tell you that God knows which ones to open and which ones to shut and at the right time too. When a door shuts on you, it doesn't feel very pleasant at all. In fact, it is hard and hurts most of the time. I had a door shut on me about 3 months ago and it is still hard to let go and see the reasoning behind it all but even though, God shut that door for now, He has opened others. He has opened a great new church for me to go to and He open that door by giving me a job that I loved and got to know people and their children from. Because He opened that church door, He might be opening another door very soon that I have been praying about without even knowing that the chances of getting it would be this soon. God really does give and take away but He gives more when He takes away things. We are blessed a whole lot more.
Then God has opened doors through different jobs for me. I know where I am now I wouldn't be if it wasn't for my last job that I had. We all know that we can only spend so much time there before another door opens. This half of a year already feels like it has had a million doors open and I feel like God isn't done opening doors for me yet because I am praying that He will open more especially in the relationship department. I know it is strange but true. I loved the sermon this past weekend because it showed me that God was and really is working in my life. That He is leading me on the best path He has for me and will continue to when the time is right. It also reminded me that God doesn't give things to His People without going through it first. He has already been there and He gave it to me because He knows I'll get through it even if it takes me being a little bit stronger then I was before.
It is funny too because it seems like every little thing I hear or even do, it gets me thinking about and praying about it, then God opens up a door someway to answer that prayer. I will also say that the other doors God has in store for me to open, I know and believe that I will be blessed by each one of them. I also know that I will bless more people by going through those doors. God knew what I wanted and needed. He knew I was starting to miss certain things and having hard times with other things. He knew I needed to let go and He gave me the strength to do all those things for now. He knew what thing I needed to focus on more then others. I just pray that someday, when the time is right, God will lead me to where I am suppose to be. Here are two verses that you can look up about living your life for God:
-John 10:10
-Romans 8:28.
When it seems like God is not listening or not opening a door, it really means that He is going ahead of you and seeing if that thing is okay or not for you. One way or the other He will let you know if you can go through that door or if you need to wait a few more years while He is working on you and working things out. God is always working on our behalf even behind the things we can see. There are things that we will never see or know that He worked on so we could be where we are in life at that moment.
In the sermon, there was a lot of references going back to Psalms 23. "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." "Although I walk through the valley of death I shall fear no evil, my rod and staff they comfort me." It was also pointed out that if the person was a good shepherd, then they would be a good leader and vice via. It was a way to show that God is in control of our lives.
God has gone ahead of us to see what was there just like a shepherd does for his sheep. He isn't surprised by anything that happens in our lives and He wouldn't let anything through if He knew we couldn't handle it. It is like that thing has to get through Him first before it comes to us. It is strange to think about some earthly things that way. We think, sometimes, that it still went through Him and He let it happen. He knows when we are ready for certain things. It is like the saying. "Jesus is the door. He has control of what comes in and out of our lives."
In the sermon, the pastor showed us what a shelter for sheep looked like. The shepherd usually lays at the entrance and won't let anything in that is not good for the sheep. He will fight whatever wants to get in if he has to. He knows what is coming before the sheep even does. Does this remind you of someone? Jesus. I have been praying that many doors will be open in my life right now and I will tell you that God knows which ones to open and which ones to shut and at the right time too. When a door shuts on you, it doesn't feel very pleasant at all. In fact, it is hard and hurts most of the time. I had a door shut on me about 3 months ago and it is still hard to let go and see the reasoning behind it all but even though, God shut that door for now, He has opened others. He has opened a great new church for me to go to and He open that door by giving me a job that I loved and got to know people and their children from. Because He opened that church door, He might be opening another door very soon that I have been praying about without even knowing that the chances of getting it would be this soon. God really does give and take away but He gives more when He takes away things. We are blessed a whole lot more.
Then God has opened doors through different jobs for me. I know where I am now I wouldn't be if it wasn't for my last job that I had. We all know that we can only spend so much time there before another door opens. This half of a year already feels like it has had a million doors open and I feel like God isn't done opening doors for me yet because I am praying that He will open more especially in the relationship department. I know it is strange but true. I loved the sermon this past weekend because it showed me that God was and really is working in my life. That He is leading me on the best path He has for me and will continue to when the time is right. It also reminded me that God doesn't give things to His People without going through it first. He has already been there and He gave it to me because He knows I'll get through it even if it takes me being a little bit stronger then I was before.
It is funny too because it seems like every little thing I hear or even do, it gets me thinking about and praying about it, then God opens up a door someway to answer that prayer. I will also say that the other doors God has in store for me to open, I know and believe that I will be blessed by each one of them. I also know that I will bless more people by going through those doors. God knew what I wanted and needed. He knew I was starting to miss certain things and having hard times with other things. He knew I needed to let go and He gave me the strength to do all those things for now. He knew what thing I needed to focus on more then others. I just pray that someday, when the time is right, God will lead me to where I am suppose to be. Here are two verses that you can look up about living your life for God:
-John 10:10
-Romans 8:28.
When it seems like God is not listening or not opening a door, it really means that He is going ahead of you and seeing if that thing is okay or not for you. One way or the other He will let you know if you can go through that door or if you need to wait a few more years while He is working on you and working things out. God is always working on our behalf even behind the things we can see. There are things that we will never see or know that He worked on so we could be where we are in life at that moment.
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