God’s answers are wiser than our prayers.
–Unknown
I am so thankful that God doesn’t always answer our prayers the way we ask them. His answers are wiser than our desires, our wishes, our goals, AND even our prayers!
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Month: January 2015
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God’s Will For Your Life Can Be Found
A quote regarding God’s will for your life:
The Spirit leads within the limits which the Word sets, not beyond them. “He guides me in paths of righteousness” (Psalm 23:3) — but not anywhere else.
–J. I. Packer
Have you ever wondered what God’s will was for you? Well it certainly will only be found within the limits of the Scriptures. If you feel God is leading you somewhere, but that “where” is outside of the bounds of Scripture, you can be assured it is not God who is doing the leading!
But that means that the only way you can actually know if something is in His will is by knowing His Word. Are you making it a point to grow in your knowledge of the Bible?
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Quote for Jan 1, 2015 – Resolution
Each day we ought to renew our resolutions and arouse ourselves to fervor as though it were the first day of our religious life. We ought to say: “Help me, O Lord God, in my good resolution and in Your holy service. Grant me now, this very day, to begin perfectly, for thus far I have done nothing.
–Thomas à Kempis
I thought this would be a good quote to begin this year with.
And as today begins a New Year, I believe this is a great day for us to begin praying this prayer!
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A New Year
Well a new January 1 has arrived again, meaning a new year is here.
2014 is behind us and 2015 has arrived.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!
How well did you do on meeting all those plans and goals you set at the beginning of 2014?
How well do you think you will do in 2015?
One of my plans from the outset of this blog was to post more often. That plan hasn’t been fulfilled very well to date. My average is at just under 2 posts per week for the last year-and-a-half. Probably not too bad, but I would still like to be able to post more often. Of course, at several points along the journey, I have mentioned that I should post shorter thoughts, which might let me post more often. So once again, that will be one of my goals. The way I plan to do so is by posting a quote of the day from the Christian authors/books that have impacted me. Going from 2 posts a week to 7 might be too big a jump, and I might fail at it, but it is one of my goals for 2015. (For those who are wondering, I am also still planning to post at least one devotional-type post/thought each week as well – typically on Tuesdays.)
What is one of your goals that you hope will impact either yourself or others for Jesus in 2015?