if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV

he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Psalms 23:3 NIV

“And when you pray, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. So do not be like them [praying as they do]; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. Matthew 6:7‭-‬8 AMP

If you, then, being evil [that is, sinful by nature], know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask and continue to ask Him!” Luke 11:13 AMP https://bible.com/bible/1588/luk.11.13.AMP

Trust [confidently] in the Lord forever [He is your fortress, your shield, your banner], For the Lord G od is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages]. Isaiah 26:4 AMP

No weapon that is formed against you will succeed; And every tongue that rises against you in judgment you will condemn. This [peace, righteousness, security, and triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord , And this is their vindication from Me,” says the Lord . Isaiah 54:17 AMP

But as for me, I will sing of Your mighty strength and power; Yes, I will sing joyfully of Your lovingkindness in the morning; For You have been my stronghold And a refuge in the day of my distress. Psalms 59:16 AMP

In life, we get trained in various institutions to be professional in a particular field. For me personally, that's the field of Nursing. You see, in all my years of being a Nurse, theres one thing I have come to learn. And that is the fact that it is one thing to be a student or trainee (disciple), and it is a totally different thing to be a graduate of your training. As a trainee, you have your trainer right by your side always correcting you when you make a mistake or about to make one, you have someone to tell you where and when to do what. But as a graduate of your training, the story is different. You are no more in training. You are expected to be able to handle yourself with as little mistakes as possible. To overcome whatever challenges you may face on your own. This without a doubt can be really frightening!! In this verse of today, Jesus knowing that as He would be leaving his disciples to return to the father, the disciples will definitely be scared, anxious, worried and troubled because they'll no longer have thier master(trainer) to keep directing them. He assures them he wouldn't leave them to have to figure things out on thier own as he'll be sending them another teacher. That's so much better than our reality of life isn't it? To always have someone guiding you and telling you what to and not to do, especially since it's all about dealing with spiritual things that our human minds can never truly comprehend. Like he did the disciples, Jesus is assuring us today, He is and has even sent us the Holy spirit! The teacher! To guide us as we continue in this journey of Life. He assures us to not be worried or anxious or scared but to recieve the Peace which He gives. The peace that comes from knowing that we have the master of all #Knowledge and #wisdom #guiding our ever step rather than our very fallible #intellect. Today, let us turn to the Lord to recieve the peace which he gives. This peace much unlike that which the world gives. #SHALOM!!!

Seek The Lord! Life I full of ups and downs, moments of Joy's and sorrows, of laughter and crying, of Celebrations and disappointments, of strength and weakness. In life, we are often faced with moments of difficulties. Times when we living feels so difficult that we feel like the weight of the entire world is on our shoulders. We feel weighed down by the weight of our responsibilities, commitments, engagements, goals and aspirations. Today, the scripture tells us to "Seek the Lord and His Strength!" Seek the Lord because it is from him that true strength comes. Remember his word in Matt 11:28, Christ invites us to come to him especially when we are over weighed by our responsibilities and commitments and he promises us rest. It is only the Lord that can give us the true strength we need for this journey of ours. Today, as we go on into the week, let us seek the Lord and his face always bearing in mind that in his presence there is fullness of Joy! And this Joy is our Strength!!!

Again and again and again and again and again and well.... again in scripture, we as the people of God are called different names. God's chosen people, God's Holy people, a chosen race, the righteousness of God, the children of God, new creatures etc etc. But one I see as most "SACRED" is the one we're called today, "The Temple Of God"! We are the very dwelling place of the powerful "deity" to ever exist. While other deities have temples made of inanimate objects, our God has chosen to make us his own place of worship! You see, a temple is a place devoted to the worship of a deity. As a Christian, a child of God, one saved by Grace through Faith in Christ Jesus do we realise that we're special to God?! Do we realise that we're the very dwelling place of the entire deity of God collectively and individually? Do we acknowledge that people should know to worship God when they see us because of the deity whom we carry? Or do we just go about living like every other person out there displaying characters unworthy of the MOST GLORIOUS GOD there is or ever will be?! From today, let us live our lives knowing that we are the residence of the very deity and power of God! who has taken permanent residency in our lives! AMEN!!! . . . #1corinthians316 #godstemple #godsdwelling #godssanctuary #homeofgod #houseofgod #temple #dwelling #sanctuary #residence #godsresidence #iamthetempleofgod #theholyspiritlivesinme #god #deity #christian #childofgod #sonofgod #savedbygod #redeemed #savedbygrace #savedbygracethroughfaith #Redeemedofgod #newcreatureinchrist #newcreature #newcreation #newcreationinchrist #glemified #wordofgod #youversionverseoftheday