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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Joyce Taylor <dr.joycetaylor56@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 15, 2020 12:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Nfbfl-faith@groups.io' <Nfbfl-faith@groups.io><br><b>Subject:</b> Weekend Devotions: (Sunday, March 15, 2020) No Matter What - Believe God!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello Everyone! Let us Bless the Lord at all times, and His praises shall continually be in our mouths! (Psalms 34:1). For such a time as this, let us remember that God is yet on the throne and He reigns forever more! Nothing catches God by surprise – before the foundation of the world, God knew…He knows everything because he is omniscient; so you can rest assure that He is in control. In the book of Matthew 24:7, it tells us that these things (famines, pestilences, etc.) will take place; however, if you continue reading to 24:13, it tells us that “He that endureth until the end shall be saved”! This lets me know that even though we must go through trials and tribulations to prove our faitht, we have to hold on to God’s unchanging hand. Instead of asking God why, let us ask God what is your purpose? I remember when God hardened the heart of Pharaoh to make it harder for the children of Israel because of their disobedience? Yes, God will use whom He chooses to get the job done! Nothing happens by chance; everything happens for a reason. Let us go deeper! Do you believe for one moment that God is not aware of what is going on in the world today? I do not for one moment believe He caused it; however, I do believe that He allowed it because the enemy cannot do anything without permission. He had to get an okay from God to pick a fight with Job. It was God that removed the hedge of protection from around Job. However, Job remained faithful and so should we; we must endure until the end.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Be encouraged! This too shall pass! Let us pray for one another and encourage each other as we are going through. Remember to use wisdom until we return to what we call “normal living”. My prayer is that we will grow and mature through all of this and become even better than before. It may look bad, but something good is going to come out of this because the Bible says “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose”.(Romans 8:28). Lord, help us to see you in the midst of tragedy because when bad things happen, you can use them to accomplish good. Your Word will accomplish what it said it would so that the scriptures might be fulfilled! Your Word will not return void (Isaiah 55:11), and it (the Word) is forever settled in heaven, it is everlasting and fixed; it will stand forever (Psalms 119<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>:89), and not one jot or tiddle will change!(Matt. 5:18).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>God bless,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dr. Joyce Taylor, VP, MSCC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Communities of Faith Committee Member<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>