[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] "Straighten Your Crown - Brenda Walsh Ministries Daily Devotion

Tue Jun 22 15:52:16 UTC 2021

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Straighten Your Crown
It’s impossible to live your whole life without experiencing some degree of heartache and pain. That’s because we live in a sinful world and that won’t change until Jesus comes and Satan is destroyed. Even in Bible times people suffered from famines, drought, plagues, and attacks of war. There are stories of people who were afraid, broken, depressed, or suicidal. Nothing has changed today, just different types of heartache, but pain nonetheless. Families are broken, relationships shattered, domestic violence and sexual assaults on the rise, and there are murders, wars, floods, and pandemics. The book of Job tells his story of intense suffering from painful boils that covered his body. There were no pain pills or IV morphine drip to give him relief; instead he suffered terrible agony. In Job 29:3, we’re told, “When His lamp shone upon my head, and when by His light I walked through darkness,”  Job made it through his horrible ordeal by staying connected with God. Although friends urged him to “curse God and die,” Job never did. Nor did he blame Him, become bitter, or turn his back on God. Instead, he held God’s hand through every dark moment. During life’s journey, you can be sure there will be times when the darkness will come–but only by God’s light will you walk through it. Philippians 1:19 promises, “For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.” Take note that the text said deliverance would take place “through prayer.” Tell God all your troubles and then listen for His answers. It’s hard to “walk through” what you are not willing to “talk through.” And God wants to hear from you. Don’t wait until things are so bad that you can’t take it anymore. Run to Jesus the first moment of crisis, for He has promised to be with you through every trial–and He always keeps His promises. On your darkest days when you feel sad, unloved, unworthy, and down in the dumps, remember who your Father is . . . and straighten your crown! TEXT: Habakkuk 3:19, Psalm 40:2, 1 Samuel 2:8, Psalm 145:14

Bible Texts:
Habakkuk 3:19 NKJV - The LORD God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer's feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills. To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments. 

Psalm 40:2 NKJV - He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps. 

1 Samuel 2:8 NKJV - He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory. "For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, And He has set the world upon them. 

Psalm 145:14 NKJV - The LORD upholds all who fall, And raises up all who are bowed down.

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