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Category: Prayers
Special Prayer Request for World Cancer Day
Please keep a special family in your thoughts and prayers this weekend as their little one was just diagnosed with AML.
It reminds me of our diagnosis and brings back all those memories… we would never wish this on anyone but we hope that we can help them as they travel this path.
So please keep them, and all the families who have received a cancer diagnosis, in your thoughts and prayers as Sunday, February 4th, is also World Cancer Day. No one ever expects to be one of those affected by cancer until they are… please pray!
If you have any special prayer requests please leave your name in the comments and we will add you to our prayer list.
If you or someone you know has been recently diagnosed then you might find this list helpful… it was geared more towards having a young child but you may find some tips and ideas for patients of any age:
Biblical Feasts: Holy Days vs Holidays
I’ve been extremely interested in the Biblical Feasts and Holy Days that are mentioned in the Bible but it can be a little overwhelming to try to figure all of this out. Check out Leviticus 23 for more information.
The Sabbath is probably one of the most well-known of these Holy Days and I would like to start keeping it the way it should be kept
Check out our Perpetual Meal Plans for ideas to celebrate some of these Holy Days!
These are some of the other Holy Days and Feasts that I want to learn more about so that they can be properly celebrated.
- Passover (Spring)
- Unleavened Bread (Spring)
- Feast of Weeks / Shavuot / Pentecost (Spring)
- Trumpets / Yom Teruah (Fall)
- Atonement / Yom Kippur / The Fast (Fall)
- Tabernacles / Sukkot (Fall)
- Eighth Day / Last Great Day (Fall)
The first three are about things that have already come to pass while the last four are telling us of things that are yet to come. It is more than a little exciting to think of all that we have to look forward to!
There are other days that I find interesting as well and I would like to research them a little more.
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I’ve been trying to get up early to have some ‘Jesus & Me’ time and I’ve been listening to different people.
This one happened to pop up today after my first devotion and I felt like there were probable others who needed to hear this. That’s why I’m standing here with a towel on my head scrambling for the words to write. I’ll try to insert links to other related posts later today.
How many times have you just felt overwhelmed, forgotten, or stuck in place? You wonder why you keep having all those little interruptions, crazy errands to run, and what purpose does have God in store for you. You may be thinking that your life isn’t important and you may be dreaming of a life you could have if/when your circumstances were different.
This right here hit home! Don’t be upset about those humble, mundane tasks that happen because God is using them to put you where you need to be!
God has already reserved something special for us and He is just waiting for us to arrive at the place He needs us to be! Momma’s take heart and know that you aren’t forgotten! He sees you and He knows what you need!
I really love what she says in this video especially about Providence as we have been reading a lot about the Providence that was evident during the early history of our country. I will be using this explanation to help me explain it better for my kids.
This women also happens to be the woman who wrote War Room, one of my favorite books/movies. I once had my own ‘War Room’ and I’ve been contemplating making another one. This video today has prompted me to make an effort to find a place where I can squeeze a ‘War Room’ in to our current house.
I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did!
I really encourage everyone to have their own ‘War Room’ or area where they can meet with God on a daily basis. I felt like I didn’t have the time or energy but I made a commitment and have been trying to stick to it. I listen to devotions during my morning exercise and shower... using my Bluetooth earbuds when possible so I don’t wake the kiddos up too early. It has made a significant difference in my attitude and energy levels. I have found a new outlook and a new motivation to accomplish things that have been waiting ‘for the right time’… who knows, maybe these are the things that have been holding me back from what God has in store for me?
He hears our cries…
I was scrolling Facebook with my morning coffee when I came across this post. It touched my heart and gave me a reminder of just how wonderful our Father is!
‘I stood at the kitchen sink washing a bottle, listening to my baby cry from the living room. He was safe in his crib, his diaper had just been changed, but he was hungry. I hated hearing my baby cry, but I knew he was okay. And though he couldn’t understand it, I was preparing exactly what he needed, what he was crying for. In just a few minutes, with a full bottle in hand, I would pick him up and his cries would stop.
Standing over that kitchen sink, my heart realized how many times I have been in his place. I’ve been crying—safe and loved—but crying out to my God. My prayers shouting to Him exactly what I wanted, what I needed, but they were met with silence.
I couldn’t see Him. I didn’t recognize the work He was doing. And though I couldn’t understand it, He was preparing exactly what I needed, what I was crying for.
If you have found yourself in a season of crying out to God, wondering where He is or what He’s doing, remember that your Father in Heaven loves you more than you can imagine. He’s standing in the next room, listening to your cries, preparing what you need.
You have not been abandoned. You are not alone. Your God is at work. He hears your cries.
“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
(2 Corinthians 4:18, NIV’
–Loving our Lord with Kelsey Scism
I hope this touches someone’s heart today. Remember that He knows our every need before we even speak them.
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