Absorb the Truth of God’s Word

Posted on April 26, 2021April 25, 2021 by Empowering Your HOPE

Change the Way you Think

WEEK 9 (April 26 – May 2, 2021)

Absorb the Truth of God’s Word

By Hope McCardy & Rashad McCardy

Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.

– Psalm 119:105

Traveling from place to place to new sites would be a nightmare if we did not have a roadmap or a GPS. We can set the GPS to navigate where we are currently to the spot where we would like to end up. The system is set to lead us there (most of the time). The GPS fills us in on all the in-between highways, streets, avenues, and so on. Eventually, true to form, if we diligently follow it, we will arrive securely at our destination.

The Word of God is a kind of GPS for our daily life (except it is NEVER wrong). When we elect to follow It diligently, It leads us to where God wants us to go, or how we should think, or what we are to say or do.

We thank God for providing us with His Word to guide us in this ever-changing world. A world where values are tossed around like the waves of the sea, going from one place to another…, a world with little proper direction.

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. – Romans 12:2

My Prayer

(Pray for your husband and children as well)

Abba Father, thank You for Your Word and the blueprint it provides for my life. Thank You for loving me so much that You desired to give It to me to light my darkened path and show me which way to go. Please motivate and constantly move me to hide It in my heart – to meditate in It – to apply It to my daily life. I truly appreciate this awesome roadmap You’ve given me. Thank You, Lord. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Memo to Self

Make the Word of God your foundation for life. Absorb Its Truth.

Changing the Way you Think

My Old Way of Thinking
Can I really trust the Bible to give me on-point guiding light to my path? Perhaps I should just follow the world’s ever-changing “GPS.” It will get me to where I need to go, won’t it?
My New Way of Thinking
Teach them your word, which is truth. – John 17:17b
The Bible’s “GPS” is always reliable and consistent.

His Night Shines as Bright as Day

Posted on April 12, 2021April 10, 2021 by Empowering Your HOPE

God Knows the Whole Enchilada

Week 6 (April 12 – April 18, 2021)

His Night Shines as Bright as Day

Verses for Meditation

¹¹I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night—
¹²but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.

– Psalm 139:11, 12 (NLT)

Have you ever felt as if you wanted to hide from the world? Did you ever desire to find a place that no one knew about and just escape from all the “madness?” Have you ever thought that it would be a cool idea to be alone in the stillness of nature and simply think with no one to ask questions or tell you what to do?

Before Covid19, I’m sure that there were times when we all felt like this.

We would like to share with you that you are never alone. Even in your worst moments, you cannot hide from God. He has the ability to show you the light when everything around you seems so dark.

Young friends, we encourage you to look to the One who knows the whole enchilada and still has a never-ending love for you: a love that seeks to light up your deep darkness. God wants to shine a bright light into your murky night today. To Him, the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to Him. In other words, if you permit Him, God will make sense of your dark times and lead you to the light of day.

Let Him do that for you, won’t you?

Think About It

Do you feel anxious today? God wants to shine a light into your night.
Do you feel overwhelmed? God wants to shine a light into your night.
Is there something in your life that you just can’t figure out? God wants to shine a light into your night.
Will you choose to let Him shine a light into your night today?

Praying for You

(Please personalize)

Father, no matter where our young friends may go, they cannot hide from You. You can see them clearly, even in their bleakest places. When they are in such spots, O Lord, lead them into the glorious light we pray, Your bright light. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Have a great week, young friend!

Blessings!

Sister Hope & Kristi

Something to Remember this year: God Knows the Whole Enchilada!

Believing God (by Beth Moore)

God is who he says he is

I am who he says i am

he can do what he says he can do

i can do all things through christ

God’s word is alive and active in me

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