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“To have God speak to the heart is a majestic experience, an experience that people may miss if they monopolize the conversation and never pause to hear God’s responses.” Charles Stanley.

When there are high expectations of success we need to remember “It is not the strength of armies, but the strength of grace, that God is pleased to own.” Matthew Henry.

Sometimes God’s silence is the sign that He is bringing you into an even more wonderful understanding of Himself. Oswald Chambers.

“God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself. “ Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Excerpt: “The world wants to change your mind, so it exerts pressure from without. But the Holy Spirit changes your mind by releasing power within. If the world controls your thinking, you are a conformer; if God controls your thinking, you are a transformer.” Warren W. Wiersbe.

“But it is necessary to understand that God is not going to replace suffering with glory, rather he will transform suffering into glory. Jesus used the illustration of a woman giving birth (John 16:20-22). The same baby that gave her pain also gave her joy.” Warren W. Wiersbe.

Have you enjoyed sitting down and watching a sunset lately? We just did that last weekend while visiting our friends Jim and Debby Bolt, in Paso Robles. The various shades of orange, gold, and pink, magnificently reflects on the creator who created this for us all to enjoy. It is a visual picture of God’s glory.

The hope we have is not a vague feeling that the future will be free from trouble, but it is a complete assurance of certain victory through God. He invites you to sit, take a seat, at His table.

“Your enemy the devil knows anyone who is shaken up will only last so long. He terrorizes us by intimidation.” Beth Moore.

“If we put ourselves in the place of the psalmist, right into his world, we will see that the enemies he faced, are the same enemies we face today. People are not our enemies. Rather the principles of evil, the philosophies of the world, and the attitudes of the flesh are the real enemies within us. Whenever you read “enemy” in the Psalms, think of those temptations toward covetousness or jealousy or pride or ambition within yourself as the enemy that is spoken of in the Psalms.” Ray Steadman.