DAILY DEVOTIONS with MICHELE

Have the battles of last year left you exhausted?  You're frustrated because you don't want this year to be like last year? Take heart! He has not abandoned you. The fight you face may look like the same old battle, but it's not.

Like Joshua, when you are faithful to which God has called you, He leads you into victory. When you continue to place one foot obediently after the other, He will cause you to walk out on the other side as more than a conqueror!

Patience!  I don't know too many people that like that word, it is definitely an area I have to work on in my own life.  We like things fast and we like them right now. We like convenience.  We want to hurry things along to the harvest, but growth requires time and patience.

Let's make 2025 the year we really grow in our daily walk with the Lord.  Let's be lighthouses of love and hope everywhere we go. Happy New Year! God’s eternal love and mine, Lady Michele

Christ is in us! The One Who walked out of the grave with the keys of victory in His hand lives in us. The One Who quiets the wind and waves with a simple command lives in us. Along with John, we can say, “…He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world!” (1 John 4:4).

El Shaddai, the Hebrew word for God Almighty, signifies that He is the God Who is all-sufficient. He is more than enough.

Jesus didn’t die on the Cross so He could condemn us. He came to save us and grant us the peace that surpasses understanding as we navigate life’s roads to the inexplicable splendors of heaven. The half of what we will see upon our much-anticipated arrival has not even entered our minds. But until that day when we meet our Savior face-to-face, we must continue to stay the course.

We should want to please and make people happy, but not if the price of doing so is disobeying God. The Word of God tells us to follow peace and I want to strongly recommend that you begin doing that. Anyone who truly cares about you will want you to follow God even if it means you can’t give them what they want. God is always with you to help you do what you need to do.

Today's Scripture | Deuteronomy 13:4 You shall walk after the Lord your God and [reverently] fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice, and you shall serve Him and cling to Him. Once we begin listening to and hearing from God, it is important to obey whatever we hear...