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“So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. Hebrews 10:35-36 (NLT)

God is not slack concerning His promises to you. He has not forgotten about you. The very same words I have used to encourage myself time and time again, I use today to encourage you. It is not easy trusting a God that you don’t see. It is not always easy trusting that He is concerned about what concerns you. But the truth of the matter is we serve a God that will never renege on His promises.

Paul tells us in our scripture reference not to throw away our confident trust in the Lord. Confident trust is the belief that something will happen based on God’s character. Again, He does not falter on His promises. Our reliance then should be on His ability to bring what He promises to pass.

So right now, in this very moment, as hard as it seems to keep believing, I urge you not to throw away your fearless confidence. For, you have need of patient endurance. It is this endurance that helps us to bear up under difficult circumstances without compromising. It is this endurance that prompts us not to give up when we are weary. We will reap the harvest that has been promised to us if we just hang on in there. I challenge you today to stick it out, stick with God’s plan. Stay consistent, keep trusting, keep believing, keep fighting, until you see the promised completion.

Lord, I have failed you time and time again in this area. Help me today to continue along the path that You have laid out for me. Help me to stay true to my assignment even when my feelings get the best of me. Help me to keep the right heart attitude as I wait on You to bring me to my expected end. Most of all, help me to continue trusting Your heart towards me. In Jesus name Amen.

Thought: When you find yourself struggling in your faith, make it a daily habit to find a brother or sister that needs to be strengthen and begin to pray with and for them. As you encourage them, watch God begin to pour back into your life.

By Mary Pinckney
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“My Father, if it is possible, take this cup of suffering from me! Yet not what I want, but what you want.” Matthew 26:39 (GNT)

I was cold, peddling uphill with the wind in my face when it started to rain. My first thought was, “This is hard!”

I was training to cycle across Canada, a trip that would take two months if we maintained a pace of about 170 kilometres per day. I was joining three others on this ride as a 60th birthday celebration, but it was not just a celebration. The ride was dedicated to raising funds for water wells in Africa and raising awareness about the need for clean water. That morning the reality of the challenge ahead began to hit me. My second thought was, “This will be hard, but it would be a lot harder to watch my children die because they did not have clean drinking water.” That line replayed in my mind on many days on the ride when I wanted to quit short of our goal. But we did reach our goal!

I join the ranks of millions that defer personal security for the greater good — those that allow conviction to trump comfort. The ultimate this-is-hard moment took place in a garden at night. Jesus was alone; His friends were too tired to stay awake with Him. His father had asked Him to make a sacrifice that had the potential to benefit every person. The sacrifice was humiliation and a painful death. His response was one of reality and humility. It was not a choice based on feelings but on deep conviction and love for the father and the world.

“He went a little farther on, threw himself face downward on the ground, and prayed, ‘My Father, if it is possible, take this cup of suffering from me! Yet not what I want, but what you want.’” (Matthew 26:39, GNT)

God’s purpose was and always has been to communicate His love and salvation to a lost and dying people. His purpose has not changed nor has His strategy. He is asking his children to do hard things, to make difficult choices, to sacrifice so that the world will know the love of the Father!

What is God asking you to do?

Father, thank you for sending Jesus and so clearly making your love and forgiveness known to me. May your will be done in my life. Help me live a life of love and obedience to you. Help me to live beyond simple comforts and not to be governed by feelings. Amen.

By Mike Woodard

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Don’t Throw it All Away

This is Hard

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Don’t Throw it All Away

This is Hard