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Worship XI Day 13 Qof & Resh

June 14, 2023 by Sara Cissell Leave a Comment

Worship XI Day 13 Qof & Resh

Sara Cissell

June 14, 2023

Deep,Enough,Forgiven,Freedom,Fruitfulness,Fullness,Holy Spirit

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Psalm 119:145-160
Isaiah 43:1-4
Romans 8:28-29

“I think earth, if chosen instead of Heaven, will turn out to have been, all along, only a region in Hell; and earth, if put second to Heaven, to have been from the beginning a part of Heaven itself.”  –C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

This quote from C.S. Lewis brings to mind my last year of college. Praise God that Heaven awaits me, and my eternity will not carry the pain of that year. To this day, I reflect on the thoughts and emotions of that season, and my stomach rolls. 

The vividness of my memories has not diminished, but the lens of truth through which I view them has shifted, thank the Lord! 

What would a personal hell on earth look like for you? 

For me, during my senior year pursuing an elementary education degree, I was told by authority figures I would never be a good teacher. Miscommunications, spiritual warfare, my lack of confidence, and personality differences all were at play. For years, I’d worked toward my degree, and as the journey neared the finish line, I received deep criticism rather than encouragement. 

For a people-pleasing perfectionist with a strong desire to be part of a team, the slow and bitter rejection and injustice of my senior year created physical, mental, and social torture. I lost weight. I battled fear. I understood how the devil could make the lie of suicide solving all problems so very palatable when life clenched a stranglehold on hope. I cried myself to sleep most nights. 

I was miserable. 
I was also desperate for the Lord in ways I had never been before. 

Many nights, as tears streamed down my face, I clutched my Bible to my chest. John 1:1 says the Word was with God and the Word was God. In those moments, I was literally holding Him close.

During that year, I was devoted to reading the Word and expecting the Lord to speak to me. Countless times, I started my Bible reading time begging for the Lord to bring His Word to life. I knew how desperately I needed His voice of authority covering me.

My heart-cry echoed the psalmist’s words:

Qof
“I call with all my heart; answer me, LORD.
I will obey your statutes.
I call to you; save me,
and I will keep your decrees.
I rise before dawn and cry out for help;
I put my hope in your word.
I am awake through each watch of the night
To meditate on your promise. 
In keeping with your faithful love, hear my voice.
LORD, give me life in keeping with your justice.”
(Psalm 119:145-149)

He proved faithful. He provided His manna for the day, and I left nothing behind for the next day. (Exodus 16:31-35)

By the time I graduated and became a certified teacher, I was no longer the same person. Much healing still needed to take place, but I walked away from my college years with much more than a degree. 

It has been years (*cough* decades) since that year of struggle, and in preparation for this Journey Study, I pulled out my journals from that long-ago season. 

What I found made me weep and fall face down before my King. 

10/22/03 “Lord, I am struggling. I feel weighed down, overwhelmed, and lost. I cannot carry this burden. I can’t. I lay my stress, concern, anger, hurt, shame, and defeat at Your feet. I want Your peace and Your joy. I need Your strength alone, Lord. My strength is so weak, unbelievably weak, and yet I still try to do it on my own. Forgive me.” 

11/8/03 “God, I need You desperately. I want You to use me, grow me, keep me humble. Lord, I do not know how to deal with this year. What is its purpose, Lord? Please help me obey and remove my pride. Please, Holy Spirit, teach me. Turn this struggle into a growing and refining time.”

11/12/03 “Lord God, You are awesome. This has been the hardest week thus far of this semester. I praise Your name for Your lovingkindness and amazing grace.”

12/10/03 “Lord, increase my faith that You are in control. Turn this negative experience into a positive one. God, use this experience to make me a better teacher, person, and Christian. Thank you, Father, for the growth I have experienced this semester. I have learned how to cling to You in a new way. Glory be unto Your name!!”

As I read through countless journal entries, prayers of thankfulness filled my heart. The Lord has faithfully answered those prayers. Clinging to His Word, His promises and His precepts, have brought about good fruit in my life. 

Resh
“Consider how I love Your precepts;
Lord, give me life according to Your faithful love.
The entirety of Your word is truth,
each of Your righteous judgments endures forever.”
(Psalm 119:159-160)

He used that prolonged, hard season to uproot what could not remain in my life. He provided time for my heart and mind to begin to consistently search for Him and His perspective, to bring about a humility resulting in fertile heart ground, and to teach me to trust His voice of authority over all others. 

In essence, He took a year that felt like hell and planted seeds that drew me closer to Heaven.

I declare with the psalmist,
Your compassions are many, Lord;
give me life according to Your judgments.
(Psalm 119:156)

For indeed, He HAS!

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But God doesn’t connect to humanity because He needs something from us. He draws near out of the abundance of who HE is.

The psalmist understood something important: he had an ongoing relationship with His creator because of God’s coming near! The psalmist continually called out to God from his heart. Through the day and the night, he walked with God by obeying His word, putting hope in His word and meditating on His word.
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Build Day 5 Building Faith

February 18, 2022 by Marietta Taylor Leave a Comment

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Nehemiah 4
James 2:14-26
James 1:2-4
1 Peter 14:12-19

Build, Day 5

Did you know haters existed in the Bible? They did, and today I want to talk about two of them, Sanballat and Tobiah. Their target? Nehemiah primarily, but also the Jews who had returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile in an effort to resettle the city. Let’s see how Nehemiah’s haters operated.

The Israelites were minding their business, each working on rebuilding their assigned portion of the wall. Sanballat and Tobiah’s first line of attack against them was mockery and insults, trying to discourage the workers. (Nehemiah 4:1-3) Nehemiah, who was leading the building efforts, could have responded directly to them verbally or even physically, but he chose the way of wisdom and faith. He prayed. (Nehemiah 4:4-5)

Nehemiah trusted God to handle the opposition, instead of trying to handle them himself.  His response reminds me of someone else who prayed in response to His haters. Jesus, hanging on the cross, accused of being a liar and a fraud, turned to the Father in prayer instead of using His unlimited power against His haters.

“Then Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.’” (Luke 23:34)

I’m praying we can follow these examples and respond to opposition with prayer, instead of trying to handle it by ourselves. After all, God said, “Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay.” (Deuteronomy 32:35) We need to trust Him, relying on Him to handle the situation.

If you thought Sanballat and Tobiah were done, think again. As the Israelites kept on building (Nehemiah 4:6), the haters upped the ante, plotting with other nations to attack the Israelites. (Nehemiah 4:7-8, 11) Some workers grew discouraged at the opposition and the sheer magnitude of the task remaining. (Nehemiah 4:10-12) This time, Nehemiah did not pray alone as many workers prayed alongside him. (Nehemiah 4:9)

Then Nehemiah asked everyone, leaders and workers alike, to do as he had been doing and would continue to do, trust God, who had shown Himself faithful time and again. While also, joining God by taking appropriate action. They could act as guards and protect themselves and their families. (Nehemiah 4:13-18)

Nehemiah armed the people with prayer and encouragement as well as the practicalities of guards, weapons, and an alarm system. The people responded by returning to the work God had given them. (Nehemiah 4:15-21) Nehemiah embodies the promise found in James 1:2-4, “The testing of your faith produces endurance.” That endurance makes us “mature and complete.”

Nehemiah was definitely being tested as a leader through escalating opposition and discouraged countrymen. Yet he showed himself mature by demonstrating his faith in God through prayer and works. He prayed, made and implemented plans, and even worked alongside the people. (Nehemiah 4:21-23) Imagine how encouraging it is for workers today to have their boss stay late, roll up her figurative sleeves, and help out with that critical project. Now imagine how the Israelites felt having Nehemiah join in the work, all the while risking his own life too!

James 2:17 says, “Faith, if it does not have works, is dead by itself.” How is this reflected in Nehemiah’s story? Nehemiah shows a complete picture of trusting God to work on our behalf, while also actively putting that faith to action by using the wisdom He imparts for leading well. We can learn much about building from this prophet.

As we are building our families, ministries, and communities, what can we learn from Nehemiah’s experience?

  • Trust the one and only Builder, God, first and foremost. Without Him, we build weak straw huts and sinking sandcastles. (Matthew 7:24-27)
  • Pray. By praying we acknowledge “we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.” (Ephesians 2:10) Who can stand against God? (2 Chronicles 20:6)
  • Do the work. Don’t just make plans, but actively participate in the work as an act of obedience to God and for inspiration to our fellow builders.
  • Endure the trials and the opposition. God is glorified when we suffer for His name. (1 Peter 4:12-19)

As we trust, pray, build, and endure, we can stand confidently on His assurance He will never leave us nor forsake us!

“Be strong and courageous; don’t be terrified or afraid of them. For the LORD your God is the one who will go with you; He will not leave you nor abandon you.” (Deuteronomy 31:6)

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If Day 3 Indwelling

July 14, 2021 by Rebecca Adams Leave a Comment

If Day 3 Indwelling

Rebecca Adams

July 14, 2021

Deep,Dwell,God,Holy Spirit,Jesus,Love,Rescue

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John 16:5-15
John 14:12-31
Galatians 5:13-26

What if Christians were merely saved from sin?
Suppose we were rescued, then left alone to traverse the difficulties of life?

Divorce, loss, financial ruin, emotional trauma, grief, persecution, sinful temptations…suppose God rescued us only to leave us alone until we somehow crossed the line of Eternity?

Would He be a loving God?
One who came in the flesh, but left us utterly alone?

Does love abandon?
Does God?

At Gracefully Truthful, we care quite a bit about original languages. Some believe the Bible you hold in your hands, or read on your phone, has been “translated” so many times and is so far removed from the original manuscript, it’s impossible to know if anything we read in the Bible is factual. At first glance, this premise seems to build a convincing argument that the Bible is unreliable and nothing more than a fictitious collection of stories passed from generation to generation, modified by each storyteller.

This renders the Bible, God’s very Word to humanity, nothing more than a crutch.

Thankfully, none of that is true.
Ergo, original languages are our jam.

And if you aren’t living in the United States, allow me to translate the colloquial phrase “jam” as meaning, “thick, good stuff we love to take pleasure in; it’s our ‘happy place’.”

See, language, it’s more important than we might think.

When modern-day Bible translators are writing the Bible in a new language, they study from the original language copies that have been preserved for centuries. Yes, those Bible translators are reading copies that were in circulation while many of the original disciples were still alive. Still Alive!! This means they could have easily refuted what was being circulated if it wasn’t in keeping with the original. And we don’t have just one copy, or two, or even ten. For Shakespeare’s writings, we have roughly 235 surviving copies, and no one questions his authorship. For the New Testament books, there are over 5,000!

When GT authors share a word from the “original language”, take notice. This carries significant weight because the Bible is the living active Word of God preserved by the Spirit of God, spoken out by the Spirit of God.

This God wants to be known by us. Deeply.

The how He goes about being known…. Pause with me for a holy hush… Is by His Spirit.

Like looking at a pencil drawing, and then blinking as it floods with vibrant colors, brilliant 4D movement, and suddenly, personal, comforting, deeply knowing interaction with you. THIS is the Holy Spirit’s work, making the drawing of God on a page, come to life inside you, calling you to Himself, singing over you, moving you forward into the seemingly impossible, holding you up in the midst of tragedy, anchoring you in the eye of the storm, pointing you always towards understanding exactly who this God of the Bible really is.

The Spirit who hovered over the waters at creation’s dawn. (Genesis 1:2)
The Spirit who came upon David and drew him into dancing in the streets. (2 Samuel 6:14)
The Spirit who empowered Nehemiah to courageously lead in the face of intimidation. (Nehemiah 4:7-14)
The Spirit who made a donkey talk (Numbers 22:28),
gave Samson the power to tear a lion apart (Judges 14:6),
fueled Joshua to march around an impenetrable city, and watch it fall. (Joshua 5:13-6:7)
The Spirit who overshadowed Mary and brought forth Jesus. (Luke 1:35)
The Spirit who raised Christ back to life from the dead. (Romans 8:11)
The Spirit who fell upon the disciples, allowing them to preach in multiple languages they didn’t even know. (Acts 2:4)
The Spirit who permanently lives inside every man, woman, or child who calls out in saving faith to the Lord Jesus Christ to rescue them from sin and its deadly consequences. (1 Corinthians 3:16)

Holy things. Holy work.
All initiated, led, and accomplished by the Holy Spirit.
He is not separate from God, trying to translate God for you.

No.

When God came to earth to redeem mankind back to Himself,

He did not send a representative.

He did not ask the archangel, Michael, a great leader like Moses, or a great prophet like Elijah; He Came HIMSELF as Jesus, God the Son.

And this is exactly true of the Holy Spirit. He is not outside of God.

He IS God.

רוּחַ

These are the Hebrew letters forming the sound, “ruach”, which translators most commonly render as “breath”, “spirit”, or “wind”.

When we think of the Holy Spirit, we should think of the very breath of God.

His Spirit, His own Spirit is His wind, His breathing; the Spirit is the “everything of God”.

But, unlike our breath, which vanishes the moment we exhale, the Spirit of God is fully God, always present as God.

All the wisdom.
All the power.
All the understanding.
All of His always-never-leaving presence.

Co-equal. Co-eternal. Everlasting to Everlasting.

The Spirit of God, is the everlasting breath of God’s fullness, intended to show us who God is through personal engagement.

Moses removes his sandals. (Exodus 3:5)
Holy

Isaiah weeps. (Isaiah 6:5)
Holy

Peter falls down. (Luke 5:8)
Holy

Every person who calls on the Name of the Most High God trembles. (Isaiah 66:2)
Holy

This Holy Spirit of the Living God has taken up residency within believers (Romans 8:10-11),
sealing them forever (Ephesians 1:13),
promising to hold them all the way into eternity (John 10:28),
guaranteeing to never leave (John 14:17),
to always bring His comfort (John 14:16),
to always teach (John 14:26),
to always remind (John 14:26),
to always reveal more about God (John 14:21).

Holy

This is the work of the indwelling Holy Spirit, given to all who truly trust the risen Savior, Christ the Lord. It is His holy work in us, making us holy like Him, that we may live and move in Him! (Acts 17:28)

When you read His Words in Scripture,
when you raise your hands in response to Him,
when you pray fervently as He bids,
when you stand hushed at His holiness,
you are moving in cadence to the Holy One.

No, we are not left alone.

We are forever knit together with the very fabric of the Living God woven into our souls. Here, in this sweet union with God Almighty, we dance together with Him.

Let’s enter His rhythm and live in step with the Spirit!

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Can you imagine the scene? You have walked by the side of your cherished mentor for three years and have learned so much. Yet, you know there is infinitely more to learn! You can’t imagine anyone teaching you like them. When someone we share life with must go from our lives, in our own humanity we feel the sting for ourselves at first. We can relate to the disciples’ pain and sorrow. In our own frailty, we don’t consider asking questions related to their next journey. We simply know it hurts that they are leaving.
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Sola Day 8 Sola Fide

May 20, 2020 by Marietta Taylor Leave a Comment

Sola Day 8 Sola Fide

Marietta Taylor

May 20, 2020

Christ,Faith,Forgiven,God,Grace,Jesus,Sola,Truth

Read His Words Before Ours!

Isaiah 53
Isaiah 64:1-6
Romans 3:20-28
Galatians 2:11-21
Ephesians 2:1-10

I grew up Catholic. Though I visited churches of other denominations, I was steeped in Catholic doctrine. I learned Jesus died on the cross for my sins. I knew this basic belief was required to get into heaven. 

But, as I got older, other Catholic doctrine didn’t make sense to me. My problem-solving bent kept me from reconciling what I knew to be true from the Bible with some of the teachings from the church. As a result, I left the denomination as a young adult. 

My turning point happened in a high school World History class, of all places. We talked about the Roman Catholic Church and the idea of “indulgences.” And they made no sense to me. 

You might be wondering what an indulgence is. The “official” definition is “a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven.” 

In plain talk, an indulgence is work a person does to take away her earthly punishment for her sin. Upon its completion, a person owes no debt to the Church for sinning against God. She has paid the cost to satisfy God’s justice. 

Indulgences were tied to the doctrine of purgatory. According to the Catholic church, purgatory is the place our souls go to suffer and make atonement for sins before going to heaven. 

Even as I type these words, I think of Jesus and the cross. 

Isaiah 53:5 says of Jesus, 
“But He was pierced because of our rebellion, crushed because of our iniquities; 
punishment for our peace was on Him, and we are healed by His wounds.”

Jesus paid it all for us. 

Furthermore, we can also look at Isaiah 53:11: 
“After His anguish, He will see light and be satisfied. 
By His knowledge, my righteous servant will justify many, 
and He will carry their iniquities.”  

If Jesus carries our iniquities, what more could we do? 
If we could earn forgiveness for our sin, why did Christ die? 

Our faith in God and in the finished work of Jesus saves us. 

Nothing about our unredeemed selves is good or righteous in comparison to God. 

Isaiah 64:6 tells us, “all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment.”  

How then can an indulgence make us more righteous before God? Simply, it cannot.
John 14:6 declares Jesus is the only way to righteousness and eternity with God. 

If we believe there is something we can add to Jesus’ finished work on the cross, then what do we do with John 3:16?

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. “ 

In the time of Pope Innocent III, people could pay for indulgences. In fact, sometimes the government would give them out. If citizens could not do what the indulgence required, they would donate money, pay for buildings, etc. 

If we follow the logic of indulgences, the rich were able to buy their way into redemption before God. More indulgences, more righteousness. 

But Romans 3:20-27 disputes this false logic. Instead, Paul teaches these truths:

  •     No one is justified by works
  •     Righteousness comes only through faith in Jesus Christ
  •     There is no distinction among people because we are all sinners
  •     We are justified freely by God’s grace
  •     No one can boast because of works

And Romans 3:28 sums it all up: 
“For we conclude that a person is justified by faith 
apart from the works of the law.” 

In other words, justification is given to us 
through faith 
not earned by us 
through works. 

No wonder Martin Luther had a problem with indulgences! Luther came to believe in justification by faith alone. His 95 Theses were based on his disagreement with the notion we can be justified by any means other than faith in Christ. 

And I agree with Him wholeheartedly. If we are to live according to the Word of God, then we are called to embrace justification through faith alone with gratitude and confidence. 

We can build our walk with the Lord on verses like Ephesians 2:8, which says, 
“For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; 
it is God’s gift— not from works, so that no one can boast.”  

Glory belongs to God. If we could create our own righteousness, the glory would be ours. But the Bible teaches there has been only one human who could claim glory. 

Jesus, because He was fully God and fully man. 

He alone is the radiance of God’s glory and the source of our purification from sins. (Hebrews 1:3)

It is so important, friends, to understand our position in relation to God and His Son, Jesus.

Jesus is the only Savior. (Isaiah 43:11)
We can never save ourselves. 

And I am grateful the burden of justification has already been carried. The battle to defeat the power of sin has already been won. Let us lay aside our attempts to earn salvation, instead always grounding ourselves and finding rest in the finished work of the cross. 

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I am unable to please Him on my own, but in His grace, He offered a sacrifice to cover all of my “not enoughs”, and then gave me His Holy Spirit to powerfully live inside me, equipping me to love and follow Him.

What was impossible before, was now possible because of God, His grace, and His Spirit! I could stop trying to follow Him in my own strength and instead rely on His Holy Spirit to power my everyday interactions.

It is a lesson I am still learning, but one that makes my life less about my abilities, and more about His purposes.
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Shielded Day 13 One Weapon

February 12, 2020 by Jami Stroud 2 Comments

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Ephesians 6:10-17
Romans 8:1-11
2 Timothy 3:16-17
2 Peter 1:16-21
Hebrews 4:12-13

Shielded, Day 13

Since the beginning of time, words have been used as a weapon. In the garden, the serpent twisted God’s words to tempt Adam and Eve to eat the fruit from the tree of life. From that time until now, lies, manipulations, half-truths, and slander have been fuel for the fire of pain and division.

In Ephesians 6:12 Paul reminds us,
“Our battle is not against flesh and blood,
but against the rulers, against the authorities,
against the powers of this dark world and
against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”

I’ve used my own words as a weapon against others, or even as a defense to keep people from getting too close and knowing something I would rather they didn’t.
My words have cut others and myself deeply.
They have burned bridges and destroyed friendships.

I think a lot about the conversations and words of the past and the impact I made because of them. I’ve been fighting the wrong enemy using the wrong weapon.
I’ve been duped by the real enemy – Satan.

Up until this very last instruction from Paul, we are asked to take up pieces of armor that are defensive, pieces intended to protect our heart, mind, and soul.
But now, after fastening ourselves with this armor, we are invited to pick up a sword,
the only weapon we are to carry, the Word of God.

For the first two years after college, I was on a traveling music ministry team. After my two-year commitment was over, I was invited to help train the next set of teams who would go out to carry on the work that had been done by teams before us for the last 48 years. While I was on this training staff it came to our attention that many of the team members were suffering pretty intense spiritual attacks. A few of us decided it was time to fight.

In the chapel above the dining hall, there was a small costume and prop closet where I found myself a plastic toy sword, tucked it into my belt loop and joined other staff as we picked up our Bibles, and some old hymnals with scripture-based songs and decided to walk the path around the camp we were staying at and fight. I wore that sword in my belt loop for the rest of the 3 weeks of training. I didn’t realize it until writing this what a significant symbol and message to the Enemy this was.
We were armed with Scripture and we wouldn’t back down.
I would fight for those team members against his schemes,
and I knew we had the upper hand.

It may seem like an ineffective weapon.
How can a book of writings from a bunch of dead guys be our weapon?
Could this really be what Paul meant?
But when we take a closer look, we see there is more power to God’s Word than meets the eye.

Scripture isn’t just a collection of words from random people.
Scripture is God-breathed (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
God Himself, through the work of the Holy Spirit, guided men to write the truth, His truth, the world needed. The words in Scripture are God’s words.
The God who spoke all of life into creation.
The God who spoke and calmed the storm.
The God who spoke and raised the dead.
The God who spoke, “It is finished” into the air as He breathed His last, defeating the grip of sin once and for all.
These words are our weapon!

The same Holy Spirit who breathed these words into the earthly writers of Scripture and raised Jesus from the dead is the same Holy Spirit who makes His home within every believer when we embrace the gift of Salvation given for us.

How are you training for battle?
Are you relying on your own words to be your dagger?
Or are you picking up the unfailing Sword of the Spirit?

When we are armed with Scripture, we can walk out into the daily battlefield of life prepared to fight the spiritual forces of the heavenly realm with a fool-proof weapon.
Stay in the fight, Friend, His Word will never fail!

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Glimmers Day 8 Hope; It’s Coming!

December 19, 2018 by Sara Cissell Leave a Comment

Read His Words Before Ours!

1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Habakkuk 2:2-3
Jeremiah 29:11-13

Glimmers, Day 8

Throughout the last few years, I have had a bit of a love/hate relationship with hope.

There were times when hope was the water level that buoyed me up and allowed me to keep moving forward. Other times hope felt like the very anchor that kept my head just barely above the crashing waves.
Those were the moments when hoping that better was coming
hurt more than enduring the pain of the season.

Yet, hope is a powerful resource, and truly without it I would have given up on the plans the Lord has for me long, long ago.
So, from where does my hope come?

First and foremost, the Lord as He speaks through the Bible and the Holy Spirit’s voice (Matthew 4:4). Beyond that, hope may rise from the encouragement of fellow sojourners, reflection on previous hopes fulfilled, and the decision to live life with a hope-filled mindset. What increases your hope?

For me, the words of the Old Testament prophets bring me hope.
Several times throughout my life, the Lord has brought verses to mind that come directly from the books of the Bible that are named after these prophets.

In Scripture, there are 17 books categorized as prophetic (written by prophets).
Five of those are called major and 12 are minor. This is due to the length of the books rather than the importance of the content. The five major prophet books are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel. The 12 minor prophet books are the last books of the Old Testament beginning with Hosea and ending with Malachi.

I find myself visiting these books frequently, receiving encouragement from the men who obeyed the Lord in announcing His will so many years ago.
The basic definition of a prophet is a person who declares the will of God.

Believers today have something those living during Old Testament times didn’t have: the Holy Spirit. Therefore, the role of the prophet was incredibly important as through these voices, lives, and written words, God’s people could know the Lord’s direction and desire. Without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, His will had to be vocalized from an external source rather than an internal one.

The lives these prophets lived and the words they spoke are captured in those 17 books at the end of the Old Testament. Throughout them you will find deep wisdom and truth applicable for today just as much as it did then. These prophets spoke the words the Lord’s Spirit gave them without knowing the big picture, but they obeyed regardless. The Lord challenged them to obey in ways that guaranteed social norms were at the minimum bent and in some cases shattered.

The examples of faith and obedience the prophets displayed is one way
hope grows in me.

The backbone of my faith is strengthened when reading their stories and, in turn, my hope rises.

I don’t know the full pictures of my life,
but just like the prophets of old,
I am to obey regardless.

I can discover the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living
as I follow Him,
even if He asks me to move outside my comfort zone.

(Side note: The Lord will never direct me to do something that contradicts His character as proven in the Word.)

Hope rises as we witness the faithful obedience of these ancient prophets.
Hope rises through the words the prophets spoke.
The words God ordained to be preserved for us to take in.

Several verses tucked into the pages of prophecy have become lifelines in the dark and clear directives for my next steps.
Hope rises here, anchored in truth!

“The Lord your God is among you,
a warrior who saves.
He will rejoice over you with gladness.
He will be quiet in His love.
He will delight in you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17

“The Lord my Lord is my strength;
He makes my feet like those of a deer
and enables me to walk
on mountain heights.”
Habakkuk 3:19

“Mankind, He has told each of you what is good,
and what it is the Lord requires of you;
to act justly,
to love faithfulness,
and to walk humbly
with your God.”
Micah 6:8

Isaiah.
Jeremiah.
Lamentations.
Ezekiel.
Daniel.
Hosea.
Joel.
Amos.
Obadiah.
Jonah.
Micah.
Nahum.
Habakkuk.
Zephaniah.
Haggai.
Zechariah.
Malachi.

These are prophets who faithfully obeyed the Lord, despite great cost to themselves.
Prophets who allowed the Lord’s hope to rise through their surrender.
Prophets who pointed, directly and indirectly,
to the Eternal Hope of the coming Messiah.

Challenge yourself to read through some of these hope writings in the coming weeks. Take note of the verses that bring you hope.
Who inspires you in your faith journey?
Is it Daniel in his obedience and faith as he stands amidst the lions?
Is it Hosea marrying a harlot as a representation of the Lord’s love for us?

May hope rise as you read of events declared before they would happen and then their fulfillment. Look for the glimmers that point to a coming Savior and take comfort in knowing that exactly what God declares, He brings to pass.
Hope; it’s coming!

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Sketched III, Day 9 Modern Day Hannah: Digging Deeper

March 1, 2018 by Rebecca Adams Leave a Comment

Sketched III, Day 9 Modern Day Hannah: Digging Deeper

Rebecca Adams

March 1, 2018

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Discover the original intent of Scripture. Make good application to our everyday lives.
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Why Dig Deeper?

Read His Words Before Ours!

Mark 11:22-25

22 Jesus replied to them, “Have faith in God. 23 Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

24 Therefore I tell you, everything you pray and ask for—believe that you have received it and it will be yours. 25 And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your wrongdoing.”
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The Original Intent

1) How is this section on faith and prayer related to the previous passages about the fig tree and cleansing the temple?

In verses 12-14, Jesus and His disciples come to a fig tree that has plentiful leaves, but no fruit. Fig trees simultaneously bear fruit while growing leaves; not one before the other. If there are leaves, there should be fruit.

Plus, it wasn’t even the season for figs, so no one could have come along and eaten all the fruit, leaving it empty when Jesus arrived. Jesus uses this tree as an illustration to show how the Jews, God’s chosen people, especially the Pharisees, were displaying plenty of leaves without any actual substance.

For all their knowledge about God, they still remained unchanged for God. In the temple scene, Jesus is righteously angry because His Father’s house, intended for prayer and communion between Himself and His people, had been turned into nothing more than a place for exchange of material goods.

It was fully self-seeking, having nothing to do with intimate communication of prayer. Then follows our section on prayer where Jesus’ teachings are meant to be viewed in strikingly vivid contrast to both of the previous scenarios.

The other two examples pointed to brokenness and misalignment of God’s intentional design, now Jesus teaches a better way.  

The Everyday Application

1) How is this section on faith and prayer related to the previous passages about the fig tree and cleansing the temple?

Without taking the time to study the context of this passage on prayer, it would be easy to walk away with some big misconceptions on these verses. But, when we couch Jesus’ words correctly in context of Mark’s other recordings of Jesus, we get a much clearer picture of what Jesus was really intending to teach.

As you spend time studying God’s Word, determine to be a good student of the Bible. Read verses in context of other, surrounding passages. Slow down and look for over-arching themes. Ask questions like, what does this passage teach me about God, about people, and finally, about me?

Get some good study tools to help you read God’s Word well like studylight.org or ask a pastor or trusted Christian friend for help as well. Studying Scripture does take intentional work, but it is always worth it! 

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The Original Intent

2) What is Jesus contrasting when He says, “Have faith in God”?

With the fig tree example fresh in their minds, and the image of Jesus overturning tables in the temple engraved in their memories, Peter remarks, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered!”

To which Jesus responds, “Have faith in God”. Jesus was pointedly teaching them that a relationship with God is foremost. No other idols, no other gods, only the One True God alone can satisfy. He is the only one who can bring true fruit from the inside out.

He is the one who brings fullness in your life that far exceeds material things. Intimacy with Him, communion with Him, loving surrender to Him while allowing Him to grow you in depth and richness and fullness is the only way to find true, meaningful life that isn’t fraudulent.

The Everyday Application

2) What is Jesus contrasting when He says, “Have faith in God”?

The disciples were learning, with physical examples right before their eyes, that Jesus was the only One worthy of their full faith and trust. Money would never be able to “buy” them intimacy with the Almighty; in fact, nothing material could.

Neither could any outward act or deed grant them the fullness of a flourishing life in Christ. Doing all the “right Christian things” is meaningless without a genuine relationship with Jesus. The best we can hope to accomplish with outward “modified-Christian-like” behavior is imitation at best, with no life-giving fruit.

Imitation that, at its core, is simply a pretty cover for ugly hypocrisy. (Matthew 23:27)

Where are you covering up with pretty leaves? Hoping no one will notice that your lovely foliage is all there is? Are you fearful of being “found out” or do you find yourself worrying that you aren’t doing “enough” to please God?

Rest assured that there is so much fullness waiting for you, and it all begins with faith in God.

The Original Intent

3) What does it mean to not “doubt in your heart”?

The Greek word for doubt is “διακρίνω” (pronounced: dee-ak-ree’-no) and it means literally to divide or discriminate, making a distinction.

James uses the same word in his letter when he also speaks of praying to God. “Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God—who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly—and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith without doubting…..(For the doubter) should not expect to receive anything from the Lord, being double-minded and unstable in all his ways.” (James 1:5-7) 

To doubt while praying is to be split in your heart, making a pre-judgement on whether God will hear and respond to you. Jesus calls us to pray with hearts full of unwavering “faith in God” and who He is.

The Everyday Application

3) What does it mean to not “doubt in your heart”?

A general lack of understanding about prayer, its purpose, and its effectiveness result in confusion when praying and wondering if it really matters anyways. Jesus’ teaching, as well as James’ through the Holy Spirit’s leading, remind us that prayer must first flow from a whole-heartedness, a 100% belief with no wavering.

A belief in what?
To use Jesus’ words, “faith in God.” (verse 22)

Prayer is intended to rely 100% on God and on His character, not in a specific outcome. Praying for healing, and believing wholeheartedly that God will do it in exactly the way you are laying out in your prayer, is not a faith-based prayer according to Scripture.

Praying with a heart of un-divided faith, lays our requests, from the very big ones to the very small ones (because nothing is un-important to the Father God –  Luke 12:6-7), trusting fully in WHO we are praying to.

We are trusting that the Lord hears us, that He knows our aches, our groanings, our joys, and our sorrows, and that He intimately cares about every single detail. This is the God to whom we pray! Additionally, we pray trusting in God’s character to do exactly what He sees as best. We trust that God will absolutely act in accordance with His good character.

To quote the great leader of the reformation, Martin Luther, “You should confidently expect from God one of two things: either that your prayer will be granted, or, if it is not granted, the granting of it would not be good for you.” ie: God will do a greater good in the not granting.

Herein, lies the battle to trust in God, and not in ourselves, our wisdom, our understanding, or our sense of need (Isaiah 55:8-9).

The Lord God invites us into prayer, He fights for that intimate relationship. (Mark 11:15-17) He welcomes us to approach Him confidently (Hebrews 4:16), reminding us that He cares about every detail, wanting our hearts and our tongues to become un-burdened with our cares at any moment of every day (1 Peter 5:7).

In the whole delightful process, He will show Himself to us, unveiling His heart for us, teaching us to become more like Him! Delight in prayer, beloved daughter of the Most High God!

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Woven Day 1 Threads Of Love

January 29, 2018 by Rebecca Adams Leave a Comment

Read His Words Before Ours!

1 Peter 1:10-12
Luke 24:44-49
Psalm 2

Woven, Day 1

The Bible is such a diverse book. Have you ever attempted to just sit down and read it like you would any other book? I mean, crazy, right? Creation is good and interesting in the beginning and the rest of Genesis has a lot of neat stories, but even those have some pretty….weird….things going on.

I mean, Cain gets this strange mark on him.
Noah gets drunk and naked. (yeah, maybe you didn’t read that far, did you?)
A dreamy staircase to Heaven appears out of nowhere while Jacob uses a rock for a pillow.
Sibling rivalry is a huge deal…. Esau’s hot-temper makes you wonder how Jacob even managed to stay alive at all.
Sure, the Exodus story is pretty amazing.
All the plagues and the Ten Commandments (and a vision of Charlton Heston dances in my head nearly every time I read it.)
But then, the reading plan plows into Leviticus, and *cringe*, Numbers….and it all seems to blur together as we find ourselves asking, “Why? And do we care about Elishama and Ammihud?”
(because, really, if we were honest, we would probably say, “No. No, I don’t care.”)

The Why is valid.
And there are solid reasons.
Reasons strong enough to make me want to devote my life to studying the Bible.
But the real kicker is here: what if the Bible wasn’t written “to” us?

Before you say I’m crazy…
Consider: what if the Bible is hard to understand because, while it was indeed written “for” us, its story is neither “to” us or “about” us in many ways.
Ancient civilizations.
Buried cities, some of which we haven’t even uncovered yet today.
Bones that have long since turned back to dust.
These were the Bible’s original recipients.

And if we are going to read their documents and their letters and then make current-day application from them, it only makes sense that we should first step into their shoes.
If we can see what the stories and letters and biographies meant to them, in their culture, we can make good application to our lives from this very living and active word of God!

That’s exactly what good students of the Bible do, and what we work hard to do here at Gracefully Truthful with every Journey Study we write and every Digging Deeper Study we dive into. As students of God’s Word, we’ve learned to ask good questions:
What does this say about God?
What did it say to its first audience?
What does this say about people in general?
And lastly, how can I live differently because of what I’ve learned?

This Word of God, these precious words written and down and sovereignly preserved are Life Giving.
Written so, so, long ago, yet because they are the true words of the Almighty Living God, inspired by the His Own Mighty Spirit, they hold life for NOW.

As we journey into Woven, we are inviting you to travel with us.

To put on new study glasses with us.
To learn how to ask good questions, make good applications, and sisters?
Fall more in love with the God who has chased after our hearts since the beginning of time!

We are confident that as you walk with us, you’ll discover with brilliantly colored brushstrokes, how deep and wide and passionate is this love of God for us.
Beloved, the Almighty God has pursued us from the beginning of time,
and we have been invited in to so much more.

So, come away with us, and see the Lord’s big picture.
Be willing to see the Bible as a single, cohesive, dramatic story of truly incredible love.
Get ready to be swept off your feet as you gaze into the majesty of an all-powerful, yet very good father from the first word to the last.

All these stories, all their words, all those endless names in Numbers, the crazy rules in Leviticus, the flood waters that destroyed all but 8 people on the face of the earth, yes, even God’s wrath and His anger unleashed, right alongside God’s prophecies of peace and coming hope, all are threads of the same masterpiece.
One Story.
One Redemption.
One God and Father of us all who gave His all to be our Great Rescuer.

Love.
Woven.
From the beginning of time,
knitted tightly along into your everyday,
sewn steadily on until the Day of Christ’s Return,
and on into glorious eternity.
Love.
Woven.
By the hands of the Master Weaver.

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The GT Weekend – Creed Week 1

July 15, 2017 by Michelle Promise Leave a Comment

The GT Weekend

At Gracefully Truthful, weekends aren’t for “checking out”.
Use this time to invite the Almighty’s fullness into you life in a deeper way!
Saturdays and Sundays are a chance to reflect, rest, and re-center our lives onto Christ. Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with other women in prayer, rest your soul in reflective journaling, and spend time worshiping the Creator who longs for intimacy with each of us!

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  1. When it comes to teachings from the Bible, what questions do you walk away with? Have you voiced them? If not, find someone you trust and ask them or email us at prayer@gracefullytruthful.com . There is so much freedom waiting to be experienced after you release those fears by physically voicing them. What are you waiting for?!
  2. If you’ve already decided to accept salvation, reflect on your encounter with Jesus. Linger in that moment and allow God to stir up your heart in revival! If you’ve not accepted salvation, reflect on what connotations that word has to you. Check out this journey Study again to see “salvation” and “justification” unpacked.
  3. Discipline is not a fun word to hear; often it brings up negative emotion. However, there is great reward for digging in and doing the difficult work of growing in the disciplines of the faith. Remember to think of the disciplines of Scripture as being “training” instead of “punishment”! Which do you need to focus on cultivating today? Prayer, fasting, scripture reading, worship, or service?

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Lord, Your amazing magnificence scares me sometimes. How can a God so big and all-knowing, know everything about me and still love me so personally? Your precious Word shows me how and the Holy Spirit living inside me points me back to Your hand at work in me. Thank You Lord Jesus for the many gifts you’ve given me. Of Your Word, of salvation and redemption back to You, of the Holy Spirit moving in my life. I’m blessed by Your outpouring of love!

Father I thank you for community. Thank You for my ladies that hold up my arms when they are weary, for the ladies lifting prayers and petitions to You on my behalf. Bless them for pushing me to keep growing and investing in my relationship with You. Reveal more of Yourself to us Jesus. Spur us to action and obedience in growing these disciplines in our lives; we are look longingly for the reward of spending eternity at Your feet!

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