Before bed last night, I opened up a post on John Pipers "Desiring God" blog. I was falling asleep as I even opened the page. But before I drifted off to sleep, I read three random reminders, and they were the very ones I needed. They sunk deep into my soul and I take them as encouragement straight from my God my loving dad. They were as follows:
1.Don’t give up when your long prayed-for prayers have not yet been answered.
And he told them [the parable of the persistent widow] to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart (Luke 18:1).
2. Don’t give up when that familiar sin, still crouching at your door after all these years, pounces again with temptation.
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it (1 Corinthians 10:13).
3. Don’t give up when the devil’s fiery darts of doubt land and make you reel.
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day…in all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one (Ephesians 6:13,16).
SPOT on what I needed to hear. The Spirit of god is willing and gracious. I feel loved, cared for and protected.
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