Category Archives: Miracles

Took The City

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Miracles – Joshua 6:20 – Took The City – Growing As Disciples

When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so every man charged straight in, and they took the city. Joshua 6:20 (NIV) 

Battles 

Is it any surprise that you will face battles in life? No, not at all. Life is filled with battles of many various kinds. If I am not in a battle I have probably just left one or I am about to enter one very soon. That’s true. This is a broken world. Everything about this world has been corrupted by sin. This world does not function according to your original design and plan. No, it does not. It was not your plan that life would be filled with so many struggles. No, it was not.

What have you learned about battles in life? Battles in life are not all bad. Battles in life have had a very good and positive and lasting impact on my life. How so? Every battle in life has presented me with a choice. Is that right? Yes, it is. What choice has each and every battle in life presented to you? Each battle in life has asked me who am I going to trust. Each battle in life has asked me who I will rely on. Each battle in life has defined for me who will be the source of my wisdom and strength and guidance and help. Is that so? Yes, it is. What has been the answer to those questions? There is only one correct answer for all of these questions. Really? Yes, really. Then let me hear your answer to every one of these questions. I will trust in you. I will not rely on myself. You have been, are and will be my only source of wisdom and strength and guidance and help. You have been with me to help me through every battle in life. Every battle in life has caused me to draw near to you. Every battle in life has caused me to hold on to you. You have never left me alone when I have been in a battle in life. I am no fan of going through battles in life. On one hand, I wish that life was not filled with so many battles. On the other hand, I am thankful for every battle in life that I have gone through. Why is that? Every battle in life has been one more opportunity to grow closer to you. Every battle in life has been an opportunity to come to know you more intimately. In hindsight, I can now easily say, with great confidence, that I would not trade a battle free life for knowing you less. So, I am very thankful that you have been with me in and through every battle in life. I am thankful that you have helped to come to know you better in and through every battle in life. That is very good. 

Lord, I am facing battles in life. Is that a surprise to me, you, or anyone else? When will I not be facing a battle, trial or test in life? I need your wisdom and guidance. Too often I have relied on myself. Help me to know what to do. I will rely on you for my help. Amen

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Walking Around In The Fire

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Miracles – Daniel 3:24-25 – Walking Around In The Fire – Growing As Disciples

Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, “Weren’t there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?” They replied, “Certainly, O king.” He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.” Daniel 3:24-25 (NIV)

Fiery Trials

You have experienced the heat. You have felt the pressure. You have gone through fiery trials in life. No kidding, you don’t need to remind me. My past fiery trials are all too present in my memory. Is that right? Yes, that is right. Tell me what you remember about the fiery trials you have gone through. I do remember the pain and suffering and difficulty. But, that is not what I remember most of all. What do you remember most of all? I remember crying out to you in prayer. I remember desperately asking for your help. Really? Yes, really. Did I hear and answer your prayers? Did I come to your aid? Was I close to you when you were broken hearted? Yes, you did. Yes, you were. You comforted me in my affliction. You healed my hurts. You helped me in my need. You have brought me through every fiery trial in life. Yes, I have. That is what I remember most of all. That’s good.

What have you learned because you have gone through fiery trials in life? I have learned to come to rely on you. I have come to know that I don’t need to be desperate. Why is that? I have come to understand that you are always with me to help me. I can trust you. I can rely on you. I can turn to you in prayer. I can ask for your help. You will not leave me all alone. You will not forget me. You will not forsake me. No, I will not. You will hear and answer my prayers. You will help me through every fiery trial in life as I keep my heart and mind and life focused on you. Yes, I will.

How have I used fiery trials in your life? I know that you are not the origin of my fiery trials. This sin broken world is filled with fiery trials that are common to mankind. That’s true. You can and do use fiery trials for my good. How so? Fiery trials have drawn me closer to you. Fiery trials have caused me to rely on you. As I have gone through fiery trials I have become a brighter and more vibrant witness for you. How so? Drawing closer to you and relying more fully on you has not gone unnoticed. People are watching. People are seeing that I do trust and rely on you. People are being drawn to you because you are working in and through my life. Yes, they are. This has been most evident as I have drawn nearer to you and relied more fully on you through the fiery trials of life. That’s very true and very good. 

Lord, help me to grow in my faith as I trust in you. Help me to rely on your strength to face and go through fiery trials in life. Thank you for using fiery trials to grow my faith. Thank you for using me as your witness in the world as I go through fiery trials in life. Amen

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To Swallow Jonah

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But the LORD provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights. Jonah 1:17 (NIV)

Provided

Now, that’s a usage of that word that I would have never considered. What word? You “provided” a great fish to swallow Jonah. I hope that you never “provide” something like that for me. Why is that? I don’t what to find myself living in the belly of a great big smelly fish. I don’t want to see myself barfed up on a beach somewhere. What did Jonah do? Jonah listened to your instructions and then did the exact opposite of what you asked of Him. You asked him to go one way. He went the other. You asked him to do one thing. He did another. Should I have let him go and do exactly the opposite of what I had asked of him? Would you like me to let you go and do what is not pleasing to me? Should I let you live a life that is in direct opposition to my will? No, if I am headed in the wrong direction then I ask you to turn my life around. I don’t want to live a life that is in direct opposition to your will. I want to live a life that is pleasing to you. I want to go where you guide me. I want to do what you ask of me. Are you sure? Yes, I am sure. That’s good.

What will you say and do if I ask you to do something that is difficult? What will you say and do if I ask you to do something that is unpleasant? What will you do if I ask you to do some that is foreign and unfamiliar? What will you do is if I ask you to do something that is embarrassing and unpopular? What will you say and do if I ask you to do something that is far beyond your gifts and talents and abilities and resources? Those are all very tough questions. I don’t have the answer to each one of them. I don’t know what I would say and do in every case. It is my hope and prayer that I will always willingly and joyfully go and do whatever you ask of me. I don’t want to rebel. I don’t want to shrink back. I don’t want to fall short. I want to know and do your will. I will tell you one thing. What’s that? I give you permission to “provide” whatever I need to be able to go and do your will. I just hope and pray that I don’t need a big smelly fish or a large kick in the pants so that I will readily go and do your will. You can be sure of one thing. What’s that? I will “provide” whatever you need to go and do what I ask of you. That’s good. Yes, it is.

Lord, I know that I have not always obeyed you. I have not gone and done what you asked me to do for you. Forgive me. Help me now to follow and serve you. I will go wherever you guide me. I will do whatever you ask of me. Amen

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Who Is This?

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He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!” Mark 4:39-41 (NIV)

Be Still

You are not alone. I have not left you to face storms in life all by yourself. I have seen the look of terror in your eyes as you have gone through worrisome storms. I have heard your fearful thoughts of wonder at how you might survive a fiery trial you are facing. You may have thought you were all alone and on your own. That would be a false thought. That would be a lie. The truth is that I am with you to help you through every trial and storm in life. Do you hear and believe what I am saying to you? Yes, Lord, I believe that you are with me to help me through all the trials and storms of life.

Let’s talk some more about the trials and storms of life. I’m listening. I want you to change the way you look at storms. I want you to think differently about the trials. How so? What have you focused on during a trial or storm in life? Every trial and storm I have faced in life has grabbed my full attention. During trials and storms of life I have thought of nothing else other than how I might endure a trail or weather a storm. I have tried to gather all my resources and strengths and abilities to go through trials and navigate storms. In other words, you have relied almost exclusively on yourself as you have gone through the trials and storms of life. Yes, I suppose that’s true. You suppose? No, I’m sure that I have relied on myself as I have gone through trials and storms in life. That’s right. What has happened to you as you have relied on yourself? My fear and anxiety has grown as I have tried to endure trials and navigate through storms in life. Why is that? I have known that I didn’t have enough resources, strengths and abilities to endure my trials or weather my storms. I desperately needed help. I needed your help. Yes, you did. Have I been with you to help you through the trials and storms of life? Yes, you have been with me to help me. Have I calmed your storms? Have I helped you through your trials? Yes, you have been with me to help me through every storm and trial. That’s right. Can you imagine how I want you to think and act differently in your trails and storms of life? You want me to trust in you. You want me to rely on you. You want me to have faith in you. Yes, I do. You will fill me with your peace as I trust you through the trials. You will grow my faith as I rely on you in the storms of life. Yes, I will.  

Lord, I know that I will go through storms and trials in life. I already have. I know that more will come my way. Help me to grow in faith and receive all the wisdom and strength I will need to weather every storm with you. Amen

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Did Everything

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Miracles – Genesis 6:22 – Did Everything – Growing As Disciples

Noah did everything just as God commanded him. Genesis 6:22 (NIV)

Yes I Will

I want you to understand something of vital importance. What’s that? You will not always understand exactly why I have given you something to do for me. Does that come as a great shock to you? No, it does not. Let me continue. Go ahead, I’m listening. You will not always be able to see the value of doing what I have asked you to do for me. You may wonder if you have really heard from me. You may doubt your call. You may question your work. Does any of this sound familiar to you? Yes, I have entertained doubt, wondered about your call and questioned my work. Let’s keep going. I am enjoying our conversation. I am encouraged by your words. You will grow weary. You will become tired. You will want to give up and quit. Is this true? Have you felt every one of these feelings? You know me. Yes, I have experienced all these feelings. I will say more. It may take days and months and even years to recognize the importance and value of the work that I have given you to do for me. You may need to look back over your entire life to see how my hand has been on you to use you for my purposes to accomplish my plans. You will not fully understand how I have used your life to bear fruit for my kingdom and bring glory to my name until we look back over your life when we are together in heaven. Can you wait until that day? Can you keep on following me? Will you keep on serving me? Yes Lord, I will keep on following and serving you.

How can you be certain that you will keep on following and serving me? My certainty rests on you and not on myself. You will be with me to help me. You will refresh me when I am weary. You will strengthen me when I am weak. You will give me hope when I am discouraged. I will not walk through life all alone. You will be ahead of me leading me on every step of my way. You will be beside me to encourage me. You will be above me to watch over me. You will be behind me to push me forward on the path that you have laid out for me. Yes, I will.

I only need to understand one thing. What’s that? I only need to understand that you have asked me to do something for you. I don’t need to understand when and where and why and how. I only need to understand “who.”  That “who”, is you. If you have asked me to do something for you, I know that you will show me anything and everything else I need to know, to go and do your will. So, yes it will be my joy to keep on serving you day after day and year after year because I will know that I will be doing your will. I want you to use my life to accomplish your purposes and fulfill your plans. That is very good. Yes, I will.

Lord, I have not always understood what you were asking me to do for you. I have had questions and doubts and have not always said yes to you. Forgive me. I will go wherever you guide me to do whatever you ask of me. Use my life according to your purposes. Amen

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