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Nice thoughts, not realistic. I’ve been praying. It has not worked.
Hi Barbara, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. I am so sorry that life is hard. I get it. I really do. I don’t know if you have had a chance to read my devotion today at Proverbs 31 Ministries “Feeling Desperate for Help” but the whole point of the devotion is that no matter what … no matter if I feel Him, see Him, sense Him … no matter what … I will follow Him. Believe me … I get “it has not worked.” I really, really do. Have been praying for literally years for God to answer a prayer that has not been answered. Even still … I will follow Him because I follow Him not for what He does but for who He is. He is God. He is perfect and all-powerful. I don’t have the right to call the shots in my life because I gave my life to Him; it is no longer my own. And so, I have no other option than to trust the One who knows me best because He made me. I pray that you will keep pursuing Him and He will be your only option as well.
Awesome response, I feel the same as Barbara, but tonight I choose to no matter what, I will follow him. With tears in my eyes, I will follow him. Thank you Jesus, your Grace is sufficient…
Prayers are seed. They need time to germinate. Sometimes we think they will never come up and indeed, we may not be the ones who will witness their full bloom. But, we can be sure our faithful plantings will emerge in God’s perfect timing and within His perfect plan. We do not have to understand what the Gardener is doing to plant the seed.
Thank you so much for this encouraging word!
This is so my situation right now. I’m struggling to trust God because I am so afraid. I could lose everything: my job, my car, my home. But I keep telling myself to hang on, find something to praise God for, and keep praying. Thank you for this post.
Father, Martha needs You to intervene as her provider. Help her to see where you are working on her behalf and where and how she can partner with You there. Continue to deepen her dependence upon and do what only you can do, Jesus. Amen
Thank you for today’s devotion Lynn…just what I needed to hear! “But even if You don’t, my hope is You alone…”, always. Amen <3
I am so glad it was a comfort to you, Catherine!
Lynn, I can’t tell you how much I needed your devotion today. It really hit home with me. I was crying in the shower this morning so overwhelmed with life and begging for help. My husband has stage 4 stomach cancer and days are very rough at our house. I don’t want to lose my husband so we pray for healing. I know God always hears me even if the answer isn’t when and how I want it.
Oh Victoria – I simply cannot imagine the hurt and pain you experience every single day. I am so very sorry. Father, only You understand the depth of Victoria’s desperation. We call out to you, Lord, to come and bring comfort, strength, and hope. Fill Victoria with the peace that can only come from the One who understands her completely and knows the depth of her pain. In Jesus’ Name Amen
Thank you for your words written to be received at just the right time. We have had such a rough year: my emergency surgery and 8 day hospital stay last July; still healing when Hurricane Florence put minor damage on our home & property while devastating much of our surrounding community; then my husband had a once in a life time seizure in the middle of the night 4 weeks after the storm resulting in a dislocated/broken arm, one surgery that hasn’t helped and loss of his driver’s license and he works an hour’s drive from our house. We’ve got help getting him to work, but I meet them half-way, extending my day by an hour on each end. I am tied and continue to look around at all the hurricane damage on our property and tarped roof sections as we wait the availability of a contractor. Our damage is very minor and our home is very livable, unlike so many we know personally – it’s really just an emotional thing that life is still not back to any real sense of normal since July 13, 2018 when I got sick. BUT – God. He knows. I cry out and at times am comforted; other times not so much. But I keep crying and He provides strength for that one next step, which leads to the next, and so on. Thanks for your words today.
Thank you so much for sharing your reality with us, Amanda. It is so true … some days we sense His help and strength and other days … not so much. Thank you, Jesus, for your Word so that we have something to cling to when our emotions don’t hold us up!