Jeremiah 17:7-8

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You’ll see

Daughter, trust.

It’s not up to you.

It’s up to me, and

I love you.

I’m here with you, and

I’m not leaving.

It’s greater than what you see,

Than what many see.

Will you help them see?

Help them see what I’ve done for them, for you.

I equip you.

I give you all you need to do this because

There is nothing greater.

I’ll lead them to you, at

Just the right time.

You don’t have to strive.

You don’t have to work for the honor to help.

It’s already right there.

I’ll show you.

And you’ll see.

See Matthew 28

These links share just a glimpse of the story God is telling us. When you have time, read a chapter or two around the verses to get the context and see the whole picture. My preferred Bible translation is the New Living Translation, so all links will be in that version.

I don’t give up

Daughter, the tasks I give you are not burdensome.

They are designed for you and me,

Together.

I don’t give them to you and leave.

I don’t give up on you.

I don’t give up.

Did I give up on my children in the desert?

Did I give up after the wickedness, the flood, the idolatry?

Do I give up now?

Daughter, I am working every day,

In you, in all my children, simultaneously.

It is beyond your understanding,

But that does not make it less so.

See Genesis 8:20-22; Deuteronomy 8; Psalm 102:26-27; Proverbs 3:5-6; John 15:1-11; Romans 8:28; 1 Corinthians 3:5-9 and 13:7; 2 Corinthians 1:17-20 and 6:1-2; Philippians 1:6 and 2:13; James 1:2-4 and 17-18; 1 John 5:3-5

These links share just a glimpse of the story God is telling us. When you have time, read a chapter or two around the verses to get the context and see the whole picture. My preferred Bible translation is the New Living Translation, so all links will be in that version.

Whole

Daughter, how often do I tell you to rest?

You think there is too much to do.

It is only through my rest that you will accomplish anything.

I won’t give what you ask when you strive.

I won’t guide you when you insist on leading me.

Daughter, know my sovereignty.

Know that with me, you have everything.

You have my favor, child.

You don’t have to earn it.

You can fight.

You can move.

You can achieve.

But only with me.

Otherwise, it is fruitless.

It will only make you tired, susceptible.

With me, you are strong.

With me, your weaknesses are transformed.

Your mind, your heart, your body are made whole.

Nothing outside of me is whole.

See Genesis 2:1-3; Psalm 32; Proverbs 3:5-6; Ecclesiastes 4:5-6; Jeremiah 14:22 and 17:14; John 15:1-17; Matthew 7:7-11 and 11:28-30; 2 Corinthians 12:5-10; Ephesians 1, 2:8-10, and 3:14-20; Philippians 4:6-7 and 10-13; Colossians 2:8-10

These links share just a glimpse of the story God is telling us. When you have time, read a chapter or two around the verses to get the context and see the whole picture. My preferred Bible translation is the New Living Translation, so all links will be in that version.

I know, and still

Daughter,

Everything you do, everything you say, everything you think –

I know it, and still,

I love you.

I want you close, to come with me.

It’s no trick.

It’s not too good to be true.

It’s not burdensome.

You don’t have to work extra hard to know me,

To be with me.

You only need to believe in me, in my sovereignty.

You only need to remember how I’ve worked

For you.

Take a breath.

Look for me, and

You will find me.

Forgive yourself,

Think of the good,

Pray, and

Rest, my daughter.

See Numbers 23:19; Psalms 34:17-18, 73, 139, and 145:17-18; Matthew 7:7-11 and 11:28-30; Romans 5:6-11 and 8:1-4; Galatians 3:21-29; Ephesians 2:1-10 and 3:12-20; Philippians 4:6-9; James 4

These links share just a glimpse of the story God is telling us. When you have time, read a chapter or two around the verses to get the context and see the whole picture. My preferred Bible translation is the New Living Translation, so all links will be in that version.

Do you see?

Daughter, I love you.

You need not worry.

There is so much you think you’re missing,

So many good things that don’t come because

You don’t deserve it.

It’s true that you deserve none of it, but daughter,

I give it to you.

I give it all to you because I love you.

There is no condemnation.

There is no withholding.

There is no stern distance with me.

There is only love and peace when you come.

There is only grace and great joy.

There is only love, boundless love.

Oh, daughter, if you could only see

Each day

How I see you.

See Psalm 139; John 14:1-3; Romans 2:4; Romans 4; Romans 5:1-11; Romans 8; Ephesians 1:7-11 and 15-18, 3:14-21; Philippians 4:6-7; 1 Peter 5:7; 2 Peter 3:8-9

These links share just a glimpse of the story God is telling us. When you have time, read a chapter or two around the verses to get the context and see the whole picture. My preferred Bible translation is the New Living Translation, so all links will be in that version.

Empowered

Now you are released, daughter.

I know it’s been hard.

You want it all to be right.

You don’t want to be false.

But don’t worry.

Remember who guides you, who sees you,

Who protects you.

You are armed today.

You are empowered by me.

Your enemy has no place.

Remember how I said I have authority?

Authority over you and your spirit that your enemy

Desperately wants.

He wants to stop me.

But he can’t.

I have all authority

In heaven and on earth.

So don’t listen to the lies.

Listen to the truth and

Believe it.

Believing is your best armor.

You are a warrior with my armor.

With me, you are strong and know your place.

Don’t ever let anyone make you think otherwise.

Now go forward, knowing you are protected and

Empowered.

Be empowered to love,

To believe,

To walk where I have you,

To run when you need to,

To fight,

To pray,

To read,

To think,

To write, to be

My daughter.

See Matthew 6:25-34 and 28:18-20; John 8:42-47 and 10:10; Ephesians 3:16-21, 4:17-24, and 6:10-18; Philippians 4:13; 1 Peter 5:6-11; 1 John 2:12-14, 2:18-28, 4:4-21, 5:3-5, and 5:18-19

These links share just a glimpse of the story God is telling us. When you have time, read a chapter or two around the verses to get the context and see the whole picture. My preferred Bible translation is the New Living Translation, so all links will be in that version.

I’m here

You need only to have faith, dear daughter.

You need only to listen and receive what to do.

It’s through faith you will have this.

No rushing.

No hurrying.

No worrying.

Just believe me.

Just come forward with me and

Take a step.

It will lead to me and

All I have for you.

It will be one step together.

It can only be done

With faith.

So believe me.

And rest in that.

Don’t overthink.

Don’t analyze.

Don’t hesitate to believe,

To let me lead.

Don’t hesitate to come.

You know my voice.

Listen for it. Be ready.

Stay attuned to it.

Keep your hands and ears and eyes and mind

Open for me.

It’s all good –

All that comes from me.

You know me.

Just listen.

I’m here.

I’m working it out and

I love you.

See Exodus 33; Psalm 32:8-9; Proverbs 3:5-6; Isaiah 40:29-31; Jeremiah 29:10-14; Matthew 6:25-34, 7:7-11, and 14:24-31; John 10:1-10; Hebrews 10:19-23 and 32-39; Hebrews 11:1-35; 2 Peter 3:8-9

These links share just a glimpse of the story God is telling us. When you have time, read a chapter or two around the verses to get the context and see the whole picture. My preferred Bible translation is the New Living Translation, so all links will be in that version.

No one else

Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome. For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.

-1 John 5:3-5, New Living Translation

Daughter, do not waste time on the world.

You don’t need to worry about what it thinks,

What it wants.

Do not try to appease it or even defeat it

On your own.

Do not dwell on what it does.

Instead, trust me.

Trust in what I am doing in your heart, your life.

What I have for you is great and will move you

Forward.

But remember that you’re also learning.

And this is what you need to learn today:

I AM sovereign.

Believe it when you speak it.

Believe that no one else has that kind of power

Over who you are

And what you’ll do.

Believe that no one will understand it.

Believe that it doesn’t have to be understood.

It only needs to be believed.

See Exodus 3:13-15; Psalm 32:8-9; Matthew 14:22-31; Luke 24:13-49; John 1:5, 16:33, and 20:19-29; 1 Corinthians 2; Philippians 2:13 and 4:6-7; 1 John 5:3-5

These links share just a glimpse of the story God is telling us. When you have time, read a chapter or two around the verses to get the context and see the whole picture. My preferred Bible translation is the New Living Translation, so all links will be in that version.

Because I am with you

Oh, daughter, where is your faith?

Believe that I am working for you right now.

There is nothing to separate us

Except what you build up.

Don’t you see how you’ve grown since you first believed?

It is belief that’s gotten you there.

And it is faith that will bring you where I have for you.

Yes, where I have for you.

It is a new place, a new task, a new assignment.

A new way for you.

It is what your heart longs for.

It is the freedom you want.

It is the assignment you are designed for.

Don’t be afraid of it.

You will do it because I will help you,

Because I am with you.

How did Moses do it?

How did Jonah and Joseph and Daniel and Jeremiah?

They did it with me.

And you will do it with me,

But only with me.

See Genesis 39:2-5 and 19-23, 41:37-40 and 51-52, 50:14-21; Exodus 3:10-12 and 33:12-17;   Psalm 131; Isaiah 43:1-4, 10-13, and 16-21; Jeremiah 1:4-12 and 17-19; Daniel 6:16-23; Jonah 2; Matthew 14:24-31; Luke 8:22-25; Ephesians 2:8-10; 1 John 5:3-5

These links share just a glimpse of the story God is telling us. When you have time, read a chapter or two around the verses to get the context and see the whole picture. My preferred Bible translation is the New Living Translation, so all links will be in that version.

In, with, and through

Daughter, why do you wonder how

You can do what you do?

What you’re supposed to do?

What you’re called to do?

Why do you believe that somehow

It’s all you?

It’s not, daughter.

I am working in you and with you and

Through you.

The good things you do are not on your own.

It isn’t luck.

It isn’t because of your hard work.

It’s because I have made a way for you.

See Exodus 3:10-12 and 4:10-12; Deuteronomy 8:6-18; Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 and 5:15-16; Jeremiah 1:4-19; John 3:22-36, 14:8-26, and 15:4-8; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; Ephesians 3:20; Philippians 2:13

These links share just a glimpse of the story God is telling us. When you have time, read a chapter or two around the verses to get the context and see the whole picture. My preferred Bible translation is the New Living Translation, so all links will be in that version.

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