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No limit

By Natalie Lapacek-Trout

On February 9, 2023

In Faith, Fear, Feeling vs. believing, God is with you, Reliance, Trust

Listen to this week’s word

Daughter, I know there is so much you want to do.

I know how your heart longs for more.

I know you.

I know your pain and your doubts and everything you’re questioning.

Be still.

Daughter, don’t be ashamed to cry.

Don’t pretend to be strong.

You can admit your weakness.

Come to me with your weakness.

Come to me when you can’t take any more,

No matter how soon you think it is.

I know your threshold.

I know your limits.

I have no limit.

I have no limit of how much I can help you.

Daughter, I can help you in everything.

There isn’t a single thing you have to do alone.

I am with you always.

Always.

It doesn’t matter where you are, what you’ve accomplished,

Or what you haven’t.

I’m still here.

See Exodus 3:11-14, 4:10-12, 13:17-22, and 14:1-14; Deuteronomy 8; Psalm 139

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.

Even now

By Natalie Lapacek-Trout

On February 2, 2023

In Faith, Fear, Forgiveness, God is with you, In the world, not of it

Listen to this week’s word

Daughter, come to me now.

Your mind is racing, and you are afraid.

You are afraid of failing.

You are afraid of unhappiness.

You are afraid that you have been wrong.

Oh, my daughter, where is your faith?

Don’t push it aside for what the world has to offer.

Don’t push it aside when you think you can’t take any more.

Don’t push it aside to do things your way.

Remember that I am holding you.

Yes, even now, after you believe you’ve done everything wrong.

Yes, you make choices, and they’re not always right.

But let me redeem you and set it right.

Don’t worry that you can’t get back to me.

Daughter, you never left me.

You’ve known I’m here, yet you doubted.

Don’t doubt.

Don’t leave.

I will never leave.

Don’t give up on my plan.

Trust me.

Trust my way and my word.

See Deuteronomy 31:8; Psalm 34:1-7 and 18; Psalm 37:3-5, 7, 23-24, 34, 39-40; Psalm 138:8; Psalm 145:13-20; Proverbs 3:5-6; Isaiah 40:26-31 and 46:3-4; Matthew 6:25-34 and 16:21-26; John 20:24-29; Romans 8:1-2; Hebrews 10:19-23 and 32-39; Hebrews 11; 1 John 1:7-9

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.

Together

By Natalie Lapacek-Trout

On January 19, 2023

In God is with you, Reliance, Worry

Listen to this week’s word

Daughter, let me carry the things that burden you.

I hear your heart.

Do you know how beautiful you are?

Daughter, I delight in you.

I love when you take time with me.

Believe that I can do miracles.

Believe that I can change hearts and take burdens.

What you carry isn’t meant just for you.

We carry together.

Remember my yoke?

We bear it together.

We walk forward together.

Oh, daughter, to be near you is my joy.

But I can only be near when you invite me.

We’ll go forward together.

We’ll bear it together.

Together, it’s not as heavy.

Together, it’s not hopeless.

Together, we can lift it.

Work with me, alongside me.

If you go where I am not, it will be harder.

Stay here with me.

Let’s do this day together.

Let’s prepare you for what lies ahead, daughter.

Let’s get to work.

My commands are not burdensome, remember?

Let’s have joy today.

See Leviticus 26:11-13; Deuteronomy 31:8; Psalm 23:4; Psalm 37:23; Psalm 77:13-14; Psalm 116:1-2; Psalm 139:14; Jeremiah 29:12; Matthew 11:28-30; John 15:1-8; Ephesians 1:3 and 11; James 4:8; 1 John 5:3-4

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.

Love without loss

By Natalie Lapacek-Trout

On January 12, 2023

In God is with you, Grief and loss, Love

Listen to this week’s word

Daughter, this is why I stay near you.

I don’t want the pain of me not near you.

I love you too much for you to have that pain.

I am always near.

I will never be taken away from you.

You lose people in your life, sometimes when you don’t expect it.

But you will never lose me.

People will say life is short, but my love is eternal.

Find comfort in that.

Share it with those who hurt.

See Deuteronomy 31:8; Psalm 117; Psalm 139:17-18; Isaiah 55:6; Jeremiah 31:3; John 14:1-11 and 15-29; Romans 8:35-39; 1 Corinthians 13:7-8; 2 Corinthians 1:3-7

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.

Every single time

By Natalie Lapacek-Trout

On January 4, 2023

In God is with you, Love, Move forward, Trust

Listen to this week’s word

People will disappoint you, daughter.

But I will be here.

I will be here to remind you who are you, what I did for you.

What I’m doing for you.

You see the holes in my hands.

You believe it, and you know it.

This is the love you’ve been searching for your entire life.

This is the love that transcends all.

Don’t be afraid to stand for it, tell about it, write about it, follow it, share it,

Seek it.

You can seek it always, child, because you will always find it.

You will never be lost when you seek it.

You will never be lost when you’re seeking me.

It is never fruitless to seek me.

It is never a waste of time.

It is never too late or too much.

You are not too much.

Seek until your feet tire, until your bones are weary.

I will heal.

I will restore.

I will provide rest.

I will provide love.

Every time.

Every single time, my daughter,

My masterpiece.

See Deuteronomy 31:8; Psalm 9:10; Psalm 23; Psalm 103; Psalm 147:3; Isaiah 41:8-10; Lamentations 3:22-25; Galatians 1:10; Ephesians 1, 2:4-10, 3:12, 3:16-21; Matthew 7:7-8 and 28:18-20; John 20:19-29

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.

Always, faithfully

By Natalie Lapacek-Trout

On December 21, 2022

In Fear, God is with you, God's timing, Love, Trust, Worry

Listen to this week’s word

Daughter, don’t be afraid.

Don’t be afraid to speak and write.

Don’t be afraid to accept the glorious love I have for you.

Don’t ever hesitate to run to me.

No matter what you’ve done or even if you’ve done nothing wrong.

I enjoy holding you.

I enjoy you.

You are never too much.

I never tire of comforting you.

Don’t worry about time.

Don’t worry that you’ll miss me or something important.

This is important.

Chaos is around you, always. But I am not chaos.

I am grounded.

I am peace.

I am constant.

I am here.

I am always, faithfully here.

See Exodus 3:10-15, 14:13-14, 33:12-17; Deuteronomy 7:9, 31:8, and 32:1-4; Psalm 18:2-3, 19, and 30-33; Psalm 23; Psalm 27; Psalm 37:7; Isaiah 26:3-4; Jeremiah 1:4-10; Lamentations 3:22-26; Matthew 7:7-11 and 28:20; John 14:27; Acts 18:4-11; Romans 2:4; Hebrews 4:14-16 and 11:1-34; James 1:17-18 and 4:7-10; 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.

Let them see

By Natalie Lapacek-Trout

On December 14, 2022

In God is with you, Less of me, more of God, Letting go, Your will, not mine

Listen to this week’s word

Go, Daughter.

Let them see more of me.

More of me, less of you.

That is where redemption is.

For them and for you.

Drink it in, and rest in that today.

I love you, daughter.

See John 2:23-3:36

This link shares 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.

Let me be first

By Natalie Lapacek-Trout

On December 8, 2022

In Beginnings, Identity, Letting go, Listening to God, Rest

Listen to this week’s word

Daughter.

Keep leaning on me and keep listening.

Rest when you need to.

No one can take my rest from you.

Busyness will not move you faster.

I set the pace.

It is just the right pace for you.

I know you, daughter.

I know what’s best for you.

Let me take care of you today, every day.

Let me be seen and beheld by everyone you see.

Let me be first, the first thing they see about you.

The first thing you see about you.

See Psalm 32:8; Psalm 37:3-5, 23, and 34; Psalm 55:22; Psalm 127:1-2; Psalm 139; Proverbs 2:1-9 and 3:5-6; Ecclesiastes 2:11 and 3:1-13; Isaiah 26:3-4 and 55:3; Zephaniah 3:1-2; Haggai 1:5-9; Matthew 6:31-34 and 11:28-30; Luke 10:38-42; John 1:10-12, 3:20-21, 8:47, and 10:27-29; Romans 10:17; Ephesians 5:15-17; Hebrews 4:1-11; 1 Peter 2:9 and 5:7

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.

Let me move you

By Natalie Lapacek-Trout

On November 17, 2022

In God is with you, Letting go, Move forward, Phillip the Evangelist, Reliance, Trust, Your will, not mine

Listen to this week’s word

Daughter, I am guiding you now.

I can guide you through everything.

You just have to let me.

Let go of what the world tells you to clutch.

Let go of burdens that are too heavy for you.

Let go of trying to push that boulder.

Let go of moving “forward” without me.

Without me, you cannot go forward.

Only with me can you move forward.

Just listen and obey and walk.

Remember Phillip?

He walked down a road until I showed him what was there for him.

Then I moved him forward.

All that walking, and then I moved him.

I’ll move you, too, daughter.

I’ll move you where I need you.

But you don’t have to do the walking alone, child.

I’m walking with you, sustaining you, loving you, holding you, feeding you, giving you water.

It will all be fine for you.

Remember that.

See Exodus 33:12-16; Deuteronomy 31:8; Psalm 46:10; Psalm 143:8-10; Ecclesiastes 2:9-11; Acts 8:26-40; Matthew 11:28-30; John 14, 15:1-17, and 16:12-15

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.

Let me speak

By Natalie Lapacek-Trout

On November 10, 2022

In Fear, Letting go, Listening to God, Move forward, Reliance, Trust

Listen to a reading of the text below

Daughter, let me speak to you now.

You don’t have to be perfect to hear my voice.

Don’t believe that you must complete so many tasks before you can hear me.

You can hear me now and here and everywhere.

I love you so much.

I want to be with you all the time, and so I am.

You can be with me all the time, too.

You don’t even have to search for me. I am always so close.

Through the joyous times and the hard times and everything in between.

Let me speak.

Let me come to you.

Listen and feel.

Don’t be afraid of my presence. I don’t come to disrupt or bring bad news.

I have good news. Always.

You are saved and loved and chosen.

Isn’t that good news?

And daughter, I know you need reminded. Come to me for that reminder.

Don’t try to find it anywhere else.

You won’t.

Your reassurance comes from me alone. My word and my presence are your reassurance.

With me, you can slow down and rest in that.

You can believe that I will heal every wound, wipe every tear, give you everything you need.

Yes, I’m providing exactly what you need to move forward.

Remember that it might look different.

Don’t be afraid to fail.

Don’t be afraid you’ll miss it.

Don’t be afraid you haven’t done enough or that your sins are too great.

Isn’t this what I died for?

Isn’t this why I rose again?

I did it for you, daughter.

I did it so you could feel my love for you.

See Deuteronomy 31:8; Psalm 34:4-10 and 139:7-12; Isaiah 55:1 and 8-9; Zephaniah 3:17; Matthew 11:28-30 and 28:20; Mark 2:13-17; John 1:16-18 and 3:16-17, 6:28-29, 6:37, and 15:13-16; Romans 5:8; Galatians 3:21-24 and 5:1-4; Ephesians 1:3-14 and 2:8-10; Hebrews 3:5-8; James 4:7-8; Revelation 21:1-4 and 22:17

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.