Jeremiah 17:7-8

Category: In the world, not of it

Meaningful

Daughter, worry is meaningless.

The world gives great importance to fear,

Puts it on display,

Champions it,

Legitimizes it.

But it is false.

Keep your eyes, your mind clear

To see.

The world has its priorities –

They are not yours.

The world has its idols –

They are not yours.

I AM infinitely more than these.

Today, do not worry.

Know that I AM here.

You don’t have to do it on your own.

You can do it all with me.

You can do all that is

Important,

Relevant,

Meaningful.

See Ecclesiastes 2:22-26; Matthew 6:19-34 and 28:18-20; John 14:27; Romans 8:5-6; Ephesians 3:20; Philippians 2:13 and 4:13

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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.

You can be an outcast

Listen to the this week’s word

Daughter, you’ve grown so much.

I remember that little girl, who didn’t care for such worries,

Who laughed and sang and played.

Bring her back.

Throw off the world’s expectations.

Cast away its murmurings and its dictates.

You can be an outcast.

You belong to me, to the kingdom.

You’ll never belong in the world,

And that’s how I want it.

No one will fully understand what I have for you.

I made it that way so you will need to come to me.

You will help others, but you don’t understand now.

Wasn’t it so with the prophets?

They were close to me, as you will be.

See Jeremiah 1:4-19; Matthew 18:1-4; Luke 12:22-32; John 17:13-19 (Jesus’ prayer to the Father); Romans 8:12-18 and 12:2

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.

Be free

Listen to this week’s word

You can push away, but daughter, don’t.

Just as your heart breaks, it pains me when you push away.

Don’t you see I always want to be with you?

Don’t you see there’s no fear or rushing or questioning or hesitating with me?

With me, you are free.

Daughter, I know your heart, and I know that is what you really want:

Freedom.

There is nothing you desire more.

You want to be free.

With me, you are.

With me, you always will be.

With me, you can be that wild girl who dares to defy the world.

You can be that girl no one understands.

It doesn’t matter what anyone wants or thinks.

Daughter, I am what matters.

I am the one who sustains you and guides you and loves you.

I am the one who smiles on you

And rescues you

And won’t have you any other way.

See Exodus 3:11-14, 5 and 6:1-13; Deuteronomy 8; 1 Corinthians 10:25-30; 2 Corinthians 3:13-17

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.

Even now

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.

You are more

Listen to a reading of the text below

Daughter, don’t let your heart be troubled.

I know you hate doing what you don’t see as relevant, but aren’t my plans relevant? Aren’t my plans the best for you?

I know you don’t feel it, but you have to remember the difference between feeling and believing.

You won’t always feel the good things you believe.

You won’t always see them with your human eyes. But your eyes are limited.

Mine are not.

Remember who holds you and sees ahead of you, behind you, beside you, all around you.

Daughter, I see all, and I know what is best for you.

I know there is so much you don’t agree with, and there is so much you don’t get excited about like the others. And I know there is so much you don’t understand.

But remember that I am not training you to think and see like everyone else.

Daughter, you will always feel like an outcast in this world.

But that’s okay. You’re not supposed to be a part of this world. You abide in it, but only through me.

Remember Jeremiah? I put my words in his mouth. Do you think he thought like everyone else? No.

Daughter, my daughter, my chosen, my love, you have so much more than any of them.

You have me with you.

You have a real promise, not a castle in the sand. That castle gets washed away as soon as a wave comes. What you have will never be washed away.

You’re building a better foundation. It will survive floods and winds and rain and snow and anything that comes its way.

It is firm, and it is real, not made of sand that deteriorates before your very eyes.

You are more.

See Psalm 139:3-12; Jeremiah 1:4-10 and 20:11; Matthew 7:24-27; Mark 10:23-27; Luke 12:31-32; John 14:1, 14:27, 15:16, 15:18-20, and 16:33; Romans 8:28-37, 11:33-36, and 12:2; Ephesians 3:20

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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