I can't keep it quiet! It is impossible for me to sit back, experience the power of the Holy Spirit through the Word of God for myself, and not share that experience with others. Seriously! All it takes is just one sentence, just one verse, just one chapter, just one encounter, just one morning spent with him, just one touch, just one whisper of His voice.
When we're lonely, it just takes his comfort. When we're afraid, it just takes his protection. When we're broken, it just takes his presence.
Whether we're having a great day, and an encounter with Him makes things much sweeter, or we're horribly lost and confused, and the gentle whisper of His love for us is enough to jump-start our weary hearts again. The Word of God is that POWERFUL. It is that TRANSFORMATIONAL. It is that SATISFYING.
Scripture tells us about a woman with a bleeding disease that left her broken, hurting, and cast out for twelve years. Still, at the mention of the name of Jesus, she mustered up enough faith to make her way through a crowd of people seeking Him, to position herself just close enough to touch the hem of his robe and was healed.
"She thought, 'If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.' Jesus said, 'Daughter, be encouraged! Your faith has made you well.' And the woman was healed at that moment." Matthew 9:21-22
Just one touch. That's all it took for her to be restored and redeemed. Just one touch of the garment of Jesus proved enough healing power to make her well.
That exists for us in His Word too. I boldly and confidently say that not as the Christian thing to say, but as a once broken, lonely, hurting, confused woman who has just once (and then many, many times since) encountered a very real, very loving God that breathed His power into a book that I'm finding is impossible to live without.
Can I just encourage you for a minute? Seek Him! Seek His Voice. Get alone with Him. Just once. But, I promise you, once you do and you experience the power of the just one ____, it won't be the last time!
When we're lonely, it just takes his comfort. When we're afraid, it just takes his protection. When we're broken, it just takes his presence.
Whether we're having a great day, and an encounter with Him makes things much sweeter, or we're horribly lost and confused, and the gentle whisper of His love for us is enough to jump-start our weary hearts again. The Word of God is that POWERFUL. It is that TRANSFORMATIONAL. It is that SATISFYING.
Scripture tells us about a woman with a bleeding disease that left her broken, hurting, and cast out for twelve years. Still, at the mention of the name of Jesus, she mustered up enough faith to make her way through a crowd of people seeking Him, to position herself just close enough to touch the hem of his robe and was healed.
"She thought, 'If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.' Jesus said, 'Daughter, be encouraged! Your faith has made you well.' And the woman was healed at that moment." Matthew 9:21-22
Just one touch. That's all it took for her to be restored and redeemed. Just one touch of the garment of Jesus proved enough healing power to make her well.
That exists for us in His Word too. I boldly and confidently say that not as the Christian thing to say, but as a once broken, lonely, hurting, confused woman who has just once (and then many, many times since) encountered a very real, very loving God that breathed His power into a book that I'm finding is impossible to live without.
Can I just encourage you for a minute? Seek Him! Seek His Voice. Get alone with Him. Just once. But, I promise you, once you do and you experience the power of the just one ____, it won't be the last time!
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