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EXPECT THE GOOD Oh! May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit. —Romans 15:13 MSG Some thoughts are stirring within me this morning.... What am I expecting as a new week begins? What am I hoping for? HOPE — the secret to freedom. Trusting in God’s promises. HOPE IS EXPECTING GOD TO DO SOMETHING GOOD IN OUR LIFE BECAUSE HE IS GOOD! FEAR on the other hand steals hope. Fear lives waiting for the next bad thing to happen. Who really wants to live like that?! So how do we get an attitude of hope? The God of unlimited hope is our Source. He FILLS us up with joy and peace as we shift our confidence to trusting in Him. Not worrying about something bad happening — but in child-like trust anticipating good gifts from the Father — designed for us personally. What are you expecting this week? Be on the watch for God’s goodness! May your believing be filled with the life giving energy of the Holy Spirit. What a hopeful way to start a new week. PRAYER: I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:13) Carry this prayer in your heart this week and pray it for someone else too. 😇 #hope #freedom #noticingGod #trust #fearnot #summerforthesoul #thedailystill

SANCTUARIES Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love. Psalm 48:9 Sanctuary - a sacred place; haven; a place of refuge and protection; a place where worship services are held; a retreat ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Sanctuary. The word itself brings peace to my soul. As a nature lover, it’s wonderfully nurturing to wander in the artistry of God's creation. In nature I feel close to my Creator. HOLY SPACE. In the Sanctuary of God's Presence is where I want to reside. Continually. And the beauty is — we are the temple that carries His Presence. So wherever we go, a worship service can take place as we remain mindful of “God within us!” ~ Where is your sanctuary? DAILY STILL MOMENT: Step into your place of sanctuary and meditate upon “the unfailing love of God” with you. PRAYER: You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands. Psalm 63 #noticingGod #Godsglory #thedailystill #radnorlake #devotional #sanctuary #worship

SUNSET GLORY And they will come and see my glory. Isaiah 66:18 Every sunset points to God, when with upturned faces we lift our hearts toward heaven. Where did you see God’s glory today? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Who has not marked even here the glory of God as seen in the great sunset. Rivers of glory wind through meadows of gold. Lakes of glory lie embedded in the evening sky. Seas of glory lap eternal shores with their shimmering waves. Mountains of glory rear themselves to the heavens. Earth too is flooded with the glory. It bathes in light the upturned faces of those who watch and worship as the climaxing splendor of earth, sea, and sky turns the heart to God our Father, who is Himself the glory of all creation. James McConkey (1853-1937) #thedailystill #stillness #devotional #sunset #glory #Godsglory #brentwoodtn #nashville #noticingGod

*Join me this month in contemplating - "Things that Matter" 

Prayer of Praise: Yours, LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all. Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all. Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name. I Chronicles 29:11-13 

SEASONS As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night. Genesis 8:22 The pace of life can spin out of control at times. The days quickly turn to weeks and months -- seasons come and go. We plan. We strive. And we long to live in a rhythm of savoring the days and the moments before they slip away. Sometimes we need to STOP right where we are - in the middle of the messiness and busyness - and notice there is ONE who brings order to the chaos and rhythm to the seasons. I want to be in the moment. Right where I am. Right now. Enjoying the sunsets and slow days and firefly nights and grand-babies growing. I want to live in slow time. God's time. Happy summer! PRAYER: Slow me down Lord. Help me hear heaven's sounds and savor the beauty of every season. "My times are in Your hand." Psalm 31:15 #thedailystill #devotional #Summertime #hellosummer #slowtime #summer #sunset #fireflies #seasons #noticingGod

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