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>Praise be to the LORD, the GOD of Israel, who alone >does marvelous deeds. Praise be to HIS GLORIOUS NAME >FOREVER, may the whole earth be filled with HIS GLORY. > (Psalm 72:18-19) > >This is the prayer of my heart today. >I came to the WORD today and I knew that I would be >coming to Psalm 42 and I sat and I thought and I >prayed and I said to the FATHER, "How appropriate that >you would bring me here TODAY!" I have lived in this >Psalm this week and never did turn to it until this >morning. I have felt a longing for GOD and a thirst >that I could not quite get satisfied. I have been in >a "feeling" place this week. Everything was felt very >keenly. I don't know why sometimes we have these >times in our lives, but I know that, particularly as >women, we do sometimes get in a mode where it seems >everything is driven by the way we FEEL. Let's look >at Psalm 42:9-10 first this morning. I say to GOD my >ROCK, "Why have YOU forgotten me? Why must I go about >mourning, oppressed by the enemy?" My bones suffer >mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day >long, "Where is your GOD?" >Have you felt this agony? Have you felt those days >when you felt like surely GOD must have forgotten that >you were HIS CHILD? It is an irrational feeling, and >a totally unfounded fear, BUT LADIES, WE ALL GET TO >THIS PLACE SOMETIMES. I want to encourage you, when >you find yourself in a feeling place where everything >hurts and you have a hard time making sense of things, >turn to your FATHER. The FATHER and I have had some >ABBA FATHER moments this week. I am not totally >certain why, but I know for certain that this week I >have been wrapped in a blanket of sadness that at >times I felt I could not shake. >Look at Psalm 42:5-6 Why are you downcast, O my soul? >Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in GOD, for >I will yet praise HIM, my SAVIOR and my GOD. My soul >is downcast within me; THEREFORE I will remember YOU >from the land of Jordan, the heights of Hermon--from >Mount Mizar. >It seems to me that the Psalmist is saying here, "OK >LORD, I realize that I am feeling down and distressed >and so I am going to CHOOSE to remember what YOU have >done in the past for YOUR people." Ma'am, sometimes >we have to simply rest in what we know in order to get >through the difficult struggle of the day. Somedays, >it will be too much to sit back and look at the whole >day ahead; On those days we must stop our doing and >our going and we must come to our knees and say, >"FATHER, I am CHOOSING now to rest in who I KNOW YOU >ARE. I am CHOOSING to believe YOUR WORD and rest on >YOUR PROMISES even though right now I do not see it." >Ladies, that is living beyond how we feel. We cannot >operate based on our feelings. We MUST make a choice >to believe GOD and then act on what HE says to us in >HIS WORD. > >I will leave you today with a thought from my >Preparing Your Heart for Prayer flip chart: Thou are >coming to a KING, Large petitions with thee bring; >For HIS grace and power are such, None can ever ask >too much. >You cannot ask GOD for something bigger than HIS >ability to give it. That does not mean HE always >will, but Ma'am, as you head into your weekend >remember this: HE is sitting enthroned in heaven, HE >longs to lavish HIS love on you. HE wants to do in >and through you MORE than you ever could have >imagined. Bring HIM your heart and lay before HIM >your desires. > >FATHER, grow us in the places where we find ourselves >today. Teach us again to come and bring to YOU the >hurts and pains and disappointments of our day. Teach >us that we can ALWAYS come to YOU, that we can bring >EVERYTHING to YOU. FATHER, get us beyond the place >where we pray "safe" prayers. Grow our faith and our >desire to know YOU and to see YOU do a mighty work >among us. YOU are an AWESOME GOD. YOU are WORTHY OF >OUR PRAISE. May we be ever praising YOU! In the >MATCHLESS NAME OF JESUS I PRAY...AMEN! > >Thanks for coming again today ladies. Have a >wonderful weekend and know that GOD is GOD and HE >LOVES YOU! > >ONLY and ALWAYS Because of JESUS- >Vicky

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