Hold on and do not give up..

☘️Sometimes we think that believing in God will shield us from calamity, loss, pain and when we go thro' such times we question God's goodness, His justice and cry out to God like David, "For You are the God of my strength, why have You rejected me? Why have you forgotten me?"(Psalm 43:2/Psalm 42:9).
🍀But though David's soul was in despair and he was disturbed, he chose to hope in God! He knew God will lift him up!
🍀When Job lost everything dear to him and was brought to the ground, he did not curse God.
Someone said,"When we have nothing left but God, God is more than enough!"
🍀Job and David knew their God will not test them beyond what they could bear.
🍀What would we do when and where would we stand if everything that we held on to was slowly taken away?
🍀Would we still praise God? Be joyful? Be at peace?
🍀Let us choose to trust God thro' the most difficult times, in the darkness so that we can rejoice at the victory the dawn will bring!
Hold on ....
Julia © 🌸🌿
#HoldOn
#LordJesusHoldsUs

Give Hope, Be kind

This is a new day and it comes loaded with hope!
I know that we all face challenges in life. They are real, often times difficult and tiresome. They can sap us of our strength when we let them consume us.
Let us speak kind and encouraging words to the hurting. Let us give hope to thw hopeless.
Time and seasons do and will change!
Just need to hold on in faith!
Passing through a difficult season?
May our Lord give you the grace, not give up but persevere and praise Him through your trials and lamentations.
It happens in the Psalms all the time.
It happened with Job, and with Paul!
Better things are yet to come!
Have a blessed day!
🌿🌺 Isaiah 61:7 "Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore, in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs."🌿🌺
Julia 🌸🌿

Family that prays together

"Praying together with your spouse on a consistent basis will accomplish more for your marriage than any other one thing you can get from all your sessions of counseling."~Ed

Hi...

It's said."A family that prays together stays together." 

And where there is no prayer there sure is strife, disunity, disharmony!

🌿🌺 James 5:16 that we are to "pray for each other so that you may be healed." 

☘️As life gets busy, it's sad to see quality family devotional time not being a priority anymore. Sometimes one finds easy to pray with a friend or take part in prayer meetings but does not know that prayer ministry begins in the secret place and then with the family.

☘️ A child's greatest need: Praying parents.

Time to get back to family prayer times.

☘️Is Prayer important to our relationship with our spouse and kids or is prayer is just a formality? 

☘️Praying with our loved one should never be taken lightly. When we pray with our spouse and kids, it's good to sit down together, hold hands and seriously pray.

☘️But it is sad prayer is no longer a priority but an option.

🌿🌺Matthew 18: 18 “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[b] loosed in heaven. 19 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”

☘️We need to cover our kids with prayers regularly, intensely and whenever God brings our child to mind, may be our child is facing a difficult situation at that moment. 

Be blessed..

Julia 🌿

How important is prayer for families?

How important is prayer for families?
Some one wrote...
"Prayer for families is the very foundation that keeps a family unit together."
Have you heard the phrase "A family that prays together stays together"?
Again I Quote:
"The concept is true - a family that has their focus on praying to the Lord Jesus Christ has a foundation that may be shaken at times, but it will withstand all that comes against them."
☘️May our 1st priority be God and our time with Him.
☘️Next is Family and time with family, building  each other with prayer and love.
☘️3rd has to be Ministry/Business and other things.
When priorities are misplaced it is the family unit that falls apart.
🙏 Let us strengthen our personal prayer time and prayer alters at home, take time to pray together as a family before we pray with others and for others.
🙏 Let us pray for families and relationships strained within walls of the home due to lack of prayer, love and understanding.
🙏Let's thank God for our families this day and pray a hedge of protection around our families.
🙏So many marriages are in trouble, divorce among Christians on the rise.
There are people we know who's hearts are breaking, who are stressed out and on the verge of giving up, let us pray for them.
Have we neglected family prayers?
Time to get back to it...
Be blessed,
Julia 🌺🌿
JOSHUA 24:15
" But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."
#familyprayer #praytogether #worshiptogether #singtogether #powerofprayer

Eventually God will reveal

Goodmorning ☀
🍁If God is the One who is leading us, why worry when our path has thorns and stones. He sure did not say life will be trial free.
🍁Someday He will reveal to us the purpose of our pain and trials.
🍁Till then we have to hold His hands and follow Him.
Jesus Christ knows what He is doing and He has good plans for us.
🍁He will one day deliver us from all our troubles(Psalm 34:19)
#HoldOn
Blessed Day
Julia 🌸🍃
#blessedday #GodKnows #YahwehLeads #life #trials #EncouragementForTheDay