When things go wrong, we can either cry or laugh.  God says that a cheerful heart does good like taking medicine.  Medicine helps the body heal.  Laughter gives healing to our body and soul.  When Abraham and Sarah were childless in their old age, it became difficult to believe the promise God gave them that they would have many children.  Their child bearing years were over!  But God delivered His promise in Isaac.  When Sarah heard that she would have a baby at her ripe, old age, she laughe...
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God is a master Gardener, and He cultivates, waters, and tends to His beautiful garden in great detail and with such pleasure.  His children are like trees planted by the flowing rivers, with leaves that are always green and lush. Psalm 1:3.  God's trees always have delicious fruit in season and their roots grow deep.  For those who delight in the Law of the Lord and in His Word, and meditate on it always seeking His ways, they are blessed and whatsoever they do will prosper.  We are trees of...

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If you sat down and made a list of how you actually spent your time for one week and the hours in each day, would that list reflect that God is first in your daily life? Communion with God, seeking His Kingdom first and loving Him with all our heart, mind, soul and strength is His deepest desire for us.  Jesus Christ made us first in His life on earth, then He became the final sacrifice for sin, and now He is interceding for us at the right hand of the Father in heaven.  Glory be to God!

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Waiting can be difficult at times.  Waiting in a long line at the DMV, waiting in traffic knowing you'll be late, waiting for answers to prayers....  God gives us times of waiting knowing that we will be filled with joy as His purpose unfolds in our lives.  The Most High God knows the outcome and keeps us steady when we fix our minds on His promises.  Believe He is good when you can't see it.  Believe in His immense love when you can't feel it.  Trust Him.  God is not always in a hurry.  Howe...
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