May 20, 2008
Did
I not say that I am doing a new thing?
Though
the boat may be rocking and you may
feel
that you are tossing about, hold fast to your
faith.
You
are not defined by your giftings; you are defined by your faith.
The
changes I am bringing may be uncomfortable because they are unfamiliar, and they
will demand your dependence on me and will cause you to cling to me as you walk
in new spiritual territory.
Be
ready to let go of past familiar ways and embrace a new season.
The
wind blows where it will, and you hear the sound of it but cannot tell from
where it comes and where it goes; so is everyone that is born of the Spirit.
(John 3:8) Follow me.
I
will never leave you nor forsake you.
Ladonna
B.
"Take heed
that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in
heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven"
(Matthew 18:10, NKJV).
You
are the Advocate for all the little children who cannot speak for themselves,
the Defender for these little ones who cannot defend themselves. With a
fierceness of love You fight for their right to draw near to You, "Let the
little children come to Me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these
that the kingdom of heaven belongs" (Matthew 19:14). And with that same
fierceness of love You warn those who would harm them in any way, "If any
of you put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in Me,
if would be better for you if a great millstone were fastened around your neck
and you were drown in the depths of the sea" (Matthew 18:6).
Lord
Jesus, You love the little children, all the children of the world. You love
those who joyfully sing the praises of Your name and You love those who do not
yet know it. You love those who spirits are filled with Your breath of life and
You love those who are created and carried in their mother's womb before they
breathe their first breath. Your angels watch over them and fight for them until
the day You gather them out of this broken, fallen world into the arms of Your
presence to see Your face forever.
"Little ones to Him belong; they are weak, but He is strong." Thank You for the strength and power of Your love. Nothing can ever separate us or any of these little ones from the strength and power of the God who is Love
(Romans 8:37-39; 1 John 4:8).
In
Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
We
still need new sponsors for six children in the Philippines. These precious
children are waiting and praying they get chosen for school in 2008. I believe
if we will all pray in agreement for those new sponsors, God will send them.