Is something missing in your life today? Are you feeling unworthy, or are you fed up with daily frustrations? Lamentations 3:24 says, “The Lord is my portion.” On the day of my heart surgery, I learned what this means in a real, tangible way. His comforting presence will be our portion when enough is enough. When we’ve had enough and we’re tempted to soothe our spirits with short-term comforts, let’s put down the remote and go straight to God in prayer. Let’s take a lesson from Hannah’s commitment. She traded discouraging thoughts for triumph. Instead of staying downhearted, she became hopeful.

For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Hannah’s resolve to trust in God changed her entire outlook. Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. “And she made a vow, saying, ‘Lord Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head,’” ( 1 Samuel 1:11 NIV). Your journey can become just the inspiration someone else needs.

You can opt out of the emails at anytime, and select whether youd like the. How we handle difficulties can encourage others and draw His children closer to Him. The Daily Devotions from the United Reformed Church offers you a Bible. Sometimes He doesn’t take the pain away, but instead comforts us through it. Whatever the desire, let’s remember this truth: God knows more about what we need than we do. We may seek answers, like I did when my heart problem returned. It could be one of life’s basic needs, like money to pay bills or food in the pantry. We may even wonder why God isn’t providing the way we think He should. There will be times when we don’t have enough. 1 Samuel 1:8 describes her as “downhearted.” Something was missing from her life, and her husband Elkanah did everything he could to console her, even giving her a double portion. Get the Daily Readings Every Morning I Agree that the data I provided to complete this transaction may be used for that purpose and used and stored for U. Hannah wanted a child more than anything. Without the sacrifice of Jesus, there wouldn’t be eternal life for anyone. Ephesians 2:1 makes it clear that, left to ourselves, we were all spiritually dead. “But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb,” ( 1 Samuel 1:5). The first step is that we must grasp what our condition was, apart from the Savior. God is my portion when I don’t have enough. We can learn what it means when God is our portion. From her story, we too can discover a deeper trust in the One who is above all, even in the scariest times. We all learn our greatest lessons by trusting God through difficult times, and Hannah was no exception. Hannah knew what it meant to live with God as her portion, but not at first. I made this plan up myself, after _failing_ at my annual goal of reading through the Bible _every_ year.BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY: “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever,” ( Psalm 73:26). Several days or weeks on an area that I might not currently find as interesting. But, by switching areas daily, I don't get bogged down Each week, I cover one or more chapters out of each major area of the Bible. Each day of the week, I read anywhere from one to six chapters out of a different part of Here's the Bible reading plan that I use. By signing up for these daily emails, you also agree for Bible Society to. I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the. Get the Bible reading e-mailed to you daily! We send out daily Bible verses, with a short reflection and a question to. I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.

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