Ever Present Help!

The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. Those who know your Name trust in you, for you, O Lord, have never abandoned anyone who searches for you. (Psalm 9:9-10. Oppression and trouble are difficult things to encounter in our lives. Oppression can push us down and block our ability to grow and to be all that God has intended us to be. Trouble Harasses and inconvenience us and causes worry and anxiety to creep into our lives. Oppression and trouble will “tag-team” together to keep us from enjoying day to day life. Either of these in little doses can turn our lives upside down! The Psalmist tells us that the “Lord” is the solution to “oppression and trouble,” and that knowing His Name means understanding, declaring, proclaiming, and confessing who God is and what His power can do to rescue us in the midst of these storms. That’s why having daily devotions in God’s Word is so vital to our Christian growth. He promises to rescue us, and His Word (The Holy Bible) helps us to know it! No matter the oppression, or the trouble, God’s character is foundational and unshakable! As we “PRAY” in His Name, seek Him in His Word, and allow the Comforter (The Holy Spirit) to work in our lives, we will see oppression and trouble lose their effectiveness. The Lord is our refuge, shelter, and strength. He has never abandoned anyone who sought Him, and He will never abandon us! “Dear Lord Jesus! Please help us to know that You are refuge and strength. Help us to know that being close to you will bring us peace and safety in the midst of the storms of life. You are our victory… to bring us the victory! “Amen!

WE MUST TRUST GOD. WE MUST TRUST NOT ONLY THAT HE DOES WHAT IS BEST, BUT THAT HE KNOWS WHAT IS AHEAD. Max Lucado.

Ever Present Help!

The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. Those who know your Name trust in you, for you, O Lord, have never abandoned anyone who searches for you. (Psalm 9:9-10. Oppression and trouble are difficult things to encounter in our lives. Oppression can push us down and block our ability to grow and to be all that God has intended us to be. Trouble Harasses and inconvenience us and causes worry and anxiety to creep into our lives. Oppression and trouble will “tag-team” together to keep us from enjoying day to day life. Either of these in little doses can turn our lives upside down! The Psalmist tells us that the “Lord” is the solution to “oppression and trouble,” and that knowing His Name means understanding, declaring, proclaiming, and confessing who God is and what His power can do to rescue us in the midst of these storms. That’s why having daily devotions in God’s Word is so vital to our Christian growth. He promises to rescue us, and His Word (The Holy Bible) helps us to know it! No matter the oppression, or the trouble, God’s character is foundational and unshakable! As we “PRAY” in His Name, seek Him in His Word, and allow the Comforter (The Holy Spirit) to work in our lives, we will see oppression and trouble lose their effectiveness. The Lord is our refuge, shelter, and strength. He has never abandoned anyone who sought Him, and He will never abandon us! “Dear Lord Jesus! Please help us to know that You are refuge and strength. Help us to know that being close to you will bring us peace and safety in the midst of the storms of life. You are our victory… to bring us the victory! “Amen!

WE MUST TRUST GOD. WE MUST TRUST NOT ONLY THAT HE DOES WHAT IS BEST, BUT THAT HE KNOWS WHAT IS AHEAD. Max Lucado.

My Burden, My Help!

The Lord is faithful in all he says; He is gracious in all He does. The Lord helps the fallen and lifts up those bent beneath their loads. Psalm (145:13-14). Life has become a grind for most of us! We have so many responsibilities and so much work that we can’t see any way to get it all done, and even if we did, a new pile of weighted responsibilities come the next day. The load can be the burden of  praying for a loved one who doesn’t have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, worry of financial trouble or, despair over circumstances that seem to never change. Whatever the situation, God delights in helping the fallen and to help us up when we’re bent under our own personal load. When our hearts and burdens are heavy, we can give them to God and ask Him to lift our hearts and show us His faithfulness.”Lord! Please be the glory and the lifter of our heads!” Amen. “The Lord is kind and merciful….He showers compassion on all His creation (Psalm 145:8-9).

TO PRAY IS TO LET JESUS INTO OUR LIVES. HE KOCKS AND SEEKS ADMITTANCE, NOT ONLY IN THE SOLEMN HOURS OF SECRET PRAYER; HE KNOCKS IN THE MIDST OF YOUR DAILY WORK, YOUR DAILY STRUGGLES, YOUR DAILY “GRIND.” THAT IS WHERE YOU NEED HIM THE MOST.  Ole Hallesby (1879-1961) 

Peace In Trust

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6. For most of us, it’s not easy to trust in the Lord in all things! There are times we feel pursued by financial trouble, bad health, a person who misjudges us, or someone who opposes us so that our “heart is in anguish.” In these and other hard times that may come upon us, we may want to retreat, give up, or simply run away! Although it may not seem like it at that moment, God is greater than the problems we face! The Psalmist wrote in Psalm 55:22 NLT, “Give your burdens to the Lord, and He will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.” Let’s cast our cares and burdens on the Lord. He will help us to do this! Our shoulders are not big enough to bear our burdens alone! God will show up! “Lord, we believe, but help our unbelief! Please increase our faith in you! Amen!

WHATSOEVER IT IS THAT PRESSES YOU. TELL YOUR FATHER; PUT OVER THE MATTER INTO HIS HAND, AND SO YOU WILL BE FREE FROM THAT DIVIDING, PERPLEXING CARE THAT THE WORLD IS FULL OF ( Archbishop Robert Leighton)

A Better Way

At dawn the disciples saw Jesus standing on the beach, but they couldn’t see who He was. He called out, “Friends, have you caught any fish?” “No, they replied. Then He said, “Throw out your net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you’ll get plenty of fish!” (John 21:4-6 NLT). The disciples did as Jesus instructed them, and they couldn’t draw in the net because there were so many fish in it. The disciples had been fishing all night and had caught nothing yet, Jesus was not only interested in what they were doing, He was also interested in the manner of what they were doing! He encouraged His disciples by telling them to cast their nets on the other side of the boat. They most likely reasoned in their own minds, “the water is the same everywhere! What difference will it make! But, they followed Jesus’ way of doing things and they pulled in a bounty of fish so large that the nets began to break! Jesus could have told His disciples to “give up! Try again another time!” No! He gave them a better way! There are times we may feel what we are doing for God in our calling, whatever that calling is, is not bearing much fruit and we want to give up! DON’T GIVE UP! Instead, let’s recommit our work to the Lord and ask Him to show us a better way that will bring us victory and peace. Let’s pray in the morning, pray while doing our specific tasks, and pray as we travel to our place of work! God promises to give us a better way with joy and encouragement, without finding fault (James 1:5-8 NIV). AMEN!

PRAYER FITS INTO EVERY PHASE OF OUR EARTHLY EXPERIENCE, AND THEREFORE WE MAY ALWAYS PRAY. YOUR PRESENT NEED, DIFFICULTY, OR TROUBLE MAY BE TAKEN TO GOD IN PRAYER. THERE IS NOTHING IN OUR LIFE IN WHICH OUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS NOT INTERESTED.  Charles Cook 

2Minutes with Pastor Don- In my Father's house are many rooms!

John 14:2 In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.
We have so many little chambers of the heart spiritually that is closed off to the work of God in our lives. God sent the Holy Spirit to help counsel and heal those places of the heart that are filled with pain, trouble, and strife. Jesus prepared a place for us! He said: “In my Father’s house are many rooms and I go there to prepare a place for you! Be encourage to make room in those deep chambers of your heart to God! He will heal you and give you victory.

Blessings,

Pastor Don Dukes
http://www.prayerfortheharvest.org

The 59th National Day of Prayer in Whitefish

2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 ¹¹With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. ¹²We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

The National Day of prayer meeting here in Whitefish was a great success in The Lord. We had double the amount of people show up than last year, and the people chosen to lead us in prayer were anointed by God to do so. Thank you all for praying for our Nation.
Today we are still seeing encouraging results of God’s work in the lives of people through the National Day of Prayer. As believers in Jesus Christ, as God’s people praying together, everyday should be  A National Day of Prayer.
God Bless you,
Don Dukes

http://www.prayerfortheharvest.org/NationalDayofPrayer.html