Happy New Year everyone! While searching for a great message to share as we enter a new year, I found that the following devotional from David Jeremiah.org was the best one. Despite all of the turmoil going on in our world today, we can still have peace and comfort - knowing that our God is with us - today, and always. He will see us through the storms of this life and we can rest safely in Him - no matter what this world throws at us.
Have a safe, happy, and healthy New Year!
Sincerely,
Christine
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Ebenezer
Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, "Thus far the Lord has helped us."
1 Samuel 7:12
Recommended Reading
1 Samuel 7:5-12
Dr. F. W. Boreham told of a scrap of paper that was framed and displayed in his parent's home. The words said: "Hitherto Hath the Lord Helped Us." One day he asked his mother about it, and she told him of a time when she and her husband faced a crisis. She was distressed for weeks, but one day as she paced back and forth she paused in front of an almanac on the wall.
"The only thing I saw was the text in the corner," she said. "It was as if someone had spoken the words: ‘Hitherto has the Lord helped us.' I was so overcome, I sat down and had a good cry; and then I began again with a fresh heart and trust."
What a great verse for the New Year! The same God who brought us this far will lead us on. He is our God in ages past and our hope for years to come. If we live in the light of eternity knowing our times are in His hands, we can face each day with a fresh heart and trust.
Hitherto has the Lord helped us.
Here I raise my Ebenezer; here by Thy great help I've come.
Robert Robinson
Read-Thru-the-Bible
Psalm 1, 23 & 37
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HT: David Jeremiah.org