For the month of July, these will be the 4 One Words for us to "Focus" on:
RELEASE
July 7
PRAYER
July 14
JOY
July 21
MOVEMENT
July 28
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I will RELEASE the
One Word
FOCUS
| Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. |
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"Jesus, What I RELEASE, You redeem." |
Thank You Redeemer!
HOLD
BE STILL
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“But here’s the thing: we owe nothing to what we used to believe about anything. We don’t have to explain to ourselves or to anyone around us the whys or the whats or the hows. But what we must do is remind our heart that anything our mind remembers, God has already redeemed. Any thought pattern, lie, or struggle we have had, we get to move forward in a different way. And how is that? By stepping into the truth. “
ReplyDeleteThat’s from the book and in bold font is the sentence that really spoke to me. And wow, what a timely statement for me to pass along to a loved one going through a crisis today!
Thank you, Peggy, and thank you, Lord!
So the bold font didn’t work.
Delete“ But what we must do is remind our heart that anything our mind remembers, God has already redeemed.”
Yes, Amen!!! (sorry that the bold part didn't work-no surprise) Thank you for posting that particular part again and I agree it's very timely and encouraging for anyone but thankful you could pass it on to your loved one in crisis! Always God's timing & perfect reminder! Very freeing statements from CCR in this devotional on RELEASE, especially what you chose to share. Let us step into the Truth in everything! and move forward! [insert my 2 emojis that probably won't work either or "hands raised" and "praying hands"]
DeleteOnce again (as it usually is in these devos) her final statement reaffirms for me what I need to hold on to:
ReplyDelete"We know our best is ahead of us, so may we run forth, RELEASING all that is behind."
Yes, and amen ... but in our imminent earthly future, it does not appear to be so and I'm dreading the end of '24 and 2025. I'm so thankful that we have the hope to "RELEASE what has been (or IS) holding us" and that we WILL be able to experience" and anticipate a "bright, exciting future" that "God has in store" (my rewording of the sentence that precedes the concluding one that I first shared). I have often asked myself and thought: "How can I redeem it?" {in reference to a choice/decisions made in my teens and then early adult life that (imho) in retrospect, was a grave one that impacted my entire life, but I do notice that in some ways that God has been redeeming it, although I frequently think "maybe I should have ..." (done this or that) I will never gain control over that past, yet I notice many good things that have happened as I remain what I have considered stuck - but not really.} Oh my - the precious and aMazing Grace of God! Even if I haven't or can't {or other(s) have not allowed me to} "... Forget what is behind and strain toward what is ahead" [the scripture verse] God has helped me and even placed people (special people) in my life that do help & remind me of OUR Future with Him. That which has been hurting ... that which one might hold on to that "hurt" (devastation, defeat, etc) that actual "stepping away" and "turning away" (or sometimes just walking away, or escaping to MX) was (IS) "downright difficult"; God turns it around and makes seemingly impossible POSSIBLE; giving strength & backup when you need it most; impossible circumstances become obstacles temporarily as God's Spirit & the sword of Truth continue to break free all because of Jesus, who makes all things possible & gives strength to the weak, when we trust Him with it. I can't explain but Karen's freeing comment let's me know that "we don't have to explain ..." (now that one I can take to the bank and deposit and stand on it) not "to ourselves or to anyone...
the whys or the whats or the hows" and I so often feel like I do HAVE to explain when I don't ... I no longer need to "mentally backtrack" which CCR wrote so well ... that pulls us back to replay the "usual soundtrack" and leaves us with those useless feelings of "worthlessness or shame or guilt" (and a bundle of others like "worry", "anxiety", "hopeless", "helpless", etc). Yep, this one is speaking to the choir (of one, right here) and I'm sure countless others that need to RELEASE these burdens and be REDEEMED! Hallelujah Anyhow! (wink, wink)
Amen! AMazing Grace!
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