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Jul 28 • 6 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
#GeraldsDevotional
The Blessings of Patience
It does not matter, my brothers and sisters, what the situation may look like right now. When we see or experience problems in our lives (either health, financial/material, relational, emotional, and a host of others), we can know deep in our hearts and souls that those problems
do not define us nor determine our destiny. As new-born believers in the LORD our Savior, we come to know how our story ultimately will end because we know what we heard (we know what Jesus said). When we stand on His word and the problems do come, the pain will not hurt any
less, but we can look through those moments knowing how this story ends (looking at Jesus’ life as an example for us all). Wait…

“1 Come what may, our Lord is with us. What He started in us He will finish. Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to
the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because
of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.” - Hebrews 12:1-2
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Jul 29
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Promises Made, Promises Kept – Our True Identity
We serve a God who is all-powerful and not capable of lying or breaking His promise. When fully understood, this gives us great comfort.

When we truly believe in what the LORD has done for us (and the impact of His constant presence with us), He seals us with a promise (a
commitment) that cannot ever be broken. I have seen this theme in my ongoing study through Job and noted that it is present and can be seen in every single life of God’s children throughout the entire bible. In every case, God made a solemn commitment to those who saw Him and
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Jul 27
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Blessings of the Age of Understanding
It is a tremendous blessing to us all when we hunger first to listen and to understand. The bible is a very special book (unique among all others) in that instead of us reading it, it reads us. It speaks clearly to us in every situation. But the problem is that when we have our
minds made up about what we believe, we close our ears and refuse to listen to what we hear.

As I woke up this morning, I was given the example of the “age of enlightenment” when God gave man the blessing of an abundance of intellectual advancements. We were able to make many
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Jul 26
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Truth and Justice – The Hunger
Deep down inside, we all have an insatiable hunger and desire for justice… for fairness in every situation. We will say and do whatever we have to in order to achieve that justice. In order to determine what is just and fair, we all use a compass that points at what we see as
being true (that which distinguishes between what is right and wrong, good and bad). Our internal moral compass determines how we see and evaluate everything that happens around us as we distinguish between good and evil, justice and injustice. But once again, we all have a
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Jul 25
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Praying for Patience in God’s Sanctuary
A timeless prayer of David, from a place of desperation, seeking God’s sanctuary. Although not perfect and a broken man himself, David understood the nature of his conflict and the source of his help and strength. Great are You LORD!!

1 O God, listen to my complaint.
Protect my life from my enemies’ threats.
2 Hide me from the plots of this evil mob,
from this gang of wrongdoers.
3 They sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim their bitter words like arrows.
4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent,
attacking suddenly and fearlessly.
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Jul 24
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The Power of Waiting for the LORD
There is tremendous power and blessing for all of God’s children today when we learn what it means to truly wait on Him. Psalms 27 gives us a great illustration of this in the words of David. It describes how he went through so very many situations involving attacks and distress
in this world. His list of problems that he had experienced in his life is very long. But even in the middle of calamity and chaos, he finds peace when he hears the call of the LORD and stops to seek His face.

My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.”
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Jul 23
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Jesus Walks With Us, Even When We Don’t Acknowledge Him
This is the addendum to my devotional from yesterday (the one that I mentioned was forth coming). This addendum is in the form of a brief story that will give a real-life example with an illustration of the devotion’s point and how we can live it out today. Here is the story:
In a rural area there was a large agricultural field. A spot near the center of the field contained a large hole in the sandy ground approximately 20 feet deep and 5 feet wide. A man, while walking through this field and not paying attention, accidentally falls into this hole and
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