Trust GOD from the bottom of your heart;
don’t try to figure out everything on your own.
Listen for GOD’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go;
he’s the one who will keep you on track.
JOHN 21:18 (NLT)
Jesus said to Simon Peter, "I tell you the truth, when you were young, you were able to do as you liked; you dressed yourself and went wherever you wanted to go. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others will dress you and take you where you don’t want to go."
THE ESSENCE
Wise up and trust God; you don't have as much control over your life as you like to think.
DAILY FODDER
What has already happened in your life that suggests you don't have as much control as you'd like and that you just have to trust the Lord to lead you?
PRAYER
Holy Spirit, thank you that I am not traveling solo on this lifelong path of twists and turns. I am sorry when I rely on my own dead reckoning. You are always there, clearing my road and turning my heart. Help me to stretch out my hands before you in humble surrender. Become my way and my trust today. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)
THE LORD’S PRAYER (ABP)
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
Give us enough food for today.
Forgive us our wrongdoing,
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.
