A seal helping a helpless turtle get back into the water.

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❝ I hear religious minded people say all the time with good intentions. ‘God will never place a burden on you so heavy that you cannot possibly carry it.’Really? My experience is that God will place a burden on you so heavy that you cannot possibly carry it alone. He will break your back and your will. He will buckle your legs until you fall flat beneath the crushing weight of your load. All the while He will walk beside you waiting for you to come to the point where you must depend on Him .‘My power is made perfect in your weakness,’ He says, as we strain under our burden.Whatever the burden, it might indeed get worse, but know this-God is faithful. And while we change and get old, He does not. When we get weaker, He remains strong. And in our weakness and humility, He offers us true, lasting, transforming, and undeserved grace. ❞
- Greg Lucas, Wrestling With An Angel (via missgreenwalt)

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❝ But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God). ❞
Galatians 5:16
My Devotion.

***Perfect for what Pastor Ken was talking about on yesterday.

Relying on God

I believe every time we feel frustration, it means we’ve really stopped relying on God. That might sound like a bold statement to you, but think about it: God’s given you and me His Holy Spirit and His grace to help us walk through anything that comes our way. Frustration hits when we stop depending on Him and try to make something happen our own way.

Understanding this really helped me. Every time I became frustrated, I reminded myself that what I was really doing was trying to take the place of the Holy Spirit. I was trying to be Holy Spirit Junior!

Do you struggle with an independent spirit? When you refuse to depend on God, in essence, you’re saying, “Okay, God, I appreciate that You’re around, but watch me do this.” Depending on God for everything may be difficult, but it’s the key to the victory we need every single day of our lives.

When God saved us, He didn’t help us and then say, “Ok, that’s it. You’re on your own now!” He’s eternally saved us, which means if we depend on Him, He will guide us and help us.

Galations 5:16 urges us to “walk and live habitually in the Holy Spirit…then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh”…. Notice that it doesn’t say “conquer the flesh independently…then you will certainly not gratify the desires of the flesh.” No, it says to live in the Holy Spirit.

Choose to stop living independently, and rely on the Holy Spirit. I promise you won’t regret it!

Prayer Starter: God, You are all I need. Help me not to trust in myself, but to put my trust in You and to rely only on You.

❝ A happy heart (laughter) is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. ❞
Proverbs 17:22
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