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A Prayer to Find God in the Desert Place

Posted by Nan Jones | Jul 8, 2018 | bible devotions online, Finding God's Presence, Nan Jones author and speaker, prayer |

Lord, Your ways are not our ways, but Your ways cause me to marvel. I marvel because as I watch and wait and wonder, You fulfill Your Word, especially in the desert places of my life. Why should I doubt? You always do what You say You will do!

You promised us streams in the desert, water in the wilderness. When we are parched and desperate for hope You, according to Your Word, often lead us into the desert where we finally reach the end of ourselves and will yield our hearts and ear to You.

Oh, how great is Your love!

Finding God’s Presence ~ Not On My Watch, Mister!

Posted by Nan Jones | Jul 4, 2018 | bible devotions online, Finding God's Presence, Nan Jones author and speaker |

A small yellow butterfly darted across the mountain laurel blooms, oblivious to the danger lurking on the next stem. A spider, on the other hand, was very aware.

And waited.

The butterfly lapped at the sweet nectar, moving slowly across the multiple blooms — each bloom drawing her towards her enemy. One misstep — one moment of focusing only on satisfying her thirst for nectar — and she met her demise. Her feet became entangled in the sticky thread of the spider’s web.

She fought. She resisted.

But to no avail.

A Prayer When You’re Facing Giants in Your Land

Posted by Nan Jones | Jun 30, 2018 | bible devotions online, Finding God's Presence, Nan Jones author and speaker, prayer |

Lord, You are the God who lifts my head when I am down, who strengthens me when I am weak. You are the Keeper of my soul. I am so grateful.

There are giants in my land that threaten to consume me — to distract me from the work You have given me to do. But I know that You are greater than he that is in the world and nothing You have spoken over me will return to You void. You will complete those things You have begun in me — giants, or no giants.

Finding God’s Presence ~ When I Need to Lift My Eyes and Behold Him

Posted by Nan Jones | Jun 27, 2018 | bible devotions online, Finding God's Presence, Nan Jones author and speaker |

Blue and I relaxed on the gentle slope alongside the river flowing through the mountain valley. I rubbed his head and looked out across the silkened ribbon streaming in front of me — its beginning and end I knew not.

Its Creator I know well.

Peace whispered to me from afar as I thought about everything … thought about nothing. Back and forth. Everything. Nothing. Sometimes a brain gets worn out from thinking too much. It short-circuits and says, “No more, my dear. No more.”

That was me on this beautiful summer afternoon.

A Prayer When It’s Hard to Love the Unlovelies

Posted by Nan Jones | Jun 24, 2018 | bible devotions online, Finding God's Presence, Nan Jones author and speaker, prayer |

Lord, You are the very essence of love — a love that our human frailty cannot comprehend. Yet Your Spirit dwells within us and lays your love at our fingertips giving us the capacity to love in all circumstances. I want to walk in love — to honor You by how I treat others.

But sometimes it is so hard.

It’s hard to choose love when evil abounds and injustice pierces my heart.

Author: Nan Jones

A Prayer to Find God in the Desert Place

Finding God’s Presence ~ Not On My Watch, Mister!

A Prayer When You’re Facing Giants in Your Land

Finding God’s Presence ~ When I Need to Lift My Eyes and Behold Him

A Prayer When It’s Hard to Love the Unlovelies

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