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The Promise Keeper

  • For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. Romans 11:29 WEB.

    I know a dad who bought his son a car because he had taken a turn for the better. Not very long after this, his son got a drunk driving charge with it. So the dad took the car back and sold it. I don't blame the dad. I may have done the same, but human gifts are often more of a loan, a bonus, or a reward than an actual gift. If we can take a gift back, it's not a gift, for it was never actually theirs.

    God doesn't take back His love, gifts, or calling of us, no matter what we do. His goodness and decisions are not based on our performance or our behavior. Of course, we should try and live right, but He knows us better than we do. He didn't call us or give us the gifts in our life because we were good. It's because He is good and faithful to keep His promises.

    When I was around twenty years old, God told me to prepare myself. For one day, I would be in the ministry and a teacher of His word. I believed Him and began attending Bible college. After years of studying, praying, fasting, spending long nights at school after work, and getting ordained, I had a train wreck right at the end of it. I went through a long, drawn-out divorce that got really ugly and took two years.

    I resolved to just make the best of what I had left of my life, and I forgot about ministry altogether. I assumed that I had wrecked His plans for me. Years passed by. One day while praying, this verse came to mind, and I heard: "What I have told you, I will do." I was pretty sure I had messed up His plan, but I wrote it down in my journal.

    In time, He herded me into the ministry like a cow through a loading chute. Now I am here writing this. Looking back, I see a string of unplanned jobs that He used to equip and train me for what we do here today. The things I learned while working on computers, playing music in bands, building websites for others, and even construction are all used here at Refreshing Hope daily. He used those years to equip and train me for such a time as this. Like Joseph, the things I went through only brought me closer to His goal. The Lord is faithful, and He keeps His promises. He was with me all the while.

    No matter what you have done in your life, the same gifts, the same calling, and the same love are still there. It hibernates until spring comes. So don't distance yourself from God because you think you messed it all up. When the Lord gives us something, it comes with no strings attached, and He doesn't take it back. When your life is submitted to Him, the things you are going through will only equip you and bring you closer to your destiny.

    Prayer: Heavenly Father, I thank You for all You do for me. My life has taken unexpected twists and turns, but here I am, Lord, ready to serve You as best I can. Take me, use me, speak to me, and through me today. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen!

    Note: Ladies, today is Thankful Thursday at the "Ladies in Distress" group (our RHM women's group)! You are welcome to join in our weekly sharing of thankfulness for the Lord's presence and any blessings you may have experienced, big or small! "Ladies in Distress" is a private group, so if you have any problems joining, just post anywhere and we will help you :). Here is the link: Ladies in Distress


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Kevin J. Eck
Kevin J. Eck Amen!
August 25, 2022
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Debi Burton
Debi Burton Heavenly Father, I thank You for all You do for me. My life has taken unexpected twists and turns, but here I am, Lord, ready to serve You as best I can. Take me, use me, speak to me, and through me today. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen! ❤️
August 25, 2022
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Kay Collinsworth
Kay Collinsworth

Amen 

August 25, 2022
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Sharon Leonard
Sharon Leonard

HE TOLD ME HE HASN'T CHANGED. SO MANY THINGS HAVE GONE ON IN MY LIFE THAT I TO WONDER WHAT I SHOULD DO NEXT. JUST TRUSTING THAT HE WILL PUT ME WHERE I NEED TO BE. 

XO

SHARON

August 25, 2022
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Candy Laventure
Candy Laventure

Praise God. Amen!

August 25, 2022
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Wanda Pennington
Wanda Pennington

Lord take me, use me, speak through me today and everyday to your glory. In Jesus Name I ask, Amen 

August 25, 2022
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Patricia Walker
Patricia Walkeredited: August 25, 2022

Amen.  Heavenly Father,  I thank you for each gift & blessing.  Thank YOU!! Amen

August 25, 2022
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Celeste Strenn
Celeste Strenn

Amen 

August 25, 2022
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Brenda F
Brenda F

Amen

August 25, 2022
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Dana Rozell
Dana Rozell

Yes Amen!

August 25, 2022
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David  Earlywine
David Earlywine

Lead and guide us wonderful Jesus,Amen 

August 25, 2022
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David Krull
David Krull

Here I am Lord. Use me..

August 25, 2022
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Marisa Jackson
Marisa Jackson

Amen!!!

August 25, 2022
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Yvette York
Yvette York

Amen Good Morning Everyone 

August 25, 2022
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Scott Riegelmann
Scott Riegelmann

Amen 

August 25, 2022
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Lynn Brown
Lynn Brown

Thank You Father for Your many blessings and always for Your love, Amen!

August 25, 2022
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Cathy Webb
Cathy Webb

Lord, I see You in my self-willed wandering. You brought me through. Here I am. Ready to serve. Anticipating. Thank you. Amen 

August 25, 2022
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Bella Colliander
Bella Colliander

Lord, I am here. Amen!

August 25, 2022
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David Fabillaran
David Fabillaran

Amen Lord Jesus!

August 25, 2022
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Mari Kaufmann
Mari Kaufmann

Well said. Just how I feel. Been through a lot but I'm So thankful. Amen

August 25, 2022
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Schalk  de Beer
Schalk de Beer

Yes amen Lord. 

August 25, 2022
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Wesley Paulus
Wesley Paulus

Amen! 

August 26, 2022