April 27, 2009
El Shaddai
(baby crying)
Nancy Leigh DeMoss: A newborn baby can be so fretful and disturbed. It seems like you can’t do anything to comfort it. But when a mom pulls the baby close and begins to feed it, everything’s okay.
That’s the way God wants to relate to us. One of the names of God is El Shaddai. That’s usually translated “God Almighty” in English. But there’s more to this name than suggested by that translation.
El or Elohim speaks of God’s power and strength. But the word Shaddai is a tender, touching word that speaks of a nursing mother supplying everything a child needs.
The name El Shaddai tells us that God is the strength-giver and satisfier of His people. What do you need today? Instead of looking around for a solution or inward to your own strength, look to El Shaddai for everything you need.
With Seeking Him, I’m Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Pain and Thankfulness
This is exactly what I needed to read today. It stomped on my toes, but it was definitely something that I needed to be put into perspective. I pray the Lord will help me to remember that even in the physical pain that I may suffer, as of right now, I am not suffering as so many martyrs out there in the world TODAY are suffering in prison or at the hands of those who hate the name of Christ. And I pray that IF that day comes for me, that the Lord will give me the grace then to remember as so many have before me, that it still cannot compare with all that He bore for me. Lord, please change my vision. Help me to SEE.
April 16, 2009
Pain and Thankfulness
Nancy Leigh DeMoss: When you feel pain, what’s the first thing you do?
“Do you have any aspirin?”
Nancy: None of us like pain, but it can be a motivation for us to be thankful. Jonathan Edwards wrote:
"I'm resolved when I feel pain to think of the pains of martyrdom and of hell."
Nancy: Think about that for a minute. Edwards knew he’d always experience pain on this earth, but he wanted it to move him to thankfulness. Thankfulness that he wasn’t facing the pain of martyrdom like so many who had gone before him. Thankfulness that through God’s mercy we can escape the unimaginable pain of separation from God in hell.
It puts things into perspective. No pain we can endure here on earth compares to the pain from which we’ve been spared. Ask God to help you live in a spirit of thankfulness today, no matter what you’re going through.
With Seeking Him, I’m Nancy Leigh DeMoss.
April 16, 2009
Pain and Thankfulness
Nancy Leigh DeMoss: When you feel pain, what’s the first thing you do?
“Do you have any aspirin?”
Nancy: None of us like pain, but it can be a motivation for us to be thankful. Jonathan Edwards wrote:
"I'm resolved when I feel pain to think of the pains of martyrdom and of hell."
Nancy: Think about that for a minute. Edwards knew he’d always experience pain on this earth, but he wanted it to move him to thankfulness. Thankfulness that he wasn’t facing the pain of martyrdom like so many who had gone before him. Thankfulness that through God’s mercy we can escape the unimaginable pain of separation from God in hell.
It puts things into perspective. No pain we can endure here on earth compares to the pain from which we’ve been spared. Ask God to help you live in a spirit of thankfulness today, no matter what you’re going through.
With Seeking Him, I’m Nancy Leigh DeMoss.
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