Devotion...

     So as a Second Year at Ecola Bible School one of our requirements is to prepare and give a morning Devotion to the First Year Class. We have to opportunity to prepare and present it to the Second Year Class during First term and then during Second and Third Term each student picks a morning and presents their devotion. I know that there were some people who wanted to know what I did mine on. So here you go.

     Does God give you more than you can handle?

• My answer is yes, if you are trying to handle the situation on your own without seeking God for His help through the situation.

I gave the class a brief description of my life growing up and what First Year was like at Ecola. I continued to talk on how hard Second Year at Ecola has been for me and the things that I have been giving up to God to help me through, I have not had to rely on Him so much.

I read a piece of an article to the class:
     A part that really stuck out to me was "When we become aware that life will give us more than we can handle we find a promise: God is faithful to meet us in the mess and the pain." (Hidalgo, Michael "Yes, God Will Give You More Than You Can Handle." 10 September 2013)

Read the whole article at: http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/yes-god-will-give-you-more-you-can-handle#vvHiIg8L33MPY4IF.99

I also gave them some of the verses that have comforted me through the hard times.
James 1:2-8:
  "Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials fof various kinds,  for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.  And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.  For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."

Philippians 4:13
  "I can do all things through him who strengthens me."

Jeremiah 29:11-14a
  "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me awith all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord"

Psalm 18:1-3
  "I love you, O Lord, my strength.
 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies."

Psalm 40:1-3
  "I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.
 He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.
 He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in the Lord."

1 Peter 1:6-7
  "In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ."

Lastly I played a song that I heard this summer:

There is A God- Trent Willmon

(www.cowboylyrics.com)

Try and put your arms around 

the 100 year old tree

Climb up on a horse 

and let it run full speed

Take a look out at the world from 30,000 feet

on your next flight

Watch a flock of birds 

against the morning sun

Close your eyes and listen 

to the river run

Catch a firefly in your hand 

or a raindrop on your tongue

That's right

Chorus:

There is a God

There is a God

There is a God 

How much proof do you need?

Plant a seed and see 

what comes out of the ground

Find the heartbeat on your baby's ultrasound

In a few years hear it laughing, 

and don't it sound like a song?

Stop and think about 

what you don't understand

Things like life and love 

and how the world began

Hear the doctor say he can't explain it, 

but the cancer is gone

Chorus:

There is a God

There is a God

There is a God

How much proof do you need?

Bridge:

Science says it's all just circumstance

That this whole world is just an accident

But if you want to shoot that theory down, 

just take a look around

Oh just look around

Now there is a God

There is a God

Oh there is a God, 

How much proof do you need?

Now, There is a God.

If you would like to listen to the Devotion I do have it on recording, I just can not download it on here. So just ask and I can email it to you.

The beauty in His creation