Good morning everyone,

Psalm 138:3 -On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased.

Too many times I call myself praying and really I’m just complaining, never really dealing with my own heart of unbelief. Though I believe unloading your anxieties and frustrations before God is good and biblical (psalms). Yet if I don’t go to the next step of exercising faith I leave unchanged from my "prayers".

Imagine the many things we have been blessed with by God that we didn’t even pray about! Just being a loving Father He just wants to bless us to show how much He loves us. Now imagine His child pleading for Him to strengthen them to believe amidst any complaints or frustrations. That is when I believe God hears our prayers and strengthens us, when we want to live by faith.

It’s easy to think I am praying and really using God as one of my friends who have no power to change me once I’ve finished venting to them. Venting is a momentary release that is good when necessary. But for that to be the extent of my interaction with God, it doesn’t help me nor honor Him in the love He wants to show me by giving me strength to overcome.

In His Love, Ld

On Aug 30, 2012 11:22 AM, "eldoret gentry" <eldorets> wrote:
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> Good morning everyone,
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> Job 16:19-Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he who testifies for me is on high.
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> One of the most refreshing things to experience in this world is authenticity. Whether that is people, food, places, etc. what makes the experience refreshing is that you are not left wondering whether the experience was genuine or not. I wonder how many of us ponder such things with God as we spend time with Him. Do you leave your time with Him knowing that you have been truthful and authentic?

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> One of the most important things I’ve learned to completely embrace about our Lord is His knowledge of seeing everything as it truly is. That doesn’t mean I always do, but it does help keep me from being in denial of things that He is highlighting in my life that must change. Especially if I really want to believe my walk with Him is authentic.

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> We as people have this innate ability to sense at times when a person leaves us that the experience wasn’t authentic. I know I’ve been on both ends, and in being inauthentic at times I know the person probably noticed. But Job had confidence in the authenticity of his relationship with God that he did not have to try and fake out people. He lived secure knowing that if he is authentic before the Lord, the desire to justify anything before people is not a priority. Has our priority become more about trying to act authentic before people rather than allowing God to be our final testifier and Judge who makes us authentic?

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> In His Love, Ld
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> On Aug 28, 2012 10:12 AM, "eldoret gentry" <eldorets> wrote: