| New Beginning -- Reading Jeremiah Jeremiah 34 The LORD: The Lord is sovereign over all. He controls the armies, the battles, the lives of the people. The Lord is Holy and righteous, cannot allow pronanity on his name. The Lord demands retribution for sins committed and promises broken. The girl: Cyclical sin, what I repent once of, but turn back to. The Lord will not hold his wrath forever. I cannot take the promises I make to him lightly, because he has not taken his promises lightly. The application: Remember him. Trust and dependence through devoting time to prayer Fast (Tuesday, until 7pm) to pray for -- Summer plans and intimacy&relationship The prayer: Hallelujah, Glory to my God. Praise You, from the depths of my soul, o Lord. May my life be a praise offering onto you. Father, these past few weeks have been so stretching, and while I'm going through so much more pain and just emotional struggle, I can honestly say that I want to praise you for you are a good God, my God, Lord of the universe. You are so in control, and while I still really want to hold on to the broken remote control that I have over my life, I can feel my grip starting to loosen. I am tired, quite honestly, of trying to run things my way and having it not work out. But I know that your plans and your ways are perfect. Teach me to let go of it all. Break me until I am shattered. I want to depend on You for everything. I want to rely on You and your strength alone. My body is tired, and my mind is slowing. But Lord, be my strength and my wisdom. Turn these prayers away from me. Can I capture your heart? Open my heart to the burdens of yours. OTHERS, Lord, OTHERS. For all these people in my life, I pray for them. () Grow me to be a prayer warrior. Intecessor, oh Lord. Teach me the heart of God. I trust all these things to you. All these people, my life, your workers. . . these scattered thoughts, I know that you can make sense of. I love you, Yuanyuan |