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This is the Place to Look When You Need: Encouragement

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Sometimes I feel like God is far away and we’re never going to get together.

When this happens I read these verses:

Romans 8: 38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can’t, and life can’t. The angels can’t, and the demons can’t. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can’t keep God’s love away. 39 Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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If you feel like I do sometimes … think over what is being said.

The Bible is filled with answers and encouragement for life.

Nothing can separate you from God.

There is no place you could get to that God isn’t already there.

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I recently wrote this in my journal: This morning I feel empty and broken. I’m past weary. I would like to crawl into bed and hide under the covers. I think there is a cure for this but I don’t know how to get there or find my way there. I’ve come to the end of myself. I don’t even want to look for the way out of where I am. I’m done. I feel no life and I certainly feel no joy.

Have you been in this place? I’m sure there’s a long list of people who know this place well. Jesus for one. This agonizing pain Jesus felt many times. It’s a part of being human; a part of being human that I don’t like.

How can I feel better? I have to make myself read these words in Romans 8: 38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can’t, and life can’t. The angels can’t, and the demons can’t. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can’t keep God’s love away. 39 Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Look at these words and feel their power when you need encouragement. God is here. God knows what He’s doing. God can be trusted.

Thanks for listening to Lee’s Nite Radio.

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Feeling Crummy? How to Make This a Blue-Ribbon Day

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TWISTING

I’m positive things would be better if you did everything my way.

This is what I suppose without saying the words.

Plus I’m talking to myself and saying:

  • I’d be better off if I had a better job
  • It’d be better off if I had a better marriage
  • I’d be better off if I had better health
  • I’d be better off if had better wealth
  • I’d be better off if I had [___________].

I am not clueless about how to be content, but

I am an expert complainer

I am sure if you looked just like me I’d still find something wrong with you.

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TURNING

What is contentment?

Is it a place? If so,

How do I visit this place?

How do I get there?

  • Use MapQuest?
  • GPS?
  • Could my smartphone find this place?

Is contentment one of those gifts I’ve neglected to open?

Yes.

Because I’m the center of my attention.

I’ve belittled my gift-wrapped present. Consequently,

I’ll remain discontent as long as me is my primary focus.

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FINDING CONTENTMENT

If I opened my unopened present would I notice the source of contentment?

Sure … to make it a Blue-Ribbon Day I must switch my focus to:

Jesus and others.

Wouldn’t you agree?

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Food for thought:

I know what it is to be poor or to have plenty, and I have lived under all kinds of conditions. I know what it means to be full or to be hungry, to have too much or too little. Christ gives me the strength to face anything. (Philippians 4:12, 13)

God can bless you with everything you need, and you will always have more than enough to do all kinds of good things for others. 2 Corinthians 9: 8

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Bonus Song:

Sanctus Real: Keep My Heart Alive

How’s your day going?

Are you content yet?

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Let me be honest with you, I’m feeling anxious today… What I’m saying is that I’m not at peace… I’m not calm… I’m feeling discontent…

But I don’t want to feel like this… I want to experience content… so, how do I find contentment?… How do I make it a Blue-Ribbon Contentment Day?

Well there are many options available aren’t there?… For example: Maybe a half-gallon of my favorite flavor of ice cream will make me feel content?… Maybe a little indulgence in my secret sin will make me feel content?… Perhaps if I could buy a new something I’d feel content?…

What is it? … What will make me content for longer than a few minutes today?… I suppose we all have a list of some things to do or some things to try in order to make us feel content… still we realize this stuff we could do won’t actually satisfy us more than temporarily… these things won’t bring us contentment.

Here it is: When I dare to switch my focus from the temporary to the Lord of eternity, i.e. Jesus, then I begin to feel and know something about contentment…

I can make it a Blue-Ribbon Day if I’ll use God’s gift of contentment—Jesus.

I appreciate your company on Lee’s Nite Radio.

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New Hope. New Possibility.

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You’ve thought about it… so, what is your project plan for this year?

Have you written it down? Maybe it’s floating around in your head, not quite formed yet. But it’s a project plan you have every intention of accomplishing.

Thomas Jefferson wrote a key to completing a project plan, “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.”

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How does this work itself out? Read this:

Though you have a definite plan, you may lose focus even if it’s written on a 3×5 card and stuck to your refrigerator. You know ya gotta wanna is helpful but also realize there is more to a follow-through project plan than willpower and positive thinking.

“You’re kidding!” you say.

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No, listen, Jesus talked about how to make certain our project plan is a winner. Jesus appreciated that we search for a plan to follow, which will move us toward our finish-line. Jesus understood we gather the information we need to know and do to make our plan an actuality.

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In order to save time, here’s Jesus’ solution to the problem. It’s advice you may have learned at the knee of your mommy and daddy.

Jesus spoke to a crowd who carefully pondered his insight. “I am the vine, and you are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I stay joined to you, then you will produce lots of fruit. But you cannot do anything without me.” John 15:5 CEV.

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Do you have new hopes and new possibles for 2021? Do you want your project plan to take root and grow? Well then, you (we) need to fall in love with Jesus daily and remain connected to him. This is an intimacy which can renew you and assure your project plan produces fruit.

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Dare yourself to believe and experience New Hope and New Possibility.

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