Daily Devotional for Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Have you missed any of our devotionals? Remember they can be found in the Archive section of our Website
http://www.gospelines.com "Ain't No Mountain Too High." On a recent episode of "Biggest Loser - Family" edition, one of the competitive games required looked like such fun. All participants had to go down a hill on a Slip and Slide! How easy is that? The challenge, however, was returning to the top of the hill in an allotted time period; all to start down the slide again; over and over. Given the enormous weight each participant needed to lose, the fun decreased. The time on the clock grew less and less until the last man or woman standing was declared the winner. I'm sure to most of the participants, that hill seemed like an insurmountable mountain! Reverend Turnley's sermon last week conveyed the same theme - "we all have mountains to overcome." To some, the mountains actually may be hills; to others, Mount Everest. What is your mountain? Is it an addiction? Is it the ability to forgive? Is it being thankful when God doesn't answer your prayer the way you expected? Is it being genuinely happy for the coworker who received the promotion you thought you deserved? Is it getting past the anger at some unresolved situation? God knows the spiritual condition of our heart. Often He will let us sit in our situation until we realize that we need to change us! We need to change the way we live life; the way we think! Mountains, often seen as Goliaths, are part of our everyday landscape - temptation, doubt, procrastination, fear and jealousy - to name a few. The best way to overcome your mountains or to slay your Goliaths is to "empower yourself" through faith and prayer. There is no mountain too high for you to conquer with God's help. First and foremost, we need to repent of our sins and to acknowledge that we have often become complacent, thinking that self-reliance is all we need. NOT!!! We need a relationship with other Christians and we need God! We must yield to His perfect plan and to trust Him in ALL things. Hear the Word found in Amos 5:4-6 (The Message): 4-5 God's Message to the family of Israel: "Seek me and live. Don't fool around at those shrines of Bethel, Don't waste time taking trips to Gilgal, and don't bother going down to Beer-sheba. Gilgal is here today and gone tomorrow and Bethel is all show, no substance." 6 So seek God and live! You don't want to end up with nothing to show for your life But a pile of ashes, a house burned to the ground. For God will send just such a fire, and the firefighters will show up too late. GospeLines Prayer: Father, I thank You for bringing this message to me this day. I thank You for reminding me that I need you in every area of my life - from being with me during the midnight hour, at my place of employment, at Your house, to helping me keep my home to strengthening my relationship with my family and others in Your community. I would have believed that there are some things I could manage alone; but that is far from the truth. I NEED You! In His Love, Carla ΓΏ Amen and Amen! _____________________________________________________ O. Addison Gethers e-mail address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] window live messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
