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Trust ME in the midst of a messy day. Your inner calm—your peace in My Presence-need not be shaken by what is going on around you. Though you live in this temporal world, your innermost being is rooted and grounded in eternity. When you start to feel stressed, detach yourself from the disturbances around you. Instead of desperately striving to maintain order and control in your little world, relax and remember that circumstances cannot touch My Peace.   Seek My Face, and I will share My mind with you, opening your eyes to see things from My perspective. Do not let your heart be troubled, and do not be afraid. The Peace I give is sufficient for you.   "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." —John 16:33   Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. —Psalm 105:4   "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the...

"Many Samaritans from the village believed in Jesus because the woman had said, He told me everything I ever did!" JOHN 4:39 (NLT)   What excuses have you been making to avoid being used by God?   It doesn't take years of following Jesus to do what God put you on earth to do. No matter what you've done, God has a special assignment for you. In fact, it doesn't even take a day of "good" living. God can use you the moment you put your trust in Jesus like he did with the woman at the well in Samaria.   What started out as a simple request for a drink of water, became the longest recorded conversation Jesus had with an individual, a conversation in which Jesus offered the woman, not well water, but living water the kind that leads to eternal life. Not only did Jesus initiate this conversation, he knew going into it she has had five husbands and wasn't even married to the one she woke up to that very morning. Jesus knew beforehand about her ra...

We often hear about the importance of taking things one day at a time. It sounds so cliché but it’s so true, isn’t it? I am reminded of the old hymn “One day at a time”. The lyrics speak to this important truth.  Take in these words as you face today, friends. Yesterday’s gone so let’s focus on today.   ”I'm only human.  I'm just a woman.  Lord help me believe in all I can be  And all that I am.  Show me the stairway that I have to climb  And Lord for my sake  Teach me to take one day at a time."   "One day at a time sweet Jesus  That's all that I'm asking from You.  Lord give me the strength to do every day what I have to do.  Yesterday's gone, sweet Jesus, and tomorrow may never be mine.  Lord help me today show me the way one day at a time.   Lord help me today show me the way one day at a time.”   We sure love you CR family!

SCRIPTURE Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
–1 Peter 5:7 (ESV) DEVOTIONAL Even when it feels like prayers aren’t heard, remember God cares deeply for you. Share your anxieties with Him. PRAYER God, remind us that You care for us. Help us to trust You with our worries and fears. Amen. CHALLENGE Write a list of your worries and pray over each one, giving them to God.