Our God – Day 1 – Drawing Closer to God

Our God - Drawing Closer to God - Day 1

I’m so pleased you are starting this journey of drawing closer to God with me today. I hope you have found a quiet place, perhaps with your device to search and read other translations of these scriptures, or other scriptures that the Holy Spirit leads you to – please share these in the comments, and likewise with other worship songs – there are so many wonderful worship songs today.

Be expectant that God will speak to you today, have your pen & paper or word doc etc ready to record what He has to say. This devotion is also available on YouTube.

Let’s get started …. Thank you Jesus for this time to focus on You, please give us ears to hear ….

Our God

Dare to declare these truths over your life and family

Scriptures

No weapon formed against you shall propser, and every tongue which rises against you in judgement You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from Me,” says the LORD. Isaiah 54:17 NKJV

The LORD is my strength and my [impenetrable] shield; My heart trusts [with unwavering confidence] in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I shall thank Him and praise Him. The LORD is their [unyielding] strength, and He is the fortress of salvation to His anointed. Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever. Psalm 28:7-9 AMP

Worship Songs for today


Our God (Chris Tomlin)
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (Joachim Neander)

Remember …

Our God has given you everything you need to get through this. He has given you Jesus.

Our God - The Cross

Please add your comments about other scriptures and worship songs God speaks to you through today, please share as you are led. We all need the encouragement to keep our focus on Jesus.

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For some more thoughts on God and His sovereignty, please visit this post … I will be exalted in the earth.

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Author: Wendy Robinson

I have a background of working in the corporate sphere, however the past 8 years of living with a child with cancer have impacted me greatly, and have led to me to regularly write and speaking about this horrendously challenging journey. Many of the things I've learnt can be applied to any challenge we face in life, not just cancer. In 2018 I published a book about some of our journey of living with a child with cancer - Childhood Cancer - A survival guide for parents - written by a parent. It includes the practical strategies, tips and checklists we used to during this period to help our family survive this season. More information about my book is available on https://childhoodcancerparentsguide.com If you are planning an event and are looking for a speaker on any of the following topics, please contact me at wendy@wendyrobinson.com.au Living with a child with cancer – strategies for making it through Siblings – helping them thrive when they have a sibling with special needs Marriage – keeping your marriage going during the crisis and then when you are an on-going primary carer Caring for the carer – coping with depression and strategies for good mental health Rehabilitation – strategies for helping a young child requiring physical rehabilitation Writing as therapy – steps for writing your story Building resilience - Adversity is a good teacher – for us and our children Spirituality – where is God when the tough times come Corporate / Business Background For the past 16 years I have worked at Newsletter House in a management capacity, including helping navigate the business through the economic challenges of being a small business hit by the GFC. Prior to August 2003 the majority of my experience was in project-related roles in the banking sector. Particularly project planning, process improvement and project office roles.

  • In the hards times God will protect us (impenatreble sheild) if we just trust in him. This a good word of encouragment to me with everthing abou the cronavirus.

  • Today, I had the chance to catch up with my teenage daughter as we walked along the waterfront park near where we live. She started sharing the success she was having running her small Christian life group with her group of girlfriends.

    She was delighted with their progress. They have been working through the book – “Drawing Closer: A thirty-day devotional” by Wendy Robinson. She told me that the devotional had been a great blessing and her friends were enjoying it. They were getting a great deal out of it.

    At a time when many parents find it hard to reach their teenagers, it made me realise how special, how in touch with God was my wife. My wife’s name is Wendy. She is the author of “Drawing Closer: A thirty-day devotional”.

    If you’d listened to my daughter as she shared the positivity her and her friends were getting from my wife’s writing – it is testimony to the effectiveness of this book.

    Teenagers don’t usually listen to their parents are the best of times! The fact that my wife’s writing has convinced our daughter and her friends to work through a 30-day devotional written by “mum”, is a great credit to my wife.

    When Wendy first came up with the idea of this devotional, I remember her excitement. Everything Wendy writes is inspired by her daily prayer time. Wendy will not put pen to paper unless she believes God wholeheartedly wants her to communicate this message.

    I know my wife’s heart. The day she completed this devotional, she prayed to the Lord that people would be touched. The fact that it has touched our daughter and her friends is blessing enough for our family.