Rejoice in Any Progress!

Great Company Ladies,
Au revoir, Addio, Despedida, Farvel, Auf wiedersehen, Hwyl favr, Elveda. Goodbye in any language is not sufficient to say what’s in my heart. Even so, I’m hoping it’s not goodbye for long. I’m planning to write another devotion this fall. I’m praying and trying to decide what to concentrate on. Some I am considering are. . .
The Story of Leah in Genesis 29:31 – Genesis 30:22 on “Compensation Prizes”;
The Virtuous Woman in Proverbs 31 on “Living Unafraid”;
Knowing God as Daddy in Ephesians 1 on “Finding Identity.”
In other words, please don’t delete the group

Tuesday, June 29
Look back over these last six months. What were your major learnings? Are there areas in your life in which you can see movement?
Rejoice in any progress!
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Being instead of Doing

One of my favorite scripture passages is found in Psalm 131: 2-3, “Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and for ever.”
What that passage says to me is when we finally come to a place of rest our hope will be found in nothing else but Him. That’s a desirable place; a place that is difficult to get to, but where I want to be. I believe it’s the place of his supernatural power at work in our lives. Much of the goal of this Psalm 68 devotion is about getting to that place of quiet rest in God. And as the days grow more chaotic, we as God’s daughters must become familiar with that place, not only for ourselves but for our families, friends and those in our spheres of influence. Today’s devotion is simply to be quite and listen. You will have to discipline your mind from wondering and resist the impulse to “do” something. Oswalt Chambers says in his devotional, My Utmost for His Highest, that Christianity is about “being” instead of “doing.” I have the ‘utmost’ confidence in your ability to get to that place of rest, lay your head on His chest and hear his heart beat for you and your world.
Tuesday, June 22
Be quite and listen. What do you hear?

p.s. I’m thinking of publishing this devotion, I need your input and suggestions. I know very little about self-publishing, which is what I’m figuring I would have to do. I would also love to hear some of your most insightful and inspiring realizations during the Psalm 68 journey, aka: I need encouragement 
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Pray for Israel.

Great Company Ladies, you are women of powerful influence in the realms of prayer and proclamation. When I wrote this devotional last fall, there was no way to know that the story of the Gaza ship attack would scatter the news. I doubt it to be just coincidence that the last verses on which we meditate has to do with Israel. I think God really wants us to pray for Israel. There is a great scripture in Romans 11:12 that I like to include with my prayers for the peace of Israel. "Now if the Gentiles (that's us) were enriched because the Jews turned down God's offer of salvation, think how much greater a blessing the world will share when the Jews finally accept him." Parenthetic remarks mine.


Tuesday, June 8
Psalm 68: 35

35 God is awesome in his sanctuary.
The God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.
Praise be to God!

Today, celebrate God living in your ‘sanctuary.’ He is awesome there! Rejoice in and embrace His power and strength, his friendship. Pray for your Christian brothers and sisters, in whom he also dwells. Pray for Israel.
Journal your thoughts.