Jeremiah 33:3

Jeremiah 33:3
-Roy Lessin

Jeremiah 33:3 is a well known promise that invites each of us to pray. I believe it’s a vital promise for the time in which we live. Many people today are worried and fearful. Many wonder what to do. Jeremiah 33:3 tells us to pray.

“Call to Me and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” -Jeremiah 33:3

Here are 3 things that Jeremiah 33:3 tells us about prayer:

1.  Prayer is calling upon God. God invites us to call upon HIM exclusively. No one else. 
2.  ONLY God hears prayer and ONLY God can answer prayer.
3.  We will see God do great and mighty things BECAUSE we have prayed.              

“No one, however long he has lived a life of prayer, is immune to the enemy’s attack on his confidence that prayer “works.” It is worth remembering, when delays tempt us to quit praying, that He is listening patiently. He is listening. He will act.”
-Elizabeth Elliot

As you pray-
Pray in the Spirit.
Pray to the Father.
Pray in the name of Jesus-
In His authority. In His victory.
Pray God’s promises.
Pray His names.
Pray with a thankful heart as you wait for Him to do great and mighty things.

#meetinginthemeadow #pray #jeremiah333

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©2021 Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow. Photo by Marina Bromley, used with permission. All rights reserved. 

My Monday Prayer: Prayer of Change

My Monday Prayer: Prayer of Change
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Father, change me. Change my heart to love you more deeply, change my mind to know you more fully, change my will to serve you more completely. Change me from the inside out. Change my interests, my motives, my desires—may the things that are the most important to you, be the things that are the most important to me.

Jesus, change me. Bring your mighty rivers to the dry places of my soul. Feed me with the living bread that can satisfy my hungry spirit. Immerse my heart in the fountains of your all-redeeming love. Change my ashes into beauty, my sorrow into song, my restlessness into peace, my darkness into light. May the pathway you want me to walk in, be the pathway I fully follow.

Holy Spirit, change me. Be my Teacher—if I am to know truth it must come through your revelation; if I am to have understanding it must be heard through your voice; if I am to have clarity it must be seen through your light; if I am to have wisdom it must be known through your instruction; if I am to experience change it must come through your power. May the anointing of your abiding presence be the oil that is poured upon me. 

Scriptures: Psalm 51:10, Ezekiel 36:26-27, Psalm 40:3, Isaiah 43:19, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15
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#prayer #mymondayprayer #meetinginthemeadow

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Fret-Free Friday: Letting Go

Fret-Free Friday: Letting Go (Fret-Buster 10)
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

What do we do with the things we can't fix, the decisions we can't control, the events we can't attend, the opportunities we can't respond to, and the circumstances we can't change? Should we get angry, frustrated, anxious, disappointed, grumbly, or discouraged? Thankfully, there is a better response! The response is like a two-sided coin. One one side the coin says "Let Go," and on the other side it says "Let God."

"Letting go" is when you find release;
"Letting God" is when your heart finds peace.

"Letting go" is when you seek His best;
"Letting God" is when your heart finds rest.

"Letting go" is when you choose His will;
"Letting God" is when your heart is still.
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"God, I have let go, but I'm falling!" I cried out in fear.
"Do not be troubled," He lovingly replied. "I am underneath you, and you are falling into My everlasting arms!"
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God is too powerful to lead you to a place of defeat;
Too wise to bring wrong things into your life;
Too caring to leave you without comfort;
Too observant to miss a detail;
Too loving to withhold anything that is good.

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Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully (1 Peter 5:7 AMP).

Once we give our worries to God, He doesn't want us to worry about how He is going to take care of them. He is God almighty. He knows how to take care of us. We can leave the details to Him.
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#fretfreefriday #fretbusters #meetinginthemeadow #lettinggo

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Is There?

Is There?
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

 

He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? -Romans 8:32

Is there a deeper love than God’s love for you?
Is there a kinder favor than God’s mercies?
Is there a greater gift than God’s salvation?
Is there a wiser decision than following Jesus?
Is there a better purpose than glorifying the Lord?
Is there a stronger foundation than Jesus’ words?
Is there a sweeter reassurance than God’s peace?
Is there a higher destination than heaven’s home?
Is there a richer treasure than the Lord’s presence?
Is there a surer hope than Jesus’ return?
Is there?

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My Monday Prayer: Prayer of Comfort

Our Monday postings are presently focused on prayer. Not teachings or meditations on prayer, but actual prayers based upon God’s Word. We encourage you to pray each prayer by faith for your own life, and for the life of a loved one or friend...It could be just the prayer they need this coming week...it could be just the prayer WE need. 

-Marina and Roy
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My Monday Prayer: Prayer of Comfort
Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Through the tears, Oh God, I bring my hurting heart to You. I cry out with all that is within me, to You, the One who is my comfort and my Comforter. You know my weeping, You see my sorrow, You hear my cry. My tears drop upon the pages of Your book that hold the promises of hope and comfort that You have written for me to lean upon. Thank You that You have drawn close to me to gather my tears and keep them in Your bottle; to assure me that you will not forget about me or be indifferent to what I am going through.

Jesus, You wept, You are acquainted with grief, You were wounded, You were rejected, You were a man of sorrows. As my High-Priest, You have born my burdens, You have carried my sorrows, You have compassion upon me. Thank You for praying for me with an understanding, all-encompassing, never-failing love.

Holy Spirit, thank You that you have come…sent by Jesus, to me, for me, as my Helper and Comforter. I receive Your ministry of love, tenderness, and mercy. Draw me close to the healing heart of Jesus, to the embracing arms of the Father.

Lord, how great, how good, how compassionate You are. Thank You for Your promise to wipe away all tears from my face. Thank You for being my true Comforter, the One who renews, refreshes…the One who restores and keeps my soul.

Scriptures: Psalm 23, 56:8, 116:8, 126; Isaiah 25:8; John 14:26-27; John 16:7; 2 Corinthians 1:3-6; Hebrews 5:7, 7:26
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