Meeting in the Meadow, by Roy Lessin

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Part 39: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Part 39: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
"Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy." Matthew 5:7

Walking in Rest!
God's rest within you will affect the relationships around you.

As you rest in His grace, mercy, forgiveness, kindness and goodness, you will be able to extend it to others. The blessing of rest in relationships is in not demanding things from others or constantly judging their performance. It is a joy to be around those who give you the freedom to be yourself and who won't reject you if you fail. They accept you for who you are instead of trying to change you...forgive you if you have offended...extend love regardless of how you perform...serve you instead of using you for selfish interests...show you mercy instead of judgment for wrongs done.

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Monday, February 21, 2022

My Morning Prayer: A Prayer of Guidance

My Morning Prayer: A Prayer of Guidance
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

As you read this prayer, please remember that you (yes, YOU!) are a child of God, and will continue to be no matter how old you are. In addition to praying this over the children in your life, in your family or around you in your neighborhood or church, please pray these things for you, that you may benefit from them. -Marina

Promise
Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it. Proverbs 22:6 NLT

Prayer
Father, I need to know Your direction in my life so that I can rightly bring direction to my children’s lives. I need Your training so that I can train them up in the way they should go. I ask that You would give me daily wisdom to speak the right things and to do the right things. Place Your words in my mouth, guide my footsteps in Your pathway.

Give me Your wisdom so that I may give wise guidance; give me Your holy love so that I may choose what is truly best; give me light and understanding so that I may clearly point the way to Your will.

I thank You for your promise to keep my children on the right path. I pray that they would love Your ways and Your will, and carry Your songs of joy in their hearts. May their relationship with You be constant and growing.

I pray they will always walk in what is good, what is true, and what is right. May they celebrate the life You have given them, appreciate their uniqueness, and fully embrace the desires You place within their hearts.

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Friday, February 18, 2022

Fret-Free Friday: To Be Still

Fret-Free Friday: To Be Still
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

To Be Still...
Trust is a must.

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Trust in the LORD forever, for in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength (Isaiah 26:3-4).

Rest works best.

One handful of peace and quiet is better than two handfuls of hard work and of trying to catch the wind (Ecclesiastes 4:6 GW).

Peace brings release.

He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me (Psalm 55:18).

My Shepherd

There's a roadblock on my pathway,
And I fear that I will stray.
I must walk where You are leading,
Oh, my Shepherd, clear the way.
There's a pace that's very hectic,
That pursues me through the day.
How I long for quiet waters,
Oh, my Shepherd, lead the way.
There's a call to bring You glory,
But I'm just a jar of clay.
Lord, you know my every weakness,
Oh, my Shepherd, be the way.

-Roy Lessin

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Part 38: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Part 38: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3 NIV

Walking in Rest!
The only reason to fear or worry is if the Lord had said:
1. Lay up treasures on earth for there are no treasures in heaven.
2. Be anxious about life for God doesn't know anything about you.
3. The most important thing in life is what you possess, so get more.
4. Your Father doesn't care for you; you are on your own.
5. Seek what the world seeks; that is where true values are.
6. Be anxious about tomorrow; it's good to have things pile up.
7. God cannot look after the practical details of life; save yourself.

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Monday, February 14, 2022

My Morning Prayer: The Beauty of Character

My Morning Prayer: The Beauty of Character
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Promise
And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us. Psalm 90:17 KJV

Prayer
Like clay, our lives need to be formed, molded and shaped into the image of the One who created us. Godly character is not a gift that we instantly receive, but is something that is formed within us by placing our lives in God hands, receiving His grace, depending upon His Spirit and choosing to do what is pleasing in His sight.

It is important for us to pray that we, and our children, will not only know the Lord and follow the Lord, but that we will also be yielded to the Lord so that His character can be formed within us. No life is more beautiful than the one whose heart is filled with loveliness, whose attitudes are filled with kindness, whose words are spoken with gentleness, and whose behavior is marked by righteousness.

Lord, let our lives, and our children's lives, receive and reflect your attributes and character.
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