Daybreak Devotions

We've likely heard all the cliche lines, "When you can't track Him, trust Him!" It is not that these are false, but they can feel so empty and misleading when you are literally in the valley of heaviness of soul. Yes, the heart must will the soul to move, but how? What does that look like when each step feels like an impossible task? We must wait!

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McLeansville Baptist Church - McLeansville, NC

We simply do not understand. We have questions, most of which start with "Why?" and "How?" What could we learn about the trials of life from a horse and a goat?

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McLeansville Baptist Church - McLeansville, NC

In this first of a series, we begin to explore the reality of finding ourselves in a low place, a valley, which may best be described as heaviness of the soul. What are we to do? How do you make progress when you don't feel like it or think you can? This is a serious look a real life, but there is hope, there is a way through.

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McLeansville Baptist Church - McLeansville, NC

Fear is that which has our attention, awareness, and keen focus. Everyone fears something, the question is, where is your fear directed?

As a wrap up to this series from Romans 13, let's seriously consider the urgency of the hour and the devotion we are called to in pursuing holiness with Radical Removal and Superior Supplementation!

The act of sin itself, the engaging with the provision for the flesh, happens after several steps in the wrong direction, and guess where it all begins? That's right, a lack of love!

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McLeansville Baptist Church - McLeansville, NC

The "provision for the flesh" begins long before the actual act of partaking in sin. It helps to step back and consider how we get to that point, and to understand what is really meant by "provision for." This simple acronym, T.I.P. (Temptation, Isolation, Provision) gives us a tool for praying against the pathway to sin.

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McLeansville Baptist Church - McLeansville, NC

No spiritual attack is truly a "sneak attack." As followers of Christ, we should live with the situational awareness that we are under constant surveillance by the enemy of our soul and the attack is always imminent, as soon as the enemy sees a potential weakness to exploit. We should also not deceive ourselves about our weaknesses. Rather, we need to understand the threat and the way to resist it.

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McLeansville Baptist Church - McLeansville, NC

So, how then do we learn to rejoice in our troubles? Moses was a man of wisdom, gleaned from years of walking with God and facing incredible trials. This model prayer offers us some helpful guidance in learning how not to rely on our own strength when adversity comes.

1. The Exchange of Sorrow for Joy

2. The Enlightenment of God's Sovereign Work

3. The Establishment of God's Favor on Our Effort

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McLeansville Baptist Church - McLeansville, NC

This is the interview with Dr. Alicia Britt Chole...

Episode 487: Dr. Alicia Britt Chole on the Sacred Slow, the Gospels, and Honesty with God - Annie F. Downs (anniefdowns.com)

The ultimate purpose of our pain is to lead us into an understanding that our God is all we really want and need. There is a great resource referenced in this episode and the link will be placed below.

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McLeansville Baptist Church - McLeansville, NC

This is the interview with Dr. Alicia Britt Chole...

Episode 487: Dr. Alicia Britt Chole on the Sacred Slow, the Gospels, and Honesty with God - Annie F. Downs (anniefdowns.com)