God is SO good! He always is. He is love, just, all-knowing, everywhere, powerful and faithful! As Christians, we must build our faith on the firm foundation of who God is. He is the solid rock on which we stand.

The presence of God was so heavy on my spirit when I recorded this message. I pray it changes you.

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Hello and welcome! I'm Samantha Carberry and you're listening to Prayer Closet Devotionals. I invite you to spend this time with me learning about God and building your faith through encouraging words and the truth that only God can bring through His Son Jesus Christ. 

Jesus taught us that it was imperative to rise early and use the quiet of our morning to pray and be with God. When we do this, our relationship with our Heavenly Father grows stronger and his voice becomes clearer. Be sure to leave a comment and share with your friends. 

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Good morning! Today is August 19. We are going to learn about building and standing on a firm foundation. So I hope that you enjoy what I have planned for you. 

We are going to quickly read Isaiah 52:7, and Romans 10:15 and then begin our devotional and our study. 

So Isaiah 52:7 says, 

"How beautiful upon the mountains

    are the feet of him who brings good news,

who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness,

    who publishes salvation,

    who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

You're going to notice there's a trend today of feet. Yes, feet. 

All right, and then over to Romans 10:15. And I'm actually going to read a little bit around that. So I'm going to read 14 to 17. 

14How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

So in this you hear a series of rhetorical questions, as Paul considered the chain of events necessary for a person to be saved. In verse 14, it is likened to verse 13, the word call. The logic of these verses is clear. 

People will call on Jesus to save them only if they believe he can do so. That belief in Christ cannot exist without knowledge about him. One who hears about Christ only when someone proclaims the saving message. The message about Christ will not be proclaimed unless someone is sent by God to do so. 

So this is why Paul was so urgent about spreading the gospel to the ends of the earth. For he believe that the only way to be saved was to hear and believe in the Gospel. And since salvation comes only from hearing the gospel, the feet of those who bring the message about Christ are beautiful. Probably because the feet carry the messengers to their destinations. 

So this would be about us as Christians sharing our testimonies with others through our everyday life. 

I've never been very Good about winning people to Christ. I, I don't know, I just I don't know what those conversations look like. And so I've just kind of shrunk away. 

But, even though I'm not very evangelical in that sense, I was when I was younger, you know, when I first became a Christian, but then life kind of happened and I can give you a million excuses. With that said, I do believe that I've done a really good job in my life of sharing the goodness of God through the different times of my life. 

And I do believe that I've shined a little brighter just by being me, just by loving God and bringing glory to Him through what I speak. So I guess I tell you that I share with you that so that you kind of understand and it was revealed to me that lis