Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Looking Up When Life is Looking Down- Beth Moore


It's Time for you to sing a New Song!
    Life can be hard and challenging, oftentimes prompting confusion, despair, and the feeling that God has abandoned you and there's no way out. Sometime's life's challenges are the result of bad choices, and sometimes they hit for no logical reason. In Looking Up When Life is Looking Down,  best-selling author Beth Moore unveils for you- whatever the reasons for the challenges you're facing- the powerful message of hope and deliverance found in Psalm 40. She boldly declares God's promise to hear your cries, to establish your feet on solid ground, and to graciously, faithfully, and lovingly provide all that you need in every circumstance of your life.

Life can be excruciating. Crushing, in fact. The sheer magnitude of our worries can press down on our heads and, one inch at a time, we unknowingly descend into a pit of despair. Something so horrible can happen that we conclude we'll never be okay again. We can blow it so badly we think God would just as soon we stayed under that dirt and out of his sight. But if we're willing to let truth speak louder than our feelings and long enough that our feelings finally agree, we can be far more than okay. We can be delivered to a place where the air is crisp, the enemy is whipped, and the view is magnificent.
The Bible teaches that there are no lost causes; no permanent pit-dwellers except those who refuse to leave. Every person can know complete redemption in Jesus Christ, purpose for life, and fullness of joy. No, life won't ever be easy but the trade-off is a spin around Planet Earth that actually means something. I am convinced that when the last chapter of each life story is recorded in the annals of heaven, people would rather have lived out their fullness of days with purpose than without pain.
My life passion is to encourage people to come to know and love Jesus Christ through the study of His  Word. My life message within that passion, however, is complete and glorious freedom. The kind only Christ can bring. I do not know why, but it has never  been enough for me to be free. I want you to be free to. It is not enough for me to know the thrill of God's presence. I want you to know it too. I want you to know the power of His Word that can defy every addiction, heal any affliction, and plug up every pit. I want you to know a love that is better than life.

    "I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He has put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and will trust in the Lord." Psalm 40: 1-3


"Every Person can know complete redemption in Jesus Christ, Purpose for Life, and fullness of joy."




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