July 18

He answered them, The Man Who healed me and gave me back my strength, He Himself said to me, Pick up your bed and walk”! John 5:11 (AMPC)

Dear Heart, one word from Jesus changes everything! In all things, and in every situation, with power-filled words of life, He knows exactly what to say. And in every circumstance, no matter how complicated, He knows exactly what to do. 

Where is your strength failing you today, weary one? Where is your heart heavy or your hands weak? Try to shut out, if you can, any voice, internal or external, that wants to say you are not enough; don’t know enough; can’t do enough. Listen instead to the voice of love that says you are, and you have, in Jesus, more than enough! 

Can you hear Him, beauty? Can you hear His words of life and hope? Of acceptance, belonging, and understanding? Tender words to His beloved, filled with compassion and caring that say, “Stay close to Me, heart of My own heart. I will lead you through”.
 
Dearest one, cherished and adored—it is you He is speaking to!

Prayer:

Holy Spirit, I pray that You would bring the words of life, the words of the Lord, to my life today.

Speak truth where I have believed the lies. Speak healing over all the hurts. Speak hope so I can see again, all the You see. All that You desire and have purposed for me.

Give back, in Your kindness I pray, all that was lost or stolen, so that I may walk in the paths that You have prepared, listening to the sound of Your voice, and following Your instructions, every step of the way.

In the Name of our Blessed Saviour Jesus, and because of the kindness of God, I pray.