Merle considers her commitment to Jesus Christ her greatest accomplishment. She developed a hunger for His Word and continues to study the Bible as part of her daily routine. Words from the Holy Scriptures have changed her life from pain to peace ... depression to joy ... weakness to strength. She began working at CBN as a Partner Service Representative in 2015.
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). As a result, when he faced Goliath the giant, he did not forget to remember God’s power.
"You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven's Armies — the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.” 1 Samuel 17:45 NLT.
He had spent time to recharge his faith through the Word. The more we spend time with our Heavenly Father, the more we will remember Words spoken from Scripture. The more we will forget doubt and become strong in our faith, causing us to believe, trust, and have confidence in who our God is, remembering what He has promised.
In any given day, we too may be faced with giants: financial lack, medical, physical, family, and employment situations. As we face the day, we can remember and declare the words David spoke to the giant fearlessly, and confidently, we will overcome in “the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”
Your day may begin at 2:00 or 6:00 o’clock in the morning, 3:00 in the afternoon, or 9:00 at night. Whatever the time, begin by taking a few moments in the presence of our Heavenly Father to read, focus on, remember His Words, and thank Him for a fresh recharging of faith for the day.
Scripture tells us:
Job considered God’s Word, “more than my necessary food.”
Job 23:12
I have not departed from his commands, but have treasured his words more than daily food.
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Solomon said God’s Word was, “life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body.”
Proverbs 4:22
for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body.
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Jesus said: “And the very Words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.”
John 6:63
The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
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David remembered that our Heavenly Father was with him when he killed the lion and the bear (
1 Samuel 17:35
I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death.
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), so when facing the giant, he remembered God’s help, and was fearless. He did not forget to remember Words from Scripture:
“I will call to you whenever I’m in trouble, and you will answer me.”
After regaining my thoughts, I remembered my cell phone. I had forgotten its photographic capability. As a result, I was still able to capture stunning photographs of the sunrise, which almost seemed to wait for me with expectancy.
In future trip planning, I will not forget to remember to ensure that my camera battery is fully charged.
Heavenly Father, I pray You will help us not to forget to remember the value of daily recharging our faith, through Your Words given to us in the Holy Scriptures, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
For one who has sinned, this statement could be shocking. Can God really erase, delete, and wipeout the sins I have committed?
“Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
Isaiah 1:18
"Come now, let's settle this," says the LORD."Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow.Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.
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“Are you sure?”
Yes, we can be sure our Heavenly Father will hear and answer our prayer for forgiveness.
“I acknowledged my sin unto you, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and You forgave the iniquity of my sin.”
Psalms 32:5
Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt.I said to myself, "I will confess my rebellion to the LORD." And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone. Interlude
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I was unconvinced. In a haze of unbelief, my next step was to contact the manufacturing company of the thumb drive. I was sure they would have a better solution. After explaining the situation, I was placed on hold. I was hopeful. A few minutes later, my hopes were again crushed.
“Ms. Mills, it seems that your thumb drive has malfunctioned; all the data on the drive has been erased. My suggestion is that you try a data recovery professional in your area.”
“Are you sure?”
Our God forgives, and the Bible tells us His forgiveness is not only extended to all, but He chooses to forget our wrong doings, and to remember them no more. It may be difficult for us to forget, but our God chooses to forget.
“And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.”
Hebrews 8:12
And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins."*
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I have kept my thumb drive, and you guessed, at times still try to retrieve the items on the drive. Results remain the same: “no data available.”
I quietly try to recall what documents, photographs, important links, medical information, interesting tit bits were saved. It’s useless, they have all been erased, deleted, wiped out. Even if they were important, now it would make no difference.
Sin is often accompanied by torment, guilt, shame, anger, depression, regret. Because of my past sin, I experienced them all. I would recall photographic images and tidbits of the sins I had committed over the years. Finally realizing I could no longer go on living with these negative emotions which were secretly destroying me, I cried desperately to God for help. My hope was found in David’s prayer:
“For your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity; for it is great.”
Is there some sin you have committed that you believe too great for our Heavenly Father to forgive? Will you bring it to Calvary’s Cross as I did? Today, you can leave that sin, and walk away assured of hearing The Master say:
“My child, there is no data to be recovered. The torment, guilt, shame, anger, depression, and regret, has been erased, deleted, and wiped out.”
“Neither do I condemn you, go and sin no more”.
John 8:11
"No, Lord," she said. And Jesus said, "Neither do I. Go and sin no more."—————
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Heavenly Father, that you would forgive me, and free me from the hurt of my past, I am truly grateful, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
