Yvette's Stellar Stories

Thursday 16 August 2018

Asking God for Good Things!

Matthew 7:11 (AMP)

¹¹“If you then, evil (sinful by nature) as you are, know how to give good and advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give what is good and advantageous to those who keep on asking Him.”

Romans Chapter 8 verse 32 reminds me that “God did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all – how will he not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?” If this is the case, why is it that we do not always get all things? If God promised it to us what is stopping us from receiving it?

What if we aren’t single-minded and doubting that God actually meant all things? Or are we not being specific when we approach Him? We see in James Chapter 1 verse 6 “But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.” We need to believe that God is able to give us what we are asking. We also should not doubt God and be single-minded when it comes to Him.

I think we need to tell God exactly what we want. I also believe that when I am obedient to God and striving to do my best for Him, I am able to come to Him asking for what I want.

There could be sin in our lives which hinders us from getting what we want to see “Dear friends if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God” 1 John chapter 3 verse 21. I know when I sin against God, it's too difficult to even pray nevermind asking for things. I believe I need to repent and get back on track trusting in God to forgive me.

I believe God will give “what is good and advantageous to those who keep on asking Him.”

Prayer

Lord, I want to come to You and say thank You for the good things You have given to me. I know that You will not withhold no good thing from us who walks uprightly (Psalms 84 verse 11). Thank You for hearing my prayers and the prayers of my friend today. Amen

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Tuesday 14 August 2018

Lord, help me deal with this stress.

1 Peter 5:7 (AMP)

⁷“casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with the deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully].”

The past couple of weeks I have been struck down with a backache to the extent that on a couple of Sundays I was bedridden. I actually couldn’t get out of bed. I know that I am stressed about a situation and I have been doing everything in my control to alleviate this matter but to no avail. My friend told me I cannot change the mountain, I have to change. This stressed me even more.

I now have decided to pray these verse over my life, I am so stressed I need a word to lift me up: Psalm 57 verse 1 says “I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.” Isaiah 25 verse 4 “You have been a refuge for the poor for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm.” Genesis 28 verse 15 “I am with you and watch over you wherever you go I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” Deuteronomy 33 verse 27 “The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.”

Prayer

Humbly, Lord, I surrender my life back into Your hands. I believe in You Lord. Today I want to cast all my anxiety on YOU. Please give me the necessary wisdom and insight to stand against this storm. Please Lord think Your thoughts through me, Lord gives me Your peace today, I need Your power and Please help me think Your thoughts today. Help me in the name of Jesus Christ Amen

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God, I seek Your Favor with All my heart!

Psalm 119:58 (AMP)

⁵⁸“I sought Your favour with all my heart;
Be merciful and gracious to me according to Your promise.”

I don’t think that I deserve and am worthy of God’s supernatural favour in my own life. I realise that I am a sinful person and I lack in so many areas of my life. I also know that God loves me and that I can come to His throne asking Him for His favour.

I realised again that God still favours me, I was facing a possible job loss and it would have meant I would have had to stay home the last part of this year. I wasn’t prepared for this and I didn’t want to believe the possibility of not working. I believe God changed the king's heart. Proverbs 21 verse 1 says that “the king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he wills.” Isn’t that awesome? Yes, it is awesome. God changed the king's heart towards me. I still have work. Praise God.

This has been a difficult year for me. I find that I am in opposition with people all the time, nothing I do is pleasing to them, they stab me in the back all the time. I was fighting back and then I realised I should just bring them to the Lord, let God deal with them. When I was at my weakest God lifted me up.

It’s true I should have stopped trying so hard to do things in my own will, I should have asked God for help.

Prayer

LORD, in humility I stand before You today, Lord helps me. Thank You, for Your supernatural favour in my life. I am asking You Lord to equip me and enable me to fulfil the plans You have for my life. Holy Spirit please help me. LORD, today I want to pray for Your supernatural favour in my own life, I am asking for a supernatural favour in my relationships, with my book, with my job and wherever I go. I am asking this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ my Lord and saviour. Amen

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Friday 10 August 2018

#Friday

Proverbs 3:5 (NIV)

⁵Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;

I know for about 9 weeks I was so confused and worried that the Lord didn’t care about me. I felt so worried and my heart was breaking. It seemed like God wasn’t in my life and I was fighting the battle all by myself.

Just because I couldn’t see God’s hand in my life, doesn’t mean that God wasn’t working on my behalf. The thing is I felt so abandoned and all alone, I just could see the next day. I was reading Gods Word but I just didn’t see the Words. I felt like I was in a box and I couldn’t open the lid.

As I reflect over the past couple of weeks I realise that God is still in control, no matter what other people have to say or think of me. I know that there are a couple of people who are standing in judgement over my life, I know this by their actions. I have prayed about this asking God to forgive them they don’t know any better.

I am trusting in God, I know God knows my heart and the position I find myself in. I also trust God will lift me up and I also believe that the people who stand in judgement over me will relax and get out of my way. God is able to change my circumstance.

Prayer

Humbly, Lord, I want to pray to forgive these people who are standing in judgment over my life. I want to pray that You will help them and guide them. Lord, I bring my life before Your throne asking You to please guide me and help me in the coming week. I love and adore You. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen

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Praising You Lord!

Psalm 139:14 Amplified Bible (AMP)

^{14 “}I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.”

As a young adult I suffered from bulimia, someone constantly told me that I was a “fat cow.” I used to look at myself in the mirror and see this fat person. I was constantly trying to maintain a weight of 57 kg, as I couldn’t drop to 50 kg. Never mind what I tried. I remember constantly shaking and my hands were not steady. I went to see a doctor and he was concerned that I may have diabetes.

Today I have put on some weight and I have stopped doing this to myself. I remarried and my husband feels that I have toothpicks for legs. I don’t see that but I try and maintain my body weight. I am constantly feeling fat and worried that I just don’t look good enough. The fact is I had been denying myself all the good foods and hurt myself in the process.

Today I will praise my Lord, “I am fearfully and wonderfully made, wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well.” I will not listen to the voice of Satan any more. God loves me, He created me perfectly. I am loved and I love God.

Today I am fighting back with Hebrews 4 verse 12 “for the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”

Prayer

O Lord, I will praise You, I worship You and give You thanks. Lord, You are my everything. I love and adore You, I will stand on Your Word for my life, I will not allow the devil to take me for a ride any longer. I am wonderfully and fearfully made in Your image. I love You Jesus Amen

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God’s want my all!

Isaiah 1:19 Amplified Bible (AMP)

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“If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the best of the land;"

I go to church on a regular basis, I pray and I constantly read God’s Word. I want to do more and yet, I feel that I fail dismally. In Mark 12 verse 30 God reminds us to give Him all of ourselves. Our hearts, mind, soul and strength everything. Are we succeeding in this?

My one friend spoke to me a while back and she said “Yvette, stop seeking all the blessings in your life. Start seeking God diligently, with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your soul and with all your strength and see how God blesses you. In the meantime I have been seeking God, I am sure I fail each and every time but I am still trying to get there. I believe that I am unable to do this if I don’t have God’s Holy Spirit within me. I will never be able to truly be a good person, only God is good.

Giving God my all, I have suffered everything in my God’s hands. My job, my relationships and my very own life. I know God is still working on areas in my life. I am a work in progress but I believe God’s Word. I am standing on His Word each day. He loves me, I believe that.

Reading Genesis 22 verse 17 to 18 “I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars … your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through your offspring, all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.” I am still learning to fully give my life into God’s hands.

Prayer

Lord, humbly I come before You asking for forgiveness of sin. I surrender my relationships into Your hands today. Help me and place a guard over my mouth. I need You to guide and protect me. In the name of Jesus Christ Amen

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Seeking God’s Praises!

John 12:43 Amplified Bible (AMP)

⁴³for they loved the approval of men more than the approval of God.”

Oh dear, I am just like many other people, I am constantly looking for the praises and approval of my friends and family. You know “well done” or “what a good job.” The sad story here is that I should be seeking God’s approval and not that of people.

How will I receive God’s praises and approval for my own life? By seeking God diligently and obeying His instruction. By doing what I know is good and that will be pleasing to God. I know that I need to draw near to Him each and every day. I do this all the time. I want to be pleasing to God.

Something I realise is that I should stop fighting with people who irritate me, I am learning to control my temper but it is a long process. I find that people bait me and before I realise it I am angry at them. I pray each and every day God place a guard over my lips so that I will watch myself. I also believe my attitude needs work and I bring this to God each and every day.

Prayer

Lord, humbly I pray for wisdom. I am someone that wants to be praised, it seems to be my carnal self-pushing for this praise. Today I humbly pray Lord, help me to stay obedient to You, let me draw near and grow spiritually. I pray place a guard over my mouth and thoughts. I love and adore You, in Jesus Christ's name. Amen

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