{"id":22309,"date":"2014-10-14T00:20:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T04:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=22309"},"modified":"2014-10-13T18:31:30","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T22:31:30","slug":"remembering-deciding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/14\/remembering-deciding\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering and Deciding"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SeekingHimLogo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Remember Your word to Your servant,
\nfor You have given me hope.
\nMy comfort in my suffering is this:
\nYour promise preserves my life.
\nPsalms 119:49-50<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Remember in the Disney<\/strong> <\/em>movie, The Jungle Book<\/span>, Mowgli meets the youngest elephant of a herd. \u00a0The leader of the herd, the young elephant\u2019s father, proclaims that an elephant never forgets. \u00a0However, as the herd is leaving, the elephant\u2019s mother ends up reminding the father that he is \u201cforgetting\u201d their son who is still talking to Mowgli.<\/p>\n

Yet, we have a heavenly Father Who does not forget<\/strong> about us. \u00a0He brings us hope and love in the midst a life of sin and temptation. \u00a0He never leaves our side. \u00a0We can call out to Him, and He will answer us in the way that He thinks is best for us.<\/p>\n

For the wages of sin is death
\nbut the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
\nRomans 6:23<\/p>\n

Yet we can find comfort in our Father who does not forget about us or His promises to us. \u00a0Remember John 3:16? \u00a0God gave us His Son so we would not perish if we believed in Him. \u00a0God sent His one and only Son here to die for our sins. \u00a0Jesus wiped away our penalty\u2014death\u2014for sinning against God. \u00a0Our punishment for sinning is death. However, if we believe in Jesus and proclaim Him as our Savior, our penalty has been paid. \u00a0We look forward to eternity in Heaven with God.<\/p>\n

God\u2019s promise of eternal life for acceptance of His Son as our Savior is very powerful. The war for our souls has been won once we repent and allow Jesus to come into heart. \u00a0It is free. \u00a0All we have to do is make the decision and open our hearts. \u00a0God\u2019s promise preserves our life and brings comfort to our weary life. \u00a0He brings healing and love to our broken hearts. \u00a0It is a comfort that we have such a wonderful Father.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0* <\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Heavenly Father: Thank You for remembering us\u2014Your children. You created us and know every thought and move before we do. Your love has saved us from eternal condemnation and pain. You bring us comfort, love, and healing. Thank You. In Jesus\u2019 name, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember Your word to Your servant, for You have given me hope. My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life. Psalms 119:49-50 Remember in the Disney movie, The Jungle Book, Mowgli meets the youngest elephant of a herd. \u00a0The leader of the herd, the young elephant\u2019s father, proclaims that an elephant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[3367,7545,7454,3211,7544,3829,3174],"class_list":["post-22309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-god-does-not-forget-us","tag-god-keeps-his-promises","tag-laura-pattillo","tag-psalms-11949-50","tag-romans-623","tag-seeking-him-devotional","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-5NP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22309"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22311,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22309\/revisions\/22311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}