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

The Lord also will be a stronghold for the oppressed. <\/span>
\nA stronghold in times of trouble; <\/span>
\nAnd those who know Your name will put their trust in You. <\/span>
\nFor You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You. <\/span>
\nPsalms 9:9-10<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Why isn’t God helping me?” \u00a0{We feel like this sometimes, don\u2019t we?} \u00a0“I mean, if God was helping me then I’d have food to eat, money to pay bills, a job, a happy marriage…” and the list goes on. \u00a0Truth be told, God never promised us rainbows and sunshine. \u00a0Jesus Himself said,<\/p>\n

“… In this world you will<\/strong><\/em> have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
\nJohn 16:33b<\/p>\n

Not something you think you would be hearing from the Creator of the world. \u00a0Frankly, I don’t see why He couldn’t have said, “In this world you will have easy times.” \u00a0That sounds so much better; but that isn’t what He said. He warned us that things were going to come our way that were not going to be so pleasant in nature.<\/p>\n

This doesn’t mean that we are meant to just lay down and take every trouble that comes our way. \u00a0God is a good God; by His nature, He cannot do bad things. \u00a0There are very logical reasons as to why some things happen. \u00a0If you don’t eat right and exercise, you are going to gain weight and that weight gain left unchecked can cause health problems. \u00a0God didn’t give you those health problems…this all started back when you decided not to make the right choices. \u00a0If you decide not to go to sleep on time at night and your work performance slips and you end up getting fired, God didn’t take your job from you, you chose to make poor decisions. \u00a0These examples have results\u2014they are called “consequences.”<\/p>\n

I believe that God can make anything right. \u00a0As long as we go to His Word, turn from our ways, and do things His way. \u00a0If we are willing to learn the better way, God will show us a better way.<\/p>\n

For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds.
\nAnd to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
\nMatthew 7:8<\/p>\n

Here’s a thought: instead of asking God to give you money, why not ask Him to show you how to biblically manage your money so that you are better equipped to avoid money shortage situations. \u00a0Here\u2019s another thought: instead of asking God for a better job, why not ask Him to show you how to appreciate the one you have. \u00a0My pastor told us that miracles are nice, but blessings are better. \u00a0At first I didn’t get it, but he explained that miracles go against natural happenings. \u00a0You know…the impossible. \u00a0Blessings go with natural happenings, i.e., blessed with a promotion for your great work or money in savings because you managed it correctly.<\/p>\n

So, are you asking God to do all the work? Or are you willing to do your part? <\/span><\/em>
\nGod loves to help.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Lord also will be a stronghold for the oppressed. A stronghold in times of trouble; And those who know Your name will put their trust in You. For You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You. Psalms 9:9-10 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * “Why isn’t God helping […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"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":[3146,9205,9206,3367,1287,425,1477,4820,9200,3174],"class_list":["post-26939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-ahmee-bronaugh","tag-blessings-are-better","tag-consequences","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-john-1633","tag-matthew-78","tag-psalms-99-10","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-70v","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26939","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\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26939"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26948,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26939\/revisions\/26948"}],"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=26939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}