{"id":27270,"date":"2015-08-18T00:20:18","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T04:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=27270"},"modified":"2015-08-17T15:22:54","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T19:22:54","slug":"divine-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/18\/divine-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Presence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Where can I go from Your Spirit? <\/span>
\nOr where can I flee from Your presence? <\/span>
\nIf I ascend into heaven, You are there; <\/span>
\nIf I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. <\/span>
\nIf I take the wings of the morning, <\/span>
\nAnd dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, <\/span>
\nEven there Your hand shall lead me, <\/span>
\nAnd Your right hand shall hold me.<\/span>
\nPsalms 139:7-10<\/span><\/p>\n

A child of God can never move beyond God\u2019s care, guidance, and supporting strength. \u00a0He is with us in all situations in whatever the present and the future brings.<\/p>\n

Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him? Declares the Lord.
\n\u201cDo not I fill heaven and earth?\u2019 declares the Lord.
\nJeremiah 23:24<\/p>\n

His Divine Presence<\/span>\u00a0shows us the following:<\/p>\n

\u2022 with God\u2019s presence we are assured of being protected, strengthened, and well taken care of
\n\u2022 fullness of Joy
\n\u2022 we need to have the fear of the Lord<\/p>\n

Should you not fear me? declares the LORD.
\nShould you not tremble in My presence?
\nI made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross.
\nThe waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot cross it.
\nJeremiah 5:22<\/p>\n

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 1:7, 9:10<\/a>). \u00a0Therefore we need to fear the Lord and not just do our own things in our own ways—for that is sin. \u00a0In as much as we cannot hide anything from God let us train ourselves to live a holy life which is pleasing unto God. \u00a0Hate sin and do good always. \u00a0Bearing in mind that all things are open in His sight. \u00a0Do not steal because you are alone by yourself…remember the One Who is invisible. \u00a0May the good Lord help us remain faithful in His sight in the mighty name of Jesus.<\/p>\n

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

Dear Lord, I thank You for You are the great God, the I AM WHO I AM, always present. \u00a0We give You all the praise and glory for what You have spoken to us through Your Word. \u00a0Thank You that You gave us another chance to make amends with You knowing that You are omnipresent God. \u00a0Forgive us for making You too small in our lives and living our lives pleasing ourselves alone not knowing we are grieving You. \u00a0Lord, forgive us and create in us a clean heart. \u00a0As we are starting all over, give us the grace to realize You are an ever-present God. \u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name I pray. \u00a0Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there Your hand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"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":[3188,3367,9287,3532,1287,425,9284,9285,9286,1586,9275,3174],"class_list":["post-27270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-ann-mwafulirwa","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-divine-presence","tag-fear-of-the-lord","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-jeremiah-2324","tag-jeremiah-522","tag-never-out-of-gods-hand","tag-psalm-139","tag-psalms-1397-10","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-75Q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27270","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\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27271,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27270\/revisions\/27271"}],"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=27270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}