{"id":27826,"date":"2015-09-25T00:25:53","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T04:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=27826"},"modified":"2015-09-24T14:53:05","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T18:53:05","slug":"a-step-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/25\/a-step-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"A Step At A Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In all your ways acknowledge Him,<\/span>
\n And He shall direct your paths.<\/span>
\nProverbs 3:6<\/span><\/p>\n

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I am about to celebrate a birthday and I’ve probably lived half of my life now. I have had so many blessings and precious moments…God is so good! \u00a0The one thing that bothers me is that I have wasted so much time wondering what my purpose is. \u00a0Wondering what is it that He really wants me to do? \u00a0Maybe you, too, need clarity for your journey…know that you aren’t alone, friend.<\/p>\n

I have prayed for clarity and God keeps asking me to trust Him. \u00a0Maybe even take a few risks. \u00a0And I can say that, at times, it’s been painful. \u00a0It would have been so much easier if He could have just spelled it out for me on a sheet of paper. \u00a0But that isn’t what faith is. \u00a0And as we take a step at a time, we are getting to taste and see a bit more of Him. I still don’t know what my future looks like (or yours). \u00a0But I do know that if we trust fully in His promises and if we commit all our ways to Him, He will make our paths straight. \u00a0And, for me, this has meant just taking the next step and learning to trust Him in spite of the darkness that I am in.<\/p>\n

Restlessness isn’t always a bad thing to feel. \u00a0I believe that it comes from wanting even more of our God. It might just be the catalyst to nudge us forward to live the epic lives that He designed for us even before the Earth was created. \u00a0Friends, there is a revolution coming and God is working out the details. \u00a0There is a big change coming and He is gathering a force. \u00a0If we are honest with ourselves, this might cause a little fear. \u00a0Maybe He has given you a glimpse of His vision for you. \u00a0If so, journal it and share it! And let’s band even closer together. We cannot go through this big journey alone—we, His children, are better together!<\/p>\n

We do need to understand ourselves and the empty places around us. \u00a0But mostly we just need faith in a real, yet unseen, God. \u00a0And together, if we stop comparing ourselves to others and just follow Jesus, then you know<\/em> that something is going to happen. \u00a0This generation of women have been quietly reading and longing and dreaming and falling in love with God and we are about to wake up! \u00a0We are about to let God run wild, through us.<\/p>\n

Friends, we only have this one life that He has given us. \u00a0Then we get to meet the God Who created this world and planned it all. \u00a0We want to live lives that matter and make a difference for the Kingdom. \u00a0We want to be a generation who follows God with reckless abandon, a God Who is real to us! \u00a0So let’s go for it!<\/p>\n

\u00a0“<\/sup>For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the\u00a0Lord<\/span>,
\n“plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
\nplans to give you hope and a future.”
\nJeremiah 29:11<\/p>\n

This is a verse we hear often and sometimes we don’t really appreciate the meaning. \u00a0It says that God knows<\/strong> the plans that He has for us and that those plans are meant for good,<\/strong> not to harm us. \u00a0The very thing that you are wishing wasn’t in your life just might be the very thing that God uses to enhance your life….<\/p>\n

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Let us pray<\/em><\/span>: Dear God, You are so amazing and awesome. \u00a0You are the planner of it all and we are so grateful that You had our best interest at heart. How we praise You for loving us that much. \u00a0Please keep revealing to us the steps You want us to take to better the Kingdom. \u00a0Help us to stay focused on the main goal and not to get distracted with the things that disappoint us. \u00a0We love You and we pray for those that are lost today. \u00a0May they come to know You, too. \u00a0In Jesus’ name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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