You may not see it, but God is doing a work in you, just because it got hard doesn’t mean God is against you, He is using the pain to produce a product of great worth. Because your worth it, He keeps sculpting! Don’t quit!
My mom, Elizabeth Jo (Lawson) Newton, crossed her finish line today, June 12, 10am CST, Her race as a deaf woman, with cerebral palsy, unable to walk the last 10 years of her life, has now been redeemed by my Jesus…
I’m wrecked over the Story of Pastor Andrew Stoecklein! Pastors, we are not exempt from anxiety/depression, we ALL face it. Your not alone, ever! The critical google/yelp ratings, social media comments, don’t define us! Jesus spoke 5 Stars over you! Wake up & fight another day!
To the fellow struggler that battles anxiety and worry when there is no real dilemma just simply the “what if’s” I pray over us today “May the voice of Jesus be the loudest voice we hear!”
For the person who is struggling sleeping tonight because of anxiety, know God is nearer than you think, God has plan, you are not alone. Rest in this tonight and remind yourself again tomorrow morning!
My prayer for you and me today is that I wouldn’t look so forward to tomorrow in what God is going to do that I don’t look around and miss what God is already doing today!
For every school administrator, teacher, educator, coach, and employee of our institutions of education, know that we are grateful for your relentless effort putting together multiple plans and strategies for the best interest of our children.
Grace is not a work done by you, Grace is a work done for you. Revealing you will never be good enough to earn it and you will never be bad enough to lose it.
God doesn’t shepherd you around the valley of the shadow of death, He shepherds you THROUGH it. Just know where you are today is not your final destination.
#preachingtomyself
God has removed your sins as far as the east is from the west, He has cast your sins into the depths of the ocean, He has cast your sins behind his back. All promises of God that He forgives and forgets. Condemnation is not in the heart of God!
When life feels like it is unraveling at the seams and you are beneath the fray, just know there is a God who only needs a fiber of faith to mend a garment of praise!
You we’re never called to blend in, but stand out! Not to run from culture, but engage it! Not creating sub cultures of separatism, but modeling a transformed culture of life change in Jesus name. If God is in the midst of us, then we must take God to the midst of our culture.
You may feel “unknown”, but you are “fully known” by a God who wants to be “known” through all who feel “unknown”. Today, God chooses you! Tomorrow, God chooses you! The next day, God chooses you! He chooses you!
We are excited to have
@Ed_Newton
, Lead Pastor of Community Bible Church in San Antonio, Texas lead the morning devotions on the 2020 K-LOVE Cruise.
If you’ve never heard Ed preach, you're in for a real treat.
#klovecruise
#premiervacay
1. Know that salvation is not a feeling it’s a fact: Romans 10:13
2. If it’s grace that saves you, then grace keeps you: Ephesians 2:8
3. Doubt is a tool that the devil uses to make you walk in fear. Thus, Rebuke him: Revelation 12:10-11
Your heart swells when you hear: “your bill has been covered” or the words of a faithful friend in a trying time: “I got you covered”. Hear these words from Jesus today: “all your sins...COVERED”
#Heartswell
All we can say is WOW. Our God is an awesome God! 419 people were baptized this weekend. 419 death to life stories. 419 lives transformed in Jesus' name. To God be all the glory, and the honor, and the praise forever and ever AMEN!!
Praying for the Church in Afghanistan right now. The gates of hell shall not prevail against the Church of Jesus, but right now The Bride is being tested! Pray for our brothers and sisters in Jesus. Their suffering is ours!
Let not your heart be faint today, God has already gone before you, procured a place for you and has put a peace in you! I pray for you today eyes to see the evidence of His promise! Rise up!
Not many letters separate the word “worrier” from “warrior” but in your situation, your struggle, your symptom choose not to your self doubt switch those letters! You are a “warrior”!
My prayer for you and I today: Jesus, help me to see five loaves & two fish not as insignificant, but instead as the right recipe for great things to happen!
Don’t let your words be a weapon, choose to bless than curse, build verse break, give worth than to discredit and when in disagreement choose to be classy in doing so!
#winsome
Dear Pastor, It’s 5am, I can’t sleep either! The weight of standing in front of people preaching a message is heavy. Combined with you don’t feel like you got the best illustration to help the sermon. I feel that to! His word is enough, preach Jesus, have fun, be you,
God’s will for your life is about “timing” and “opportunity” coinciding! It can be the right “time”, but if you don’t have “opportunity” then trust God for the opportunity. If you have the “opportunity” but the timing is not right, then Trust God for His timing.
#ThevoiceCBC
Communication is the backbone of every relationship! Consider the T’s in Communication: Tact: What you say. Tone: How you say it. Timing: When you say it. We will never fully master this, but awareness of these principles will not only make you better, but bless those around you.
The attack of the enemy today is to create plausible alternatives to Gods word and will towards you for the purpose of convincing you that the enemies way is more pleasurable. Don’t fall for it!
When decisions are made with no thought of a future generation, it is at that point that demise is imminent. Make not only decisions for today affecting those around you, but think about your decisions and how they affect a tomorrow that may not directly benefit you.
Not everyone around you will understand what God is doing in you. Remember, it’s not your mission to change them, it’s your mission to show & share with them who changed you!
For the person that feels as if they have no purpose know that God desires to not only save you, but to sustain you, shape you and see you live supernaturally in your setting for the purpose of leading others to encourage the God who saved you.
#fullcircle
@CBCSocial
FEAR NOT, (Your Name), FOR I AM your shield, and your reward shall be very great! (Gen.15:1)
Your name is shielded by two phrases on either side: “FEAR NOT” & “I AM”
As we wait between the 1st advent of His coming and the 2nd advent of His return, we wait with wonder and eyes wide open with anticipation like Christmas morning is everyday! Merry Christmas from the Newton’s to you!
Prayers for the family of
#AhmaudArbery
tonight flood my soul. God comfort the pain in this loss and give us courage to be apart of the solution in addressing the cause of such a loss.
Character is not only defined when nobody is watching, but also when everybody is watching! Live a life of consistency not duplicity and you will will impact today effectively!
#ThevoiceCBC
The key to hearing God’s voice today is not just only understanding His voice, but being able to decipher and determine what is NOT His voice.
#ThevoiceCBC
“I am finished” vs. “It is finished” was the difference of Christ giving up vs. Christ saving us. Victory today in your life is choosing not to give up, but to get up, because He was raised up!
#john19
#21
@CBCSocial
It’s one thing to have a skill, it’s another reality to be placed before people of skill because of your skill. To all who read this, I’m praying for favor in your life today!
Focus forward today, looking ahead of what’s to come, all the while seizing every moment in the present, remembering where you came from, who helped you get here, and who you can do the same by sharing your successes! This is your mission if you choose to accept it!
Jesus laid down HIS crown, then laid down in a cradle, then laid down on a cross...THEN...Rose up over death, Rose up over sin, Rose up over Hell to reclaim His Crown!
#IMMANUEL
When you embrace BEING a blessing & BRINGING a blessing to the spaces you walk in today and you will be BESTOWED a blessing greater than the one you sought to give.
#KingdomMath
Blessing happens when we understand that in order to BECOME blessed, we first seek to BE a Blessing and then BRING a Blessing! Blessed people Bless People!
Never forget this simple truth: God creates/Satan counterfeits! Never settle for a version of happiness that violates Gods created will for your life.
#Dontsettle
#Exodus7
The hardest part of your leadership journey is understanding that the journey you are on may not be for someone else. People will start off with you, jump off along the way, or jump in down the road. Take none of it personal, for God has a journey for them too!
The anointing God has placed on you is unique unto your calling and you fulfilling that specific calling. To seek someone else’s anointing for your specific calling will never work. Be you, for Gods anointing for you is on you.
#Exodus30