(Jer 31:15-22)
PRAYING FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS, CHURCH & NATION:
Trust that a God will do all he says he will on your behalf (Jer 31:16-22). #TrustGod #SurrenderToGod #FollowGodAlone #NoTurningBack
MORNING WATCH NOTES:
I have lived the words of this passage. [if you have not read this passage, I beg you to read it carefully]
The Lord had brought severe discipline in my life. I had turned from the God of my childhood. I had foolishly taken a path that led to shame and dishonor.
I was now “exiled” ten thousand miles away from home and all that was familiar to me. I was in the war torn land of Vietnam and God showed up in my guard tower over the Saigon River.
It was December 28, 1968. While I was standing watch God began to break my heart for the life I’d been living, the sins I’d committed. I knew things had to change. In my brokenness, I was repentant. I pleaded for God to turn my heart back to him and restore me.
God said, “You’re still my son. I have loved you with an everlasting love. I have repeatedly disciplined you, but you have ignored me. I still love you. I will have mercy on you. But you must choose here and now who you will serve and wander no longer. I am going to do a new thing in your life. But this is your last call.“ He said a few other things to me as well.
I surrendered fully to God in the morning watch. The pathway back to God was well marked. I never wandered again from following him. He has been my faithful Savior and friend. He has been faithful to his promise.
Lord, many decades have passed since that night in 1968. I’ve never forgotten our conversation. Though I deserve nothing, you have done and continue to do incredible new things in and through me. I am eternally grateful to you Lord.
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You can find an expanded version of my testimony on this blog: https://theprayersentry.com/2023/03/23/window-of-opportunity/
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