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Just an apology to all of you for my lack of consistency. I have been having some health issues and have been focusing on getting myself better, going through testing and staying focused on my school and youth ministry. Please pray for test results to reveal what health issues that I am having. Prayers are greatly appreciated and your patience during this time. I will be back on track as soon as my energy is up! (Which I hope to be VERY soon!) My spring break is coming up, so getting the daily prayers out will not be a challenge.

Just wanted to give you a heads up to what has been happening, I am someone who likes to stay consistent and follow through on my commitments, so this hasn’t been easy for me.

God Bless,

Sara

JAMES DAY 26 PRAYER

Pray that you will live for today with a healthy vision and planning for tomorrow. Pray that as you work and plan for your future you will not lose site of the moment of “now” and see today as a gift and give all your future plans to the Lord.

James 4:13-14 (New International Version)

¹³Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” ¹⁴Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

JAMES DAY 26 CHALLENGE

The older I get, the louder this verse speaks to me! As I watch friends go through trials, divorce, health issues, accidents, debt, financial stress and even death, it becomes a clearer reality that life is short and you never know when things can drastically change in just a moment.

I have watched families become destroyed by not spending time with one another. Instead time is spent chasing riches, fame, pleasure and false happiness. How sad. It is often at a funeral or on someone’s deathbed that reality hits, “I was chasing after something that really doesn’t matter in the end.”

Let today’s passage be a reminder to us all of what matters most in life. God lays it out for us, love God and love others, period! When we make God and people first, our lives are fulfilled, complete, peaceful and significant. Let us catch ourselves when we spend more time doing instead of being, worrying instead of trusting, complaining instead of appreciating, judging instead of accepting, or avoiding instead of embracing.

SPECIAL PRAYER/CHALLENGE TO WIVES FOR THEIR HUSBANDS:

JAMES DAY 26 PRAYER

Pray that your husband will live for today with a healthy vision and planning for tomorrow. Pray that as he provides for his family and plans for his future he will not lose site of the moment of “now” and see today as a gift and give all his future plans to the Lord.

JAMES DAY 26 CHALLENGE

Today’s verse makes me think of the verse in Proverbs 3:5, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

I think there is a lesson in this passage for all of us. For us as wives I see this passage challenging us on our trust in the Lord. Often we depend on our own works and those of our husband to give us security for our future.

Click here to see the rest of today’s challenge.

What a beautiful psalm! Let us meditate on His Word!

Psalm 19

¹ The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

² Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they display knowledge.

³ There is no speech or language
where their voice is not heard.

⁴ Their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,

⁵ which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion,
like a champion rejoicing to run his course.

⁶ It rises at one end of the heavens
and makes its circuit to the other;
nothing is hidden from its heat.

⁷ The law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving the soul.
The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.

⁸ The precepts of the LORD are right,
giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the LORD are radiant,
giving light to the eyes.

⁹ The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the LORD are sure
and altogether righteous.

¹⁰ They are more precious than gold,
than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the comb.

¹¹ By them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.

¹² Who can discern his errors?
Forgive my hidden faults.

¹³ Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then will I be blameless,
innocent of great transgression.

¹⁴ May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.