The Live LIGHT LOOP for Friday, May 17, 2024 celebrates all things Live LIGHT - including the books, and courses, and resources, and community and coaching that can be found on https://livelight.ca/
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take His yoke that is easy and burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living light. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace and joy and hope at all times and in every situation.
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I am a wisdom loving, knowledge sharing, God marvelling, life celebrating, kingdom living, soul healing, Lord seeking, gift imparting, Spirit flowing, grace knowing, irenic follower of the Way. I hold you capable and Holy Spirit trustable to finish the good work He's started in you.
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The Live LIGHT LOOP for Friday, May 10, 2024 celebrates all things Live LIGHT - including the books, and courses, and resources, and community and coaching that can be found on https://livelight.ca/
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take His yoke that is easy and burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living light. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace and joy and hope at all times and in every situation. Download the Live LIGHT Manifesto to print off at https://revtrev.link/free
How Can I HELP?
Live LIGHT Academy has books and courses and resources and community and coaching to help you not conform but be transformed so you can have peace and hope and joy at all times and in every situation. What I create always needs to HELP - Honour, Empower, be Life-giving and Pleasing to God. Learn more at https://www.livelight.ca/about
How do I self-identify?
I am a wisdom loving, knowledge sharing, God marvelling, life celebrating, kingdom living, soul healing, Lord seeking, gift imparting, Spirit flowing, grace knowing, irenic follower of the Way. I hold you capable and Holy Spirit trustable to finish the good work He's started in you.
Move from being easily regularly frustrated, usually feeling busy, often afraid or easily angered TO having peace at all times and in every situation. https://revtrev.link/bless
Live LIGHT Above the Negativity Reflections and Devotional
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Praising God is another thing we are told to do with our whole heart. (See http://revtrev.link/heart) Remember, the Hebrew understanding of heart was that it’s the seat of our decision and our emotions and our actions.
It’s a choice to praise God before the answer comes, in that dark of the night and in the middle of the storm. We feel joy when we praise Him. God inhabits the praise of His people and in His presence is fullness of joy. And our actions to praise can include singing, playing instruments, praying, dancing, testifying His good deeds, gratitude, living righteously, offering sacrifices, meditating, kneeling or bowing down, shouting or crying out, and living a life of obedience.
It’s natural and unstoppable to praise God when the answer comes, the storms clears or the night turns to dawn. When are hearts are set on Him, praise naturally erupts at those times. Before those times it’s a choice and that choice can be toxic if we don’t align our whole heart.
You’ve felt that right? You’ve sang the songs when they were meaningful and powerful and you’ve sang the same songs when they sounded hollow and just didn’t feel true. The difference is praising God with your whole heart. When you praise God with a decision, your emotion and an action, it’s alive and full of meaning. If you sing because you’re there and maybe because people are watching you, it feels like something else entirely. It actually feels a bit toxic.
So check out Negativity Fast Reflection - I Choose To Praise and exchange your spirit of heaviness for a garment of praise when you praise Him with your heart.
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I choose to praise him before the battle starts. I praise him before my answer comes. I praise him in the middle of the storm. I praise him because he is worthy of praise. I praise him because it changes me. I am never impressed with the size of my problem when I’m impressed with the glory of my God.
Have I chosen to praise him lately?
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We need to trust in the Lord with all our heart. That’s our decision to trust Him in spite of the circumstance. The emotion that aligns in peace (and hope and joy) when we’re trusting Him. The action is walking by faith not by sight.
We don’t do this to ignore the most brutal facts of the reality we are facing. But we can’t give God credit for the works of the one who comes to steal, kill and destroy. We need to treat all hardship as discipline, knowing we have a good Father who is going to work all things together for good by making us more and more like Jesus through the hardship.
What do you need to trust God in? Perhaps this Negativity Fast Reflection - I Trust In The Lord With All My Heart will encourage you to trust Him with your whole heart - your decision, your actions and your emotions.
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I trust in the Lord with all my heart and do not depend on my own understanding. I seek his will in all I do, and he shows me which path to take. I’m not impressed with my own wisdom. I fear the Lord and turn away from evil. I have healing for my body and strength for my bones.
Have I been seeking his will lately?
Next Steps
Live LIGHT Above the Negativity Course - Move from being easily regularly frustrated, usually feeling busy, often afraid or easily angered to having peace at all times and in every situation. https://revtrev.link/bless
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Seek the Lord - What does the Bible say about seeking the Lord when your facing an impossibility?
Trevor Lund is the Content Creator for RevTrev.com and the Founder of the Live LIGHT Academy on LiveLIGHT.ca He created the Live LIGHT with Your Whole Heart Course that helps you move from giving your problems a place of too much influence to having no fear of bad news even when it comes. If you want to avoid cognitive avoidance, cognitive dissonance and toxic behaviour learn more and sign up for the course at the best price now https://revtrev.link/heart
42 Bible verses on seeking the Lord when you don’t know what to do
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NLT) "Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land."
Psalm 9:10 (NLT) "Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O LORD, do not abandon those who search for you."
Psalm 34:10 (NLT) "Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the LORD will lack no good thing."
Psalm 105:4 (NLT) "Search for the LORD and for his strength; continually seek him."
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NLT) "Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take."
Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NLT) "For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me."
Matthew 6:33 (NLT) "Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need."
Luke 11:9-10 (NLT) "And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened."
James 1:5 (NLT) "If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking."
Deuteronomy 4:29 (NLT) "But from there you will search again for the LORD your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him."
1 Chronicles 22:19 (NLT) "Now seek the LORD your God with all your heart and soul. Build the sanctuary of the LORD God so that you can bring the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant and the holy vessels of God into the Temple built to honor the LORD’s name."
2 Chronicles 14:4 (NLT) "He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his law and his commands."
2 Chronicles 15:2 (NLT) "He went out to meet Asa as he was returning from battle. 'Listen to me, Asa!' he shouted. 'Listen, all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The LORD will stay with you as long as you stay with him! Whenever you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.'"
2 Chronicles 15:12-13 (NLT) "Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul. They agreed that anyone who refused to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death—whether young or old, man or woman."
2 Chronicles 15:15 (NLT) "All in Judah were happy about this covenant, for they had entered into it with all their heart. They earnestly sought after God, and they found him. And the LORD gave them rest from their enemies on every side."
2 Chronicles 20:3-4 (NLT) "Jehoshaphat was terrified by this news and begged the LORD for guidance. He also ordered everyone in Judah to begin fasting. So people from all the towns of Judah came to Jerusalem to seek the LORD’s help."
2 Chronicles 26:5 (NLT) "Uzziah sought God during the days of Zechariah, who taught him to fear God. And as long as the king sought guidance from the LORD, God gave him success."
2 Chronicles 30:19 (NLT) "May the LORD, who is good, pardon those who decide to follow the LORD, the God of their ancestors, even though they are not properly cleansed for the ceremony."
2 Chronicles 31:21 (NLT) "In all that he did in the service of the Temple of God and in his efforts to follow God’s laws and commands, Hezekiah sought his God wholeheartedly. As a result, he was very successful."
Psalm 14:2 (NLT) "The LORD looks down from heaven on the entire human race; he looks to see if anyone is truly wise, if anyone seeks God."
Psalm 22:26 (NLT) "The poor will eat and be satisfied. All who seek the LORD will praise him. Their hearts will rejoice with everlasting joy."
Psalm 27:4 (NLT) "The one thing I ask of the LORD—the thing I seek most—is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, delighting in the LORD’s perfections and meditating in his Temple."
Psalm 27:8 (NLT) "My heart has heard you say, 'Come and talk with me.' And my heart responds, 'LORD, I am coming.'"
Psalm 40:16 (NLT) "But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, 'The LORD is great!'"
Psalm 63:1 (NLT) "O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water."
Psalm 69:32 (NLT)
"The humble will see their God at work and be glad. Let all who seek God’s help be encouraged."
Psalm 70:4 (NLT) "But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, 'God is great!'"
Psalm 105:3 (NLT) "Exult in his holy name; rejoice, you who worship the LORD."
Psalm 119:2 (NLT) "Joyful are those who obey his laws and search for him with all their hearts."
Psalm 119:10 (NLT) "I have tried hard to find you—don’t let me wander from your commands."
Psalm 119:45 (NLT) "I will walk in freedom, for I have devoted myself to your commandments."
Isaiah 8:19 (NLT) "Someone may say to you, 'Let’s ask the mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead. With their whisperings and mutterings, they will tell us what to do.' But shouldn’t people ask God for guidance? Should the living seek guidance from the dead?"
Isaiah 45:19 (NLT) "I would not have told the people of Israel to seek me if I could not be found. I, the LORD, speak only what is true and declare only what is right."
Isaiah 55:6-7 (NLT) "Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near. Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously."
Hosea 10:12 (NLT) "I said, 'Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and shower righteousness upon you.'"
Amos 5:4 (NLT) "This is what the LORD says to the family of Israel: 'Come back to me and live!'"
Amos 5:6 (NLT) "Come back to the LORD and live! Otherwise, he will roar through Israel like a fire, devouring you completely. Your gods in Bethel won’t be able to quench the flames."
Zephaniah 2:3 (NLT) "Seek the LORD, all who are humble, and follow his commands. Seek to do what is right and to live humbly. Perhaps even yet the LORD will protect you—protect you from his anger on that day of destruction."
Matthew 7:7 (NLT) "Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you."
Luke 12:31 (NLT) "Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need."
Acts 17:27 (NLT) "His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us."
Hebrews 11:6 (NLT) "And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him."
James 4:8 (NLT) "Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world."
Next Steps
7 Things the Bible Says we can Seek God For (coming soon)
What’s to BLAME when You Don’t Seek the Lord (coming soon)
Seek the Lord - what does the Bible say about seeking the Lord with your whole heart? Find out.
Trevor Lund is the Content Creator for RevTrev.com and the Founder of the Live LIGHT Academy on LiveLIGHT.ca He created the Live LIGHT with Your Whole Heart Course that helps you move from giving your problems a place of too much influence to having no fear of bad news even when it comes. If you want to avoid cognitive avoidance, cognitive dissonance and toxic behaviour learn more and sign up for the course at the best price now https://revtrev.link/heart
40 essential Bible Verses on seeking the Lord with your whole heart
Deuteronomy 4:29 (NLT) "But from there you will search again for the Lord your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him."
1 Chronicles 16:10-11 (NLT) "Exult in his holy name; rejoice, you who worship the Lord. Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him."
1 Chronicles 22:19 (NLT) "Now seek the Lord your God with all your heart and soul. Build this sanctuary of the Lord God so that you can bring the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant and the holy articles of God into the Temple built to honor the Lord’s name."
2 Chronicles 15:2 (NLT) "He went out to meet King Asa as he was returning from the battle. 'Listen to me, Asa!' he shouted. 'Listen, all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The Lord will stay with you as long as you stay with him! Whenever you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.'"
2 Chronicles 15:12-13 (NLT) "Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul. They agreed that anyone who refused to seek the Lord, the God of Israel, would be put to death—whether young or old, man or woman."
Psalm 9:10 (NLT) "Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you."
Psalm 14:2 (NLT) "The Lord looks down from heaven on the entire human race; he looks to see if anyone is truly wise, if anyone seeks God."
Psalm 27:4 (NLT) "The one thing I ask of the Lord—the thing I seek most—is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord’s perfections and meditating in his Temple."
Psalm 27:8 (NLT) "My heart has heard you say, 'Come and talk with me.' And my heart responds, 'Lord, I am coming.'"
Psalm 34:10 (NLT) "Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the Lord will lack no good thing."
Psalm 40:16 (NLT) "But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, 'The Lord is great!'"
Psalm 69:32 (NLT) "The humble will see their God at work and be glad. Let all who seek God’s help be encouraged."
Psalm 105:3-4 (NLT) "Exult in his holy name; rejoice, you who worship the Lord. Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him."
Psalm 119:2 (NLT) "Joyful are those who obey his laws and search for him with all their hearts."
Psalm 119:10 (NLT) "I have tried hard to find you—don’t let me wander from your commands."
Isaiah 55:6-7 (NLT) "Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near. Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously."
Jeremiah 29:13 (NLT) "If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me."
Lamentations 3:25 (NLT) "The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him."
Hosea 10:12 (NLT) "I said, 'Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the Lord that he may come and shower righteousness upon you.'"
Amos 5:4 (NLT) "This is what the Lord says to Israel: 'Seek me and live!'"
Zephaniah 2:3 (NLT) "Seek the Lord, all who are humble, and follow his commands. Seek to do what is right and to live humbly. Perhaps even yet the Lord will protect you—protect you from his anger on that day of destruction."
Matthew 6:33 (NLT) "Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need."
Luke 11:9-10 (NLT) "And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened."
Acts 17:27 (NLT) "His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us."
Hebrews 11:6 (NLT) "And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him."
1 Chronicles 28:9 (NLT) "And Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever."
2 Chronicles 19:3 (NLT) "But even so, there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land, and you have committed yourself to seek God."
Psalm 10:4 (NLT) "The wicked are too proud to seek God. They seem to think that God is dead."
Psalm 22:26 (NLT) "The poor will eat and be satisfied. All who seek the Lord will praise him. Their hearts will rejoice with everlasting joy."
Psalm 24:6 (NLT) "Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob. Interlude"
Psalm 34:4 (NLT) "I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears."
Psalm 53:2 (NLT) "God looks down from heaven on the entire human race; he looks to see if anyone is truly wise, if anyone seeks God."
Psalm 63:1 (NLT) "O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water."
Psalm 69:6 (NLT) "Don’t let those who trust in you be ashamed because of me, O Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies. Don’t let me cause them to be humiliated, O God of Israel."
Psalm 70:4 (NLT) "But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, 'God is great!'"
Psalm 105:4 (NLT) "Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him."
Psalm 119:155 (NLT) "Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your decrees."
Proverbs 8:17 (NLT) "I love all who love me. Those who search will surely find me."
Isaiah 8:19 (NLT) "Someone may say to you, 'Let’s ask the mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead. With their whisperings and mutterings, they will tell us what to do.' But shouldn’t people ask God for guidance? Should the living seek guidance from the dead?"
Isaiah 26:9 (NLT) "In the night I search for you; in the morning I earnestly seek you. For only when you come to judge the earth will people learn what is right."
Isaiah 51:1 (NLT) "Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance—all who seek the Lord! Consider the rock from which you were cut, the quarry from which you were mined."
Daniel 9:3 (NLT) "So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and fasting. I also wore rough burlap and sprinkled myself with ashes."
Hosea 5:15 (NLT) "Then I will return to my place until they admit their guilt and turn to me. For as soon as trouble comes, they will earnestly search for me.”
Zephaniah 1:6 (NLT) "And I will destroy those who used to worship me but now no longer do. They no longer ask for the Lord’s guidance or seek my blessings.”
Hebrews 11:6 (NLT) "And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him."
Next Steps
7 Things the Bible Says we can Seek God For (coming soon)
What’s to BLAME when You Don’t Seek the Lord (coming soon)
Seek the Lord - Do you know the ways the Bible tells us we can seek the Lord? Here are 14.
Trevor Lund is the Content Creator for RevTrev.com and the Founder of the Live LIGHT Academy on LiveLIGHT.ca He created the Live LIGHT with Your Whole Heart Course that helps you move from giving your problems a place of too much influence to having no fear of bad news even when it comes. If you want to avoid cognitive avoidance, cognitive dissonance and toxic behaviour learn more and sign up for the course at the best price now https://revtrev.link/heart
I grew up knowing I need to seek the Lord, but if you would have asked me I would have said, “Praying longer, praying louder and maybe fasting if you were serious”. The Bible has so much more to say about how we can seek the Lord. Here’s 14 ways I’ve found so far…
14 ways to seek the Lord
By praying to Him. Jeremiah 29:12-14a
By praising and worshipping Him. Psalm 22:22
By serving Him. 1 Chronicles 28:9
By doing good. Psalm 34:12-16 ,Psalm 24:4-6
By not doing bad. Isaiah 55:6-7
By confessing and repenting when you don’t do good or if you do do bad. Isaiah 55:6-7
By living humbly. Zephaniah 2:3
By expecting you’ll find Him and He’ll reward you. Hebrews 11:6 Psalm 9:10 Lamentations 3:25
By fasting. Daniel 9:3
By obeying His Word. Psalm 119:10-11
By obeying His voice. Isaiah 45:19
With an event. 2 Chronicles 7:14
With your whole heart. Jeremiah 29:13
With your whole life. Psalm 37:3-5 Psalm 105:4
So how do you seek the Lord?
Next Steps
7 Things the Bible Says we can Seek God For (coming soon)
What’s to BLAME when You Don’t Seek the Lord (coming soon)
Can we really grow stronger when life is impossible? In this world we will have trouble. But we can take heart because Christ has overcome the world. How can we do that? How can we thrive and not merely survive?
I’m not going to tell you it’s easy or “just follow these 5 steps”.
I’m going to let you know how I’ve learned to do it. This has been learned and earned. This is not theory.
I’m Trevor Lund, content creator for RevTrev.com and the founder of Live LIGHT Academy on LiveLIGHT.ca This is the Live LIGHT LIVECast.
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All of us have our own story and all of us are on our own journey. It’s great when we don’t have to walk it alone.
Maybe something in my story will connect in something in yours.
I was a young pastor at an amazing church and I felt God asked me to leave my family and friends and future on the altar and move to New Zealand without any reason beyond obedience. The heaven’s didn’t open when I stepped onto the soil. My dad was diagnosed with Bulbar ALS and was given a short time to live. And it wasn’t long until we felt we should return home and be with family. It took me some time before I realized I was living offended at God. He set me up and I didn’t have a language to explain how I felt. He was the potter, I was the clay, I was the work of his hands…and I didn’t like being thrown and re-thrown and re-thrown and re-thrown onto the wheel to be reformed again and again and again.
When I realized I could be offended at God, I realized I could repent of that and he healed me.
I was back to being a pastor and there’s a whole lot of story to that, but remember that in this world you will have trouble. I remember speaking a message and sitting down and then sensing a menacing voice say “that’s the last sermon you’re ever going to give.” I brushed it off, but a few days later, had a heart attack.
And since then, it’s been doctor’s appointments and medication to get on and off, and tests showed nothing and solutions that didn’t work and not just MD’s Cardiologist, but Dermatologist and Neurologists and Gastroenterologist and I started wearing reading glasses and using hearing aids.
And so it’s had to become intentional for me. I needed to know how not just survive, but somehow to thrive.
What do you do when you’re faced with the realities of life - however brutal or enigmatic.
You and I need to know how to take up our positions, stand firm and see the deliverance of the Lord.
These are decisions I need to make daily because I’ve not just learned them, I’ve earned them.
Take up your position and STAND Tool
S - Stop giving God credit for the works of the one who comes to steal, kill and destroy. - John 10:10
T- Treat all hardship as discipline knowing He is a good Father and will work all things together for good. - Hebrews 12:7-11
A - Agree to cast all your cares upon him, because he cares for you. - 1 Peter 5:7
N- Never forget that the God of all hope fills you with all peace and joy as you trust in him, so that you can overflow with hope by the power of Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13
D - Don’t worry about anything, but pray about everything and thank him in all things, knowing that’s his will for you. - Philippians 4:6-7
Challenge
This is not Christian stoicism. It’s not about having a stiff-upper lip and ignoring your emotions. Your emotions show you what you actually believe.
Pay attention to what your emotions show you about what you really believe. For example, if I don’t have peace, I know there’s a good chance I’m not trusting God.
Where has your peace been, where has your hope been, where has your joy been lately?
Let your emotions show you what you are actually believing.
Next Steps
Live LIGHT Above the Negativity Course.
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The Heart Reflections are designed to help you align your heart with God’s heart. Every teaching in the Live LIGHT with your Whole heart Course http://revtrev.link/heart concludes with a reflection. It’s personalized scripture with a question to help you align with God’s will for your life.
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
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Do you know there are seven things the Bible specially says we are to do with our whole heart? One of them is to do everything we do with it. Do you know how to live with your whole heart?
Do you understand the ancient Hebrew teaching on the whole hear
This heart reflection helps you praise the Lord with all your heart. A reflection is the truth of scripture that’s personalized with a question to help you think about how to apply it. Get the full lesson at http://revtrev.link/heart. #LiveLIGHT #reflection #Peace #Hope
Watch I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart reflection
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart reflection
I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvellous things you have done. I will be filled with joy because of you.I will sing praises to your name, O Most High. With all my heart I will praise you, O Lord my God. I will give glory to your name forever.
I praise you for who you are. I thank you for what you have done. I rejoice over your promise to me.
When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers — the moon and the stars you set in place— what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them? I am humbled and am in awe.
From ancient times no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you who works for those who wait for Him and who trust in Him. I remember all you have done, O Lord; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago. They are constantly in my thoughts. I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works.
I remember your promise to me; it is my only hope. Your promise revives me; it comforts me in all my troubles. You are for me and not against me and since you are for me, who can be against me? You are my Father. I am the clay, and you are the potter. I am formed by your hand.
Reflection Question
Have I been praising God with my whole heart lately?
Can I pray?
Lord, you are so good. I thank you that as we praise you we can become more like you because we become like the One we worship. I thank you that praising you is for our sake, never yours. How can bring glory to the Glorious One? We add our praise to creatures and elders around myriads and myriads around your throne. Wow. Help us praise you with our whole heart our whole lives. Amen.
Check out the Live LIGHT with your Whole Heart Course today http://revtrev.link/heart or learn how to get all the courses and all the resources and the full Live LIGHT Community by checking out the Pathway https://revtrev.link/pathway.
This heart reflection helps you thank God with all your heart. A reflection is the truth of scripture that’s personalized with a question to help you think about how to apply it. Get the full lesson at http://revtrev.link/heart. #LiveLIGHT #reflection #Peace #Hope
Watch I thank the Lord and praise His name with my whole heart reflection
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
I thank the Lord and praise His name with my whole heart Reflection
I thank the Lord and praise His name! I tell everyone what He has done. I let them know how mighty He is and amazing He is. He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He redeems my life from the pit and crowns me with love and compassion. He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like it’s on the wings of eagles!
Sometimes and some seasons I soar on wings as eagles. Sometimes and some seasons I run and not grow weary. Sometimes and some seasons I walk and do not faint. Sometimes and some seasons He lifts me up out of the pit of despair — out of the mud and mire — and sets my feet on solid ground and steadies me as I walk along.
I thank Him that I have gone through deep waters, and He has been with me. I have been through the rivers and not been swept away. I have been through fire and not been burned, the flames did not set me ablaze.
He has been with me and has never left me. Even when I have denied Him, He has never denied me. So now I won’t deny Him before people, knowing He won’t deny me before the Father. He has been so, so good.
Every good and perfect gift comes from Him. I rejoice in Him always. I enter His presence with thanksgiving. This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it! I thank Him and praise His glorious name. Thanks be to Him for His indescribable gift!
Reflection Question
Do I regularly thank God with my whole heart?
Can I pray?
Lord, teach us to give you thanks in all circumstances with our whole heart. Help us to realize when we just try to give lips service to you and not feel thankful or show real appreciation. Teach us how to be grateful with our whole heart. Help us have the peace and joy that comes when we are. Amen.
Check out the Live LIGHT with your Whole Heart Course today http://revtrev.link/heart or learn how to get all the courses and all the resources and the full Live LIGHT Community by checking out the Pathway https://revtrev.link/pathway.
This heart reflection helps you love and serve God with your whole heart. A reflection is the truth of scripture that’s personalized with a question to help you think about how to apply it. Get the full lesson at http://revtrev.link/heart. #LiveLIGHT #reflection #Peace #Hope
Watch the I love and serve God with my whole heart reflection
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
I love and serve God with my whole heart reflection
I love and serve God with my whole heart. I love the Lord my God with all my heart, all my soul, all my strength, and all my mind. I love my neighbour as myself.
I decide to love and serve Him. I choose to be patient and kind. I am not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. I do not demand my own way. I am not irritable, and I keep no record of being wronged. I do not rejoice about injustice but I rejoice whenever the truth wins out. I never give up, never lose faith, am always hopeful, and endure through every circumstance.
I love Him with my actions. I obey Jesus and keep His commandments. I remain in His love. His perfect love casts out all fear. I love others and His love is complete in me. The Father loves me and they have come and made their home with me.
I love Him with my emotions. I love God more than my greatest love, my earliest love, my dearest love, and my nearest love. I love because He first loved me. I do not love the world or the things of the world. I know that love of the world squeezes out love for the Father.
I have given up wanting my own way, wanting everything for myself, wanting to appear important. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life have no rent-free space in my brain.
I have chosen and I show and I know that I love and serve God with my whole heart.
Reflection Question
Would others say I have been loving and serving God lately?
Can I pray?
Lord, thank you that you made us for love and thank you for being so loveable. Thank you for revealing your Father’s heart to us. Thank you for loving us first and so well. Help us to live loved knowing we are loved. And help us to love others the way you have loved us. Thank you love is your fruit that you’re growing in us. Help us to love and serve you more and more. Amen.
Check out the Live LIGHT with your Whole Heart Course today http://revtrev.link/heart or learn how to get all the courses and all the resources and the full Live LIGHT Community by checking out the Pathway https://revtrev.link/pathway.
This heart reflection helps you to remember what emotions should rule in your heart. A reflection is the truth of scripture that’s personalized with a question to help you think about how to apply it. Get the full lesson at http://revtrev.link/heart. #LiveLIGHT #reflection #Peace #Hope
Watch I understand my emotions and my whole heart reflection
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
I understand my emotions and my whole heart reflection
I understand my emotions and my whole heart. My emotions show me what I truly believe. I may say I trust God, but if I don’t have peace and joy and hope I know I’m fooling myself. Trusting God brings me peace at all times and in every situation.
My emotions aren’t bad, they are excellent servants. They show me what I actually believe. When I let any emotion but peace rule my heart, I see my emotions are terrible masters. Excellent servant and terrible masters is every emotion - except the emotions that Holy Spirit grows in my life as He grows all the fruit of the Spirit.
Love and joy and peace show me that my heart is aligning with God’s heart. I do everything in love. I have ridiculous joy. I have peace at all times and in every situation.
Love is a decision, an action and an emotion. I love others because He first loved me. Joy is how I respond to external circumstances with inner contentment and satisfaction, because I know that God is working all things together for good. Peace is proof of my authority and deep understanding that I trust Him. The God of all hope fills me with peace and joy as I trust in Him so that I overflow with hope by the power of Holy Spirit.
Reflection Question
Are love and joy and peace the emotions I most feel most often?
Can I pray?
Lord, thank you for our emotions. Thank you for revealing to us that you have emotions as well and we are made in your image. We bless the emotions that honour you. We choose to let peace rule in our hearts. Thank you that it’s your peace that rules and not something we have to work up in ourselves. Help us to trust you so that we can have the peace and joy and hope you want us to have. Amen.
Check out the Live LIGHT with your Whole Heart Course today http://revtrev.link/heart or learn how to get all the courses and all the resources and the full Live LIGHT Community by checking out the Pathway https://revtrev.link/pathway.
This heart reflection helps you to seek the Lord with all your heart. A reflection is the truth of scripture that’s personalized with a question to help you think about how to apply it. Get the full lesson at http://revtrev.link/heart. #LiveLIGHT #reflection #Peace #Hope
Watch My heart says of You, “Seek His face!” reflection
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
My heart says of you, “Seek His face!” Reflection
My heart says of you, “Seek His face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek. Earnestly, I seek you. I thirst for you. My whole being longs for you in a dry and parched land where there is no water. But peace and joy and gladness come to me as I seek you. I know when I seek you, I will find you because I seek you with all of my heart.
Early in the morning I lift my prayers to you. I come to you with my problems and exchange them for your peace. I cast my cares on you because you care for me. Thank you for caring for me and thank you for putting your righteousness on me.
Because of what you’ve done I have clean hands and a pure heart. I don’t practice dishonestly and I do not tell lies. I have placed no other God before you. I turn away from evil and do good. I seek peace, and work to maintain it.
When I fast and in my everyday, I help to free those who are wrongly imprisoned. I lighten the burden of the ones who work for me and wait on me. I help the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people. I share my food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. I give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need my help.
I humbly follow your commands. I seek to do what it right and live humbly. I humble myself before the Lord and live humbly towards others, looking out for their interests and not just my own. I seek the Lord and find him. I seek the Lord and live.
Reflection Question
Would Holy Spirit agree I’ve been seeking the Lord lately?
Can I pray?
Lord, I thank you we can seek the you and find you and when we seek you we live! Help us to seek you with all of our hearts. You’re not an add-on to a busy schedule that we sometime forget to include. You are GOD very GOD and you invite us on this dance with the divine. Forgive us for making rules for your rhythms. Help us to move to the rhythms of your grace and do good. Amen.
Check out the Live LIGHT with your Whole Heart Course today http://revtrev.link/heart or learn how to get all the courses and all the resources and the full Live LIGHT Community by checking out the Pathway https://revtrev.link/pathway.
