Matthew 7:7-8 will move you forward into your destiny. This verse can be broken down into three parts. You will notice that the three parts start with each of these verbs: ask, seek and knock. Then each verb is followed up by a promise. The Lord loves movement. He delights when the children of God come toward Him in pursuit of His face. God loves when His children aggressively pursue His presence.
Seventeen Southeast Texas counties have been declared disaster areas after Hurricane Nicholas came ashore, dumping more than a foot of rain and cutting off power to a half-million customers in Texas, according to poweroutage.us. That number had been reduced to about 4,200 as of Sunday.
I do a lot of driving throughout the area. Every town seems to have at least one historical marker. Each marker has its own significance.
Gov. Greg Abbott has called a third special legislative session to deal with redistricting, to decide how to spend billions of dollars in pandemic funding from the federal government and to determine to whether state or local governments can mandate COVID-19 vaccines, as well as some pet issues of the governor that failed to pass recent sessions.
It could be my imagination, or maybe my frame of mind, but it seems like there has been so much grief in the little orb that I call my world this week. So many people are hurting from loss, dealing with sickness, and battling the seemingly endless plague of Covid. It has gotten to the point that I don’t even want to look at social media, because it is almost inevitable that there will be another obituary, another friend hurting, or a plea for prayer.
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