Day of Reflection
Vessel of His Hope
Photo by Joel Muniz on Unsplash
Good Morning Beauties!
What a beautiful day to reflect on our 40 Day Journeys - with the tremendous blessing of Christmas still fresh on our minds and in our hearts. I pray your day to celebrate the coming of our Savior King was glorious.
In your journal is a couple of pages for you to write as you reflect on your entire journey as well as a space for your prayer as you move forward. You may want to look back at the attributes of Beautiful, Lovely, Joyful, Royalty, Righteous, Redeemed, Purity, and Child of God and write down where God spoke to your heart about something personal. Is this where you identified the lie of the enemy and replaced it with His Truth? Where do you see the most growth? Do you feel closer in relationship to God? What are the top three encouragements from your time spent with God? Selah.
Where has He brought Freedom to your life? Here’s my question….so what? What was it all for? I believe the Bible explains it best in Galatians 5:13. “You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.” New International Version.
Jesus is HOPE and he brings hope to us and through us to others. In my lifetime, I’ve never seen people in such need of hope. Just like Jesus, we are not here on planet Earth for our own indulgences, we are here to serve others in His Name with the power of His Love. It’s as simple and complex as that. If we are weighted down by lies of the enemy, we are unable to live in the freedom we need to effectively care for others. They must see the hope we have in Jesus, otherwise they’ll just see our futile works.
Thank you for sharing this journey with me. It has been a pleasure and honor to walk with you. I pray one of the first “serving others” steps you take is to share your journey experience with women in your life. I’ve learned that even the most confident and “well put together” women believe lies they need to replace with Truth.
Another way to encourage other women is to share your story on my website. Prayerfully consider how God wants to use your story to bless others in this way. Please just go to the “My40DayJourney” section and hit the “Share Your Story” button. It’s an easy process and will take only a few minutes.
One last idea is to buy a few journals and invite your friends and family to join the next journey with you. Not only will you draw closer to God, but you will draw closer to each other. It’s a beautiful way to lift up the ladies in your life. We start our 2023 New Years Journey on December 31st with our Day of Preparation.
Let’s pray together - Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for who You are. The Loving and Kind Father who loves us and calls us His own. We thank you Lord for this journey with You where You have lovingly taught us so much about You and ourselves. Be with each of us now as we take these truths and go make a difference in the world. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Let’s bring the Blessed Hope to everyone we meet! Here’s our last Christmas song to finish our Christmas Journey. I pray it fills you with joy and peace as you contemplate on the Hope of The World.
Hope For Everyone - Matt Maher
Love and Blessings,
Kendra
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. ”