Last week, we discussed how we can experience God’s presence. What a glorious privilege that is! We listed 4 steps to take if you don’t know how to bring yourself to a place to experience Him. If you missed it, go back to the blog and read last week’s post. As daughters of the King, we are recipients of God's PROVISION. Stop and think about that. He will supply all of your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. We read that in His word in Philippians 4:19, so we can rest assured that it is true.

Recently, I was chatting with a group of friends about our inheritance as daughters of the King. As God’s adopted, we have an amazing inheritance. We have been granted access to His presence, we have been assured of His provision, and we can rest on His promises.

We know this to be true. We believe it. So, why are we not partaking of these amazing gifts we have been given?

Today, let’s take a look at ways we can experience God’s presence… (4 steps to His Presence)

How would you answer those questions? For so much of my life the answers were in sharp contrast to one another. Much of what I wanted, was not actually what I needed. I am not sure when I became aware that my wants weren’t really what I needed, but I do know that I would have told you I knew the difference. Have you ever thought about the fact that we don’t know what we don’t know?

This year has brought challenges for me. I won’t bore you with the details again, but I am now aware of what I want and want I need. They are no longer different. In fact, what I want is exactly what I need.

Do you ever ask yourself that question, What’s next for me? I certainly do. Matter of fact, this question and searching for the answer has been consuming most of 2021 for me. When Premier Designs / DVTD closed at the end of 2020, my heart broke. I had spent 23 years of my life building a business that I thought would last long past me. Oh, I had experienced some hard seasons, as all leaders do. I had even entertained the idea of leaving at one point, but

Is this you? You are busy trying to do all the things. You are completely overwhelmed by your life, yet still there is a deep place within your soul that is longing for more. There has to be more. Yes, you love your family. Yes, you love your friends. You love Jesus. You even love your life. But… you know. You know that there is something you are missing. You want it – whatever it is, but you are not sure how to go about finding it.

Once we accept Jesus as our Savior, does it really matter how we live our lives? Does it matter how we spend our time? Do our priorities matter at all? I mean we have prayed the prayer and invited Him into our heart, so can’t we check that off our To Do list and just focus on living our best life? Does it matter if we read the Bible? Does it really matter if I have a relationship with Jesus? Does it matter?

You were created to have a relationship – a friendship – with God. The gospel calls us to trust Jesus as our Savior, surrender to Him as our King, and to value Him as our treasure. He is the Rock of our Salvation, the King of Kings and as Paul tells us in Philippians, nothing compares to knowing Him. God did not give His only begotten Son so that we could know all about Him. He sent Him so that we could know Him intimately. Jesus can be our Savior, our King and our Friend. So, how do we cultivate a relationship with Jesus?

There we saw the giants. Numbers 13:33 Do you know the story? Moses sent spies ahead to check out the promised land. He was anxious to hear about the people and their cities. He asked them to bring back some of the fruit of the land because it was the season of the first grape harvest. Joshua and Caleb saw God, but the spies saw giants. It’s all a matter of perspective. Do you need to shift your outlook?

Giants! The giants are everywhere! Giants represent our difficulties. They are our struggles, our problems and our fears.

Are you struggling or are you surrendering? Have you surrendered some things, while you struggle with others? Don’t be too quick to answer. If there are areas in our life where we are struggling, then we have not surrendered it to God. Ugh. This is what God is currently teaching me. There are some areas of my life where I have struggled…

Do you remember the Bible story about the woman at the well? Jesus, a Jew, sat and talked with her, a Samaritan. She was curious why he was asking her for a drink of water when the Jews hated the Samaritans. It got even more confusing to her when Jesus mentioned she should be asking Him for living water. In John 4:11, she asked, Where do you get that living water? You know the story. As they continued to talk it became clear that not only was Jesus talking to a Samaritan, but He knew all about her. He knew she had been married 5 times and was now living with her next boyfriend. She had a past she trying to keep hidden, but He knew. He knew and yet…

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“Bring them here to me.” That is what Jesus said when the disciples told Him they only had 5 loaves and 2 fish. Have you ever stopped to think about what was happening? If there were thousands of people to feed and we only had 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish, what would we do? I don’t know what you would do, but I would get a little spastic and go into overdrive mode. I would be running around like a crazy person, recruiting people to run get groceries and trying to find solutions to what would feel like an enormous crisis.

Are you ready for a fresh start? Are you ready to release some things you have been carrying? Are you ready to experience a new start and step into the purposes of God? I am! I am! For anything new to begin, something old has to end.

When the world tells you that you are not enough, don’t believe it. You are enough because your Creator says you are. Here are 15 verses to remind you that you are enough - especially when your feelings are trying to convince you differently. Those are lies. Today, I am praying that you will rest in the truth of God’s word. Here is what He has to say about you….

There is a scripture in 1 John that just might rock you a little. It certainly has me. It is so easy to be distracted by this world we live in and get so caught up in the little details that simply do not matter, that we lose sight of what our life is meant to be all about. We forget what really matters.

(Be sure to click the link to discover what we need to stop and what we need to start. Also, see the scripture mentioned above and fill in the blank on the graphic. Let’s encourage each other to more forward.)