Month: November 2024

Is It All Worth It?

Sacred Journey Devotionals: A Journey To Wholeness3 Comments

Good morning, Precious Family:

May the Peace of the Lord be with you always and in every circumstance and situation. May you remember that Peace is freely given and it is a choice as to whether you received it. Just like Salvation, once you accept the Lord’s Peace it will change your life.

Family, I was thinking this week about my life and some of the decisions I have made in my Christian journey. I was thinking about the prayers I’ve prayed, the songs I have sang, and the time I have spent listening and learning in preparing these devotionals each week for the last eight years.

My biggest question is, has it all been worth it, or was it in vain?  Have any lives been touched or transformed? Did anyone make a different choice because of the words God shared through me? Some of these answers I may never get until I get to heaven. Some days I just want to know… Is it all worth it?

Holy Scriptures

1 Corinthians 15:51-58

New Catholic Bible

51 Listen while I tell you a mystery. We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed 52 in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.[a] 53 For this perishable body must be clothed with the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

54 When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then will the words that are written be fulfilled:

“Death has been swallowed up in victory.
55     Where, O death, is your victory?
    Where, O death, is your sting?”

56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law. 57 But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, stand firm and immovable, devoting yourselves completely to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Songs of Faith

The Clark Sisters

Family, no, it is not all in vain. We each all have our own races to run for the Lord. Run YOUR race well, so that when you get to the finish line, the Lord can say, “Well done, my good and faith servant.”

I pray continually for all of us. I pray for our strength in the Lord. Family, keep your spiritual weapons ready. Study Ephesians 6 and truly learn how to put into practice what each weapon does.

These are just a few of the weapons. Study to learn about all of the weapons available for us to use.

Helmet of salvation: Protects our thoughts and helps us stand firm in battle

Shield of faith: Extinguishes the flaming arrows of evil 

Breastplate of righteousness: Protects our heart 

Word of God: Gives us peace and joy, and allows us to defeat the enemy

Truth, righteousness, the Gospel, faith, the hope of our salvation, prayer: Other pieces of spiritual armor 

Keep pressing forward,

Your sister,

Rev. Marcia Davis

Covington, GA

Deep Breath….

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Greetings, Family:

May the Peace of the Lord be with you at all times and in all situations.

The Lord’s Peace is constant and unchanging. It is stable and unwavering. No matter the situation, no matter what our circumstances look like, the Peace of the Lord will always be available.

I say that it is available because, just like accepting the salvation of the Lord, accepting His Peace is a choice as well. Also, like salvation, the Lord’s Peace is a Gift.

Sooooooo, what will your response be? 🤔

How will you handle LIFE when things don’t go your way? Do you look at the problem, or do you look to God? Trust me, I have first-hand experience that looking at the problem does NOT work.

Father, God, we look to You. Thank you for being our Peace, Shelter, and Salvation.

Holy Scriptures

John 14:22-27

The Message

22 Judas (not Iscariot) said, “Master, why is it that you are about to make yourself plain to us but not to the world?”

23-24 “Because a loveless world,” said Jesus, “is a sightless world. If anyone loves me, he will carefully keep my word and my Father will love him—we’ll move right into the neighborhood! Not loving me means not keeping my words. The message you are hearing isn’t mine. It’s the message of the Father who sent me.

25-27 “I’m telling you these things while I’m still living with you. The Friend, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will make everything plain to you. He will remind you of all the things I have told you. I’m leaving you well and whole. That’s my parting gift to you. Peace. I don’t leave you the way you’re used to being left—feeling abandoned, bereft. So don’t be upset. Don’t be distraught.

Worship Song of Peace

Official Performance Video for “Always Peace (Radio Edit)” by Brian Courtney Wilson 2022. Incite Studios, Franklin TN, June 22, 2022). A Motown Gospel Release; © 2022 Capitol CMG, Inc.

Family, be at peace. All is well.

Your Sister,

Rev. Marcia Davis

Covington, GA