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Every Minute - A Testimony

It's exactly 12:10am over here - so, good morning. Thanks to God for a new day. Great is your faithfulness O Lord.
You know how it's very easy to focus on the wrong/non-promising side of things, even first thing in the morning. Well, that's one of the devil's devices, to make us begin our day wrongly and consequently have a bad rest-of-the-day.
I once heard a rough statistics that every minute a life is lost (for instance a child dies of malaria), then I heard another which says, a child is born every minute. In one case, there is an outburst of mourning and in another, inexplicable joy.
There are lots of questions which might remain mystery to us, like; why what happened yesterday persisted despite..., why that friend did not get healed despite..., and so on. But there is one reality; God is faithful. And his word says in Romans 8:39 that nothing can separate us from his love, no matter the situation (in Hebrews 13:5) He lets us know that He'll never leave nor forsake us.
[In Grk: oo-deh' oo may is never never never or not not not leave you, which is God's reassuring promise of his definite presence.]
Today, you can make the right choice - instead of rather hold on to the mistakes, challenges and stress of yesterday - you can say; "Thank you Father for a new day and an opportunity to live again. This is the day that The Lord has made, I shall rejoice and be glad in it. I put on the whole armour of God and I yield to you dear Holy Spirit. Use me Lord for your glory."
A life hid in Christ Jesus, is a life which continually experiences every minute as a testimony (through faith for, hope in, or realization of the promise).
Remain forever blessed.

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