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Pearl River Methodist Church PRMC is a welcoming community, steeped in God’s Word, committed to the worship of God and the service of others. Join us for worship on Sundays at 10am

We invite people to learn of God’s transforming power and to grow in the grace and truth of Jesus.

October 9, 2026HOPE FOR THE HEAVY HEARTPsalm 42:11 (NIV)“Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put...
10/09/2026

October 9, 2026

HOPE FOR THE HEAVY HEART

Psalm 42:11 (NIV)
“Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.”

Have you ever had one of those days when you just felt a little down, and you couldn't quite explain why? Nothing particularly terrible had happened. There wasn't one big problem you could point to. Yet something felt heavy. You were tired, discouraged, restless, or just not quite yourself.

And sometimes there is a reason. Life has been difficult. You've been carrying concerns for people you love, dealing with disappointment, facing uncertainty, or trying to hold everything together. Eventually, the weight of it all begins to settle on your heart.
But sometimes, we simply don't know why we feel the way we do.

I love the honesty of Psalm 42. The psalmist doesn't pretend everything is wonderful. He actually asks himself, “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me?”

Have you ever asked yourself that question? Why am I feeling this way? Why can't I shake this sadness? Why am I so discouraged when I have so much to be thankful for?
And sometimes we make ourselves feel even worse because we think we shouldn't be feeling that way. After all, we're Christians! We believe in God. We know He loves us. We have so many blessings. Shouldn't we be joyful all the time?

But that's not what Scripture teaches us. Throughout the Psalms, we find people who loved God deeply and still experienced sadness, fear, loneliness, discouragement, and even despair. Their faith didn't prevent them from struggling emotionally. And their struggles didn't mean they had lost their faith. Sometimes a faithful heart is also a hurting heart.

What I find especially beautiful about Psalm 42 is that the psalmist doesn't stop with the question. He goes on to say, “Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” Notice that little word “yet.” He isn't necessarily feeling better. His circumstances haven't suddenly changed. He hasn't figured out why his soul is so troubled. But he makes a declaration of faith: I will yet praise Him. There is hope in that little word.

It reminds us that what we are feeling right now isn't necessarily what we will feel forever. The heaviness of today doesn't have to define tomorrow. We may not be able to see beyond our present struggles, but God can.

And here's something I think we all need to remember: We don't have to understand every feeling before we can bring it to God. We can come to Him confused. We can come to Him exhausted. We can come to Him with tears we don't know how to explain. We can even come to Him when we don't feel like praying, when all we can manage is, Lord, I don't know what's wrong, but I need You. And He understands.
God knows our hearts better than we know them ourselves. He knows the burdens we've carried for so long that we've almost forgotten how heavy they are. He knows the disappointments we've tried to brush aside, the grief that still surfaces unexpectedly, and the worries we haven't even found words for. And He loves us right where we are.

I think sometimes we confuse hope with happiness. We think having hope means we should feel cheerful and positive about everything. But biblical hope is something much deeper. Hope is trusting in the goodness and faithfulness of God even when our hearts are struggling to feel it.

It is knowing that a difficult day doesn't mean God has abandoned us. It is remembering that our emotions, as real as they are, don't always tell us the whole story. And it is allowing ourselves to be human while trusting the God who created us.

So if your heart feels a little heavy today, give yourself some grace. You don't have to force a smile or pretend everything is fine. Talk to God about what you're feeling, even if you don't understand it yourself. And if that heaviness continues, don't be afraid to reach out to someone who can walk alongside you. God often brings comfort and healing through the people He places in our lives.

Above all, remember that you can have a downcast soul and still have a heart full of faith. The two are not mutually exclusive. The psalmist didn't say, My soul is no longer troubled, so now I can praise God. He said, “I will yet praise Him.”

That is our invitation today. To acknowledge how we feel, to give those feelings to God, and to remember that whatever is weighing on our hearts, He remains our Savior and our God. It's okay not to know why you're feeling the way you do. Just know that the Lord is with you through it all, and your hope is still found in Him.

Holding On to Hope,
Pastor Kathy

Gracious and Loving Father, You know our hearts, even when we don't understand them ourselves. You know when we're discouraged, when sadness seems to settle over us, and when we're carrying burdens we cannot quite explain. Thank You that we don't have to hide those feelings from You. Help us remember that struggling doesn't mean we've stopped trusting You. When our hearts are heavy, surround us with Your love and remind us of Your faithfulness. Give us strength for today, hope for tomorrow, and the assurance that You are with us through every season of life. Teach us to say with the psalmist, “I will yet praise Him,” because You are our Savior and our God. In Jesus' powerful name, Amen.

Reflection Questions:
Have you ever felt discouraged or downhearted without really understanding why? How does knowing that God understands your heart bring you comfort?
What would it look like for you to say, “I will yet praise Him,” even in the middle of a difficult season?

Strength Will Rise (Everlasting God) - Chris Tomlin | LYRIC VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2us61f-4Ak

October 8, 2026IN THE WAITING“For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. For God alone, O my s...
10/08/2026

October 8, 2026

IN THE WAITING

“For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.” Psalm 62:1, 5–7

We spend a lot of our lives waiting. Waiting for the results of a medical test. Waiting for the phone call from someone we love. Waiting to hear whether we got the job. Waiting for a storm that may or may not be coming. And then there is the everyday kind of waiting—standing in line, sitting in traffic, or wondering if our meal at the restaurant is ever going to arrive! We all wait.

But some waiting is much harder than others. It's one thing to wait ten extra minutes for dinner. It's quite another to wait for news that could change your life. Those are the times when minutes seem like hours and our minds begin filling in the blanks with every possible outcome.

David knew something about waiting. He knew what it was like to live with uncertainty, danger, enemies, and circumstances beyond his control. Yet in Psalm 62 he says something beautiful: “For God alone my soul waits in silence.”

I love the word soul there. David isn't simply talking about waiting for circumstances to change. He is talking about what is happening inside him while he waits.
That's often where the real battle takes place.

Our bodies may be sitting still, but our minds are running everywhere. What if the test shows something? What if the phone doesn't ring? What if the storm comes? What if things don't work out the way I hoped? What if…?

And right into all those questions comes this truth: “My hope is from Him.”

Waiting on God doesn’t mean the uncertainty disappears or that we won’t have moments of worry, impatience, or fear. It means that even when we don’t know what the answer will be, we can trust the One who is with us in the waiting.

David calls God his rock, salvation, fortress, and refuge. Those are words of stability. Everything around David could be uncertain, but God was not. Circumstances could change, but God remained his Rock.
And He is ours too.

Sometimes God changes the situation we've been waiting on. Sometimes the answer comes quickly. Sometimes it takes far longer than we hoped. And sometimes the answer isn't the one we wanted. But through every kind of waiting, there is one truth we can hold onto: God is with us.

Perhaps that's why David speaks of waiting “in silence.” There comes a point when we've prayed the prayer, asked the questions, considered the possibilities, and realized there is nothing more we can do at that moment.

We can simply rest in God.

We can breathe in the Holy Spirit and breathe out the stress. We can loosen our grip on all the things we cannot control and place them into the hands of the One who can be trusted.

If you're waiting for something today, you don't have to know how it will turn out before you have peace. Your peace can begin with knowing that you are not waiting alone.
God is already there in the doctor's office, in the unanswered phone call, in tomorrow's uncertainty, and in whatever news eventually comes. He is your Rock when everything feels uncertain. He is your refuge when you are afraid. And He is your hope while you wait.

So today, perhaps our prayer can simply be David's: “For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from Him.”

The answer may not have come yet. The situation may not have changed yet. But God is here. And in the waiting, we can rest in Him.

Resting in Him,
Pastor Kathy

Gracious God, waiting can be hard, especially when we don't know what is coming or how something will turn out. When our minds begin racing ahead of us, remind us that You are already there. Help us place the things we cannot control into Your hands and rest in Your presence. Be our Rock when we feel uncertain, our refuge when we are afraid, and our hope as we wait. Help us breathe in Your Holy Spirit, breathe out the stress, and trust that whatever comes, we will not face it alone. In Your powerful name, Amen.

Reflection Questions:
What are you waiting for right now that you need to place into God's hands?
How might your waiting change if you focused less on the outcome and more on the presence of God with you while you wait?

In The Waiting (Official Lyric Video) | feat. Zac Rowe | Gateway Worship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDIOV93t3iM&list=RDaDIOV93t3iM&start_radio=1

October 7, 2026THE ONELuke 15:5“And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.”This morning at the Ca...
10/07/2026

October 7, 2026

THE ONE

Luke 15:5
“And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.”

This morning at the Cabinet Retreat, before I spoke, we sang Reckless Love. As we sang about the Shepherd leaving the ninety-nine and coming after the one, I couldn't get that picture out of my mind.

You've probably seen the image too. It's one I've seen shared online many times with this Scripture—a little lamb stranded and drenched in the pouring rain, and Jesus running toward it. It is a beautiful picture of the Shepherd leaving the ninety-nine and going after the one, and it always gets me because it captures something so powerful about the story Jesus tells in Luke 15.

One sheep is missing. Just one. There are still ninety-nine, but the shepherd notices the one that isn't there. That one matters enough for him to leave the others and go looking for it. And Jesus says he searches “until he finds it.”

I love that. The shepherd doesn't decide the sheep has wandered too far. He doesn't say, Well, it got itself into this mess. He doesn't stand at a distance waiting for the sheep to somehow find its own way back. He goes after it.

And when he finds it, Jesus tells us, “he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.” I think that may be my favorite part of the whole story. Jesus doesn't tell us that the shepherd finds the sheep and immediately begins scolding it for wandering away. He doesn't drag it home in anger. He picks it up, puts it on his shoulders, and carries it. And he rejoices because the one who was lost has been found.

That's the heart of Jesus. Jesus is our great Shepherd.

And sometimes we are the one. We wander. We make choices we regret. We get ourselves into messes. Sometimes life knocks us down, and sometimes we simply lose our way. We can become overwhelmed by hurt, disappointment, grief, shame, fear, or our own failures until we don't even know how to find our way back. But Jesus does.

He knows where we are. He knows what happened. He knows how we got there. And none of it makes Him stop loving us or stop seeking us.

That doesn't mean our choices don't matter. In Luke 15, Jesus clearly connects these stories with repentance. But look at the heart of God toward the one who has wandered. He wants the lost to be found. He isn't looking for an opportunity to condemn us. He is calling us home.

There is something incredibly comforting about knowing that when we are at our worst, Jesus doesn't look at us and say, You made this mess. Figure it out. He comes after us.
And that's what I love so much about that picture of the drenched little lamb. That sheep isn't cleaned up. It isn't standing safely with the rest of the flock. It's wet, lost, frightened, and stuck. And the Shepherd is running toward it. Isn't that grace?

We sometimes think we need to get ourselves together before we can come back to Jesus. We think we need to clean up the mess, fix what we've broken, get our faith back where it belongs, and then somehow make our way home.

But the sheep in Jesus' story doesn't carry itself home. The Shepherd carries the sheep.
There will be times when we need exactly that kind of grace. Times when we're tired, wounded, confused, ashamed, or so far down that we don't have the strength to climb back up on our own. And Jesus says, You matter to Me.

Not because you're the only sheep. Because you're one of His. The ninety-nine matter. And the one matters. Every single one matters to the Shepherd. That's why He searches. That's why He finds. That's why He lifts the sheep onto His shoulders. And that's why heaven rejoices when someone who has wandered turns toward home.

So if you're feeling a little lost today, remember the picture of the Shepherd running toward that drenched little lamb. You haven't wandered beyond His reach. Your mess isn't bigger than His grace. Your failure hasn't erased His love. The Shepherd knows where you are. He comes after you. And when He finds His lost sheep, He doesn't carry it home in shame. He carries it home rejoicing. That's how much the one matters to Jesus. And today, that one may be you.

Carried by the Shepherd,
Pastor Kathy

Lord Jesus, thank You for being the Shepherd who comes after us. Thank You that when we wander, You don't stop loving us, and when we find ourselves lost in places we never intended to be, we are never beyond Your reach. Help us hear Your voice and turn toward You. When we don't have the strength to find our own way home, remind us that You are the Shepherd who carries His sheep. And Lord, give us Your heart for those around us who are lost and hurting. Help us never look at someone else's mess with judgment when You look at them with love and long for them to come home. Thank You that every single one matters to You. In Your powerful name, Amen.

Reflection Questions
Is there an area of your life where you feel a little lost right now and need to let Jesus carry you?
Who is a “one” in your life who needs to know that they have not wandered beyond the reach of the Shepherd?

Reckless Love (Official Lyric Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc6SSHuZvQE

October 6, 2026HIDDEN WOUNDS“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3We carry wounds. Some are...
10/06/2026

October 6, 2026

HIDDEN WOUNDS

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3

We carry wounds. Some are visible, but many of the deepest ones are hidden beneath the surface where no one else can see them. And just because people can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there.

Sometimes those hidden wounds come out in ways we don't immediately recognize. Hurt can look like anger. Insecurity can look like arrogance. Fear can look like control. Pain can come out as rudeness or defensiveness. Someone who doesn't feel like they belong may push people away before they have the opportunity to reject them. Underneath what everyone else sees may be grief, confusion, bitterness, shame, failure, heartache, loneliness, or a deep sense that somehow they simply aren't enough.

I think all of us carry something.

And when something hurts inside, we naturally want the hurting to stop. So we search for something to fill the empty places. A relationship. Success. More money. Another purchase. A different job. Another accomplishment or distraction. Those things may bring happiness for a while, but eventually the quiet returns and we discover the ache is still there. We have been trying to fill an inward emptiness with things that were never capable of reaching it.

Jesus offers us something different. He said, “Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you.” — John 14:27

Not as the world gives.

The world can distract us from our wounds for a while. Jesus can meet us in them. He offers a peace that reaches beneath the surface into the places that hurt.

That healing doesn't always happen instantly. Some wounds are deep, and God may work through prayer, time, forgiveness, wise counsel, healthy relationships, and people He places alongside us. But we don't have to keep running from what hurts. We can bring it to Jesus—the anger, grief, shame, rejection, failure, bitterness, loneliness, and heartache nobody else knows about. He already knows what is under the surface. And He isn't afraid of it.

Knowing that should also change the way we see one another. When someone is difficult, angry, defensive, arrogant, or rude, we don't know everything happening beneath the surface. That doesn't excuse hurtful behavior or mean we shouldn't have healthy boundaries, but it can remind us to leave room for grace. There may be a wound we cannot see.

Jesus said He came that we “may have life, and have it abundantly.” — John 10:10 That's what we've been searching for. The deepest places of our souls won't be satisfied by more of what the world offers because nothing on the outside can satisfy us on the inside except the One who created us. We need the One who knows us completely, loves us fully, and can bring peace to the turmoil within us.

So today, my prayer is for those who are smiling on the outside while hurting underneath. For those carrying wounds nobody else can see. For those searching for something to quiet an ache they may not even know how to name.

Come, Lord Jesus. Come into the wounded places. Come into the grief and confusion, the loneliness and emptiness. Bring healing where there is hurt, belonging where there is loneliness, hope where there is despair, and peace where there has been turmoil.

Because the world cannot give us what only Jesus can. He heals the brokenhearted. He binds up their wounds. And He gives a peace the world cannot give.

Seeking His Peace,
Pastor Kathy

Come, Lord Jesus. You know every wound we carry, even those no one else can see. Help us stop searching for peace in things that cannot satisfy us and bring our wounded places to You. Heal what is broken, bind up our wounds, and quiet the turmoil within us. Give us grace for those around us whose wounds we may never see, and help us receive the peace and abundant life only You can give. In Your powerful name, Amen.

Reflection Questions
What might be beneath the surface of something you have been struggling with? Where have you been searching for peace that only Jesus can give?

healing is in your hand_ Christy Nockels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sG94EKGDcU

October 5, 2026LAVISHEDEphesians 1:7–8“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our wrongdoings, ...
10/05/2026

October 5, 2026
LAVISHED

Ephesians 1:7–8
“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to the riches of His grace which He lavished on us.”

I absolutely love how God works. After church today, I grabbed some lunch and headed out to make hospital visits. As I was driving, I found myself replaying the sermon in my head. I knew people had responded to it. I had received some wonderful comments, people loved the hearts they received, and I knew some had been deeply moved. But still, that little voice of doubt started creeping in.

At some point during the sermon titled, A New Heart, I had stopped really looking at my notes, and afterward I started wondering, How did I end that? Did it all make sense? Did I say what I was trying to say? I honestly couldn't remember exactly how some of it had come out. And isn't that just like us? God can be working, people can be blessed, and somehow we can still walk away wondering, Did I do enough? Did I say it right?

There was something else on my mind too. During worship, Brandon, who was giving out the hearts, asked me to pick one. The heart I picked could not have been more perfect for what I had been walking through personally. When I read it, I almost cried. It was one of those moments when I thought, Wow, God. You know exactly what I need. Then I tucked it into my purse and went on with the day.

When I arrived at the hospital for my final visit, I started to back into a parking space. There was a big truck on one side, and the other side was tight too. I thought, Nope. This is too close. So I pulled out and drove farther away to an area where I normally wouldn't park. There were no cars on either side, so I parked there. I got out of my car, looked down—and there it was.

A heart.

It was some kind of gooey, jelly-looking substance on the pavement. You can see in the picture. I have absolutely no idea what it was! But I knew what shape it was. A heart. And I just stood there looking at it.

After spending the drive questioning myself, after receiving that heart during worship, and after moving from the parking space I had originally chosen, there was another heart right at my feet. My first thought was simply, Thank You, God. I needed that. In that little moment, I was reminded of something I apparently needed to remember: I am loved.

Standing there in that hospital parking lot, I realized I didn't have to keep analyzing the sermon. I had given God what I had that morning, and I could trust Him with the rest. Underneath all of it was an even simpler truth: I am His.

My confidence doesn't have to rest in how well I think I did on any particular day. It can rest in knowing whose I am and knowing that His love for me hasn't changed. And that's when that word from Ephesians came back to me: lavished.

Paul says that according to the riches of His grace, God has “lavished” it upon us. What a word. God doesn't love us sparingly. He doesn't measure out His grace according to how well we performed that day. He lavishes His grace upon us.

And sometimes He gives us little reminders of that love exactly when we need them. A Scripture that speaks directly to our heart. A word from a friend. A song at just the right moment. A heart we happen to pick up in church. Or even a strange little heart-shaped spot in a hospital parking lot. That little heart reminded me: It's all good, Kathy. God loves you.

Perhaps you need that reminder today too. We don't have to earn God's love by getting everything right or replay every conversation, decision, or mistake wondering what we should have done differently. We can give God what we have, do our best, and trust Him with the rest.

And when those little reminders of His goodness appear along the way, don't rush past them. Stop long enough to notice them and receive them. Because sometimes, right in the middle of an ordinary parking lot on an ordinary Sunday afternoon, God reminds us just how extraordinarily lavished with love we really are.

Lavished in His Love,
Pastor Kathy

Father, thank You for knowing exactly what we need, even when we don't know how to ask for it. Thank You for the little reminders of Your presence and Your love along the way. When we begin questioning ourselves and wondering whether we have done enough or gotten everything right, remind us that Your love is not something we earn. Help us receive the grace You so freely lavish upon us, and give us eyes to notice the ways You remind us that we are Yours. In Jesus' powerful name, Amen.

Reflection Questions:
When has God used something small or unexpected to remind you of His love? Where do you need to stop questioning yourself today and simply trust God with what you have already placed in His hands?

Phil Wickham - How Great Is Your Love (Official Lyric Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aghnGgyqrnI

October 2, 2026IN THE FIREDaniel 3:24–25Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astounded and stood up in haste; he said to his...
10/02/2026

October 2, 2026
IN THE FIRE

Daniel 3:24–25
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astounded and stood up in haste; he said to his counselors, ‘Was it not three men that we threw bound into the middle of the fire?’ They replied to the king, ‘Absolutely, O king.’ He responded, ‘Look! I see four men untied and walking about in the middle of the fire unharmed, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods!’

Late this afternoon, I went to see a movie about Daniel and the Fiery Furnace. Now, as a pastor, I have to admit that when a biblical movie takes liberties with Scripture, it can throw me off a little! There were certainly parts that were not biblically accurate. But there was one message that came through very clearly: God is with us in the fire.

The actual biblical story is about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, three men who refused to bow before King Nebuchadnezzar's golden image. They knew what their faithfulness to God might cost them. In fact, they told the king that God was able to deliver them from the furnace, but then they said something I have always loved: “But even if He does not…” They would still trust Him. Their faith wasn't dependent upon getting the answer they wanted. They trusted God whether He rescued them from the fire or not.

And God did not keep them from going into the furnace.

When Nebuchadnezzar looked into the fire, he was astonished. Three men had been thrown in, but he saw four walking around, unbound and unharmed. The fire was still burning, but they were not alone in it.

What a picture that is for us. We all face fiery furnaces in life. They don't look like Nebuchadnezzar's furnace, but sometimes they certainly feel like one. A diagnosis. A loss. A broken relationship. Fear about someone we love. A season that seems to go on and on. We pray and pray, asking God to take it away, fix it, change it, or bring us out of it. And sometimes He does. But sometimes God doesn't immediately take us out of the fire. Sometimes He meets us in it. And while we are there, He is at work.

I think about what intense heat does when something is being refined. It brings impurities to the surface so they can be removed. And some of the difficult seasons of my own life have done that in me. They have shown me things I needed to surrender. They have deepened my prayer life. They have taught me where my strength really comes from. They have caused me to depend upon God in ways I probably never would have learned when everything was easy.

That doesn't mean every painful thing happens because God is trying to teach us a lesson. And it doesn't mean we have to pretend the fire doesn't hurt. It means the fire does not get the final word. God does!

So we keep praying. We keep trusting. We keep turning toward Him, even when the answer hasn't come yet. And as we do, God can work within us—strengthening our faith, refining our hearts, removing things that don't belong, and teaching us to depend more completely upon Him.

And I love one little detail at the end of this story. When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the furnace, Scripture says the fire had not harmed their bodies, their robes were not scorched, “nor had the smell of fire even come upon them.”

They had been in the fire, but the fire did not own them.

Think about that for a moment. They had experienced the furnace. They knew what it felt like to be thrown into something they could not control. They had felt the heat. They had faced fear. But when they came out, the fire wasn't what defined them. Their faith did. The furnace was part of their story, but it wasn't the most important part of their story. The most important part was that God had been with them in it.

And I think there is something in that for us. We all go through things that could easily begin to define us. We can become known—even to ourselves—by what happened to us. The divorce. The diagnosis. The loss. The betrayal. The failure. The season when everything fell apart.

Those things are real. They hurt. They leave their mark. But they don't have to own us. What happened to us does not have to become who we are.
The fire may be part of our story, but so is the God who met us there.
And when we keep turning toward Him, keep praying, and keep trusting Him, something begins to happen. Instead of allowing the fire to consume us, God can use that very place to strengthen us. Our story becomes less about “Look what I went through” and more about “Look Who was with me while I went through it.”
That's what I want to carry out of the furnace. Not simply the memory of how hot the fire was, but the memory of Who stood with me in it. Not bitterness over what happened, but deeper faith because I discovered that God really was there. Not a life forever defined by the worst thing I've walked through, but a life that testifies to the faithfulness of the God who walked through it with me.

The fire doesn't get to name us. The fire doesn't get to own us. God does. And sometimes when we come through the other side, we discover that the strongest evidence of the fire isn't the smell it left on us. It's the faith it strengthened within us.

Some of us may be standing in a furnace right now. Others may have just come through one. And some are enjoying a season when life is peaceful. But eventually, all of us will face times when life gets hot.

When that happens, remember the fourth figure in the fire. Remember that you are not abandoned. Keep praying. Keep trusting. Keep looking toward God. He may deliver you from the fire, or He may walk with you through it. And while you are there, He can do a work within you that you may not fully recognize until you reach the other side.

You may have gone into the fire one way and come out another—stronger, deeper, more dependent upon God, and more certain than ever that you were never in there alone.

Trusting Him in the Fire,
Pastor Kathy
Adonai, when we find ourselves in the fiery furnaces of life, help us remember that we are not alone. Give us the faith of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—the kind of faith that trusts You even when we don't know how the story will end. Help us to keep praying, keep trusting, and keep looking to You. When You deliver us from the fire, we will praise You, and when You call us to walk through it, help us recognize Your presence beside us. Use even our hardest seasons to strengthen our faith, refine our hearts, and draw us closer to You. And when we come through the other side, don't let the fire be what defines us. Let our lives tell the story of Your faithfulness and remind us that the fire never owned us. We belong to You. In Your holy and powerful name, Amen.
Reflection Questions
Is there a “fiery furnace” in your life right now that has begun to feel as though it defines you? When you look back at fires you have already walked through, what do you remember most about how God met you there?

Refiner's Fire (worship video w/ lyrics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y8zP34AhuU

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