{"id":21342,"date":"2017-04-01T00:10:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T07:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lccredding.com\/lcc\/?p=10175"},"modified":"2017-04-01T00:10:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T07:10:31","slug":"april-1-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/2017\/04\/01\/april-1-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"April 1, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"backgrounder: transparent url('http:\/\/lccredding.com\/lcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/April-different.jpg'); backgrounder-size: 600px 300px; left top repeat 0 100% width: 600px; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 80px 10px 85px; width: 90%,;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cWho is able to advise the Spirit of the LORD? Who knows enough to give Him advice or teach Him? Has the LORD ever needed anyone\u2019s advice?\u201d<\/em> Isaiah 40:13-14a NLT<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Advice<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Doesn\u2019t reading that just make you stop in your tracks? That\u2019s ridiculous! Of course the answers to those questions are: a) no one and b) no, He never has.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yet, how many times do we find ourselves doing those exact things? Praying for the outcome of something the way we think it should turn out, not thanking God for His endless wisdom in already knowing exactly what needs to be done in any and every situation. Instead of asking for His will to be done, don\u2019t we often try to impose what our wills want done?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My advice to all of us this week is let God handle it. Whatever relationship or situation you think God could use that extra little bit of help with\u2026 surrender it. Trust that He is big enough and knows enough to get it done in His timing and His way. Let\u2019s purpose to spend time instead praising the God Who, we are told a few verses down in Isaiah 40:26, <em>\u201ccreated all the stars and brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of His great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing.\u201d<\/em> If He does that with the stars, I think it\u2019s safe to say He can take care of whatever needs we have, don\u2019t you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cDear Lord, forgive us for those times when we try to give You advice about how You should handle things in our own or others\u2019 lives. Help us to yield to Your perfect will, trusting and praising You instead. Amen.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ladies: The correct devotional for yesterday has been posted. Please click on March 31 to read it. Thank you for extending grace while we try to fix the glitches.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWho is able to advise the Spirit of the LORD? 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