BYTES with Meaghan

BYTES~  Be Still Psalm 46:10a Be Still, and know that I Am God. Two words. A profound statement:  Be Still. This is a Word straight from the Holy Spirit to your heart :  Be still .  It is a word in season with a personal meaning for the one who would receive it. For some,  Be Still , evokes memories of the struggle to do just that, to Be Still . Getting still before the Lord in order to hear what He has to say can be daunting or just plain difficult for some. You want to hear from God but… 1. Being Still long enough to hear presents a problem. The phone or doorbell has an uncanny habit of ringing right at the time you picked as your quiet time. Thing is, do not give up. Get right back into God’s Presence if you are disturbed. Or try not to set the busiest time of your day as your time with God. If this describes you then tell yourself that Being Still requires determination . You must become determined to have a deeper, more personal, relationship with Jesus...

  BYTES~   Do Not Be Afraid; Only Believe. ~Jesus Mark 5:36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the Synagogue, “Do not be afraid; only believe.” “Do Not Be Afraid; Only Believe,” are profound words to live by straight from the Master’s lips to our hearts. 'Heard’ in the Greek is ‘parakousas’ which comes from the word ‘¹parakouo.’ Para means beside or near , and akouo means to overhear, hear amiss or imperfectly . Parakouo thus tells us that Jesus was standing quite close to the ruler of the Synagogue and overheard when the messengers informed him his daughter was dead;  why trouble the Teacher any further? Bad news always impacts us deeply. It hits like a bullet train in the solar plexus. When bad news or sad news comes, we cannot help but react to it. The ruler of the Synagogue did when they told him his daughter had just died. Fear hit the rulers heart as only news of death can. He immediately lost all hope that Jesus could t...