“I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart” (Ps. 40:8).

Beloved, is your delight to do the will of God? Or is it still foremost in your heart
to do your own will? God moves for those who are wholly devoted to Him. He
does not move when there is idolatry, a devotion to someone or something save
Him alone. If your marriage is still first, if your thoughts about your husband
supersede your thoughts of the Lord, then He is not first; therefore, your delight
will not be to do His will, but yours.

Beloved, how will you right this situation? By writing His Word, His laws, His love
within your heart. Oh, the wonders of His laws! How they are food for the soul
and the mind. How they help us identify secret sins of the heart. How they guide
us. How they comfort us. Oh, the beauty found in His most glorious law!

Beloved, once this law has been written on the parchment of your heart, then His
will will become your will. Then your delight will be all the blessings He has for
you. No longer will you seek what is not for your good, but you will yearn for the
abundant life that He has planned for you, in proper order with Him as the center
of your being.

PRAISE REPORT

Read how God is blessing and

answering the prayers of
others to strengthen
YOUR faith in GOD!

Submitted by: Heila in South Africa; I’m currently taking the RYM Course

This Praise Report is about the restoration of my relationship with God. I made
Jesus my Saviour 4 months ago and every day I draw closer to Him and He is
now my Lord, Husband and First Love. Before then I did not even read my
Bible so the Word of God is like a treasure to me full of beautiful promises and
life lessons.
About 2 weeks ago I started feeling down all the time. It felt like God is so far
away. As I am in the Word every day and read the Psalms I know that some of
the Psalms talk about how God is/feels far away. So I knew that by talking to
Him and reading His word and just waiting quietly for the salvation of the Lord I
will be able to resist the emotional attacks. Last Saturday (I was crying the
whole weekend) I kept waking up in the night with Matthew 7:7 in my head. I
had no idea what Matthew 7:7 said as I do not always know what the
references of the bible verses. Sunday morning I checked what the verse says
and I thanked my God for showing me that all I had to do is continue
knocking. My finances are a disaster because I made a lot of bad decisions
that now has me paying back a lot of debt. If it was not for these bad mistakes I
would not have a finance crisis and I also feel that my marriage falling apart is
because I was not the wife I was supposed to be. I realized that I asked God to
help me but I do not feel that I deserved to be helped because I have to live
with the consequences of the decisions I made. God gave me such a
wonderful message to tell me that this is not the case because I gave myself
over to Him and my punishment (which in my case is more self punishment) will
end.

Our court date was set for this friday and I told God last week that I would not
want the divorce to go through but if it does I know He has a purpose. Last
wednesday my husband told me that due to a delay at the family court the date
cannot be Friday. Isn't God great. My prayer is still the same. Just like the 3
boys said to the king in Daniel, I feel that even if my God does not deliver me
from this divorce I still will not give into the enemy and fall apart. On my own
keeping the house in shape while working full time is a big job and the
swimming pool is leaking water at one of the units. This morning I asked God
to please give me wisdom to fix the pool or send someone my way to help me.

My husband phoned this morning asking because of the cold if he can visit the
children at our home instead of taking them away. I agreed and was wondering
how I am going to fill the 2 hours he wanted me to be away from home. I did
not have money to spend as God is teaching to work wiser with my money. I
had to fetch my RYM books to donate to libraries from the post office (Praise
God!) and had to buy some essentials. Not enough to pass the time but I
thought even if I had to go sit in a park it will be okay. I went to post office and
while I was there I got a phone call from my father-in-law. He was wondering if
my pool was still leaking and when I told him yes, he said he would look at it for
me and replace the seals but my mother-in-law also wants to have a word. She
wants to know if I am at home because she bought me butter on special and
would like to bring it over. I told her I am in the post office and her son was at
home with kids. She said in that case why don't I come and fetch the butter
and have coffee there. Thank You Father! What may seem like something
inconsequential to someone is answered prayers for me. Showing me that God
even takes care of all the little things so why would He not take care of my bills
that I could not pay this month.

As I was driving I was asking God for a quiet and gentle spirit and I started
laughing telling God that I do not even know what a quiet and gentle spirit is. I
grew up in a large family and everyone is loud and talks a lot. Being the
youngest I had to be loud to be heard (or so I thought). This afternoon I was
sitting fixing my torn curtain (something I would never have done because
buying a new one is easier) as I could not afford a new one. I was listening to
praise music and my two lovely children were playing around the house. I felt
so at peace and so content and at that moment God showed me what a quiet
and gentle spirit looked like. Someone content, not fighting for attention. Thank
you God. I love You so much. Thank You for using our circumstances to mould
us into a person that will be precious in Your eyes. I love You with all my heart.
I know You are going to restore my marriage but I thank You for starting with
me.

~Heila in South Africa