Ruthie's Inspirations

Isaiah 49-53 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.     The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.     I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.     For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.     He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.     Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.      ...

2 Kings 19, Psalm 46,80,135 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.   Psalm 46:10 Are you stressed or in a hurry to see God work in the world around you? Do you get frustrated with the wickedness that goes on seemingly without punishment or without God noticing? Do you tell God what He should do and when? God will accomplish His will, in His time. You need to be patient and focus on what it is God wants you to do in your own life instead of trying to fix the world around you. This verse says to be still and to know that He is God. If you don't acknowledge that God is the God in your life and take the time to be still and get to know Him, how can you tell others about Him? How can you share about someone that you don't know? How can you convince others to surrender their life in salvation to someone you won't submit to in obedience? It is when you focus on your own life and walk with God that He can be best e...

Isaiah 44-48 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.   Isaiah 48:10 It can be a hard thing to think that there are times that God chooses affliction to refine you. Refinement isn't easy and it's not fun. In order to be refined, to become more pure, God has to remove some things from your life. Are you willing to let Him do whatever refining is necessary to have a pure and holy life? When God brings affliction into your life, do you accept it and trust that He's getting accomplished what He wants to and not fight against Him? If you allow God free reign in your life to do whatever He deems necessary, you will benefit from it in the end and God will get the glory!

Isaiah 40-43 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.     Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.     Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.     For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.   Isaiah 41:10-13 Are you afraid of being alone? When hard times come, or those around you turn against you, do you feel like there is no one to help? Do you feel trapped in your problems or caught in a vicious negative mind loop? When something scary happens, do you get caught up in panic and fear? There are so m...

Isaiah 37-39, Psalm 76 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.   Isaiah 38:17 Does this describe you? Were you consumed by bitterness instead of filled with peace? Aren’t you so glad that God is bigger than you and your feelings? God loves you and for that you should be thankful. He loves your soul so much that He paid the price and delivered it from the pit of corruption. You could be lost, and living for the world, the flesh, and the devil, without hope if it weren't for His love for you. Not only did He deliver your soul because of His love for you, He also cast all your sins behind His back! There are times when Satan will bring up your sin and make you feel guilty but God doesn't remember your sin and He doesn't want you to feel guilty over something that He has literally forgiven and forgotten. He's been so good to you, will you thank Him...

Isaiah 35-36 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.   Isaiah 35:4 It is so easy to be afraid. But God hath not given us a spirit of fear. There seem to be so many wrongs to be righted and so much evil all around that our hearts can easily be overwhelmed with fear. But this verse says that we should be strong and fear not. You can only do that through Christ. And when you focus on Him, He will help you and it is God that will come with vengeance and recompense for the wrongdoers but He will save you. Will you trust God and be strong and fear not? If you love God, He says that perfect love casteth out fear and that you can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth you. You can trust that God will come through for you and save you and that He will have vengeance and give recompence because He said He would. God loves you and will take care of you if ...

Isaiah 31-34 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!     Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.     Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they shall all fail together.   Isaiah 31:1-3 Why is it we seek every resource available to find answers to our problems and not God and His word? It is God who has fashioned and formed you. He knows every little, intricate, detail about who you are and how you work. He knows your body type, the health genes you have, your ...