𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮𝟱-𝟬𝟯-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 — 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗛 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 — 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡

 𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮𝟱-𝟬𝟯-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 — 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗛 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 — 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝟮𝟵:𝟯𝟱 𝗞𝗝𝗩 — "𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗻: 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱, 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗: 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗵; 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴."

When will you stop expecting people to give you what only God can give? When will you stop naming your achievements after your unmet needs and start naming them after your praise?

Leah's turning point came when she shifted her focus from Jacob to Jehovah. Your turning point will come when you do the same.

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟭: 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 𝗠𝘆 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿. 𝗜 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀.
→ “I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” (Psalm 34:1 KJV)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟮: 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝘆 “𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯” — 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝗜𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 “𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀” 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲—𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗱𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹. 𝗜 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀.
→ “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3 KJV)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟯: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗯 𝗜𝘀 𝗮 𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗚𝗼𝗱, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁—𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻, 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀—𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 “𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗲.” 𝗜 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆.
→ “Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.” (Psalm 127:3 KJV)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟰: 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘆

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘆. 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗲, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲. 𝗜 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵.
→ “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18 KJV)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟱: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝗠𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗵 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀. 𝗜 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲. 𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗵. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗱. 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱.
→ “And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.” (Genesis 29:35 KJV)

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗗 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗸𝘂