Living Your Holiest Hot Mess Life

Ezra 9:15 is interesting in that it states two facts, one of which no longer applies to us. Knowing that we can go into God's presence because of Jesus's sacrifice for the forgiveness of our sins is something that can inspire us to do even better as we live our holiest hot mess lives. God is just, and He's provided a way for us to be in relationship with Him despite our sin.

Ezra 3:11 reminds us on the importance of praise. As we live our holiest hot mess lives, let us praise God ahead of the activity and not just when the activity is completed.

Nehemiah 2:15-18 is yet another reminder of God's timing in the importance of staying silent. As we live our holiest hot mess lives, let us be mindful to be obedient to when God desires for us to speak and to whom God desires for us to speak.

Nehemiah 2:11-12a teaches us a very important truth - not everything God tells us is to be shared with others. Sometimes as we're living our holiest hot mess lives, we're supposed to stay silent so the naysayers can't distract us!

Nehemiah 2:4-5 is a model of how we must pray before responding to people. When we put God's agenda first, the blessings flow as we live our holiest hot mess lives.

Exodus 15:25-26 shows us multiple things about how God interacts with us. One of those things that we can focus on is His desire to heal us and our situations as we live our holiest hot mess lives.

Exodus 15:13 helps us to reflect on the faithfulness of God in keeping His promises to us as we live our holiest hot mess lives.

Exodus 15:12 is more imagery of God's powerful right hand conquering our enemies, and as we live our holiest hot mess lives, we can pray these verses back to God to encourage ourselves that's He's still victorious over our enemies today!

Exodus 15:6 provides us with the imagery of God breaking our enemy into pieces. As we live our holiest hot mess lives, let's remember that God's awesome power is at work fighting back the attacks of the enemy.

Exodus 15:3 makes a bold proclamation of Who God is. It's an important reminder that no matter what we're going through in our holiest hot mess lives, the One who fights for us is mighty in battle, victorious in all things.

Psalm 147:11 reminds us that we're God's pleasure. No matter what we're doing in our holiest hot mess lives, God loves us and desires to show us His pleasure with us.

Psalm 39:12 is part of a confession from David of how he's falling short in his attempts to do better. Aren't we all? But if we can remember that we're God's guests then we can live our holiest hot mess lives recommitting to doing better.

Psalm 56:3-4 is a wonderful reminder of how to handle fear. When we're afraid, we can praise God and stand on His promises. In our holiest hot mess lives, we can trust that He's with us every step of the way so there's no reason to fear.

In Ecclesiastes 12:13, we're at the end of the 12 chapters of musings and reflections on life as presented by the author. In the end, he says, all that matters is respecting God and following His commands. And in so doing, we can find our purpose for our holiest hot mess lives.

Ezekiel 17:24 is probably not a familiar passage of scripture but today's podcast explains how we can view it as a promise of God to do what He said He would do. Even in the midst of our holiest hot mess lives, we can trust God is at work.

Lamentations 3:58 is short but very sweet as it encourages us to be aware of God rescuing us and saving our lives. No matter what's happening in your holiest hot mess life, know that God is able to rescue and save you.

Lamentations 3:40-41 is a great opportunity for us to pause and assess where we're at in our walk with the Lord. Is there anything we've placed before or ahead of Him? As we live our holiest hot mess lives, let's be mindful to keep God first - but when we stray, let's recognize that He's waiting with open arms to welcome us back.

Lamentations 3:34-36 reminds us that God is paying attention to everything that's happening in our lives and in the lives of others. We can have His perfect peace if we can refocus our thoughts on Him and not on the situations rising up to derail us from living our holiest hot mess lives.

Lamentations 3:25-27 reminds us that God is good and trustworthy. It also reminds us of the importance of patience... which is more easily learned when we're young. As we live our holiest hot mess lives, let's practice patience and let's teach and model it to our youth!

Lamentations 3:19-24 is a wonderful reminder of the importance of staying focused on the positive things so that the negative things don't overwhelm us. As we live our holiest hot mess lives, let's take this wisdom and our it to use!

Colossians 3:25 reminds us that evenwith everything happening in the world, when it feels like wrongdoers are getting away with a lot, we must not get discouraged! As we live our holiest hot mess lives, we can refocus on the fact that God sees everything and He will allow people to reap what they sow.

Colossians 3:24 continues to encourage us as we live our holiest hot mess lives in the workforce - whether that's in or outside of our homes. God has a reward for us even if we cave see it right now!

Colossians 3:23 is a great verse to live by not only for how we conduct ourselves on our jobs but in all areas of our holiest hot mess lives.

Galatians 5:13 is another reminder of the freedom God gives us to choose to love one another and to serve one another instead of operating out of a spirit of anger or wrath or bitterness or hatred. As we live our holiest hot mess lives, let's continue to use the freedom that we have to choose love even towards the unlovable.

Galatians 5:16-17 speaks on the importance of living our lives according to what the Holy Spirit directs and not according to how our flesh leads us. And that might not seem like it aligns with the theme of freedom but we have such great freedom being under the blood of Jesus that we need to not take it for granted. It. We also have worldly freedoms that we need not take for granted. So as we live...