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And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.”   --Genesis 9:12-15 Some days God seems so close to us that we practically feel Him right next to us. On other days, we don’t have that sense that He’s right next to us, and we ask, “Where are you, God?” In reality, we know the answer even when we ask it. The answer is that God is always right there next to you, even when you don’t sense His presence. I’m sure that Noah had this same feeling after about two weeks on that ark with all those animals—but he knew God was ever-present. And God came and revealed Himself to him. One of my favorite songs is entitled God of Wonders. The title to this song is absolutely true and should be the anthem of our lives. Our God is a God of wonders and of miracles, large and small. Just when you think that perhaps He has left you, He is there with exactly what you need! If it is raining or even pouring in your life today, ask God to make His love and presence real to you. He is always there with just what you need, just when you need it. Our God is a God of wonders and miracles. He’ll give you just what you need, just when you need it! Works That Work by Joyce Meyer - posted July 12, 2016 For My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the Fountain of living waters, and they have hewn for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns which cannot hold water. —Jeremiah 2:13 I believe one of the biggest ways people waste time is by doing what the Bible calls "dead works." I like to define a dead work as a "work" that doesn't work! That means that you are trying to make something happen, but no matter what you do, it simply does not work. When that happens, the reason is that the work is yours and not God's. When you stop planning and striving, and come to the end of yourself, then God will begin to move. That doesn't mean you have no responsibility; it simply means your work needs to be inspired and empowered by the Holy Spirit, not conceived in your natural mind and fueled by your natural strength.  There are many different kinds of dead works. For example, anything we do with a wrong motive is a dead work. Another type of dead work would be the efforts we make without asking God to get involved. Take another look at today's Scripture and imagine how frustrated you would be if you spent all day digging a well, thinking you would get water, and at the end of the day, tired and worn out, your only result was a big hole.  Things we do outside of God's timing or His will are also dead works. Learn to discern when you are working on something that is not working and refuse to do anything that is not in God's will and timing.  Love Yourself Today: What do you need to stop doing so you can use your time more wisely?