Cry Out

We all have days everything seems to conspire against us. Unfortunately we can sometimes soon find that that day has turned to days, which soon turns to weeks and then months.

So how do we get ourselves out of that rut of deep despair?
We cry out to Jesus! Jesus will always hear you no matter how inaudible your cry may be. When you feel all your hope has gone and you can't go on, cry out to Jesus.

I've been there and felt as though I couldn't go on, but as you can tell, I did manage to carry on, and that is simply because I put my faith and trust in God to get me through those dark days when nothing was going right for me.

Cry out to Jesus, he will get you through!

Cry Out To Jesus (Third Day)

To everyone who's lost someone they love
Long before it was their time
You feel like the days you had were not enough
when you said goodbye

And to all of the people with burdens and pains
Keeping you back from your life
You believe that there's nothing and there is no one
Who can make it right

There is hope for the helpless
Rest for the weary
Love for the broken heart
There is grace and forgiveness
Mercy and healing
He'll meet you wherever you are
Cry out to Jesus, Cry out to Jesus

For the marriage that's struggling just to hang on
They lost all of their faith in love
They've done all they can to make it right again
Still it's not enough

For the ones who can't break the addictions and chains
You try to give up but you come back again
Just remember that you're not alone in your shame
And your suffering

When your lonely
And it feels like the whole world is falling on you
You just reach out, you just cry out to Jesus
Cry to Jesus

To the widow who suffers from being alone
Wiping the tears from her eyes
For the children around the world without a home
Say a prayer tonight

Checkout the Third Day website: http://www.thirdday.com/

DIY

DIY - What do you immediately think of when you see this acronym? As you all know it stands for Do It Yourself, but how many of you like doing DIY?

Well for us the majority of the DIY work is left to me, but I don't mind as I actually quite enjoy dabling with DIY though I am certainly not up for doing all DIY tasks, as I leave the complicated stuff to the professionals!

How many of you have self improvement guides for one task or another in your house? These days there are hundreds, probably thousands of self help guides available in our bookshops, from self-help to how to lay a carpet!

All that DIY talk aside, what is the one thing God directs us to do ourselves? Pray

So you've got self improvement books for DIY, and self-help guides, what about for your prayer life? The best book you can use to improve your prayer life is the Bible - God directs us in there many time, how and why he wants us to pray. In 2 Chronicles 7:14-15, God said:

Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place.

God promises to hear every prayer we utter. He will answer every prayer, though not necessarily in the way we would have wanted, but in the way he knows is best for us.

We must not get caught up in ourselves but instead remember that the only self help we need is from God, he alone can do all things. God can help us do so much more than we could ever do on our own.

Caught Up In Yourself (by Third Day)
Take a good look around you
And I’m sure that you are bound to
Think that all you have comes down to
You and what you’ve done
If you look far beyond this
There’s a life I hope you don’t miss
What has kept you from moving on
Is learning to let go

And there’s so much more
Than what you’re looking for

Caught up in yourself
Call it like it is
Well, you’re so good
But you’ll never be good enough

You think if you surrender
It’s the end, but just remember
Life is more than dying embers
Burning in your soul

And I know it’s true‘
Cause I am just like you

Thank God for mercy
Thank God for His grace
Thank God for everything you’ve got
Before it’s too late

And there’s so much more
Than what you’re looking for