😊 Encouraging Mondays: Knowing God, Not Just Knowing About Him
😊👋🏼 Good, Blessed Encouraging Mondays, Family, Friends & New Encouragers!
📖 Today’s message is entitled:
“Knowing God, Not Just Knowing About Him”
📖 SCRIPTURE READING — (NLT)
Jeremiah 9:23–24
“This is what the Lord says:
‘Don’t let the wise boast in their wisdom,
or the powerful boast in their power,
or the rich boast in their riches.
But those who wish to boast
should boast in this alone:
that they truly know me and understand that I am the Lord
who demonstrates unfailing love
and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth,
and that I delight in these things.
I, the Lord, have spoken!’”
💛 ENCOURAGING MONDAYS REFLECTION
“Relationship Over Information”
Family…
God is inviting us to go deeper.
Not just into reading His Word…
but into knowing His heart.
💛 Because it is possible to:
read the Bible
understand Scripture
gain knowledge
…and still not truly know God.
💛The Lord is gently reminding us:
Knowing about Him is not the same as knowing Him.
This is not about perfection…
This is about relationship.
💛 Jeremiah tells us something powerful:
If we are going to boast in anything…
let it be that we know and understand God.
Not our accomplishments.
Not our knowledge.
Not our status.
But relationship.
God’s presence brings a knowing that goes beyond information.
It becomes:
personal
intimate
transformational
When you truly know God:
you recognize His voice
you trust His direction
you rest in His character
This is why we read His Word.
Not just to gather information…
but to grow in relationship.
God is not asking you to perform for Him…
He is inviting you to walk with Him.
💛 ENCOURAGING THOUGHT FOR TODAY
If you’ve been feeling:
• spiritually distant
• unsure of God’s voice
• overwhelmed in your walk
Pause and remember:
You are not rejected.
You are not forgotten.
You are not out of reach.
God is still speaking.
God is still drawing.
God is still walking with you.
🍎 TEMPLE CARE CHECK-IN
This journey is not about guilt or extremes.
It’s about awareness, stewardship, and grace.
You may be:
• consistent
• restarting
• adjusting
• learning
• observing
And all of it still counts.
🙏🏼 CLOSING PRAYER
“Lord,
Thank You for Your presence, Your patience, and Your light.
Bring our hearts into alignment with You.
Shine on every place that needs clarity, healing, and renewal.
Help us walk honestly,
live intentionally,
and rest confidently in You.
Cleanse us.
Guide us.
Renew us.
In Jesus’ powerful, majestic name,
we praise and pray,
Amen.”
🙏🏼 DAILY PROCLAMATION
Before we close, I want to invite you—only if you feel led—to say a daily proclamation with me.
This is the proclamation I return to daily.
Not out of perfection, but out of surrender.
From Survival to Surrender — My Daily Proclamation
God, today I stop negotiating with You.
I stop hiding parts of my life behind excuses, wounds, and fear.
I stop managing sin instead of surrendering it.
I stop calling survival “strength” when it is really exhaustion.
I release every attachment that feels good but pulls me away from truth.
I let go of relationships, habits, and cycles that soothe me temporarily but cost me spiritually.
I acknowledge what I already know:
what does not align with You cannot heal me.
Today, I surrender control.
I surrender comfort.
I surrender timing.
I surrender the false intimacy I’ve used to avoid true wholeness.
I choose alignment over appetite.
Obedience over urgency.
Healing over hiding.
God, I no longer want to survive — I want to live whole.
I invite You into every area I’ve kept guarded, delayed, or divided.
Lead my life.
Heal my heart.
Reorder my desires.
From this moment forward, I choose surrender —
not because I am weak,
but because You are strong.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
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I’m praying for you always — and I’m grateful you’re here.
