Major cheat code for life: Be patient with yourself when you’re trying to become someone you’ve never been. You’ll feel lost, unsure, and tempted to quit. Don't. Change feels chaotic because your old self is fighting for survival. Expect it to be a battle. But also expect to win.
Yesterday is a canceled cheque.
Tomorrow is a promised note.
Today is the present, hold it differently.
What you’re worried about is already worried about you.
Challenge has a different meaning in God’s dictionary:
CHALLENGE ❌
GOD EMERGES ✅.
You’re not stuck, you’re becoming.
Every challenge is an emergence in disguise! #HallelujahChallenge
CHALLENGE: Suddenly what you thought was settled and balanced, begins to change;
C-Change
H- Hostile
A - Anguish
L-Loss
L- Longing for the loss
E- Emergency
N- Need
⬇️
GE- God Emerges
GOD IS EMERGING FOR YOU📌
~Ps. Elsie Obed
#HallelujahChallengeOCT2025
FAMILY SERIES: RECOGNISE GOD’S VOICE IN YOUR PARENTS’ VOICES
Proverbs 6:20 (AMP): “My son, be guided by your father’s [God-given] commandment (instruction) and do not reject the teaching of your mother;”
Sometimes, we think God only speaks to us in big, dramatic ways or through powerful preachers. But our theme scripture today reminds us that God can also speak to us through the familiar voices of our parents.
You might think, "But my parents aren't even believers," or "They don't go to church." Even so, God is powerful enough to use anyone. He can place the right words in their mouths—words of wisdom or caution that you need to hear—even if they don't fully realise it themselves.
Many of the mistakes people make in life could have been avoided if they hadn't ignored God's voice when it came through their parents. It's a matter of discernment.
This doesn't mean you should blindly follow every single thing they say. Instead, when they give you advice or instruction, take it to God in prayer. Ask the Holy Spirit, "Lord, is this from You?" Ask for wisdom to know what to do and what to follow.
As you learn to do this, you'll start to hear God more clearly. You'll recognise His voice more often, even in the most unexpected places and through the most unexpected people.
FURTHER STUDY: 1 Samuel 3:8-10, Proverbs 1:8-9
PRAYER: Loving Father, thank You for speaking to me in so many ways. Open my ears to hear Your voice, even when it comes through the familiar voices of my parents. Give me the wisdom to honour them and the discernment to know when their words are a message from You. In Jesus' Name, Amen.