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Audrey (00:01):
Hello friends, welcome back to Grace From my Home.
I'm Audrey McCracken and I'm soglad you've joined me here
again this week.
I really enjoy these timestogether and my hope and my
prayer is that you areencouraged that something that I
share would be a blessing toyou.
For the week We've had a lotgoing on here in the mccracken
(00:24):
home.
It's been busy sports.
We have soccer going on rightnow.
Believe it or not, one of mysons already started to practice
for football, doing someconditioning for next year, some
lifting, lifting weights andthose kind of things.
I have one son who got a casttaken off of his arm last week,
so that was good news.
(00:44):
So yeah, we've been pretty busy.
My husband left yesterday to goto Tennessee for about three
days.
I wanted to go with him.
I thought that would have beena fun trip.
He had a business trip and hewould be busy during the day but
I could spend the evenings andthe afternoons with them.
But it just didn't fall out agood time.
(01:06):
I didn't feel comfortableleaving with so much going on
here at work, at the coffee shopand at home.
So I'm here with the boys thisweek and today.
I wanted to share with you.
I want to share with yousomething that's been on my
heart lately, one of my favoritePsalms.
I wanted to talk with yousomething that's been on my
(01:26):
heart lately, one of my favoritePsalms.
I wanted to talk with you todayabout Psalm 37, and this is a
Psalm of David and the wholePsalm is wonderful.
But I'm just going to read thefirst nine verses because I
don't want to lose you, becauseI know sometimes when people
read long passages my mindwanders.
So I want to start with verseone of Psalm 37 and just pay
(01:47):
attention to what David issaying in this Psalm.
He says do not fret because ofthose who are evil or be envious
of those who do wrong, for likethe grass, they will soon
wither.
Like green plants, they willsoon die away.
Trust in the Lord and do good.
Dwell in the land and enjoysafe pasture.
(02:10):
Take delight in the Lord and hewill give you the desires of
your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord,trust in him and he will do this
.
He will make your righteousreward shine like the dawn, your
vindication like the noondaysun.
Be still before the Lord andwait patiently for him.
(02:32):
Do not fret when people succeedin their ways when they carry
out their wicked schemes.
Refrain from anger and turnfrom wrath.
Do not fret.
It leads only to evil, forthose who are evil will be
destroyed, but those who hope inthe Lord will inherit the land.
(02:55):
And I just love this psalmbecause it reminds me that in
the end, we win In the end whenwe're on God's side.
End, we win.
In the end, when we're on God'sside, we win.
It may not look like it, it maynot feel like it, but we have a
hope that is in Jesus Christ.
We have precious promises andGod has promised that he will
(03:19):
never leave us, he will neverforsake us.
But in the midst of it,sometimes it's easy to lose hope
.
When things are coming againstus like a whirlwind, when it
feels like your life is atornado just spinning, it's
really easy sometimes to thinkthis is not going to end well
(03:40):
for me.
It's really easy to wonderwhere God is.
But this psalm reminds me notto fret and I like that word
fret.
Maybe it's because I'm from theSouth and many, many times I
remember my grandmother sayingdon't fret, you know, don't fret
none.
(04:00):
And my grandmother she was bornin the 1920s and she grew up
during the Great Depression andI had a wonderful grandmother.
I loved her very much.
Both of my grandmothers grew upduring the Great Depression but
I spent a lot of time with myfather's mom and her name was
Mary mom and her name was Mary,and while my mom worked I stayed
(04:27):
with her.
I spent a lot of time with herand she loved the Lord.
She loved the Lord dearly, butshe was very nervous.
She was a very nervous typeperson and I remember, you know,
so many times things wouldhappen in her life.
It seemed like she had, she hada lot of, she had a lot of
children and she took on thehurts, the pains, the trouble
(04:48):
that all of those children wentthrough.
She took those on as a mom,even her adult children, and I
remember so many times her lifefrom a child looking into it
seemed like it was just chaos,it was chaotic, but she trusted
(05:09):
in Jesus, she would pray and shewould believe.
And so many times I think abouther in my life and all the
conveniences I have and thethings that the Lord has blessed
us with, and she had none ofthat, but she trusted God, she
believed, and I think about heroften and I think, lord, help me
(05:32):
to do like this psalm says todo good.
Help me to get my eyes off ofeveryone else and everything
else that's going on around me,because right now I don't know
about you, but I'm at a placewhere it's easy to look around
and think well, these otherpeople around me are not even
(05:53):
trying to serve the Lord,they're not even trying to do
right and they seem to have iteasy.
It seems like things just workout for them easier than it does
for me, and this psalm is awonderful reminder that the
safest place to be, the mostsecure place to be, the most
certain place to be, is right inthe hands of God, that he works
(06:15):
all things for good.
For those who trust him, thosewho believe in his promises,
those who hold on when thingsare hard, there is a hope.
That is in Jesus Christ, and weare partakers of that hope when
we hold on and we don't letworry and we don't let fret and
(06:37):
we don't let fear drive us orcontrol us.
Now I have a tendency to dothat.
That has been part of, that hasbeen part of my makeup and even
though I've come a long way,you know there's certain,
there's certain parts of me thatthat If I'm not careful, I can
(06:59):
resort back to mindsets andthoughts and beliefs and
patterns of thinking that fallright into that mode of fear.
But, by the grace of the LordJesus Christ, I'm being
transformed and transfiguredinto the image of Christ and I'm
learning to think like God.
I'm learning to think of thethings that are good and
(07:21):
pleasant and wholesome and trueand life-giving, instead of
worrying about the things thatare not as they should be or as
I want them to be.
Today, I just encourage you notto fret, not to worry, but to
put your trust in God, becausehe is trustworthy, he is our
(07:45):
firm foundation and he is notconfused or worried.
He knows exactly how everythingis going to end up and he is on
our side and he wants the bestfor us and we can trust in that,
we can rest in that.
Today, ladies, there is a lotgoing on in my life right now my
(08:08):
personal life, my home life,and I have a young man who's
going to be graduating this year, which blows my mind.
My firstborn will be graduatinghigh school this year and
entering into college this fall,and I have two more, and I love
my three boys, my threechildren very, very much, and my
(08:28):
husband and we have just beenon a roller coaster ride.
It feels like for the lastthree years I've transitioned
from homeschooling to nothomeschooling.
I've opened up a coffee shopfor my church.
My husband has recentlyresigned as pastor of our church
, where we've served for 16years, and he's working on his
(08:53):
PhD.
We've just had a lot change, alot happen in the last few years
, like I'm sure you have too.
You know time does not stop, foranyone does it but I feel a
great need right now to drawnear to the Lord and to hear
from Him, to hear cleardirection from Him and not just
go through the motion, butreally hear from the Lord for
(09:16):
this new season and finddirection and actually enjoy
this time with my family, withmy children, while they're still
here under my roof.
And so if you do not hear fromme for the next few weeks,
please know that I'm just tryingto hear from the Lord, that I
want to bring you things thatare true, that are rich, that
(09:40):
are from my heart, and thingsthat I'm actually living.
I try really hard not to sharethings with you that I know in
my head, but I haven't practicedin my life, because that's easy
to do, especially when you'relooking for a message each week.
I really want to share with youthe things that I live out and
the things that I embody notjust the things that I live out
(10:03):
and the things that I embody,not just the things that I've
read.
And so forgive me if, for a fewweeks, I go missing because I
need to hear from Jesus.
I need to concentrate on myhome and my family and just hear
from the Lord.
Now I may just pop back on,hear from the Lord.
(10:27):
Now I may just pop back on anddo these kind of short episodes,
and hopefully that's what I'llbe able to do in the next few
weeks.
But I'm going to put my familyfirst for a few weeks.
But before I let you go, I'dlike to pray with you, father,
in Jesus name.
I pray for these precious ones,lord, who are about your
business, who are listening, whoare trying, who love you and
want to love you more.
(10:47):
I pray that you would speak tothem, that you would give them
ears to hear and eyes to see and, lord, god, that you would help
faith grow in their hearts andGod, give them something to pour
out.
I pray that you would pour intothem, that they would have
something good to pour out tothose around them that they love
(11:12):
and that you love.
And, lord, I just bless themand I thank you, lord.
That Lord, you are faithful,that Lord, when we pray, you're
faithful to answer.
And I pray, lord, that youwould draw us near you and help
us to trust you in a deeper way.
In Jesus' name, amen.
Hello friends, welcome back to Grace From my Home.
I'm Audrey McCracken and I'm soglad you've joined me here
again this week.
I really enjoy these timestogether and my hope and my
prayer is that you areencouraged that something that I
share would be a blessing toyou.
For the week We've had a lotgoing on here in the mccracken
(00:24):
home.
It's been busy sports.
We have soccer going on rightnow.
Believe it or not, one of mysons already started to practice
for football, doing someconditioning for next year, some
lifting, lifting weights andthose kind of things.
I have one son who got a casttaken off of his arm last week,
so that was good news.
(00:44):
So yeah, we've been pretty busy.
My husband left yesterday to goto Tennessee for about three
days.
I wanted to go with him.
I thought that would have beena fun trip.
He had a business trip and hewould be busy during the day but
I could spend the evenings andthe afternoons with them.
But it just didn't fall out agood time.
(01:06):
I didn't feel comfortableleaving with so much going on
here at work, at the coffee shopand at home.
So I'm here with the boys thisweek and today.
I wanted to share with you.
I want to share with yousomething that's been on my
heart lately, one of my favoritePsalms.
I wanted to talk with yousomething that's been on my
(01:26):
heart lately, one of my favoritePsalms.
I wanted to talk with you todayabout Psalm 37, and this is a
Psalm of David and the wholePsalm is wonderful.
But I'm just going to read thefirst nine verses because I
don't want to lose you, becauseI know sometimes when people
read long passages my mindwanders.
So I want to start with verseone of Psalm 37 and just pay
(01:47):
attention to what David issaying in this Psalm.
He says do not fret because ofthose who are evil or be envious
of those who do wrong, for likethe grass, they will soon
wither.
Like green plants, they willsoon die away.
Trust in the Lord and do good.
Dwell in the land and enjoysafe pasture.
(02:10):
Take delight in the Lord and hewill give you the desires of
your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord,trust in him and he will do this
.
He will make your righteousreward shine like the dawn, your
vindication like the noondaysun.
Be still before the Lord andwait patiently for him.
(02:32):
Do not fret when people succeedin their ways when they carry
out their wicked schemes.
Refrain from anger and turnfrom wrath.
Do not fret.
It leads only to evil, forthose who are evil will be
destroyed, but those who hope inthe Lord will inherit the land.
(02:55):
And I just love this psalmbecause it reminds me that in
the end, we win In the end whenwe're on God's side.
End, we win.
In the end, when we're on God'sside, we win.
It may not look like it, it maynot feel like it, but we have a
hope that is in Jesus Christ.
We have precious promises andGod has promised that he will
(03:19):
never leave us, he will neverforsake us.
But in the midst of it,sometimes it's easy to lose hope
.
When things are coming againstus like a whirlwind, when it
feels like your life is atornado just spinning, it's
really easy sometimes to thinkthis is not going to end well
(03:40):
for me.
It's really easy to wonderwhere God is.
But this psalm reminds me notto fret and I like that word
fret.
Maybe it's because I'm from theSouth and many, many times I
remember my grandmother sayingdon't fret, you know, don't fret
none.
(04:00):
And my grandmother she was bornin the 1920s and she grew up
during the Great Depression andI had a wonderful grandmother.
I loved her very much.
Both of my grandmothers grew upduring the Great Depression but
I spent a lot of time with myfather's mom and her name was
Mary mom and her name was Mary,and while my mom worked I stayed
(04:27):
with her.
I spent a lot of time with herand she loved the Lord.
She loved the Lord dearly, butshe was very nervous.
She was a very nervous typeperson and I remember, you know,
so many times things wouldhappen in her life.
It seemed like she had, she hada lot of, she had a lot of
children and she took on thehurts, the pains, the trouble
(04:48):
that all of those children wentthrough.
She took those on as a mom,even her adult children, and I
remember so many times her lifefrom a child looking into it
seemed like it was just chaos,it was chaotic, but she trusted
(05:09):
in Jesus, she would pray and shewould believe.
And so many times I think abouther in my life and all the
conveniences I have and thethings that the Lord has blessed
us with, and she had none ofthat, but she trusted God, she
believed, and I think about heroften and I think, lord, help me
(05:32):
to do like this psalm says todo good.
Help me to get my eyes off ofeveryone else and everything
else that's going on around me,because right now I don't know
about you, but I'm at a placewhere it's easy to look around
and think well, these otherpeople around me are not even
(05:53):
trying to serve the Lord,they're not even trying to do
right and they seem to have iteasy.
It seems like things just workout for them easier than it does
for me, and this psalm is awonderful reminder that the
safest place to be, the mostsecure place to be, the most
certain place to be, is right inthe hands of God, that he works
(06:15):
all things for good.
For those who trust him, thosewho believe in his promises,
those who hold on when thingsare hard, there is a hope.
That is in Jesus Christ, and weare partakers of that hope when
we hold on and we don't letworry and we don't let fret and
(06:37):
we don't let fear drive us orcontrol us.
Now I have a tendency to dothat.
That has been part of, that hasbeen part of my makeup and even
though I've come a long way,you know there's certain,
there's certain parts of me thatthat If I'm not careful, I can
(06:59):
resort back to mindsets andthoughts and beliefs and
patterns of thinking that fallright into that mode of fear.
But, by the grace of the LordJesus Christ, I'm being
transformed and transfiguredinto the image of Christ and I'm
learning to think like God.
I'm learning to think of thethings that are good and
(07:21):
pleasant and wholesome and trueand life-giving, instead of
worrying about the things thatare not as they should be or as
I want them to be.
Today, I just encourage you notto fret, not to worry, but to
put your trust in God, becausehe is trustworthy, he is our
(07:45):
firm foundation and he is notconfused or worried.
He knows exactly how everythingis going to end up and he is on
our side and he wants the bestfor us and we can trust in that,
we can rest in that.
Today, ladies, there is a lotgoing on in my life right now my
(08:08):
personal life, my home life,and I have a young man who's
going to be graduating this year, which blows my mind.
My firstborn will be graduatinghigh school this year and
entering into college this fall,and I have two more, and I love
my three boys, my threechildren very, very much, and my
(08:28):
husband and we have just beenon a roller coaster ride.
It feels like for the lastthree years I've transitioned
from homeschooling to nothomeschooling.
I've opened up a coffee shopfor my church.
My husband has recentlyresigned as pastor of our church
, where we've served for 16years, and he's working on his
(08:53):
PhD.
We've just had a lot change, alot happen in the last few years
, like I'm sure you have too.
You know time does not stop, foranyone does it but I feel a
great need right now to drawnear to the Lord and to hear
from Him, to hear cleardirection from Him and not just
go through the motion, butreally hear from the Lord for
(09:16):
this new season and finddirection and actually enjoy
this time with my family, withmy children, while they're still
here under my roof.
And so if you do not hear fromme for the next few weeks,
please know that I'm just tryingto hear from the Lord, that I
want to bring you things thatare true, that are rich, that
(09:40):
are from my heart, and thingsthat I'm actually living.
I try really hard not to sharethings with you that I know in
my head, but I haven't practicedin my life, because that's easy
to do, especially when you'relooking for a message each week.
I really want to share with youthe things that I live out and
the things that I embody notjust the things that I live out
(10:03):
and the things that I embody,not just the things that I've
read.
And so forgive me if, for a fewweeks, I go missing because I
need to hear from Jesus.
I need to concentrate on myhome and my family and just hear
from the Lord.
Now I may just pop back on,hear from the Lord.
(10:27):
Now I may just pop back on anddo these kind of short episodes,
and hopefully that's what I'llbe able to do in the next few
weeks.
But I'm going to put my familyfirst for a few weeks.
But before I let you go, I'dlike to pray with you, father,
in Jesus name.
I pray for these precious ones,lord, who are about your
business, who are listening, whoare trying, who love you and
want to love you more.
(10:47):
I pray that you would speak tothem, that you would give them
ears to hear and eyes to see and, lord, god, that you would help
faith grow in their hearts andGod, give them something to pour
out.
I pray that you would pour intothem, that they would have
something good to pour out tothose around them that they love
(11:12):
and that you love.
And, lord, I just bless themand I thank you, lord.
That Lord, you are faithful,that Lord, when we pray, you're
faithful to answer.
And I pray, lord, that youwould draw us near you and help
us to trust you in a deeper way.
In Jesus' name, amen.
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