MY BEST FRIEND / Casting All My Care

This is the 5th of 6 devotions with the theme from 1 Peter 5:7

"Casting Care"

MY BEST FRIEND
by
Rebecca Cooley

(Adapted from 1 Peter 5:7)

Do you have a best friend? A best friend is someone who accepts you just the way you are. You can tell your secrets to your best friend and trust him/her not to broadcast them on facebook. A best friend forgives and keeps coming back around. A best friend is loyal and believes in you. A best friend cares about how you feel. Your best friend may have a temperament just like you or you may be opposites but you enjoy each other’s company. My husband is my best friend. He is all of these things I have described and even more.

But there is a friendship I have that is closer than the companionship of my husband. It is a friend I can give all of my worries and cares to. If I tried to give my cares to my husband, he would not know what to do with them and if he took them, they would weigh him down and be a burden.

At one point, Jesus told his disciples that he no longer called them his servants but he now called them friends. Their relationship changed to a more personable one. Jesus referred to them as close friends.

Scripture indicates that our relationship with God can be personable as a close friend. Jesus is a friend that sticks closer than a brother. Jesus said, “If your earthly father would give good things to his children, how much more will your heavenly Father give to his friends?” Scripture bears out that there is no relationship more personable and more loving than the one we have with Jesus.

"Give all your worries and cares to God,

for He cares about you."

Father, I cast my care upon you knowing that you really do care for me. You care for me as your child and as your best friend. My friends could let me down and even my husband doesn’t have all the answers that I need. I am glad that I can say that Jesus is my best friend!

 © LoveWalkPublishing - Devotion authored by Rebecca Ann Cooley

Click here to view today's video on youtube

CASTING ALL MY CARE

Devotion: My Best Friend

(Adapted from 1 Peter 5:7)

Verse:

Jesus is a friend indeed and he sticks closer than a brother to me

I don’t have to bare my burdens alone

As a matter of fact, I don’t have to bear my burdens at all

Chorus

Casting all my care on him for he cares for me

Casting all my care on him he will meet my every need

I won’t take the care of it, I lay it at his feet

Casting all my care on him for he cares for me

Bridge

And he said he no longer just calls me a servant anymore

But now he calls me his friend, He calls me his friend

© LoveWalkMusic WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley 

EXCEPT FOR THE BLOOD / Past, Present & Future

This is the 4^th of 6 devotions 

with the theme from 1 Peter 5:7

“Casting Care”

EXCEPT FOR THE BLOOD
by
Kent Clifford Cooley

(Adapted from 1 Corinthians 6:11; 13:6; Romans 6:14; 1 John 1:9)

You may have heard the catch phase,

"If the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future."

Another great catch phrase is,

"My PAST is under the blood, my PRESENT is on the altar and my FUTURE is in God's hands."

The psychology of the world teaches that there can be no disconnection from our past faults and failures. Alcoholics Anonymous teaches that the alcoholic will always be a recovering alcoholic. That would be true if it were not for the blood of Jesus. Because of the blood, and only by the blood, is there a disconnection of sin.

According to Romans 6:14, because of the blood, sin shall no longer have dominion over me.

According to 1 John 1:9, because of the blood, I am forgiven and cleansed from all my iniquities.

And according to 1 Corinthians 6:11, because of the blood, I am washed, sanctified and justified.
I confess my sins to the One who is faithful to forgive me and cleanse me from all unrighteousness. And I cast all of my care upon the One who cares for me. Thank you, Father that I am free and care free!

Click here to view today's video on youtube

PAST, PRESENT And FUTURE

(Adapted from 1 Corinthians 13:6; 1 John 1:9; 1 Peter 5:7)
Verse:

My past

(past is under the blood)

My present

(present is on the alter)

My future is in God's hands

(My future is in, my future is in God's hands)

(Repeat)

Chorus:

I'm confessing

(confessing all of my sins)

All of my sins

(confessing all of my sins)

To the one

(to the one who is)

Who is faithful to forgive

(faithful to forgive)

And I'm casting

(casting all of my care)

All of my care

(casting all of my care)

On the one

(one who cares for me)

Who cares for me

(one who cares for me)

© LoveWalkPublishing WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley

MY SOURCE / Jesus Is A Fountain

This is the 3^rd of 6 devotions 

with the theme from 1 Peter 5:7

“Casting Care”

MY SOURCE
by
Rebecca Cooley

(Adapted from 1 Corinthians 13:5; Genesis 16; 1 Peter 5:7)

The story of Hagar and Ishmael is a classic of God's will and man's will differing. Sarah insisted that Abraham have relations with Hagar to bear him a child. Sarah took control and manipulated Abraham and Hagar to get what she thought she wanted. When Ishmael was born, Sarah had a bigger problem than she previously had and it was not long before Hagar and her son were sent away into the desert. Why did God tell Abraham to send Hagar and Ishmael away? Perhaps it was because it was not the will of God in the first place. Do you think that God intended to care for the needs of these two fugitives even though they were outcasts? He absolutely did.

What if Hagar's child had died in the desert? Would Abraham and Sarah have been held responsible for the death of the child, Ishmael? God told Abraham to heed to the word of Sarah and to send Hagar away. Therefore God was solely responsible for Hagar's and Ishmael's well being. Abraham and Sarah were released from caring for the woman and her child when Abraham obeyed God.

As Sarah's handmaiden, Hagar had always depended totally on her. She was her source for every need. In the desert, do you think that Hagar looked to God to fulfill her needs? In her eyes, Abraham and Sarah had failed her. She was in the desert and her child was dying of thirst.

God wanted Hagar to understand that Abraham was not her source. He created a miracle in the desert to provide for her. My employer may be the one who writes my check every week but God wants me to know in no uncertain terms that my employer is not my source. God alone is my source of every need that I have.

Just as Hagar cast her care on God and did not turn back to seek out Abraham or Sarah, I should not cast my care on those who could cut me off and send me away tomorrow. I should cast my care on the one who cares for me.

Father, I act on what I have read in the instruction manual of 1 Peter 5:7 concerning my cares. You are the one who cares for me. So in total abandon, I relinquish all my care upon the One who cares for me. I will bear these cares no more. My cares are not my responsibility anymore. They are Your cares and they are now in Your capable hands.

Click here to view today's video on youtube

JESUS IS A FOUNTAIN

(Adapted from 1 Corinthians 13:5; Genesis 16)

Verse 1:

You can't keep living the way that you're living

You've got to find the answer and I know where to go

There ain't no joy and there ain't no peace

Till you find the shepherd of the fold

Chorus:

Jesus is a fountain of living water

If your down hearted and heavy your load

Jesus is a fountain of living water

He's life to a thirsty soul

Verse 2:

Hagar laid her child in the bushes to die

Everything looked like death

Then a fountain of water sprang up in the desert

When Jehovah Jirah gave her her request

© LoveWalkPublishing WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley

WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR CARES / Casting All Your Cares

This is the 2^nd of 6 devotions 

with the theme from 1 Peter 5:7

“Casting Care”

WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR CARES
by
Kent And Rebecca Cooley

(Adapted from Psalm 46:1; John 8:32; 1 Corinthians13:5; Hebrews 7:25; 1 Peter 5:7)

Every need or desire has an outcome to which it can be fulfilled. If you wanted to build a deck, you would hire a carpenter. If you needed someone to go before a judge on your behalf, you would seek out the best attorney in town. If you needed assistance with understanding your computer, you would find a teenager or maybe even a child. 

Our Father wants us to know that He can handle our cares. He has the power and capability to fulfill any need that we could ever have. All we have to do is to give our cares, our concerns and our worries to him. We cast our cares and we receive back from Him grace, mercy, strength, deliverance or whatever the fulfillment of our need happens to be.

"Give all your worries and cares to God, 

for He cares about you."

He really, really cares for you.

Father, I relinquish all of my cares on you now. I look to no other to meet my needs. There is not a person on this earth who cares for me like you do and no one could ever fulfill the desires that I have like You can. I cast my cares on you for you really do care for me.

© LoveWalkPublishing

Devotion Authored by Kent&RebeccaCooley

Click here to view today's video on youtube

CASTING ALL YOUR CARES

Devotion: What To Do With Your Cares

(Adapted from Psalm 46:1; John 8:32; 1 Corinthians13:5; Hebrews 7:25; 1 Peter 5:7)

Verse:

He's a very present help in time of trouble

He's a very present help in time of need

When you call on Him

He'll be there on the double

If you need a friend

He'll be a friend indeed

Chorus:

Casting all your cares on Him for He cares for you

Casting all your cares on Him for He knows what to do

Are you aware that you can cast all your cares?

Are you aware that He cares for you?

Bridge:

In total abandon, you can cast your cares, He intercedes

In total abandon, you can cast your cares and you'll be free

© LoveWalkMusic

WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley

All Rights Reserved

HOW TO CAST / He Cares For Me

This is the 1^st of 6 devotions with the theme from 1 Peter 5:7

HOW TO CAST
by
Rebecca Cooley
(Adapted from 1 Corinthians 13:5, 1 Peter 5:7)

How do you cast your care on God when you are in the middle of a catastrophic event? How do you roll your cares over on the Lord when you are suffering or watching a loved one suffer? It's easy to give the advice to cast your cares on God when the road gets a little rough. But how do you cast your cares and get a handle on trust when you are going through the fire? You go through the process the same as you would on a normal trial or test and you cast your cares literally and exactly.

The first thing that must be done is to address and dismantle fear out loud. The number one enemy we battle when we are in the middle of a tragic event is fear. Fear is the inside of you panicking over what you see and hear. It is used by the enemy to slam into you like a bulldozer tearing down a house and it makes everything look hopeless and devastating. But fear is only a ploy of the evil one. The process of casting our cares on the Lord and receiving His grace and mercy begins with casting out fear. Fear is a door that the enemy walks through and fear is a door that we must close to receive from God.

After disassembling fear at any given moment and for as many times as needed, we then speak the Word of the Living God. "Jesus Christ lives inside of me and He cares for me! He went to Calvary and His blood was shed for me!"

Father, thank you for Your Word. The power of Your Word dismisses fear and brings deliverance in a time of trouble, even a time of tragedy. I cast my cares on you and I believe that you care for me. I steal away to a secret place with you and I know that I will receive the power and the anointing that will bring deliverance. Thank you for the power of YourWord that carries me through the fire and helps me to cast my care on you.

© LoveWalkPublishing

Devotion authored by RebeccaAnnCooley

Click here to view today's video on youtube

HE CARES FOR ME

Devotion: How To Cast

(Adapted from 1 Corinthian s13:5; 1 Peter 5:7)

Verse 1:

Why did He go to Calvary

Why was His life blood shed there for me

Why did the Father send His son from heaven

There's just one reason first Peter five verse seven

Chorus:

He cares for me / He cares for me

He cares for me / He cares for me

(Repeat)

Bridge:

Sometimes I'm discouraged and troubled my soul

But there is a secret place I can go

I just steal away in Jesus and that's where I stay,

Reminded of this scripture,

Enraptured by this phrase

© LoveWalkPublishing

WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley

Devotion by RebeccaAnnCooley

Become a LoveWalkCovenantPartner today 

As a partner you will receive an exclusive monthly partner letter.  This letter contains fresh insights that the Holy Spirit puts on our hearts during the month.  Our partners are part of what God has called us to do. Our partners are partakers of the reward that we will receive from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as good stewards of the manifold wisdom of God.    

Our pay-pal account is down for the time being but donations can be sent by regular mail.

Send donations to: 

Kent or Rebecca Cooley 

15 Trexler Ave

Thomasville NC 27360