His Private Counsel: Encouragement for the Spirit

By Sandra Belton

His Private Counsel: Encouragement for the Spirit is a collection of poems with a corresponding devotion. The poems and devotions are uplifting for various times in your life. God is love. When we go through difficult experiences, it is so easy to question if God loves us. He created His Word to be that guidance to overcome these challenges. His Word also expresses how much He really loves us. He wants the best for His children just as we identify with wanting the best for the children we love in our lives. No matter what we are facing, He is still there and He still loves us dearly. May the writings and scriptures remind you that you are loved by God, how special you are, and how you are able to overcome and rise to victory. It's a book that can be a blessing to you and to others as a gift of encouragement

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: May 13, 2021
• ISBN: 9781098077303

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His Private

Counsel

Encouragement for the Spirit

Sandra Belton

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Relationship with Him

Bless the Lord for All He Has Done

My Lord and My God

The Lord Is My Shepherd

He Is My Provider

You Are My Strong Tower

He Still Loved Me

I Am Who I Am

Relationship with Ourselves and Others

The Seed Within

How Do You Save a Person?

No More

Can We Love in Spite Of?

Journey through Troubled Days

Proclaim His Justice

Helper of the Needy

During This Time

Praise through the Pain

I Sleep in Peace

The Son Is Shining Brightly above the Clouds

Journey to Better Days

A New Creation in Christ

Get Up! Pick Up Your Mat and Walk!

Going Forward

Now Faith

God’s Plan

Acknowledgments

First, I would like to thank God for choosing to use me for this assignment. I do not take it for granted that He chose me. He could have chosen anyone. I give Him the glory and the honor for the words He poured into me and out of me. By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this good news (Ephesians 3:7 NLT). Next, I would like to thank my daughter Victoria who I love dearly. She has been more of a blessing than I could have ever imagined. I would also like to thank my mom and all my family for their prayers and support. I thank my high school in Brooklyn, New York, and my college in Concord, North Carolina, for recognizing this gift of writing. And I thank all the pastors and ministers who have fed me spiritually by in-sanctuary ministry and by television ministry.

Introduction

For the devious are repulsive to the Lord; But His private counsel is with the upright [those with spiritual integrity and moral courage].

—Proverbs 3:32 (AMP)

During the writings of these poems, I thought of David in the Bible on how he used poems known as Psalms to edify God as a Mighty God, to humble himself during repentance, and to encourage himself that God would bring about better days. I too see myself following the