Hello wonderful people! So I wanted to talk to everyone about finding your worth in who created you! It is important to remind ourselves that we are God's masterpiece, created in his imagine to glorify him! A lot of times, at least in my case,  I down play the importance of God's opinion. I think, "Well that's nice and all, but I won't be truly happy with myself until I look like so in so." Or another common thought is, "Why in the world did God make me like this, why did he give me these struggles, why isn't he answering my prayers, why isn't he helping me etc.".Then I found this SUPER cool verse, ok well I think it is super cool haha, it is Isaiah 29:16, "You turn things upside own, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay! Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, 'You did not make me'? Can the pot say to the potter, 'You know nothing"'? I mean wow, that hits close to home am I right?! I mean it is really humbling to read, to realize how ironic it is when we are demanding that God made a mistake. So I hope when reading this you guys realize where you are, what you are struggling with is making you unique to the purpose God has in store with your life. Also I don't want you to read that a lose hope that God's purpose is going to make your life miserable. Even though God's plan might not match up with your dreams and plans, that doesn't mean that you won't enjoy the life God has in store. God loves us, as I mentioned in the last devotional, we are God's children, he only wants what is best for us. So don't fret or be nervous (is that what fret means, my vocab isn't the best) that your life will be miserable because God's plan doesn't match up with your plans. It just means that God has something better in store. And in order to have peace in God's plan, we have to put all of our trust in God, it is like sacrificing our life to God and trusting he knows what is best. Once we do that life will be so fulfilling because we don't have to stress if what we are doing is wrong we just give God the wheel and trust that he knows where he is going.
Thanks for reading!
Till Next Time!
Morgan

Hey guys! I can't believe it has almost been a month since I have posted! Sorry!! Lifes been crazy and with school coming up and trying to squeeze in every last adventure possible! Anyways back to what we are here for...."Be still and know that I am with you." Pslam 46:10, there is nothing more encouraging than to think about the God of the universe by your side at every waking moment. Every time you are scared, tempted, worried, excited, and sad God is there. He is uplifting, comforting, and helping us along our journey. It almost gives me goose bumps when I think about it. I believe it is important for us to occasionally stand still, take a breath and remember that you are in the presence of the almighty God. The maker of the heavens and earth beside you through it all. This just takes a physical weight off my shoulders. With all of us starting school whether it be highschool, middle school, or college, with the school year comes stressful days and trials, but in the middle of the chaos don't forget to stop, breath and remember Gods plan, remember God made you and put you here for a purpose. Remember that nothing you can and ever will do will tear him from you. Take that as encouragement and motivation to keep going, instead of thinking bad of your sin and downfalls. God is there to help you up and keep you going.

Then you shall call and the Lord will answer; you shall cry and he will say, here I am.  Isaiah 58:9 If anyone out there is feeling down or sad I just want to remind you that God is there helping. When you cry out he is there he will never leave you nor forsake you. So remember to cry out ask him and pray because he cares for you. He loves you so dearly and has a plan and a purpose for your life. Keep perceiving through these struggles, but make sure to hold onto God in the process. When you do that the wait and pain is replaced with his peace and then there is nothing you can't do!  

Hello wonderful people! So I have reading in my bible lately and I haven't been reading the same thing it is always a different verse or different part or something. Anyways back to my point, I keep seeing verses where God says word for word that he WILL help us. For example, Isaiah 41:13 "For I am the Lord your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you." This is one of my new favorite verses, I mean how cool is it that God says he will help you! The God that conquered the grave and leads armies of angels whats to help YOU with whatever you are struggling with. If God is on our side, what can stop us? More than just on our side, he is along side of us help and teaching us. As Philipians 4:13 says, "I can do everything through him who gives me strength.". Lastly I will leave you with this verse, Pslam 121:2, "My help comes from the Lord, Maker of heaven and earth.". The God who MADE the earth and heavens, who created you and me desires to help us with every struggle and pain and even more than help he wants to get you through it! Ok I lied this is the last verse, in Philipians 4:19 says, "And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus." and honestly I am not worried about the riches of God's glory ever running out! Hope this brought some encouragement to you guys! Thanks for stopping by and taking time to read! Morgan Hykin

Hello wonderful people!  So this has been on my brain for a little while so I thought I would share. I believe for a lot of Christians, at least I know from personal experience, prayer can be a tricky balance between talking to a wish granting genie, bestie, and an all powerful ruler. I know I catch myself sometimes praying and after I finish a prayer, thinking about my words; and often they are all about me and my requests. It is hard to not get caught up it our "requests" we have for God. I remember in Sunday school they taught us to pray with an catchy acronym, which I can't remember (so maybe it wasn't so catchy). Although I do remember the point they were teaching. They said when we pray to 1. Praise God and all he is 2. Thank God for all he has blessed us with 3. others needs and struggles and lastly 4. ourselves in that order. When I started to pray like this it was so cool I would get lost in prayer it was awesome! I challenge you guys to start praying like this for a week or two and see if you notice a difference! Feel free to leave comments or email letting me know! Thanks for stopping by! Morgan.
My email is mhykin14@gmail.com

Hey guys! This isn't a devotion (don't worry one will be put up later this afternoon). I just wanted to address that some of the picture from my earlier posts have not been loading. There is some sort of error with the image. It might have something to do with the fact that I get all of my pictures from pinterest, so copyright stuff might be the problem. I honestly don't know what the problem is so I apologize. If you want to view the pictures they are all on my pinterest page under "Food for thought". Feel free to check it out! The link the listed below. Thanks guys! And as always thanks for stopping by!
Morgan
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Hey Guys! So I saw this verse and thought I would talk about being anxious. God explains in Philippians 4:67 that we must not be anxious about anything. When reading this verse it reminded me about the analogy about waiting in the hall way. I don't know if you know what that means, but the hallway is when you are in between doors which represents big steps in your life. Lots of times we feel like we are going no where and doing nothing significant. Almost like God isn't listening or he is taking a "break" from us and helping someone else; therefore we are stuck in the hallway waiting for direction. In the verse we see that God is telling us what to do in the hallway. He tells us to continually pray about everything on your mind no matter how big and/or small they may be. He also tells us to be thankful. Sometimes it is difficult to be thankful in the hallway because you don't see much happening in your life, but when you read through the verse he says that with thanksgiving you gain the peace of God which is greater than any earthly possession. So what we can take from this verse is to pray always and never forget to thank God for everything, even the troubles your facing (which seems kinda strange). Then you will gain the peace of God which guards your heart and mind which is more precious than anything this world can offer.
Thanks for stopping by! Oh and if you guys what any kind of devotions on certain verses or topics let me know in the comments! Again thanks for taking time to reading! ~Morgan