I want to remind you that we have nothing to fear, God is with us. He holds us in his hand. As his children he will protect and deliver us from the enemy.
Psalm 56:3:“What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.”
We know we can trust him, because he has only our best interest at heart. He loved us so much that he died for us, why would he not keep us safe.
Be encouraged today. Look to Jesus he will see you through.
I had a thought I wanted to share with you. We often say, “God Wins!” We can depend on him to always fight for us. It doesn’t matter the battle; he is there as our protector and father. If we face a giant like David, he will guide the stone. If we are being pursued like the children of Israel, he will open the sea.
He loved us enough to suffer a brutal death, beyond description. He was unrecognizable. If he loved us that much he will not leave us to fight our battles alone.
“Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him.” – Psalm 91:14-15
He has promised to answer when we call on him. But we have to set our love upon him and he will deliver us.
He didn’t say we wouldn’t walk through hard things. He didn’t say we wouldn’t face a giant. But he has promised to deliver us out of our afflictions.
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.” – Psalms 34:19
ROMANS 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
This is the reason the bible was written, that we might have hope. The world is full of negativity and hopelessness. People are constantly speaking negative things. For example, some go around saying, “I am so depressed.” If we speak something long enough, we will start to believe it. We will become depressed.
If we speak the word, study the word we will find hope. We need to speak life. Because we will get the outcome we speak.
The above is a bookmark I made on Canva feel free to copy and print it.
This week has gone by fast for me, but for others I am sure the days seemed like they were a week long. It all depends on what you are dealing with today. It is my mission in life to encourage you to keep going, do not slow down, do not let the enemy cause you to look right or left. God is with us if we are facing a bad diagnosis from the doctor, the loss of a loved one or a job, he is with us when the worst imaginable things happen to us. But he will shine enough light on our path for us to know the next step.
He doesn’t show us the whole road because we would become afraid. But he shows us enough to keep us going the right direction. If you are trying to make a decision, he will guide you. All you have to do is ask him to shine his light on your path. Then open up his word and he will give you just what you need.
Today I want to remind you that prayer is our key that unlocks the door to God’s presence and provision for our lives. This quote is a very old saying, I am not sure who said it first. But that is so true, we need to give God our first fruits. In other words, start with a “Good Morning Lord” give him thanks and praise for another day.
As we bring each day to a close, we need to Thank him for another day. Then in the middle of the day as we walk through everything we are dealing with we will have strength to walk it out. We can also worship and pray during the day. Staying in his presence will keep our feet on the right path.
Jeremiah 33:3 – “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”
God promises to give us wisdom and answer our prayers.
As fall approaches our thoughts turn to drives in the crisp air and pumpkin spice everything. I try to hold on to the last days of summer tightly.
I never want to miss an opportunity to encourage someone. We are all part of the same body, that gives us a responsibility to encourage each other.
Everyone walks through hard things. Everyone fights battles. There are times we are strong and can help someone else. There are times we need to reach out for encouragment and prayer.
So as you hold on to the last days of summer. Let God’s warmth shine on you and through you. Be strong in the Lord and remember you are never alone.
Just a reminder today that God is our light and our protector. He is there to shine down on us. He will fill us with his grace and glory. As long as we walk in his ways, he will not withhold any good thing from us. He is our strength and will see us through whatever we are facing.
I hope to have the videos up and running by next week.
Often life throws us a curve ball. Many things can upset our routine. I am in the middle of one of those moments. My video editing program has stopped working. I have uninstalled and reinstalled, begged my computer to open the program, yes, I really did. It was not moved by my plea for help.
I will not have a video for the next few days until I can get this worked out. I would welcome any suggestions for user friendly editing software. I will be doing research to find the right thing. I ask that you be patient and don’t give up on me. I would not be spending my time doing this if I didn’t feel that it is God’s will for me to try to uplift and encourage my fellow believers and hopefully shine a light to the lost.
Today, I encourage you to keep going and keep doing what you are called to do, no matter how hard it gets. We have to be strong in order to bring in the end time harvest.
I Cor 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
In order to keep moving we must walk out our faith. But how do we take the next steps on the road of life? There are so many paths and choices. If we try to walk on our own, we will trip and fall into a trap of the enemy. As children of God, we need to look to him. He will direct our path.
Psalm 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
God has our path planned before we were ever born. If we choose to live for Christ and allow him to direct our path, we will end up having amazing lives. God will take us places we could not have ever dreamed of going.
Prov 12:2-3 A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. 3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
One place the words says, we will be like trees planted by the water. In order to be near water a tree must have deep roots. As the water rises and pushes against the tree, it must have deep roots to stay standing. It is good to be a tree beside of the water when drought happens the tree will still be able to draw water through its roots that are so deep. This tree is established and can stand up to all sorts of outside influences from storms to drought.
The word established means – having been in existence for a long time. Widely accepted, confirmed. If we look to God his ways are established or confirmed to be the standard that we measure our path of life against.
Proverbs 16:3 – Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Being established in Christ takes commitment by us to walk in the ways of the Lord. We cannot allow the enemy to distract us from our faith walk. He will try to trip us up if possible. Being established in Christ takes prayer and determination to follow all his ways.
It is time the body of Christ set aside the pettiness of man. If we all seek him with our whole hearts he will lead us in the correct path. He has promised to establish our way. We can trust that he will do the same for others, even if they are new and need to grow. None of us are perfect and we all can fail and fall.
Matthew 7:24-27 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
When we build on a solid foundation we will be established. Jesus is that rock, the foundation of our faith. The world is the man who builds on sand. What is sand, it is very small pieces of rock.
Notice both had storms it is just that one was more prepared than the other. The one who stood on there foundation of faith in Jesus Christ is the one who was still standing. This is what it means to be established, you face the storms and you hold tight to your faith. When the storm has passed, you are still standing. Not because of how strong you are, but because you trusted in one who is strong enough to protect you from the storm.
