“"Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.”
John 14:1 ESV
There are over 400 incidents in scripture where God tells us to "fear not". In one way or another.
Have confidence in Christ!
“For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.”
Psalms 30:5
Join me in claiming this today!
His favor...
His joy...upon our lives!
Joy unlimited, unlike anything else-as we walk with Christ
“Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.”
Psalms 31:5 ESV
The idea of committing oneself into the hands of God is a decision that changes perspective.
Every perspective!
We begin to see situations and and people differently.
“For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”
1 Cor1:18
The "cross word", is the word that pierces and deflates all other beliefs.
The truth that trumps everything possibly conceived by the mind of man...
“By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.”
Ps33:6
God's word is more powerful than anything conceived!
There is no description befitting it's scope or abilities.
So bring all to Him!
Preserve me-God,for in you I take refuge.
I say to the Lord-You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you
Ps16:1-2
Father in this day I need your shadow-Immerse me within love so that my resolve might be strengthened
Although my heart grows weary and my breath, faint-Trust!
"...Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."”
Ma16:11
We can be tactical with so many pursuits-and yet so incredibly dense when it comes to following Jesus?
Religiosity is not where the secret is found. No it's much deeper-like a breath-without which you would die.
“The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.”
Nahum 1:7 ESV
This is my help and strength!
There is a place where I can go and when I'm locked in nothing can overcome.
"In Christ" He is my impenetrable fortress!
“For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.”
Ro1:20
Who are they?
They are us!
We are without excuse.
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”
Romans 1:16 ESV
“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.”
Isaiah 40:8 ESV
God word stands forever-So it transcends this world, this existence, and all that is material!
But not you! You are eternal!