The good news is God doesn’t judge you by one mistake, or by two mistakes, or by five thousand mistakes. His calling on your life is irrevocable. You may have counted yourself out, but God has already counted you in. He chose you before you could choose Him.
If you try to keep everyone else happy, you’re going to be unhappy. There will be people who don’t approve, don’t accept, misunderstand. You can’t worry about that. That’s no way to live. Take the pressure off.
You may have been through some disappointments, but this is a new day. Your greatest victories are still out in front of you. This is your year for a fresh start. Dare to dream again; dare to have a big vision for your life. Trust God to bring it to pass.
What was trying to stop you is done. Now you have to do your part and go back to dreaming. Go back to believing you're worthy. Go back to living with passion, with faith, with expectancy.
The mercy you show others is the mercy God is going to show you. Love covers for people. Cover them with prayer; help them heal; help them be restored.
If you’ll be grateful where you are, then God can get you to where you want to be. You may have some big obstacles, people, or circumstances coming against you, but you don’t have to be worried. You can thank God that He’s fighting your battles.
The enemy is not fighting you for where you are; he’s fighting you for where you’re going. He knows there’s greatness in you. He knows you’re a giant killer, a history maker, and that you’re destined to take your family to new levels.
God says that He has mercy for your mistakes, that He’s not holding your past against you, but if you tell yourself that you’re washed up, you’ve blown it too many times and you live in regrets, then you’re going to miss the new things God has in store.
Sometimes, we’re waiting for people to change, and then we’ll accept them. But God says, “Come just as you are." God waited for us when we were off course. He showed us mercy when we weren’t at our best. Now we need to take that same mercy and show it to someone else.
Faith and fear have something in common. They both ask us to believe something that we can’t see. Whichever one you get in agreement with is the one that’s going to come to pass.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:5-6)
God has not forgotten about you. He knows how long it’s been. He knows what’s in you: the gifts, the talents, the dreams. He put them there. Instead of fighting the silence, embrace it.
There’s something called the power of suggestion. It’s just a little thought, but if you dwell on it, it will get bigger and can become a reality. What you dwell on, you’re going to magnify. Be selective in what you allow in.
That injustice, the sickness, the trouble is not how your story ends. You don’t belong there. You have royal blood. You have a crown of favor. You are worthy. You are valuable and you are destined to overcome.
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You are royalty. Now do your part and receive your worth. Don’t try to earn it. Don’t live performance based. Take the pressure off and just receive it. You are worthy. You are valuable. You are approved by Almighty God.
When you’re tempted to be afraid, live anxious, worried about how it’s going to work out, you need to remind yourself, “The Lord is my Shepherd.” The Lord your Shepherd is watching over you.
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When the battle is all around you, thoughts are telling you to panic, circumstances could have you worried and afraid, that’s when you have to take charge and quiet your soul. The Scripture says, “Be still and know that He is God.”
You don’t know what God is up to. Those winds that are so noisy, the trouble, the opposition, that’s not going to keep you from your destiny; it’s leading you to your destiny. When it’s chaotic, when you’re tempted to panic, worry, that means your miracle is on the way.
Isaiah said, “God is longing to be good to people who are looking for His goodness.” Are you looking for God’s goodness, are you expecting favor, believing to rise higher, to accomplish what He put in your heart? God meets you at the level of your expectations.