There are two voices vying for your attention: the voice of doubt and the voice of faith. You get to choose which voice becomes a reality. The voice you dwell on, the thoughts you believe, that’s going to determine who you are.
Don’t let the voice of doubt take root, telling you that you’re weak, not able, or come from the wrong family. Believe what God says about you. You are glorious. You are anointed. You are favored.
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God cares about everything that concerns you, and He wants to personally take care of you. Don't make yourself miserable worrying about things that God wants you to release to Him. When we are anxious today about what may happen tomorrow, or things that happened yesterday, we waste the day God has graciously given us.
The next time you are tempted to get anxious or upset about something—especially about something in the past or the future—think about something God has done for you lately and choose to be grateful. Learn from God's goodness in your past and prepare for your future, but live in the present, remembering that no matter what happens, He always loves you and wants what is best for you.
The apostle Paul says, “If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone” (Romans 12:18). There is a place in your spirit that says, “I am a peacemaker, and because I am a peacemaker, I can trust God to fight my battles for me and bring the right outcome.” Let’s be instruments of peace, because there’s a blessing on the life of a peacemaker.
The Scripture says that in God’s presence there is fullness of joy, fullness of peace, fullness of victory. That’s where you’re refreshed and restored.
You weren’t created to reach one level and get stuck there: in your attitude, in your career, in your relationships, in your walk with God. God has new mountains for you to climb, new friendships, new levels of influence and favor.
If you'll start thanking God that He’s working, thanking Him that He’s bigger than what you’re facing, thanking Him that He’s calming the storms, then you’re going to see situations suddenly turn around. Suddenly, you'll get well. Suddenly, your child gets back on course. Suddenly, the problem resolves.
Psalm 107 says, God satisfies the thirsty soul with good things. If you’re going to see good things—healing, breakthroughs, favor—you have to stay thirsty. God didn’t put a dream in your heart that He can’t bring to pass. There’s not a problem you’re in that He can’t bring you out of. The question is: are you thirsty?
Today, make it a point to be still before God. Quiet your mind of all the things on your agenda and just focus on Him. Let Him love you, let Him speak to your heart, and let Him fill you with peace and strength each and every day.
Too often, we’re discounting ourselves, waiting to get older or wishing we were younger. You know what you’re going to say twenty years from now? That you wish you could be at the age you are right now. Step into who you are today.
You never age out with God; you age into your purpose. Abraham became a father at 100 years old. John wrote the book of Revelation in his nineties. Noah built the ark when he was over 500 years old. The Scripture says, “Your latter days will be better than your former days.”
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Sometimes there’s no logical solution. God is going to supernaturally turn it around. If we take matters into our own hands, we’re going to be frustrated. Don’t try to change things that only God can change.
Everyone would love to have a strong marriage, a wonderful family and home life, and great friendships. But like anything else we want, it just doesn’t happen by chance. You have to overlook offenses, unkindness, and selfishness. You’re going to have to let go of anger and bitterness. On the other side of that commitment of love is an amazing blessing.
God will come to you even in your doubt. He knows the struggles are real. Disappointments can weigh us down. People who do us wrong, doors that close, that can bring discouragement, questions. No, even in the doubts, God is looking for you.
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What are you expecting in life? Are you anticipating good things or bad things, significance or mediocrity? Don’t allow your circumstances or feelings to dull your enthusiasm for life and imprison you in a negative frame of mind. Expect to experience the goodness of God!
David prayed in Psalm 141, “Lord, set a guard over my mouth. Keep watch over the door of my lips.” He was saying, “God, don’t let me speak words that get my life off course. I want to speak words of faith.”
You may have failed, but you are not a failure. That’s what you did, that’s not who you are. You may have doubted, but you’re not a doubter. Don’t let that label become permanent. You may struggle with an addiction, but you are not an addict. You are a child of the Most High God. Don’t let people label you. Let God label you.
What you thought was a disappointment was necessary for you to step into the fullness of who you were created to be. Come back to a place of peace. God may not have sent the trouble, but He’s promised He’s going to use it to your advantage.
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There are gifts and talents God has put in you. The struggle, the disappointment, the things you don’t understand, it’s going to launch you into a new level of your purpose. We see the moment, but God sees the whole story.
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