Bandage up the wounds and hurts. Forgive the person who did you wrong. Let go of what didn’t work out and get back in the game. No matter what life deals your way, your attitude should be: “I’m hurting, but I’m still here.”
It's easy to use our words in the wrong direction to try to control situations. But we need to be mindful of what we're saying. David prayed in Psalm 141, "Lord, set a guard over my mouth. Keep watch over the door of my lips."
Start saying out loud the things you know God has spoken to you. Replace those negative thoughts with God’s thoughts toward you, such as, “God chose me. He called me, and He has equipped me. I have the strength and ability to succeed and thrive in this. I am who God says I am. I can do what God says I can do!”
God has a greater reward for people who are faithful in tough times. If that’s you today, know that God has His hand on you. He’s walking with you through the valley. He’s preparing streams in the desert. He’s leading and guiding you in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.
Worry does nothing to change our concerns or troubles, but it does change one thing—it changes who we are. Worry causes us to miss the beauty of the moment and the opportunity to be fruitful in our lives.
We all have cares, concerns, things that trouble us. But when we worry about them, what we're really saying is, "God, I have some big problems, and You're not big enough to take care of them." But Jesus asks, "Will all your worries add a single moment to your life?" (Matthew 6:27).
If God has called you to this, He will help you overcome any obstacle that would hold you back. Set your mind on the truth: “This is God’s plan, so I am placing it in God’s hands.” Start seeing yourself (in God) as bigger than the fear that’s trying to intimidate you.
It doesn't work to be worrying and praying. The two can't coexist. They're opposites. Don't allow anxieties to push you around. Take your worries and begin to offer them up to God. Bring Him into the middle of your challenges, and it becomes a prayer.
“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me” (Psalm 23:4). Sometimes in life, you have to play in pain. In other words, you have to keep going even when you don’t feel like it.
Keep God’s words always on your lips, and discouragement and fear must flee. Get His Word into your thinking and meditate on it until it drops down into the very depths of who you are. He says He will be with you wherever you go.
Ramping up the investigation into the #SCOTUS leaker and what Justice Alito is thinking about retirement - always enjoy checking in with the one and only @Varneyco.
From the DSA platform to abolish borders/jails/SCOTUS to his relationships with Hasan Piker and President Trump, my conversation with @ZohranKMamdani went to some interesting places. Don’t miss the interview on @FoxNewsSunday.
When it seems like everything is going wrong, too often, we think that it’s because we’ve done something wrong and God must be upset with us. But the Scripture says, “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” (1 John 3:1).