Faith or fear? What do we allow to influence our daily lives? Fear Fear is not believing God is enough, nearby or cares. Fear is agreeing with the bad news, agreeing with the statements of doubt. Fear is faith in something or someone other than God. What do we choose to have faith in? The bad news or God’s good news? Elisha’s servant anxiously viewed the armies surrounding their home. The enemy had invaded overnight and had surrounded the city. What…
Can words change your point of view? Can they alter your perspective? Will they give you a different mindset? What if…What if you were given certain words or phrases to think on each day of the week? Truths to marinate in. What if you participated in this activity for a month? Would it make a difference in your mindset, your viewpoint? Are you game for an experiment? Each day read the reference(s) for a month or say through Thanksgiving. If…
Can you say, “It is well with my soul?” If we are uncertain whether or not we have His approval can leave us in a state of fear, dread, and anxiety. Did you know we are born spiritually dead and cut off from our creator? Until that condition changes, we will not have true peace. It will not be well with our souls. We were created to be one with our creator. That connection was severed when the sin of…
“It was not a cramped, circumspect, compromised life, but a life lived in a kind of wild, joyful, full-throated freedom — that was what it was to obey God.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer Why obey? John 15:11 says These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. What was Jesus talking about right before that statement? He was talking about keeping His commandments and abiding in His love. Joy in…
