Monthly Archives: March 2015

Many times when we encounter problems in our lives, we experience the familiar feelings of anxiety, fear, and distress. However, our loving God counsels His children not to be afraid, because He is close and has a plan to help us in the middle of our difficulties. To spiritually progress from anxiety, fear, and distress to reassurance, faith, and peace takes grace, experience and time to develop in our hearts. We are all at different levels spiritually, and God wants…..

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Do you understand that God really loves you and wants to have a growing personal relationship with you? I was blessed to be brought up by loving, Christian parents; God and church was at the center of my growing up years. But,even though, I knew all about God and Jesus, I really didn’t know Him. Trying to figure out who I was during my teen years led me to numbing out, and doing life my way. I made lots of wrong choices which,…..

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Like the arrival of a sudden storm at sea, we will all go through times of unexpected difficulty and trouble in our lives. What ever the problem may be, we as God’s children usually exert great effort to trust in God’s faithfulness to see us through the struggle.But because of the unhealed wounds in our hearts, we are vulnerable to the Enemy’s attack, and Satan uses his biggest weapons of fear and doubt to set up unbelief in our hearts…..

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More often than not, when we find ourselves in the midst of hardship, adversity, trouble, or heartbreak, our thoughts and emotions become dominated by feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, annoyance, fear, and a sense of being overwhelmed. There will be seasons of difficulty and problems for all of us who live on fallen planet Earth. Yet we need not fear these times because, as we turn to the Lord, our struggles will take us to a larger place. Thus King David…..

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A lack of humility in our lives can be manifested in two completely opposite behaviors. We usually think of someone who lacks humility as prideful, full of conceit, haughty, egotistical, overconfident, having a sense of self-importance or condescension, and not needing God’s help-or much of it anyway! But that same lack of humility can also produce a state of pride that says: I can’t do this. I’m inferior. I’m dumb. I’m inadequate. I’m a coward. This variety of pride is…..

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Even people who consider themselves strong have times when they feel down, weak, and overwhelmed by life. When problems attach to feelings of being burdened down continue on an on, we begin to understand that our ability to control and change things is very limited. This helpless feeling may push us toward wanting to give up and quit. At this point, we come to a crossroads where we must make a choice about the direction we will go. We can…..

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We are spiritual beings living in fleshly bodies in this world. Like oil and water, spirit and flesh generally resist integration and are antagonistic toward one another. When our spirit joins together with the Holy Spirit, we desire to do God’s will and love Him with all our hearts, which in turn puts the desire to love others as we love ourselves. On the contrary, the mind of the flesh-our emotions and thoughts without the Holy Spirit’s filling- holds us…..

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It’s not always easy to believe that God is in the process of bestowing His goodness on us, especially during prolonged, difficult, demanding situations. Often the unhealed wounds of our hearts will give openings to the Enemy, as our mind is bombarded with thoughts of negativity and fear. Darkness speaks… life will never change for the better…it has always been hard… it will always be hard. This negativity is an attempt to challenge our faith, and the truth of God’s…..

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Scripture tells us to be satisfied with our present circumstances. First, to be content in our present circumstances, we must learn how to put the past down. God wants to teach each of us how to process through the past, so we can let it go, and live in the present. Second, He wants us to be able to trust and believe Him to fulfill the future plans He has put in our hearts. But while we are waiting, we…..

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As Christians we are all at various levels in our spiritual quest to abide in God’s love;our love relationship with Christ is “alive.” When something is alive, it will grow, mature, and evolve. The Song of Solomon is an allegory of the love relationship between God and His people. Throughout the song, Solomon(who represents God)and the Shulammite maiden (who represents God’s people)have evolved into a loving, two-way relationship. This maiden’s heart was able to reciprocate the love that the shepherd…..

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