Our ability to trust God is based on how well we know Him. Do you have a friend that you completely trust? Some of us are blessed with such a person in our life. Others not. That trust is based on knowledge of their character. You trust them because you know them, right? It is the same with God. We can only trust Him if we know Him. Our level of trust is based on how much we know Him….
Trusting God is only possible by keeping our eyes on Him. The larger Jesus is in our field of vision, the smaller is everything else. Psalm 56:3-4 When I am afraid, I put my trust in You. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. We will be less anxious. Fretting will flee. The storms will cease to frighten us. Believing He is in control of our circumstances will enable us to surrender…
Trust enough to obey? Do we trust God? Completely? Trust enough to obey Him? That was my question when He asked me to go back to Washington to spend 4-6 weeks with my brother to help in a time of crisis. It was only 4 weeks and I am back home, but I can say without reservation that God is faithful. What He asked of me, He performed through me, even driving through Seattle on I-5. He is so good….
The life of a Christian is not a difficult life, full of fighting off temptations, being holy, or required obedience. Joyful trusting Rather it is a life of joyful abandonment to God surrendering the control of our life to Him. Trusting Him for the outcome of our life. Trusting Him for our future, our tomorrow, our next month, our next year. See Matthew 6:25-34 Trusting Him to provide the friends we need, the finances we need, jobs we need. Trusting…
We fail because we trust ourselves. Andrew Murray Life can be very stressful at times. Even our ordinary life can be both stressful and boring bringing us to the point of despair. We wonder how we will ever get through it. Right? Many times at the end of the day we look back and wish we would have made better choices, was kinder and had not failed as a Christian. When we are drawing from our abilities or resources, it…
Anchored Living life anchored to a correct center or foundation will bring peace and calm, and hold us steady when all around us is in turmoil, troubled, disturbed, unsettled, and shifting. We will be aligned. Not our bodies dictating our feelings or behavior. Not our soul ruling us through our feelings which have no brain. Did you know feelings can’t think? They just feel. Allowing them to rule us is submitting our lives to unthinking emotions. Emotional rollercoaster. They will…
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…
Sometimes, we have plans and dreams, but they might not be what God wants so they are our responsibility. Remember this, He loves you. He wants you to be His friend. Let’s let go of what we think we need or want, or what we think are His plans for us, and let Him lead us each day however He wants. Let’s not put Him in a box. Let’s put no restrictions on Him. We might think we know what…
God is always with us. Even when we don’t feel His presence. He promised to never leave us. Always with us. King David understood this when he wrote Psalm 139. 1,2 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. When you sit in the doctor’s office waiting your turn to be seen by your physician. As you sit waiting for your baby…
