Give your life to Jesus, He can do more with it than you can.
Mat 10:39 Whoever finds his (lower) life will lose it (the higher life) and whoever loses his (lower ) life on My account will find it(the higher life). Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior it is worth it. The world looks for something real tangible. People look for love and God is love see 1 John 4:8. Because we know God we can offer the answer to the searching hearts around us and the needs of people we encounter in life - the God of love talked about in 1 John 4:8 is the answer.
God is looking for people who will stand in the gap for others see Ezekiel 22:30. Remember that we are often tempted to judge others and that keeps us in bondage. Give prayer instead of judgement and stand in the gap for them as often as you possibly can. Be the blessing God intends you to be.
Paul says in Galatians 6:2 that we must learn to get along with each other. We are going to have to learn to put up with some things we do not like. All the people around us are not going to think and speak and act the way we want them to. But forgiving them is part of what we must do as members of the body of Christ. Not everyone is going to be or do what want but we can forgive them and love them anyway.
Psalm 34:10 they who seek (inquire of and require) the Lord (by right of their need and on the authority of His Word) none of them shall lack any beneficial thing. Expect Gods provision, seek Him with your heart Verse 19 Many evils confront the consistently righteous but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
Father, in the name of Jesus, I pray and confess your word over my and my friends families, surround them with faith to go on love to share and abundant blessings from your Hand. I believe and confess that you give your angels charge over our families to accompany and defend and preserve them in all their ways. You, Lord, are their refuge and fortress. You are their glory and the lifter of their heads. O Lord, my Lord, how majestic and glorious is your name in all the earth. You have set your glory on or above the Heavens. You have established strength because of your foes, that you might silence the enemy. I sing praise to your name on most high. We thank you in Jesus name. AMEN.
As believers we are not to be self confident but God confident. This confidence only comes from the Holy Spirit. Trust God for wisdom courage and breakthroughs like Gideon in Judges 6:34 and you will see that God work mightily through you just as He did with Gideon.
As Gods children we can live with confidence and boldness expecting good things see Hebrews 10:19. We can expect preferential treatment, not because of who we are but because of who's we are. We belong to the king of kings and Lord of Lords and we are also special to Him
Ecclesiastes 5:1 instructs us to give our minds to what we are doing and to keep our foot - meaning footing. We must learn to focus on what we are doing if not we will loose our footing and become anxious and worried because we will always be mentally dealing with yesterday or tomorrow when we should be living today.
Although there are downers in this life there are also lifters. In Psalm 3:1-3 the psalmist says that despite his distressing situation, he is not despairing or becoming depressed because his confidence is in the Lordthe lifter of his head. Choosing to live in hope and joy does not mean you have decided not to let them get you down.
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