We all know at least one – and usually try to steer clear, rather than be pulled into a conversation. They’re the complainers…those people who love to gripe, whine, and make life miserable for everyone around. The only people worse to be caught up in conversation with are the scoffers…those who mock, ridicule, and despise authority. Both groups are very difficult to be around…especially if you’re trying to remind positive!
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Jeremiah 10:10 ” But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God, the eternal King…”
In the Lord you will only find truth. He is ever reliable, trustworthy, and sure…His Kingdom is everlasting. As it says so beautifully in Daniel 6:26, ” For He is the living God and He endures forever; His Kingdom will not be destroyed, His dominion will never end.”
Nehemiah 8: 10 “…for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Gladness of heart in the Lord is your support…it’s your anchor in times of trouble…it’s the strong tower you can run to in the middle of the storm. Delight and happiness in knowing Him will be your mainstay and comfort forever.
John 16:23 ” In that day you will no longer ask Me anything.”
The longer our journey with the Lord, the fewer the questions we have. The more and more we trust Him, the less we query His Will in our lives. There will come a day, when faith and peace become such an attitude of your heart… that there’s no more questions to be asked.
Isaiah 64:1 ” Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before You! “
Almost everyday we learn of earthquakes around the world…or we hear about volcanoes erupting and spewing smoke far up into the atmosphere. But these all pale in comparison to the Lord’s mighty power…when the heavens will be torn apart as He descends to earth…” the mountains melting beneath Him.” (Micah 1:3)
I Timothy 6:17 ” Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.”
If the Lord has prospered you here on earth, your trust cannot be in your wealth, but rather in the One who has given it to you. Riches are fleeting…here today and gone tomorrow, but the Lord’s loving kindness is the only unchanging constant you can truly trust in.
II Kings 4:3 ” Elisha said, Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few.”
When I bring my requests before the Lord, am I truly believing He will grant them? Or am I just going through the motions of asking, not really expecting the Lord to come through. Have my low expectations limited God to what He can accomplish? This verse just reminds me again not to put limits on God. I may be praying this tiny, feeble prayer, while God’s ready to do a HUGE work… despite me and my pitiful faith.
Psalm 84:11 ” For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is blameless.”
The glory of the Lord is our light. Our path is ever illuminated by His majestic power. We never need to fear the darkness, for Isaiah said it best…” The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.” (Isaiah 60:19)
Romans 6: 13 “…but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life…”
I really didn’t want to do it… initially I even said no. But the Lord had other plans for me telling my story to a group of ladies yesterday. You see people everyday with their smiley faces on never knowing the struggles and trials in their past. And so I took off my smiley face, became very vulnerable, and yielded myself to His Will. .. Surrendering my façade of a strong Christian woman to show the broken, crushed spirit that I once was. In that simple act of obedience I was able to show how God miraculously saved, restored, and healed me inside out.
Hosea 10:13 ” But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your own strength…”
We’re on a very slippery slope anytime we put our trust and confidence in ourselves rather than the Lord. It’s that prideful nature that will get us in trouble every time. The problem with relying on any other type of security other than God is the sad end result…eternal punishment apart from God.
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