Do you ever get discouraged? Maybe you feel betrayed by a friend, or you’ve lost a loved one. You have been ill for awhile. You have fear because of coronavirus and are afraid to go out. There are many reasons to feel discouraged.
What are you going to do about it? The Bible tells us to trust in the Lord but you are finding it hard to do.
When all seems impossible, encourage yourself. Don’t want to read or Praise the Lord? Do it.
The best thing is to find a Bible that you can listen to as you are reading. Sing. A good one is “Count Your Blessings”. Name them one by one. Do it.
It is hard to be discouraged when you are thankful for what God has done. Pray and ask for the discouragement to be lifted. And He will help you.
What we think about controls how we live and react to every situation in our lives.
God tells us in His Word what we should think about.
If we think about things that make us not trust God, we become worried and fearful.
This one verse tells us how to overcome anxiety. Let us decide today to think on good things and ask God to help us to think about the things in this verse that will bring peace and joy into our lives.
Have you ever been on a trip, in a hospital or just visiting but you are longing for home?
There is an old saying “Home is where the heart is”. How true. We can be in any place and still feel at home if we are surrounded by people we love.
As Christians we should be longing for HOME. Our heavenly home where we shall see Jesus and be reunited with family and friends who have gone one before us.
However, while we are still traveling this earth we do have our loved One Jesus, who is with us 24/7 no matter where we are. So, today, wherever you are you can feel at home with your Comforter and Friend Jesus but looking forward to the day when we will reach our Heavenly home.
Ephesians 2: 12b & 13 …..having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
The Bible tells us that before we accepted Jesus as our Savior we were without hope, lost and on our way to spending eternity without God and Heaven.
But, after salvation, we are close to God through the blood of Jesus.
Sometimes we feel overwhelmed with the problems. Maybe it is the illness of a loved one, trying to get everything done in a day, discontent with our job or the many other things that cause us to be upset.
God tells us in His Word, do not be upset about anything, but pray, ask Him to remedy the situation, thank Him and He will give us peace.
This is what trusting is all about. Cast all our cares on Jesus and He will help us get through any situation.
As Christians we need to have compassion for one another. To our fellow Christians and also to the unsaved.
We will never win the lost by being unkind, rude or unforgiving to them or to our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Others are watching our actions, our speech and even our tone of voice. Courtesy and love to our spouses, children and others is the key to the peace and joy in our homes, workplace and family gatherings.
The unsaved that are watching will then want what we have and we can share the love of Jesus and His forgiveness.
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