Originally written on March 20, 2012
The last time I wrote, I felt so happy and joyous and blessed! It's something I can't describe, but all I know is that writing is one of my passions and I will continue to do so... This morning as I was reading a book and meditating on some Scriptures from the Bible, I knew that today's portion would be a bit different. Today, I want to encourage ourselves with Scriptures that help us to keep striving forward, trusting in God, helping us grow our faith and deliver us from the spirit of fear, confusion and unbelief. Each time I write a portion, it's because God uses it as my daily portion of encouragement with His revelation and He gives it to me to share with you, in hopes that as it has blessed my life, it will also bless others. Let's meditate on these Scriptures and let's make them a reality in order to conquer the doubt and fear the devil puts in our thoughts, and in order to help grow our faith!
May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound and be overflowing (bubbling over) with hope. -Romans 15:13
Therefore I tell you, stop being perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink;
or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in
quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than
clothing? Look
at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into
barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not
worth much more than they? And who of you by worrying and being anxious can add one unit of measure (cubit) to his stature or to the span of his life? And why should you be anxious about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field and learn thoroughly how they grow; they neither toil nor spin. Yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his magnificence (excellence, dignity, and grace) was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and green and tomorrow is tossed into the furnace, will He not much more surely clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not worry and
be anxious, saying, What are we going to have to eat? or, What are we
going to have to drink? or, What are we going to have to wear? For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all. But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble. - Matthew 5:25-34
Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. -Philippians 4:6
For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds, [Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One)... - 2 Corinthians 10:4-5
Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and
bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let
your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing
yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to
be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.] -John 14:27
Trust
(lean on, rely on, and be confident) in the Lord and do good; so shall
you dwell in the land and feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed. Psalms 37:3
It is my desire that we can put our complete Faith in God and His Kingdom so that we may be able to see His blessings poured out over our lives!
It is my prayer that this reflection be a part of your daily portion.
Love & Blessings,
Michelle
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