Time To Take A Deep Cleansing Breath

My Utmost For His Highest

He Himself has said….So we may boldly say… —Hebrews 13:5-6

“My assurance is to be built upon God’s assurance to me. God says, “I will never leave you,” so that then I “may boldly say, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear’ ” (Hebrews 13:5-6). In other words, I will not be obsessed with apprehension. This does not mean that I will not be tempted to fear, but I will remember God’s words of assurance. I will be full of courage, like a child who strives to reach the standard his father has set for him. The faith of many people begins to falter when apprehensions enter their thinking, and they forget the meaning of God’s assurance— they forget to take a deep spiritual breath. The only way to remove the fear from our lives is to listen to God’s assurance to us. What are you fearing? Whatever it may be, you are not a coward about it— you are determined to face it, yet you still have a feeling of fear. When it seems that there is nothing and no one to help you, say to yourself, “But ‘The Lord is my helper’ this very moment, even in my present circumstance.” Are you learning to listen to God before you speak, or are you saying things and then trying to make God’s Word fit what you have said? Take hold of the Father’s assurance, and then say with strong courage, “I will not fear.” It does not matter what evil or wrong may be in our way, because “He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you….’ ” CHAMBERS

There is not one person reading this that has not faced difficulties in life.  We live in an imperfect world.  One problem we have is that we generally don’t have a frame of reference.  We don’t know how bad life can be.  We only know what we have experienced.  Some you have suffered great loss and hardship, but still, no more than others before you and certainly there are many even as I type this that are in the midst of great trials.  Trials are a part of life.  The come to the Christian and the non-Christian alike.  The more important question is not, will we face a trial, but  how will we respond when the trial comes. As a Christian you have the capacity to look to the Creator God .. not as a judge sitting in a heavenly court room, but as a Father who loves His children.  God can be your strength and peace in the midst of whatever you are facing, today.  But knowing that is of little value actually, you must do something about it.  You must take a “deep spiritual breath”.  In child birth classes they called it a deep cleansing breath … ELGIN

“It Is Well”

“When peace like a river attendeth my way.  When sorrows like deep billows roll.  Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, ‘It is well with my soul”

Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)