Sunday, 29 May 2016

Scared?

The final cause of discouragement is fear.

'I don't know what's right and what's real anymore.....cause I'm being taken over by the fear.'
Lily Allen 'The Fear'

Fear can be all consuming.  What is it you fear?

Surround yourself with positive thinking people, pick the right company.  Avoid those who feed your fear.

'The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.  DO NOT BE AFRAID; DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED.'
Deuteronomy 31:8

'If He is for me, who can ever be against me.'

'So, what do you think?  With God on our side like this how can we lose?  If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own son, is there anything else he wouldn't gladly and freely do for us?  And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God's chosen?  Who would dare even point a finger?  The One who died for us - who was raised to life for us! - is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us.  Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ's love for us?  There is no way!  Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in scripture......None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us.  I'm absolutely convinced that NOTHING - nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable - ABSOLUTELY NOTHING can get between us and God's love because of the way that Jesus our Master embraced us.'
Romans 8:31-39

I know I am not ....(....insert fear here!).....BUT I know I AM (I AM is another name of God's)

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