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Withstand

13 The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you can endure. ~ 1 Corinthians 10:13NLT

All of us go through some temptation of some kind. We may not go through the same temptations as each other, but none of us are the only ones struggling with a certain kind of temptation or sin. No person struggles with a sin that isn’t common to man. No person struggles with a sin that is unique to them, and no one else can relate to.

And just as we aren’t the only ones struggling, we aren’t alone in the temptation either. God is with us. He is guiding us through the temptation so that we might not fall prey to it but instead overcome it. No temptation will overcome you if you put your trust in the LORD God Almighty and follow His lead. Write His word on your heart by memorizing Scripture. Quote it in times of need. Withstand that Devil, and he must flee.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Withstand.

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Plant Many Seeds

15 Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it. ~ 1 Peter 3:15NLT

We live in a world that doesn’t know God, nor does it desire to know God. In fact, it desires to shut God out and silence His believers. The world tries to put us on the spot and intimidate us into not believing by mocking our beliefs in front of others, but don’t let them get the best of you. Stand up for your faith. The message of the cross is foolishness to the unbeliever, but to us who believe it is the very power of God. And who knows, maybe a seed will be planted that will one day grow into a fruitful tree of faith.

This is the importance of knowing your Bible. This is the importance of knowing and understanding why you believe what you believe. How can the unbeliever ever understand and come to acceptance if the believer doesn’t know or understand what they believe? We have to be ready to explain our hope in God. We have to be ready to explain our love for God. We have to know what we believe and why. The only way we can do that is if we read our Bible and strengthen our relationship with God. We have to go deeper than just a Sunday Christian. We have to be an everyday Christian who seeks and worships God every day. We have to lead the world to the light; if the light in us is dim, how can we lead anyone through the darkness? So, strengthen your faith so that you may lead others to Jesus.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Plant Many Seeds.

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Stand on the Rock

25 When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away, but the godly have a lasting foundation. ~ Proverbs 10:25NLT

On the outside, physically speaking, the Church may look no different from the world, but when you look on the inside and take a look at the soul, you’ll see the difference. The world relies on the strength of themselves, idols, false gods, mankind, kings, etc., while the Church retired on God Almighty.

We don’t rely on idols, false gods, or even angels of God. We rely on The Almighty, who created all things. We build our lives on the Rock that cannot be moved. So when trials and tribulations come our way, we are not moved. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed (2 Corinthians 4:8-9). We may look like the world on the outside, physically, but on the inside, we are completely different, for we stand on the Rock that cannot be moved.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Stand on the Rock.

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Enter Into His Rest

8 The Lord says, “Don’t harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah, as they did at Massah in the wilderness. 9 For there your ancestors tested and tried my patience, even though they saw everything I did. 10 For forty years I was angry with them, and I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them.’ 11 So in my anger I took an oath: ‘They will never enter my place of rest.’” ~ Psalms 95:8-11NLT

For forty years, the people of Israel sought other gods, complained to God, complained to Moses, and never once did they stop and thank God for all that He had done for them. God had just rescued them from 400 years of slavery. He showed them His power and His glory, yet they were not moved by this.

Today, we are the same way. We seek the world instead of God, and when things go wrong, we blame Him. Then when He comes to our rescue, we return to our old ways. We rarely give Him the glory and honor He deserves. If we continue in our ways and refuse to be thankful and give God the praise and honor He deserves, we’ll end up like the Israelites of old. They walked around the desert for 40 years, yet they never entered into the rest of the LORD. Jesus is coming back real soon. If we aren’t careful, we’ll miss out on His rest. We have to be thankful. We have to praise Him. We have to follow Him.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Enter Into His Rest.

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Praise God’s Name

30 Then I will praise God’s name with singing, and I will honor Him with thanksgiving. 31 For this will please the Lord more than sacrificing cattle, more than presenting a bull with its horns and hooves. ~ Psalms 69:30-31NLT

The LORD doesn’t desire that blood be shed. He doesn’t desire that the innocent should die so that the wicked can be saved. God doesn’t desire sacrifices of blood because an innocent life must be given in order for blood to be shed. God desires for us to be obedient. He desires for us to choose life and not death. Goodness and not evil. God formed each and every one of us by hand. He knows the number of hairs on our heads. You are worth more to Him than all the sparrows in the sky, so choose life and not death. Rejoice in His goodness. Praise Him, for He loves you more than silver and gold.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Praise God’s Name.

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Don’t Let The World Determine

9 Passion for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me. 10 When I weep and fast, they scoff at me. 11 When I dress in burlap to show sorrow, they make fun of me. 12 I am the favorite topic of town gossip, and all the drunks sing about me. 13 But I keep praying to you, Lord, hoping this time you will show me favor. In your unfailing love, O God, answer my prayer with your sure salvation. ~ Psalms 69:9-13NLT

David was alone. He had no one in his corner; his own brothers turned away from him. Everything he did to try to encourage himself in the LORD and draw closer to God, the people mocked him. He fasted; they mocked him. He humbled himself in burlap; they mocked him. They gossiped and made songs about him, yet his faith in the LORD was not shaken. David was determined to get the LORD’s attention regardless of what the people said or did to him. David’s one goal was to dwell in the favor and love of the LORD.

Today, the Church’s one goal seems to be politically correct. We strive to be friends with the world. We strive to be accepted by the world. When we pray and seek the face of the LORD, and the world mocks us, we stop praying and seeking. When we praise and worship the LORD, and the world mocks us, we stop praising and worshiping. We allow the world to determine how our God is to be worshipped, acknowledged, praised, and prayed to when the LORD has written out for us the perfect guide to having a life pleasing and acceptable to Him.

LORD God, help us to seek out the plans you have for us and not those of the world. Help us to worship, pray, praise, and seek You, regardless of what the world says or does. Help us to only focus on You, oh LORD, instead of focusing on the world and its reactions. Give us strength, oh LORD, to fight the good fight set before us. Be with us always, LORD God, and strengthen our faith that it may not fail. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen.

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Confess Into The Light

5 Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.” And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone. Interlude ~ Psalms 32:5NLT

So many of us are walking in shame and guilt because of what we’ve done. We know that God can forgive all sins, but yet part of us feels as if He can’t forgive our sin because we maybe we can’t forgive ourselves. So shame and guilt creep into our hearts, and they take over, trying to keep us in our past. God, on the other hand, is calling us out of the dark pit of shame and guilt. He’s reaching out His hand for us to come to Him, and He might clothe us in righteousness. So how do we reach out and take His hand? We confess our sins to Him.

See, God already knows everything about us. He knows our thoughts, desires, and even the things we don’t know about ourselves. God knows all that we’ve done wrong and all that we’ve done right. So, to confess to God is to confide in Him and ask Him for help. Because when we confess, we are shining light in the darkness. And where there is light, shame and guilt cannot abound.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Confess Into The Light.

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Declare Them Over Your Life

37 For the word of God will never fail. ~ Luke 1:37NLT

Every promise from the LORD is true and good. God has given us His Word that we might declare His blessings over our lives. When we need healing, remember by His stripes we have been healed. When we need peace, remember that He has given us His peace. When we need hope, remember He is the light of the world, and the darkness has never overcome it. There are verses for every circumstance we go through; we need only declare them over our lives and believe that they are for us.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Declare Them Over Your Life.

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Give To See

6 Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh? 8 Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. ~ Isaiah 58:6-8

So many of us desire to see the glory of the LORD but have no idea how to achieve this desire. According to Isaiah, one way is to break down the strongholds of not only us but also those around us. We are to be the light in a dark world because we have the light of the world living in us and through us. Therefore, our actions should match His actions and His heart. And His heart is to break every stronghold from the back of all people willing to allow Him to.

As we live in the world, it’s easy to get caught up in the world and the desires of the world. While the world seeks to only benefit itself, God seeks to benefit all; this is what we must desire as well. The moment we begin to work to build up the Kingdom of God, which includes breaking the strongholds of others so that they may see the goodness of God, then we will begin to see blessings pour in and our prayers answered. By breaking down the strongholds of others, we are breaking down the spiritual strongholds that hold us back. Every physical action we make has a spiritual consequence, whether bad or good.

So, if you are having a spiritual blockade in your prayer life or you’re not seeing the mighty hand of God move in your life, try moving the physical blockades of others. God always rewards those who do His good and perfect will.

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Comfort As God Does

4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. ~ 2 Corinthians 1:4

Often times when someone is going through a tragedy, we don’t know what to say or so. Sometimes, we even avoid them because we feel uncomfortable and don’t know how to handle it, but we don’t have to overthink it. In times of hurt, pain, oppression, devastation, tragedy, etc. God comforted us. And in doing so, He taught us how to comfort others.

We don’t have to overthink these things; we just have to allow God to move in us. We just have to allow God to comfort someone through us. Not everyone has a relationship with God, so God can’t comfort everyone the way He comforts His children. God dwells in us, and Christ lives through us; therefore, we can allow God to comfort those in pain and suffering by comforting them ourselves in the same love that God comforted us.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Comfort As God Does.

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