Hold On to Hope

In having a conversation with my husband the other day we were discussing fear and the lies that the Devil stirs within our hearts and our minds.  It always seems that these lies have little particles of truth mixed in with them.  It becomes confusing to let go of our fears because the fears are usually matters that we hold very closely to our hearts.  They are matters that we are passionate about, matters that become entwined with our identity.

So I sometimes wonder, "How am I supposed to just let go of these things that are so very important to me?"

My husband then stated...You know what the opposite of fear is?  I pondered a minute and then he simply stated.....Hope.

Hope is from God.  Hope is a promise that God places in our hearts.  In God's complete and perfect understanding of who we are, He knows our dreams, longings, and purpose.  He knows them very well because He is the one that placed them within us. He made us with purpose, He filled us with hope.

The fear that consume your life is the Devil's way of taking the hope God has placed in your heart and making you question if those things will really happen, if you are capable or competent enough to fulfill those promises.  What God meant to inspire the Devil uses to destroy.

The Devil is so threatened by your potential and God's purpose for your life, that He manipulates what is meant to be freedom and turns it into bondage.

What you fear is not the problem.  Fear is the problem.  God placed those longings, desires, and passions within you.  He placed them in you to create hope.

Don't believe the Devil's Lies. Don't allow the Devil to take away what God has promised to you.

You were never meant to let go of God's promise.  You are asked to let go of any fear that holds you back from those promises.

Who Do you trust More?  The one that creates Hope?  Or the one that Stirs Fear?

Beyond the Lies

Psalm 139:13-16
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made: your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. when I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Your Hurt may have defined your past, 

but it doesn't have to destroy your future.

It Stops with You.

Stop Believing the Lies.

You are a Child of God

You Live in the Light of Grace and

Not in the Shadows of Disgrace.

A Servant's Heart

"Do Your Work for Me and I will Intercede." --God

This was just a little something that God spoke to me today that I felt like I had to share with others who most likely are feeling or going through the same thing.

We all have so many projects and activities and responsibilities in life that sometimes they can become overwhelming.  We get so burdened by our "to-do" list that our hearts become flooded with resentment and weariness in feeling like we are doing them all alone. That feeling of resentment comes when we feel like we are drowning and we are desperate for someone to come and save us from ourselves.

I've noticed that sometimes good intentions, which are started with a servant's heart, can quickly become big problems, which end up with a bitter heart.  When we lose our focus of who we are ultimately serving, everything becomes a blurry mess of weariness.

When we get to the point of weariness, we need to ask ourselves these questions:
1. Is what I'm focusing on a true calling from God at this time in my life?
2. Am I living out that Calling for God or for man?

It doesn't matter whether you are a CEO of a company, a stay-at-home mother, or a minimum wage worker.  It doesn't matter whether you are simply making the bed, cleaning the toilettes, or curing cancer---EVERY activity we do has the potential to be done with a servant's heart for God.

I asked God this morning..."Lord, how do i have a heart of a servant and not a heart of resentment?"
and God quickly responded back to me, "Do your work for me and I will Intercede."

It was a bit of a zinger because more often then not we are crying out to God with a poor-me mentality, just waiting for him to answer back with, "awe, poor you." God seems to always answer back to that kind of cry with, "change YOUR attitude and YOUR mindset, and work for me and not yourself."

It's hard to accept that more often then not WE are the problem.  It's so easy to want to blame others or want to lash out at others to help us, but God calls us to have servant's hearts (not a popular label for this world).

How much easier would it be if we allowed God to intercede?
A change of heart might just change our life and the lives of those around us!