So run [your race] that you may lay hold [of the prize] and make it yours. – 1 Corinthians 9:24, AMP As I watched my daughter’s soccer game today, I noticed a trend among many of the 8-year olds scattered around the field. All of them were aggressive in defending their goal from the attack… Continue reading When running the race, be intense, aggressive, and don’t hold back.
Category: Fear
God will give you the power to overcome at just the right time – if you ask.
For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot perform it. [I have the intention and urge to do what is right, but no power to carry it out.] – Romans 7:18, AMP It is at the moment of temptation that… Continue reading God will give you the power to overcome at just the right time – if you ask.
Don’t let your circumstances steal away your hope.
His feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in chains of iron and his soul entered into the iron. Psalm 105:18, AMP Little is said in the Bible regarding how Joseph felt while he was being betrayed by his brothers. In Psalm 105:18, we catch a glimpse of Joseph’s mind during his time of trial. Cast… Continue reading Don’t let your circumstances steal away your hope.
Don’t give up on the vision just because it has grown a little dim.
Where there is no vision, the people perish… – Proverbs 29:18, KJV What happens when the bright, shining vision God has given you turns dim? God has shown you the work He made you specifically to do, and when you first saw it, excitement and awe filled your soul. You understood clearly what it was… Continue reading Don’t give up on the vision just because it has grown a little dim.
When you are in a tail spin, God will light the runway for you.
Light is sown for the [uncompromisingly] righteous and strewn along their pathway, and joy for the upright in heart [the irrepressible joy which comes from consciousness of His favor and protection]. – Pslam 97:11, AMP Imagine for a moment that you know how to fly an airplane. You’ve taken off on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. The sky… Continue reading When you are in a tail spin, God will light the runway for you.
When adrift in the Sea of Anxiety, jump into God’s life raft.
In the multitude of my [anxious] thoughts within me, Your comforts cheer and delight my soul! – Psalm 94:19, AMP I don’t care how solid you are in your relationship with The Lord, you are not immune to thoughts of anxiety. You may be able to withstand a greater level of life’s troubles than a less mature… Continue reading When adrift in the Sea of Anxiety, jump into God’s life raft.
God won’t give you any more than He can handle.
I have overcome the world… – John 16:33, AMP I have heard many people quote the following proverb: “God won’t give you more than you can handle.” Often cited by or to people who are going through difficult times, the saying is meant to comfort suffering people by reminding them of God’s promise to stop… Continue reading God won’t give you any more than He can handle.
When you are down, ask God to show you the future.
Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, fenced in and hidden, which you do not know (do not distinguish and recognize, have knowledge of and understand). – Jeremiah 33:3, AMP For some, like the prophet Jeremiah, trouble is a way of life. In Jeremiah 33, the prophet was in prison… Continue reading When you are down, ask God to show you the future.
You put yourself in jail, and you can get yourself out – with God’s help.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. – Psalm 46:1, KJV Imagine you are standing still in a dark, musty room. Above your head, just out of reach, is a small window that lets a modicum of natural light into the room. As you turn around you see and hear… Continue reading You put yourself in jail, and you can get yourself out – with God’s help.
Will you stand your ground when the persecution comes?
…when affliction or trouble or persecution comes on account of the Word, at once he is caused to stumble [he is repelled and begins to distrust and desert Him Whom he ought to trust and obey] and he falls away. – Matthew 13:21, AMP Few of us know what it is really like to face… Continue reading Will you stand your ground when the persecution comes?