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  • battlefield for the mind

    John 16:33 Jesus is speaking about the times of tribulation and how the way is already prepared, how it plays out both good and the bad.

    It’s not something we get to change, it was done on the cross.

    However this is the hope of salvation and because we live in a sin filled world it will be hard, however the Lord prepared the way for us to overcome it.

    It is His will that we know He has defeated the evil one and has overcome the great conflict, therefore He does not want us to be intimidated and discouraged by the assaults of the serpent.

    He being Christ Jesus has won.

    We must learn this truth to accept the peace He supplies – He who made us all equal, He wants to bring together in one body – the body of believers of God’s son Jesus Christ the Lord.

    Putting away hostility toward each other at the cross.

    It is in Christ we have access to God the Father – through the Holy Spirit, this means we are no-longer stranger or foreigners living outside the will of God and with out hope.

    Because of Jesus we can be in one accord.

    We don’t need to look any farther then Jesus the son of God for peace of mind – there is no other who has laid down His life in love who gives forgiveness not earned.

    There is no other who has the Creator God divine authority to be our Lord and Savior. No other who will rescue us from this place.

    The battle today is over your belief system – your mind.

    So what do you believe is true, is it from traditions or is it reasoning of what you have seen or heard?

    The truth is Jesus will explain Himself in the Word (His Bible), He will reason with you – the real battle is will you believe Him or will you listen to the spirit of the enemy?

    What you believe and whom you believe will decide your own fate.

    Abiding in the Spirit of truth is peace and safety.

    Friends – Yes ! God loves His children and wants to save all, there is only one way – through Christ Jesus.

  • losing sight

    Daily writing prompt
    How do you handle fear and self-doubt?
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    And I can personally attest to the benefits of trusting the Word of God to help me in times of uncertainty.

    But did you know the acronym for fear?

    “future events appearing real” – it’s not actually true, it has the appearance in our mind that it is- but it’s yet to happen.

    When I lose sight of this and forget that I have the answers, I am just like those who followed Jesus and yet witnessed great and mighty miracles He did only to forget this because trouble came.

    Instead of remembering the promises of Gods word, I get fixated on the problems in my life.

    Check out this example in John 6:15-21 Jesus walks on water.

    Do we understand why He did this?

    The men in the boat were in need of help and are focused on the problem at hand, but Jesus walks up.

    This is my take away, He showed them He was always near, and yet they forgot to ask for help from Him.

    They lost sight of what they just experienced at the hands of Jesus, He fed five thousand with five little loaves of bread and two small fish. John 6:9

    They forgot who they belonged to, they were focused on their problems not their miracle working Savior.

    I’m guilty of this, all of us are but the next time if we would stop with our self doubt and the fear – and instead pray for help – it could be as easy as Him walking up. But no matter know we are never alone, He is always near.

    We must not lose sight every time things go side ways. Problems are a part of life but in this life we have a helper, His name is Jesus.

    Instead of living on shaky ground – remember our Salvation is Jesus, He is the rock on which we stand.

    And that friends is how we don’t lose sight, we focus on The One who walked on water.

    In Christ love, amen