TRIVIAL OR TRAUMATIC

Romans 8:37 NIV No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

“Nothing is going to happen to you today, that together you and God can’t handle.” That was the thought God put in my head to remind us of His ever present help. We none of us know what the day will bring but God does, and He assures us, and He wants us to be constantly aware of the fact, that He is by our side giving us the strength and wisdom we will need for each moment.😊

He is the Rock on which we stand. He is the One who holds us steady when we hear or see something we didn’t like, that tries to unsettle or hurt us. He wants us to have an immediate sense of turning to Him to receive His grace for whatever is going on, whether it’s at work, or in the world, in our homes, or if we’re out and about. 

He wants us to have an overcoming mindset, a ‘more than conqueror’ mindset, not a hopeless, poor old me, mindset! Those moments when the washing machine breaks, when we have traumatic or disturbing news, when someone is unkind or rude, or the family are playing up, or we’re in a traffic jam!

Whether it seems trivial or traumatic God wants us to turn to Him throughout our day and know He is ever present to lift us up above, and to call on His patience, His courage, His everything, to meet the need, the challenge of our moment. 😊

He wants to help us think straight and not listen to the lies of the enemy, but to remember The Lord is our refuge and our Rock, our strong tower of strength, our shelter, our Mighty Warrior who fights our battles for us. What a wonderful God we have!

So be assured, that throughout your day nothing is going to happen, that together with your God, you can’t handle, because He has made you to be an Overcomer.😊 In Jesus name. Amen.

Isaiah 26:4 AMPC So trust in the Lord (commit yourself to Him, lean on Him, hope confidently in Him) forever; for the Lord God is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages].

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ACCEPTED AND VALIDATED BY GOD

Mark 1:11 NKJV Then a voice came from heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to wrap your arms around, or hugged a tree, but it’s a bit hard!😊

As I was reading that chapter it occurred to me that before Jesus went into His 40 days of being tempted in the wilderness, God spoke to Him first to make sure Jesus knew beforehand that God was well pleased with Him and that He loved Him. God called Him His dearly beloved Son. What security there is in that! It was a bit like His Father was wrapping His arms around Him and giving Him the biggest hug.😊

God the Father was validating Jesus, letting Him know He was valued and appreciated and approved by His Father, not because of anything He had done, because His ministry hadn’t even started, but because He was His beloved Son.

We realise how important it is to be listening for the voice of God, to know He is validating us as well because we are ‘in’ Jesus. God the Father accepts and approves of us, He is pleased with us and loves us because He has placed us in His beloved Son and given us His righteousness, not because of anything we have done for Him.

When we know that, hear that, believe that then, when the temptations come in our own lives, we will be secure in His love, and be able to remain strong against them because we know God is backing us up. When we lose sight of that, or we haven’t spent some time in our Father’s presence to hear His love, we will probably find it harder to withstand the enemy’s attacks.

So hear God’s voice speaking to you today. When you asked Jesus into your heart you became His beloved son or daughter. He loves you, accepts you, validates you and has given you His approval because you are in Jesus.😊

Isn’t that a wonderful thought to go into every day of our coming week? I hope it has given you confidence and put a smile on your face today.😊 Amen.

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