1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
We read that verse but maybe we don't realise just how much God loves us.
I received such an encouraging testimony this week from someone who had been helped by reading the blogs when a whole lot of things had come against them, fighting a bug, car breaking down, etc. and how the Lord made sure they weren't alone when they broke down, how He provided lifts to work etc.
Sometimes it feels like the enemy is throwing everything at us doesn't it, and it's then we need encouragement to fight the good fight of faith, for someone to come along side and say 'We are Overcomers through Jesus, we will win this fight because God is for us all the way. He's helping us to rise above our circumstances, to take authority over the enemy, to use God's word against him, to know God has given us the victory over it all. We will win when we hang in there with God.'
So let me encourage us all today. We are not defeated, we are not hopeless or helpless or failures or mistakes. God says we are precious in His sight, that His favour surrounds us like a shield, that He cares about us with great love, that He goes before us into each and every day and has our backs covered. He calls us His special treasures, He calls us righteous and blameless in His sight in Jesus and as far as He is concerned we are a success going somewhere to succeed because of Jesus.
God loves us and cares about us far beyond our understanding and He wants us to rest in that wonderful truth.
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