REMEMBER WHAT GOD HAS SAID ABOUT IT

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.

I was trying to sell a rabbit hutch on a free to sell website, but woke up one morning to a long, aggressive message from an animal activist type person saying I was terrible to sell a hutch and that I was so wrong to do it and to remove the advert! I’ve never had anything like that happen before and it was upsetting at the time as it felt threatening.

Later I had another person wanting to view it which meant I had to give them my address, but immediately I wondered if it was safe to do so! All sorts of bad scenarios ran through my mind that they might target us as I’d recently heard how some activists had let peoples’ car tyres down and my imagination went into overdrive! Were they connected to the first lady? 

Have you ever done that? You assume the worst! I prayed for wisdom to know what to do and by next morning felt the Lord saying to go ahead and stop worrying!

We sold the hutch yesterday to a lovely young couple with no problem, and I learned an important lesson -  not to listen to all the negative junk the enemy feeds us or assume the worst! I had to remind myself that God is on our side, He’s protecting us 24/7 and no weapon formed against us shall prosper. I learned I shouldn’t let situations blow up out of all proportion in my mind but to keep focused on what God has said in His word then act on that. I should know better, shouldn’t I?!😊

God says to tear down every imagination that exalts itself against the knowledge of God and that includes what He has said in His Word. There are times you have to make that very practical and this was one of those.

So this is just a word of encouragement, the next time things suddenly blow up and your mind goes into worst case scenarios - if you can, take a deep breath, stand back a minute and remember what God has said about things. We can ask for His wisdom, sleep on it if we have time and don’t have a knee jerk reaction. Let’s tear down those negative thoughts and speak out His word and allow His peace to flow once again.😊

BELIEVE GOD IS DOING IT

Mark 9:23 “What do yo mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.”

I’m so glad we can start the month on a high note of anything is possible. We can have confidence that even when things are tough God hears every sigh and knows what they’re all about without us even having to explain why every time, because sometimes we don’t even know why, do we? Do you ever feel like that? 

The lovely thing is, God is interested in every up and down we go through. I know some of the downs are our own fault due to us not thinking right, but there are the times when things conspire against us and it’s hard to keep a victory mindset and keep believing.😊

I’ve been believing the Lord for something all through last month and it just didn’t look like it was going to happen and I was feeling disappointed in myself for not having enough faith. Isn’t it interesting how the enemy turns it back on us to condemn and discourage us! Then lo and behold the Lord did it, the thing I was believing for happened and I just wanted to cry in gratefulness for the Lord’s goodness. It wasn’t anything huge but it was something I had stepped out in faith to believe for, something that mattered to me. 

Can I encourage us all today, to go beyond the sighs, to keep walking by faith, to have a faith project, however small it may seem to us, and keep believing God can and will do it for us. Now you may be light years ahead of me on this, but for those who struggle in believing God for things, this is for you. 

Start believing God for something based on His word, and pin your faith to it and don’t listen to the enemy’s discouraging lies. Keep reminding yourself how God keeps His promises, He does the impossible and the difficult with ease, that nothing is too hard for Him.

As we commit this new month to the Lord, let’s be specific and commit our faith project to Him too. If we only have the faith for something small then let’s start there, and not try to run before we can walk. It may be to see an improvement in a particular part of our health, or to see our finances take an upward turn, or a relationship to be sweeter. All through the day keep thanking Him for the victory, for the improvement regardless of what you see. 

Whatever it is, Jesus says all things are possible to him who believes so let’s believe for something specific so our faith can grow and give Jesus something to work with.

Have a blessed ‘all things are possible’ week and month.😊