God's Protection

The world is full of evil ones, some are easy to spot and others are in deep disguise.  Unfortunately sometime the enemy is someone close to us, a friend or family member.  But regardless if the enemy is someone close to us or not the enemy is always in attack mode trying to bring you down.  But the good news is God is on your side.  God will provide you with the strength you need to endure and protect you from every attack of the enemy.  God is always protecting you, making sure you come out on top, even from enemies you don’t know exist.  Sometimes it may seem like the attacks are getting you down and that you are all alone but God is right there. Whatever you do, don’t stoop to the level of the enemy, don’t seek revenge for God says that vengeance is His and He will prepare a table before you in the presence of your enemies.  God’s vengeance may not look like that of humans but God will take those evil attacks, turn them around for you good and bless you right in front of your enemies.  So don’t worry or stress about those who are out to get you because God will provide you strength and protect you from the enemy.

2 And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not everyone has faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one. 4 We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command. 5 May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.

~2 Thessalonians 3:2-5

Daily Scripture: The Lord is Faithful

In the world we live in people will sometimes let you down.  Friends will turn on you, people will betray you and talk about you, break your heart, and continuously break the promises they gave you.  Those are all actions of this world but we have a friend that is out of this world that is and always will be faithful.  In the Word you will find several promises that God makes to all of us.  God promises to never leave us nor forsake us, God promises to supply all of our needs, God promises to lift up the brokenhearted, God promises that He will give us all success, God promises to be an ever present help in a time of trouble, God promises to be our strength when we are weak, and the list goes on and on.  God loves each and everyone one of you and whatever He has promised you know that it will come true.  Because God loves each of us he will lift us all up when we are bowed down and satisfy all of our desires and will remain faithful through it all.  Hold on to all of the promises of God for He is faithful to each of us and faithful to all of His promises.

13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
    and your dominion endures through all generations.

The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises
    and faithful in all he does.
14 The Lord upholds all who fall
    and lifts up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all look to you,
    and you give them their food at the proper time.
16 You open your hand
    and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

~Psalm 145:13-16

Daily Scripture: Out of This World

So many people get so caught up in trying to seek and gain treasures, happiness and peace from within the world we live in.  They begin to go against their character and morals chasing these items.  But what they fail to realize is that they are seeking these things in the wrong place.  We must continue to hold on and remember that the true treasures, happiness and peace we all long for can only come from one place, and that is from our Heavenly Father.  The peace we need, the strength we need, the happiness we all long for cannot be given to us from within the world we live in.  God provides us with His peace that helps us to sustain the world we live in that can be so hard, sad, and sometimes down right horrible.  But the good news is that the God we serve provides us with all we need, gives us peace to make it through those hard times and lets us know that we do not have to be worried, troubled or afraid because He will provide all we need.  The joy, happiness and peace that we all long for the world can’t give it to us and the world can’t take it away.  Rest easy and live in the peace given to all of us and know that the treasures, happiness and peace we all have is not like that in which the world tries to provide.  The treasures, happiness, love, joy and peace we have are out of this world!!!!

25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

Daily Scripture: No Eye Has Seen

People will try to talk you out of you hopes, dreams, aspirations and the vision you have for your life.  They will question you, ‘how are you going to accomplish that?’ or ‘what makes you think that you’re capable of accomplishing that?’ and so on and so on.  They will make you question yourself and even try to plant their dream for you in your head.  But what Gad has for you is for you.  Nobody knows what God is calling you to be and whatever God has planned for your life it will come to pass.  God will equip you with everything you need to accomplish His will for your life while encouraging you and loving you every step of the way.  Don’t get defeated when people try to down play your vision, as a matter of fact don’t share your vision with everybody.  God will ensure that the vision HE has for you will become reality.  Nobody can see, hear or conceive what God has planned for you and your life.  Keep pushing and know that nobody can keep you from what God has destined for your life!

9 However, as it is written:

“What no eye has seen,
    what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”[a]—
    the things God has prepared for those who love him—

10 these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.

The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.

~1 Corinthians 2:9-12

Daily Scripture: Don't Worry

We get so caught up in what’s going on around us that we constantly worry about what’s to come.  We worry about finances and how we’re going to pay this, that, and the third, we worry about what we’re going to wear, we worry about what we’re going to eat, we even worry about what other people think about us or if we will have enough time to accomplish everything we need to accomplish.  But simply put, we all need to STOP WORRYING.  When we worry it does not fix the situation, it does not bring about the solution we are looking for.  All it does is bring about more stress and anxiety.  Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? (Matthew 6:27) We have to seek God for the solution to all of our problems.  There’s no need in worrying because God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19).  God will supply everything we need and bring about the solutions to all of our problems.  Don’t worry about what’s to come, focus on the her and now and know that God is in your present and is already in your future working everything out on your behalf.

27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

~Matthew 6:27-34

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Daily Scripture: Spirit of Power

God did not bring us into the world, bring us into existence with a purpose for our lives for us to live everyday timid and fearful of what's to come.  God has given us all a spirit of power.  Power to overcome every obstacle in life, power to accomplish everything within His will, power to walk in the midst of our enemies without being touched, power to speak life into a dead situation, and the power to be all that He has called us to be. With the power God has given it allows us to make it through every situation and spread love, the same love, that God has given us.  Hold on to the power God has given you and don’t let anyone or anything try to strip you of that power.  Remain disciplined, don’t let anyone take you out of your character because God has given you that power to overcome everything and everyone.  Hold on and know that the power you have is given to you by God, so stay strong and walk and live every day with the power God has given to each of you.

6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God.
~2 Timothy 1:6-8

Daily Scripture: For Your Good

It’s so easy to see the negative in everything around us, especially when it seems like the downs outweigh the ups but we must remain positive and remember there is some good in the bad.  We all have purpose, a calling that will allow us to help expand the kingdom of God.  Everything we go through in life, even the bad, God will use for your good, to better us, strengthen us, and guide us in the direction He want us to go.  I know it’s hard to find comfort in the raging winds of life that are beating you down, but God is right there in the midst of the storm with you.  No matter what we go through in life, God is right there working everything out.  When the trials of life seem to be getting to you, when the attacks of the enemy seem to be winning, when it just seems like everything around you is crashing, be still and take comfort in know that because God is for you nothing or no one can be against you because God is working everything out for your good so that you can fulfill the purpose He predestine specifically for you!!!

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Daily Scripture: Greater Than Judgment

We live in a time where everything we do is judged.  We are judged by our skin tone, judged by the way we talk, judged by the way that we act.  It even comes down to us being judged by the type of picture, video or status we post on various social media sites.  If we are not careful the enemy will try to distract us with the judgment from others.  The enemy will try to get us to believe the judgments and the things others are saying about us to get us to forget what God says about us.  God says that we are beautiful, strong, loved, powerful, and the list goes on and on.  Everyday we must remind ourselves who we are and whose we are, remind ourselves that I am not what the enemy says about me, remind ourselves that God's love and mercy for us will always trump the judgment of others.  The enemy will try to bring you down, try to deflate your self-esteem, will judge everything about you to try to defeat you.  But continue to do you, live the life God has called you to live, and do not stoop to the enemy's level to pass judgment on them.  Know that God will elevate you in front of the enemy as His mercy triumph their judgment.  

12 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, 13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

~James 2:12-13

Daily Scripture: Abandon Me Not

They say you find out who your true friends are when you’re down to nothing, that those who aren’t truly your friend are there when everything is great but they abandon you once the going gets tough.  But I know of one TRUE friend that we all have that will not abandon us ever.  Regardless of what you are going through in life, whether you are at the top of the world or in the pits of the lowest valley, God will be right there with you.  Even when you turn your back on God, He waits patiently for us to return back to Him, to trust Him and obey Him so that He can fulfill everything He has promised for your life.  God is a loving God, a faithful God, and a friend like no other.  When you feel like you have no one, when you feel like some of the people you considered your fiend is now nowhere to be found and sometimes are out to destroy you, when it seems like you are in the valleys of life alone, remember you are not alone.  God is right there with you , will always be there with you and He will never abandon you!!!

³⁰ When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the Lord your God and obey him. ³¹ For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.~Deuteronomy 4:30-31

Daily Scripture: Darkness Into Light

In life we will come across a lot of darkness.  Friends will betray you, you lose the ones you love the most, there's more bills than money, life sometimes just seemed to be filed with nothing but darkness but God will turn your darkness into light.  With you God you will be to get through those dark times.  God will allow you to overcome your enemies, God will allow you to find peace during those difficult emotional times, that wall in your life that you seem to not be able to go around, go under or go over, God will allow you to climb that wall when everyone thought you wouldn't be able to get around it.  God's way and God's will is prefect and what God has planned for your life will always prevail.  God will protect you, God will always love you, and God will guide your feet during those dark times.  With God in your life and God on the inside of you, it may seem like things will never get better but God will always be there and make a way for you.  Remember God is light and where there is light darkness cannot dwell.

28 You, Lord, keep my lamp burning;
    my God turns my darkness into light.
29 With your help I can advance against a troop;
    with my God I can scale a wall.

30 As for God, his way is perfect:
    The Lord’s word is flawless;
    he shields all who take refuge in him.

~Psalm 18:28-30

Daily Scripture: In the Midst of Trouble

It sometime seems like we are constantly walking around in life in the midst of trouble or if we're not walking in the midst of trouble, trouble always seems to follow us or find us.  It seems that the enemy is constantly under attack and there is no way out.  Although we may be walking through the midst of trouble, God continues to save our lives each and every day from all of the trouble that comes our way.  Whenever it seems like you have more problems than solutions, more sadness than happiness, more negative than positive, call on the name of the Lord and know that He will answer and strengthen you.  It's so easy to give up but God will stretch His hand to save you and protect you from dangers seen and unseen.  Nothing will stop God from fulfilling His purpose for your life.  God loves each of us and He will never abandon us or the work He is doing within us.  So keep pushing, continue to walk in the midst of trouble with confidence knowing that God hears your cries, God loves you, and God WILL save you from the enemy and your troubles. 

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When I called, you answered me;

    you greatly emboldened me.

4 

May all the kings of the earth praise you, Lord,

    when they hear what you have decreed.

5 

May they sing of the ways of the Lord,

    for the glory of the Lord is great.

6 

Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly;

    though lofty, he sees them from afar.

7 

Though I walk in the midst of trouble,

    you preserve my life.

You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes;

    with your right hand you save me.

8 

The Lord will vindicate me;

    your love, Lord, endures forever—

    do not abandon the works of your hands.

~Psalm 138:3-8