Overcoming fear

Fear does not mean you are a coward. It only means that you need to be willing to feel the fear and do what you need to do anyway. 

Pray: Lord, thank You for the many examples in Your Word of individuals who stepped forward in faith despite their fears. 

Help me to do the same. Amen. 

Fear?

Sometimes you need to run away .... Just to see who will come for you - unknown

Ever being in a relationship where you feel as if you are the only one who is holding on? Do you feel smothered, trapped? Are you terrified of being alone? Or do you feel or know for sure that the other person doesn't love you anymore?

This is a sad but a very real reality for many. The great and awesome thing is that you DO NOT have to remain there. If you can truly answer yes to the above questions, then it's time to re-evaluate the conditions of your relationship.

No one should ever make you feel less than you are... And that includes you! The moment you start to feel inadequate, disrespected, unloved, belittled, unimportant etc.... Somehow, somewhere, you need to muscle up some strength and ask God to show you how He sees you. And that my friend, is your only mirror and standard to live by.
Nothing less!

Happy Thursday!

Judge-and-Jury Syndrome

 

 
Great Article!

 

I was at the local pool when I noticed a frightened adolescent taking swimming lessons.  "No! No, please, I can't!" she begged.  She stood a head taller than the rest of the beginner swim class, but she sobbled like a four-year-old.

"Jump in, I'll catch you!" her teacher called.  The girl bawled, "No! I can't!"

"Why do they pamper her?" I said to my friend. "Her fear only gets worse the longer they delay."

A third coach tossed the weary instructor a life preserver. It took both adults to drag the girl to the water and lower her into the arms of the teacher.

"Well, its about time!" I thought.  "They should have done that fifteen minutes ago"

Another instructor appeared before me.  "That girl went boating with her parents and brother last summer.  The boat capsized, and her father managed to save only her.  She watched her mother and brother drown. Now her father insists she learn to swim."

Those words stung.  I looked at the drenched child as she climbed out of the pool. I had not witnessed typical childish fear - I'd just seen a young girl cross a terrifying mountain.

Forgive me, child
Forgive me, Lord

Character Builders:

• Have you ever discovered that your perception of someone else's attitudes or actions was inaccurate? What did you learn from that experience?
• How can you be more wise in your discernment about others?

Be certain of God's limitless love for you...no matter what!

Article from Joyce Meyer

Throughout the course of our lives, negative things happen...dissapointing things....heartbreaking things. People let us down. Situations we expect to turn out one way end up turning out another way.  It's really just part of life, but Satan always tempts us to wonder: God, what is going on, don't you love me?

The Bible makes it clear, very clear that God does love us (Ephesians 2:4-5). Still, every now and then, we find ourselves trapped in that mindset (of God, don't you love me?). 

If you struggled with fears and doubts, I want you to get a revelation today - a heart knowledge that no one can ever take away from you - If God loves me so much and He's so strong and capable of doing whatever needs to be done, then I don't have to live in fear because He's going to take care of me.

If we will simply believe that God loves us and wants to bless us, we will see good things happen in our lives.

A lot of women don't love themselves or see themselves as valuable because they've had life experiences that make them feel worthless, or because they struggle with sin and they think God is mad at them. And they become so accustomed to having disappointing things happen that they just kind of vaguely expect things to go wrong.

The only way to break the chains of fear and doubt is to know in your heart that God loves you - no matter what.