I can't even explain how much I LOVE today's "From Faith To Faith" by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland! There is SO much fear being hurled at people today over every situation imaginable! There are even SOME people fearful over things that have no possibility of happening whatsoever ( Zombie Apocalypse???)! Try meditating on THIS if YOU are prone to fear, whether rational or irrational!
Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be dismayed: for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9
Courage comes from trusting God. It can’t be mentally drummed up. It comes from believing what God says regardless of what the circumstances look like. Courage comes from faith!
Where does discouragement come from? From fear and unbelief. It comes when you listen to the devil’s lies about what God is not going to do for you.
As the people of God, you and I must shake off discouragement and rise up with courage! We must quit looking at our own abilities and failures and limitations and start looking to God. We must rise up in the Name of Jesus and the power of His Spirit and establish the kingdom of heaven upon earth.
If you’ve been discouraged lately, stop listening to Satan’s lies. Stop receiving evil reports. Whenever someone tells you God is not going to deliver you, you just tell them, “He’s already delivered me in the Name of Jesus.”
Once you begin to realize who you are and what you’ve been given by the power of God, you’ll quit letting the devil run all over you. God didn’t suggest that you be strong and courageous. That is His command!
AMEN! Whenever fear comes at you, recognize AT ONCE where it comes from! 2 Timothy 1:7:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
This verse is even more powerful from the Amplified Bible!
7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.
AMEN! Refuse to fear! Refuse to believe the lie! Refuse to be sucked in by the enemies tactics! If you have received Jesus as your Lord and personal Savior, then YOU can refuse and resist fear because you KNOW from where and who it originates! Thank YOU, Jesus, for giving US a spirit of power, love and of a sound, disciplined and well-balanced mind! HALLELUJAH!!! Here is Hillsong with "One Thing":
Shalom in Him!
