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Fear and Love With The Lord: 2 Timothy 1:7

As I am finding fear a difficult place in my life, I breath through prayer.

2 Timothy 1:7

for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

A Return to Love

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

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Prayer Through The Holy Spirit.

Come, Holy Spirit, fill my heart with Your holy gifts. Let my weakness be penetrated with Your strength this very day that I may fulfill all the duties of my state conscientiously, that I may do what is right and just. Let my charity be such as to offend no one, and hurt no one’s feelings; so generous as to pardon sincerely any wrong done to me. Assist me, O Holy Spirit, in all my trials of life, enlighten me in my ignorance, help me in my doubts, strengthen me in my weakness, help me in all my needs, protect me in temptations and console me in afflictions. Graciously hear me Holy Spirit, and pour Your light into my heart, my soul, and my mind.

In this I pray, Amen

 

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Give Your Battles To God: Ephesians 6:12.

Ephesians 6:12

12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Dear Lord,

You want me to know that the battle I am called to as your child is a battle for eternal stakes; a spiritual battle against spiritual forces.
Lord, the dark authorities, the powers, the spiritual forces of evil in this world, in the internet, in the media, in the soul of this culture, in this whole world system which seeks to reduce men and women into hollow beings bent in upon themselves.
Lord, help me not get diverted to any other battles of my own making.

In this I pray, Amen

 

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God’s Firewall: Isaiah 54:17, Matthew 10:1, Deuteronomy 33:27.

Isaiah 54:17

no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed,
    and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
    and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”

Matthew 10:1

10 And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction.

Deuteronomy 33:27

The eternal God is your dwelling place,
    and underneath are the everlasting arms.
And he thrust out the enemy before you
    and said, ‘Destroy.’

 

 

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A Song of Renewal: Psalm 107:28-30

Psalm 107:28-30

28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
29 He made the storm be still,
    and the waves of the sea were hushed.
30 Then they were glad that the waters were quiet,
    and he brought them to their desired haven.

What can we learn from this?

Here is the account of people who are engaged in the normal practices of life when a crisis arises. They had been counting on themselves, thinking they had what it takes to handle their affairs, when suddenly a crisis of overwhelming proportions arises and now they do not know what to do or where to turn.

At last they turn to the Lord and they discover that He, and He alone, is capable of getting them to their desired haven. When that occurs they have a responsibility to thank the Lord for his steadfast love and for His wonderful works to the sons of men, and to do it publicly.

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