Tag: anxiety
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Perfect Peace!
Isaiah 26:3 “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” I read something this morning from the late Samuel Brengle that helped me understand just a little bit more what the wonderful verse above is telling us. Samuel Brengle was a commissioner in the Salvation Army…
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So What’s Next?
Psalm 23:6 “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life” It is fear of the future that is perhaps the greatest source of anxiety in all the world. Rather than look back at how God has brought us through whatever situations we have faced in life and have a resolved trust because…
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The Good Shepherd
Psalm 23:6 “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” Do you ever wonder what’s coming around the next bend? Are you anxious about tomorrow, or even the rest of today for that matter? You’d be the rare individual if your answer is “No.” …
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It’s Always the Same Answer!
Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” One of the symptoms of the sin that plagues the human race is that God has to command us to do things that are so obviously wonderful…
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Powerful Words
Mark 4:39 “Peace! Be still!” Jesus’ words have awesome power for they come from the mouth of an awesome God. We see evidence of this in the verse above from the account of Jesus in a boat with his disciples on the Sea of Galilee during a violent storm. The disciples feared for their lives…
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Glorious Commands
Philippians 4:6 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” 1 John 5:3 “And his commandments are not burdensome.” How do you view the commands of God? Do you picture Him as an overbearing task master, demanding certain things of you and ready…
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Victory Over the Accuser
Revelation 12:10-11 “And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, ‘Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. And they have conquered him by the blood of the…
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A Good Fear
Hebrews 4:1 “Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.” Do you realize that not all fear is bad? You’ve seen the t-shirts with the words in bold letters, “No Fear!” I’m not real sure of the point the…
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First Things
Matthew 6:33 “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” How careful we should be to pay close attention to the individual words of the Bible. They aren’t there for filler. God, in His infinite wisdom, has said the things He has said to us in the…
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Depression
Matthew 25:21 “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’” The one emotional condition that, above all, is the opposite of what God would have for His followers is depression. It’s closely…
To Encourage You 