Tag: anxiety
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Eternal Spring
1 Kings 6:18-35 “The cedar within the house was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers . . . Around all the walls of the house he carved engraved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms . . . He covered the two doors of olivewood…
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Lions!
1 Peter 5:8 “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” Have you ever watched a nature show about lions, particularly when it focuses on the way they hunt? They focus their attention on the young, the weak, the lame, the distracted. They are very persistent when they are…
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Oxymorons
1 Peter 5:6 “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.” Are you familiar with the word “oxymoron”? It’s a term that can be defined as “a self-contradictory word or group of words.” Some examples…
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A Proper Mindset
1 Peter 4:7 “The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.” One of the things the Scriptures do for believers is help them view things from a proper perspective. For example, it reminds us that we aren’t going to live on this earth forever. In helps…
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Our Thought Life
Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” How big is your God? Well, however big you think He is, He is much…
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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…
