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“When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. “ (Psalm 56:3)

The Psalmist doesn’t say, “If am afraid,” but rather “When I am afraid,” because all of us have to deal with fear- all kinds of fear. Notice that David doesn’t hide his fear; he doesn’t cover it up, as some Christians do, thinking that’s what God wants to hear from us. No, the Psalmist says, “When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.”

Faith is hardly needed when everything is working out. Of course, we need to trust Him all the time, more so when God bids me to trust Him, when I’m in trouble: when my heart is broken… when I am confused and I feel like a failure… when my child is being attacked by the enemy and I am fighting for my child’s welfare… when I am tempted… when I am down… when I am laid off from my job…

Right now, you may be in a tough situation and you don’t know what to do. If so, you can say with the Psalmist, “When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You.” Thank God that He is there for us in all the situations of life!

“Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God” (Galatians 5:19-21)

Temptations are very real and sometimes intense. Many succumb to them and fall into various sins. Therefore, we have to recognize them and deal with them, not in our own strength, but by the power of the Holy Spirit and by His word. How? By offering our bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, and by not being conformed to this world, but being transformed by the renewing of our minds with the word of God. When we do that, God helps us not only to overcome every temptation and but enables us to bear much fruit for Him.

"Don't eavesdrop on others -- you may hear your servant curse you. For you know how often you yourself have cursed others."

Ecclesiastes 7:21

Opened my Bible to a random page and just started reading. God really did not need to call me out like that. 😭😭

Today I learned how to make spaghetti carbonara 🍽 😀 #positivevibes #everydaylifestyle #happylifestyle #healthlife (at Dinner is Ready) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPl3C4yrH85ZGbeOd2n4AaR4C8VRHzHbvJjkxo0/?utm_medium=tumblr

Amen to that🙏

Seek the Lord with all your heart, and He will ensure you lack no good thing. — Psalm 34:10