Trust in the Lord.

 A lot of things are happening; and, surprisingly, out of everything comes good. I've just been at that place where I've looked back and started to see how God has been working throughout my life. Now when new things come along, I don't worry as much.  It seems like I'm starting to come to the point where I have stopped, seen how God's worked in the past, watched things happen around me, and when I see how He brought me through, I have nothing but trust. And as I have been thinking about how I've acted in the past and my mindset towards some things, I started to realize a lot of truth that I had heard before that had just set in.  No longer does fear and worry have it's place, when Christ comes to live in your heart.


"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline." 
-2 Timothy 1:7

So, when you feel fear creeping up, know that Christ makes all things new. Remember that, being a new creation, boldness and joy comes to replace that fear and worry that was once were there. I don't have to allow these things to bother me. No longer in bondage, there is no need to be afraid.

"For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, 'Abba, Father.' " 
- Romans 8:15

More than conquerors in Christ! That should get you pumped. With God on your side, nothing is impossible, nothing can stand against.  Know and remember who you are in Christ. There is nothing more powerful than He that lives within you.

"And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you."
-Romans 8:11


"You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world."
-1 John 4:4