Why Am I Not Trusting God?

That is a question that came up in conversation today where another sister said to me, "...and since I know who God is why am I not trusting God?

That is the question of the hour?

If you believe God is WHO He says He is and can DO what He says He can do- why do you worry??; fret??; get scared??; get depressed??; get mad??; try to get even??

If we just beleive and receive the promises we believe, than we will have what we believe.

Just believe and act on what you beleive.

Proverbs 3:5-8 (The Message)


5-12 Trust God from the bottom of your heart;
don't try to figure out everything on your own.
Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go;
he's the one who will keep you on track.
Don't assume that you know it all.
Run to God! Run from evil!
Your body will glow with health,
your very bones will vibrate with life!
Honor God with everything you own;
give him the first and the best.
Your barns will burst,
your wine vats will brim over.
But don't, dear friend, resent God's discipline;
don't sulk under his loving correction.
It's the child he loves that God corrects;
a father's delight is behind all this.

Psalm 46:1 (The Message)

Psalm 46

1-3 God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him.
We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom,
courageous in seastorm and earthquake,
Before the rush and roar of oceans,
the tremors that shift mountains.
Jacob-wrestling God fights for us,
God-of-Angel-Armies protects us.

Psalm 23 (The Message)

Psalm 23

1-3 God, my shepherd! I don't need a thing.
You have bedded me down in lush meadows,
you find me quiet pools to drink from.
True to your word,
you let me catch my breath
and send me in the right direction.

4 Even when the way goes through
Death Valley,
I'm not afraid
when you walk at my side.
Your trusty shepherd's crook
makes me feel secure.

5 You serve me a six-course dinner
right in front of my enemies.
You revive my drooping head;
my cup brims with blessing.

6 Your beauty and love chase after me
every day of my life.
I'm back home in the house of God
for the rest of my life.

Be IN Courage!

With love,
Linda Michelle

Peace Be Still.

This is a word of encouragement from the archives of our Weekly Word of Encouragement. I trust it will inspire you through to personal victory, even now, for whatever task or circumstance you face.

"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee."
(Isaiah 26:3)

"If your mind is filled with defeat thoughts, fear thoughts, resentment thoughts, you are bound to be in a state of mental unrest, even turmoil, and of course there can be no inner peace. This passage advises you to practice thinking about God, to keep your mind "stayed" or fixed, not upon your troubles but upon God. Keep your mind on God for as many minutes during the day as possible. This may be difficult at first for you are unused to spiritual concentration. Practice will make it easier." (End quote)
(Norman Vincent Peale - Thought Conditioners)

"God is our Refuge and Strength (mighty and impenetrable to temptation), a very present and well-proved help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change and though the mountains be shaken into the midst of the seas. Though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling and tumult. Selah (pause, and calmly think about that)! There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God will help her right early (at the dawn of the morning). The Lord of host is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge (our Fortress and High Tower). Selah (pause, and calmly think of that)! Psalms 46:1-5, 7 (amplified)

God will not fail you.

Put your mouth in agreement with what God's Word says.

Be In Courage.

United with you in victory and strength,
Linda Michelle