TRUST GOD!

YES, WE CAN TRUST GOD when circumstances are difficult... We CAN choose to stay calm by an act of our faith, even when life seems out of control.



Trials will come but God is able to keep us and preserve us in the midst of those trials. He can and will strengthen us and protect us during times of stress and difficulty if we will choose to rely on Him and trust in His goodness.



We must not fear in times of trouble but keep our eyes on the One who is above all things. God is a God of love and His perfect love casts out fear... If He keeps His eye on the sparrow that lives wild in the mountains, He will surely keep His eye on those who put their trust in Him...



God is able to deliver us from our enemies and from the difficult trials we face in life but we must not lose faith or hope in Him... We must continue to draw closer to Him...the harder life is, the harder we must lean on Him.

He is the only Savior, the only God, and only He can rescue us in times of distress. He will meet us in the hidden, quiet places of life, when we look solely to Him for our support...


II Thessalonians 3:3 says, "The Lord is faithful and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one."


Isaiah 41:10 "Fear not for I am with you. Be not discouraged for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you! I will hold you up with My righteous right hand."



We CAN TRUST GOD at all times. He is our Help and our deliverer. Do not listen to the voice of discouragement that shouts in your ear... Listen to the still small voice that whispers your name and says, "I will never leave you or forsake you..."



The Lord is my helper!

I will trust and NOT be afraid!

What can man do to me!



Hebrews 13:5,6

Fast?

Why fast? Why in the world would not eating food, be something that we need to do to seek God?

I do not understand fasting, never have and maybe never will but I do know that Jesus said we would need to fast... He said in Mathew 6:16, "WHEN" you fast, not IF you fast...let your fasting be in secret and God the Father would reward you openly.

He Himself set the example by fasting forty days, at the begining of His ministry... At the beginning, He fasted, which is when we need to fast as well... At the beginning, before we embark on a new journey in to the unknown wilderness of life...

We must prepare ourselves through a process called "fasting", not because we understand it, but because that is what God has called us to do... We don't have to understand something, to know that it works... I don't understand how a TV station can project a LiVE image through a cable in the wall to a box in my livingroom, but I sure am not going to wait until I figure it out to watch the news. Fasting works, whether or not I understand it...

There is something about denying ourselves what we need or take pleasure in, in order to seek the ONE Who gives us what we need and is the author of pleasure... I remember how Jesus denied Himself to take up His cross and then denied Himself and His rights and His innocence to die for our sins, an unspeakably horrible death...

Maybe in the denial of our fleshly need for food, we experience a small taste of giving something up, in order to attain something greater...