This week I have fought some discouragement.\u00a0 I know we are going to face it but I was not prepared for it and really was not focused on it until my husband started asking me some questions about it.\u00a0 All the sudden it became my complete focus.\u00a0 It started to monopolize\u00a0 the rest of my week.\u00a0 I knew that first off I needed to get some time alone and figure out what I was believing about myself in the midst of the situation.\u00a0 Upon doing that God had another divine appointment for me.\u00a0 At the last minute Tony and I ended up going to lunch with a friend of ours on Thursday that is also in ministry.\u00a0 I did not say a whole lot about my discouragement until briefly mentioning it at the end of our time together.\u00a0 He asked me a very good “Why” questions that really got me to thinking and based on my response it revealed to me what I was looking to for security.\u00a0 God began to confirm in my spirit what I had been sensing Him to be saying the last several weeks to me.\u00a0 What I need is Him – time with Him – focusing on Him – being with Him – Abiding in Him – Depending on Him.\u00a0 That is the message of what we teach here is that we are to “exchange our life for Christ’s life, our strength for His strength”.\u00a0 I am to seek to remember Christ is my life!<\/p>\n
Psalm 62:1-2 “My soul waits in silence for God only; from Him is my salvation.\u00a0 He only is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.” NASB<\/p>\n
vs. 5-8 “My soul, wait in silence for God only, for my hope is from Him.\u00a0 He only is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I shall not be shaken.\u00a0 On God my salvation and my glory rest; the rock of my strength, my refuge is in God.\u00a0 Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us.” NASB<\/p>\n
Psalm 63:1 “O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you.\u00a0 My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water.\u00a0 I have seen you in your sanctuary and gazed upon your power and glory.\u00a0 Your unfailing love is better to me than life itself; how I praise you!\u00a0 I will honor you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer.\u00a0 You satisfy me more than the richest of foods.\u00a0 I will praise you with songs of joy.” NLT<\/p>\n
vs. 8 \u00a0“I follow close behind you; your strong right hand holds me securely.” NLT<\/p>\n
Lamentations 3:21-26 “This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope.\u00a0 The LORD’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail.\u00a0 They are new every morning;\u00a0Great is Thy faithfulness.\u00a0 ‘The LORD is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘Therefore I have hope in Him.”\u00a0 The LORD is good to those who wait fro Him, To the person who seeks Him.\u00a0 It is good that he waits silently for the salvation of the LORD.” NASB<\/p>\n
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This week I have fought some discouragement.\u00a0 I know we are going to face it but I was not prepared for it and really was not focused on it until my husband started asking me some questions about it.\u00a0 All the sudden it became my complete focus.\u00a0 It started to monopolize\u00a0 the rest of my week.\u00a0 I knew that first off I needed to get some time alone and figure out what I was believing about myself in the midst of the situation.\u00a0 Upon doing that God had another divine appointment for me.\u00a0 At the last minute Tony and I ended up going to lunch with a friend of ours on Thursday that is also in ministry.\u00a0 I did not say a whole lot about my discouragement until briefly mentioning it at the end of our time together.\u00a0 He asked me a very good “Why” questions that really got me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}