Today is exactly 3 weeks until election day in our country.\u00a0 We will vote on many positions, amendments etc…but most of all we will elect a new president for our country.\u00a0 With many out of jobs, our housing market plummeting, and our economic crises many have expressed a lot of emotion about what is going on namely fear and anger.\u00a0 I know the more and more that I understand about what is going on the more angry I find myself becoming.\u00a0 I can understand why many Americans are expressing a lot of anger at some of these politcal rally’s.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This morning my running partner was sharing about this conference that she was at over the weekend. When\u00a0she and others from the\u00a0conference\u00a0were out running several were expressing who they were going to vote for and were being very negative and ugly about the other party.\u00a0\u00a0I thought her response was the best that it could have been in the situation…..what she said went a little something like this, “ya’ll, we need to quit talking about this because God is totally in control anyway.”\u00a0 Think about that for just a moment…..God is incontrol of the election – God is incontrol of our economy – God is incontrol of all our foriegn affairs – God is incontrol\u00a0of all of it!\u00a0 When I remember this, I find myself asking, “why am I afraid?”\u00a0 Do I really believe what I say I believe?\u00a0 obviously if I say God is incontrol but I am feeling afaid there is a disconect somewhere.\u00a0 Our feelings\/emotions always\u00a0display what we really believe.\u00a0 In James 1:8 he calls the man who doubts a “double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.”\u00a0 The more we pour truth in and then experience that truth, the more firm our foundation becomes and we grow in our confidence and security in Christ.<\/p>\n
If you are finding yourself a bit afraid today as you think about our world and what is going on, you are in good company.\u00a0 I challenge you to do what I am doing.\u00a0 Go to God and ask Him a very simple quetion that goes like this, “God, what is it that I do not know about You, that if I did know I would not be afraid right now?”\u00a0 Pay close attention and listen to him over the next several days and weeks.\u00a0 He will reveal to you the answer to that question and fill your heart with faith.\u00a0 You too, then, will grow in your confidence level and in your assurance of our mighty, soverign God.<\/p>\n
Some great verses on fear:<\/strong><\/p>\n Isaiah 41:10 “Fear not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God:\u00a0 I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteiousness.”<\/p>\n Isaiah 43:1b-3 “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!\u00a0 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you.\u00a0 When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, nor will the flame burn you.”<\/p>\n Psalm 56:3 “What time I am afraid, I will trust in God.”<\/p>\n Matthew 7:31- “Do not be anxious then saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘With what shall we clothe ourselves?’…for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.\u00a0 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and\u00a0all these things shall be added to you.\u00a0 Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself.\u00a0 Each day has enough trouble of its own.”<\/p>\n Philippians 4:6-7 “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.\u00a0 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”<\/p>\n I hope that these verses minister to you as they have ministered to me.\u00a0<\/p>\n Dana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today is exactly 3 weeks until election day in our country.\u00a0 We will vote on many positions, amendments etc…but most of all we will elect a new president for our country.\u00a0 With many out of jobs, our housing market plummeting, and our economic crises many have expressed a lot of emotion about what is going on namely fear and anger.\u00a0 I know the more and more that I understand about what is going on the more angry I find myself becoming.\u00a0 I can understand why many Americans are expressing a lot of anger at some of these politcal rally’s.\u00a0 This morning my running partner was sharing about this conference that she was at over the weekend. When\u00a0she and others from the\u00a0conference\u00a0were out running several were expressing who they were going to vote for and were being very negative and ugly about the other party.\u00a0\u00a0I thought her response was the best<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83"}],"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=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}