Yesterday | SermonIndex

Yesterday was not a good day, that was what I thought when I went to sleep last night. I could go into all the details of my struggles yesterday but that's not what this post is about. I realize something about yesterday...in my prayer time with the LORD today. I realized that after struggling with my attitude when faced with life's trails that the enemy really wants to keep my focus on how hard or difficult I think things in this life are. He wants me to see only the clouds and to miss the sun when it breaks through the storm. The enemy is a thief and he wants to steal my hope from me. Yesterday he came close to doing just that, but he wasn't counting on the fact that MY JESUS never leaves me! Even when days seem dark, JESUS is right there with me. Nothing the enemy can do can change that, MY JESUS loves me and in HIM there is so much hope! The SON shines HIS light through every storm, I just need to keep my eyes, heart, and life focused on HIM!

God Bles
mj

Philippians 4:11-13

"Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me."

When verse 13 is mentioned it is almost always taken out of context to mean something that Paul never meant it to mean. People use it to mean they can be successful at whatever it is… sports, business, etc. But in context we can see what Paul meant. He was basically saying “I can ENDURE all things, good or bad, because it is CHRIST who gives me the strength to face them!”

Amen, MJ… I too have had a very difficult and hard 18 months or so, and God has sustained us all the way thru it.

Krispy