If you are struggling with trusting God hoping this will help!


The Root

At the root of worry, we find fear. In an effort to overcome that fear, we try to be brave, thinking that if we are brave, we can defeat it. Bravery doesn’t replace or take away the fear in our lives; it just masks and gives us enough strength to act. If we want to stop living with fear, we have to replace it with something else: safety. The opposite of being scared is being secure. We need to stop trying to be brave and start being secure in our Creator.

Being secure means we have the assurance and knowledge of being safe in Jesus’ arms. This assurance allows us to overcome fear. We gain this assurance as we grow in our relationship with Christ. As God becomes bigger in our lives, worry becomes smaller.  The elevation of God in our lives helps us line up our values and put all other fears in their place. Jesus is the only security that will keep us from fearing and worrying about the unseen. When we are secure in Christ, we don’t have to fear.  When we don’t fear, we don’t have to worry.

That worry and fear are now replaced with trust. Where fear separates, trust brings together. Where fear blurs, trust clarifies. Where fear disconnects us, trust re-engages us. No, everything won’t make sense, but it won’t have to.  We won’t have to try to make sense out of chaos, but, instead, we can trust that God is in it with us.  He will strengthen us and help us.  He will hold us in His hand. He is that good. You can be secure in that.  You can trust that.

Today, ask God to make you aware of the areas that you don’t find security in Christ.  As you become aware of these areas, begin to allow the Holy Spirit to help you find ways to defeat the fear and replace it with security and trust in God.

Nap Time With Mommy💤💤💤💤

We found Puttputt and Winter in a basket this afternoon. The part that made it cute was Winter had her paw over Puttputt. It was really cute!

 He will be 1 yrs old on the 29th. 

 So Sweet❤❤❤

Loving others does not depend on our feelings it's a choice we make

 The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Don't Toss Away Your Responsibility!

Apathy is widespread in America. And it doesn’t just affect Americans. Christians battle with apathy as well, which is sad because Christians are called to love others and put the needs of others above their own. However, we often are quick to complain and blame, but not quick to do anything about it. Instead of becoming proactive, many Christians would rather toss the responsibility to someone else. The problem with this kind of treatment is nothing ever gets done. Christians have come to believe that someone else will do the heavy lifting, so it doesn’t really matter.

But it does matter. And Christians need to wake up out of their slumber and start doing something about it. Passing off problems to someone else is what’s gotten families, churches, and even relationships in the mess they are in.

If apathy has had a stronghold on your life, ask God to release it from your life. Pray for the willpower to overcome apathy with action.

In Romans 12, Paul offers some powerful ways to actively perform spiritual service to others.

Apathetic people are indifferent. They show no signs of caring and sharing. They are basically dead to the world. But if more people lived out Romans 12 in their lives, it would drive them out of apathy and into an active life of total transformation.

Ask yourself: How do I want to be remembered? Do I want my family to remember me as apathetic? Or do I want my loved ones to remember me as a person who served the needs of others?

In order for a nation to stand strong, men and women of conviction must be willing to stand for religious freedom and “the free exercise thereof” when it is convenient and when it is not. When we do this, we may find a struggle on our hands, yet we’ll also find ourselves working to support the work of God in our nation.

How can we hope to see God at work in our lives and our nation? It is not through our own strength, but through the power of the Holy Spirit. He is not a mere force that influences us. As the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit is eternal (Hebrews 9:14), omnipresent (Psalm 139:7), and omniscient (1 Corinthians 2:10). He is a creator (Psalm 104: 30) who acts in power (1 Corinthians 12:11), gives life (Romans 8:10–11), and strengthens believers (Ephesians 3:16).

A. W. Tozer, a Christian leader who died in the 1960s, wrote, “If the Holy Spirit was withdrawn from the church today, 95 percent of what we do would go on and no one would know the difference. If the Holy Spirit had been withdrawn from the New Testament church, 95 percent of what they did would stop, and everybody would know the difference.” The Holy Spirit serves as the key to the current famine in the family and in the church.

Finally, the course of a nation is based upon the lives of the individual members of each family. If we wish to change our nation, it must begin with a passionate pursuit of the Lord in our own lives. Let’s call out to Him today. James wrote, “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you” (4:7–8 NKJV). This promise is true for your life, the lives of those in your family, and the hearts of those across our nation who long to see God at work in them

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Good News

We have been in a progress in an other adoption for a while..... waiting on her birth certificate and more paper work .... Well today we heard good news We got Jayla's Birth Certificate. We are very greatful for that!!!!! We still have a long way till we get her home but I am very happy. Jayla is the girl we are adopting. She has our last name which means she's ours. Thank God! He can do the Impossible! So we did a little celebration!

 Lucy and Lucas eating their donut and Ice-cream. They loved it

 Luke and Isaac playing electronics

 Jubal sure loved it 

 He was funny

 Daddy bought this  for us. He is out of town 

 yummy 👍

 

 They sure loved it 

 As u can see 

 Loved how Jubal was trying to figure it out.

We are very Greatful For An AMAZING God! He knows the right time!