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Friday, November 11, 2022
Only God Knows the Future; Trust in Him
I don't need to know the future I just need to know Jesus Christ. However, He is gracious and loving to tell us things about prophecy.
He didn't give us dates but faith to trust what He said. We do not need to see with our eyes when we have faith and Him living in us.
Hebrews 11:1 "1Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see."
"For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?"
2 Corinthians 4:18
"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."
Trust Him, not in people, not in writings but only in Him. When we trust Him we will see the truth and be able to discern false teaching and false teachers.
Hebrews 10:39
"But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls."
We do not walk in fear or anger!!!!
Psalm 23:4
"Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me."
What is God's rod and staff?
His rod of protection and strength, a shepherd uses to fight off enemies.
His staff is God's guidance and loving-kindness.
We cannot see these things with our eyes but we know them in His Spirit Who lives in us, because of Him we need not revert to the flesh in fear about anything.
Be comforted too that He gives us what we need when we need it. He knows what is coming and what is needed, we do not. Our best guesses cannot compare to what God knows about our life and our future.
Matthew 6:33-34 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own."
Matthew 6:25
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?"
Matthew 6:27
"Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"
Worrying changes nothing and planning based on our fear only causes more calamity.
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Let Christ Fight Your Battles for You
The mentality of a cat is about two years old, the mentality of a dog is six years old and the mentality of the narcissist is a bratty six-year-old. I would rather have cats and dogs for my friends than a bratty narcissist.
The world is turning into an almost entirely narcissistic generation. Correction is seen as a personal attack rather than an opportunity to grow wiser.
The word "No" to the narcissist is a declaration of war .
If you have ever met a narcissist you know that they are deeply angry on the inside all the time. The reason you know this is that they are angered so easily, even when nothing is wrong. Anger dwells just below the surface ready to emerge violently at the slightest perceived redirection.
Just doing our own thing, living our own life the way we believe is enough to send the narcissist into a tailspin.
If the narcissist cannot unnerve you into acting disrespectfully they will gossip about you, sending other family or church members to come against you. Family mobbings are common attacks against the born-again believers in our day of apostasy. Expect it, be ready for it by praying and obeying the Scriptures.
It does not matter if anyone else in the world love us as long as we are a child of God, born of the Spirit of God, walking in His Ways.
2 Corinthians 5:7
"For we walk by faith, not by sight."
Micah 6:8
"He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"
Pay no attention to what the narcissist is doing, what they do is on them, what we do is on us and we want to be Christ-like. When we fight against the narcissist they are attempting to cause us to be rude like they are, don't do it, remain respectful and remove yourselves so that the devil will not have a foot-hold.
Luke 6:27-28 "27 But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you."
God knows what the narcissist is doing, we have no need to make sure we win against them, let God fight our battles for us.
Christ is Coming for His Bride Soon!
We know that Christ is coming for His church very soon because within every authentically born-again believer there is that urgency that we are going home soon.
It's not a "feeling" it's a strong sense that the world is ramping up for a leader to follow that will place them in bondage to him, thinking he will save them.
There are many signs, too many to miss. All the signs God spoke of in His Word are coming to pass.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
"But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people."
Daniel 12:4
"But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
Matthew 24:14
"And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come."
Matthew 24:6
"And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet."
Matthew 24:12
"And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold."
Matthew 24:11
"And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray."
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