Spiritual Warfare...Trust God

God is good! These past two weeks have been a time of training and spiritual warfare for me. God's mercy and faithfulness is everlasting. God however made it really clear to me that I am not fighting flesh, but against principalities, against powers and against the rulers of darkness. The enemy felt more real to me these past two weeks as the enemy attacked and tried to break me down. My only response was to trust God. I thank you Lord that I can just trust you and there is no more doing it my way. This week God showed me how important it is to be discerning and He gave me spiritual wisdom. Thank you Jesus. I thank God for those who were praying for me and I know that God protects His own and will bring all my enemies to shame. While I won't get into details, I had people with wrong intentions to hurt me, but God always turns those wrong intentions around for His glory. I hope that I showed them in my dealing with their negativity towards me what it means to love Jesus, what it means to trust God. I know I still have a way to go in my relationship with Him, but I love God and I know that all things work together for good for those who are called  according to His purpose. Show mercy to my enemies, because God reconciled me to Him while I was an enemy. A picture of loving my enemies is displayed through God's mercy to me as I too was once an enemy toward God. I see enemies now as a chance to love even more, love more in the face of adversity and to show the mercy given to me from God.

God is Always Good!

God is always good! Even when I feel discouraged, I know that if I put my trust in God and stand steadfastly in His love, then everything will work out just fine. Through the past few months it feels like I have been on a spiraling journey with God. He has been showing me things, breaking my heart to love as He does, teaching me about fear and the fear of reverence for Him. God has been reshaping my confidence and a confidence that is dependent on Him. Knowing God and just how Great He is really makes me know that I can overcome any situation, that I can do anything. When my eyes are focused on God it is hard to sink, but when I focus on others or give into distractions or try to rely on my own effort then that is when I become discouraged. I pray for more godly friends so that I can continue to exhort and be exhorted and encouraged to live for Christ. He is my only pursuit and passion.God is telling me to follow Him and to do so now. I can face the world with God. I am resolved and determined to share the Gospel and this treasure of abundant life. I can't wait to see God where you are going to take me next. There are so many people hurting, wanting to know if you really do exist? and how to have a relationship with you. There are some who believe they are unworthy of any relationship and can never earn your forgiveness. I want to tell them that you died for their sins and no matter how deep the sin, if they put their trust in the work Jesus did on the cross for them, believe in their heart and repent then God salvation is for them too. Salvation is for everyone.