#Faith over Fear

[dearjewels22]

Stop chasing after it... it's already yours.

[thevirgodoll]

why are you waiting on confirmation that the best is on its way? you don’t need anyone to give you permission to claim what you deserve. it’s already written. this story already has your name on it. you just have to stop rewriting it because you don’t think it’s possible.

[christian-girlies]

“For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand,

Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.'"

- Isaiah 43:12

There are several passages in the Bible that encourage us to "fear not" and have faith in the Lord.

You are a daughter of God, you are the apple of His eye, His princess. God's love is so deep and personal and intimate! He is your heavenly daddy who takes you by your hand, like a mother crossing the road with her child, and He helps you and protects you. We need only put our faith in Him and trust that He will never let go.

x

[theambitiouswoman]

Confidence comes from putting yourself out there and stepping outside of your comfort zone despite being scared. If you wait for confidence to precede the action, you’ll be waiting for ever. Moving from fear to faith is what is going to carry you through. Realizing that the fears created in your mind are there to protect you and keep you in your comfort zone, is how you change your perspective.

[alwaysrememberjesus]

In The Storm With Jesus - Part 1

[andallshallbewell]

[alilarew23]

what if instead of being afraid

you got excited? like every time you got that familiar, gut-sinking, what-if-this-doesn't-happen feeling, you boldly reminded yourself it already did happen? and that where you go in imagination you must go in the flesh, too? what if you imagined, in that moment of fear, you were hiking with your best friend, who happens to know and consciously apply the law, too, and instead of dwelling in doubt and worry and stress the two of you walked to the edge of the nearest cliff overlooking the rivers and pines and cumulus clouds and you yelled. together, you yelled, "it already happened! it is already mine!" as loud as you could. and you felt all that energy rise from your gut through your chest through your throat out your mouth into air and as you let it go into air you laughed and hugged and felt the most profound sense of relief and joy and wonder and awe and gratitude because you knew it was enough, to be here on earth with your best friend at all, but you knew, too, this wasn't all. that there really was--there really is--so much good to come. that what you have within your mind's eye and in your heart must express, that it will, in the exact right moment, in the exact right "now," and how wonderful to know, to feel, deep in your bones in your nerves in your muscles in your cells, you already have it now.

[eternalholygirl]

Introduction

Hi, I’m Eternalholygirl!

I am a 16 year old, catholic girl from Germany who dedicates her life to Jesus.

This, from now on, will be Christian blog where I will regularly post Bible verses, "diary entries", pictures and a LOT more

I don’t have many Christian friends and my family isn’t Christian either, so I’m hoping I can find some people to connect with, reach some people and share my love for the one and only lord here <3

[this is a secondary blog, so I will not be able to follow anyone back, but I am still more than happy to connect with anyone]

[pinestripe37]

It happened. I'm actually... not going trick or treating today.

I've chosen God's Conviction over tradition and I'm staying home (I'm Home because I'm His.)

It felt like a battle, to be understood and then to overcome my own anxieties but I'm here and I thank God for courage, for the strength only He gave me. and for sisters in Christ who have encouraged and supported me. It's relieving to lean on Him and only Him and embrace His Comfort, and I can understand that I'm not missing out on anything. I'm with my Lord and where else would I ever want to be? No moment spent in worship and dedication is wasted. I'm with my Father, I'm blessed. I thank Jesus.

Instead of participating in something with dark roots I'm drawing close to the God who is Light  and instead of suppressing conviction I've overcome the fear of speaking up and instead of a scratchy costume I'm in my soft nightgown.

Tonight will be spent spending time with Jesus and reading Scripture and listening to worship music and writing poetry for Him.

[godsdaughter3]

Yap Session 2: Spiritual Warfare/Demonic Attacks.

!!!I AM NOT TRYING TO FORCE ANYTHING ONTO YOU PLEASE SCROLL IF YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE!!!

I, like all Christian's have gone through Spiritual Warfare. It's hard to identify Spiritual Warfare but once you do, you know how to fight it, by using the Armour of God. If you don't know what that is I got you. I am not a pastor, just a girl who loves the Lord and wants to help others by telling them what I know.

Belt of truth: Sets the believer apart from the world and protects them from lies 

Breastplate of righteousness: Protects the heart from Satan's accusations

Shoes of the gospel of peace: Allows believers to share God with others and to know that God loves them 

Shield of faith: Protects believers from the devil's attacks 

Helmet of salvation: Protects the mind from the devil's doubt 

Sword of the Spirit: The Word of God, which believers can use to fight off the devil and his temptations (Ephesians 6:14-17)

My church had a youth service on 10/5/24 man, I tell you the Holy Spirit MOVED. My friend (a fellow youth member) preached about the full armour of God. His explanation of it really opened my eyes and helped me realize that the reason that the devil attacks me so much is because I don't have the full armour of God on, and the devil knows that I am destined for great things through Christ and he was going to stop that in any way that he can.

Spiritual warfare is exhausting especially when you don't know it's happening. When I was going through spiritual warfare I felt drained, I didn't want to get out of bed, I was tired, unable to focus on schoolwork, sleeping through church, overthinking, panic attacks, crying for no reason and so much more. One thing that I remember specifically was that the devil was using to bring me back down is music. I love music, when I was in the world I was hooked to sexual music such as, The Weeknd, Chase Atlantic, Plvtinum, Billie Eilish, and much, much more. The devil was trying to tell me that I needed to listen to them 'only for the melody' no, cause if I listened to their music, I would've payed attention to the lyrics and fallen into sexual temptation. Music has power over you, your mind, your soul. So, I replaced them with Christian artists that I absolutely love. (If you want I'll send you a list of Christian arstists that you should try out, just send me a dm ♡). Now I'm going to tell you what I used to help me get through the spiritual attack in just five steps. Step one: Identify the lie.

Genesis 3:2-4 "The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’ ” “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman." This verse is talking about Eve, Eve was under a spiritual attack from the lie that the serpent (the devil) gave her, that's why she ate the fruit. Then there was the fall of humanity.

Now in John 8:31-32 says, "To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (Words in red because it was Jesus speaking). Lies, lead to bondage. For example, let's take someone who's addicted to porn. Porn would be the fruit, the lie could be, 'I'm lonely and unloved, so I need a false excerpt of what love is'. This is just an example, I'm not saying that if someone is addicted to porn they're demon possessed, no. When you do this, keep in mind that the lie could be hidden, so take your time. One quote that I love says, "The strongholds in our lives are the lies we believe."

Step two: Repent from the lie.

Psalm 51:7-12 "Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me." This is a prayer that King David prayed to God after he slept with Bathsheba and killed her husband. See, David just commited adultery and murder. Two things that God hates, now he was asking God to make him white as snow. And guess what? God will always do that. Now that doesn't mean, sin whenever repent later, it doesn't work like that. You need to feel conviction and genuine regret.

Step three: Stand against the lie. Ephesians 6:10-12 "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." Be ready for attacks by putting on the full amour of God cause if you do, then satan cannot touch you.

James 4:7-8 "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded." Submit and run to God and He will help you.

Matthew 16:22-23 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!” Jesus turned and said to Peter “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” In this passage Jesus was telling His disicples about how He was going to get crucified and reserect on the 3rd day. Then Peter pulled Him aside to tell Him it was never going to happen. Essentially what Jesus was doing here was rebuking the devil for trying to stop what God had planned for Him. You can directly quote Jesus here when the devil tries to attack you.

Step four: Replace the lie with truth.

Matthew 12:43-45 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.” Unfortunately, when you finally get free from a spiritual attack demons will come back with stronger ones so that you end up in a worse state then what you were before.

Galatians 5:16-17 "So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want." Your flesh has the power to make you do things that might not want to do, like listening to music that you're not supposed to listen too, in my case. Here are some emotions that can be replaced with fruits of the Spirit. ~Anxiety, replace it with peace. ~Depression, replace it with joy. ~Hate, replace it with love. ~ Quick temper, replace it with patience. ~Selfishness, replace it with kindness ~Evil thoughts, replace them with good ones. ~Fear, replace it with faith. ~Harshness, replace it with gentleness. ~Fleshly desires, replace it with self control. ~Shame, replace it with honor. Step five: Walk in truth. Psalm 86:11-13 "Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead." The truth of God is stronger than any lie the devil wants to tell you.

Never forget to pray, remember that being a Christian in this world is single-handely the hardest thing you could ever do in this world. Remember that God set you free, you have access to freedom today because, Jesus loves you. ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

[wisdom-words-wonderment]

Faith over Fear

“I sought the Lord, and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears”.

- Psalm 34:4

[dearjewels22]

[madebyfaithco]

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." - Isaiah 41:10

No matter what you're facing today, remember this: God's love surrounds you. He's with you, always.

[meegan420]

[serenityquest]

[alwaysrememberjesus]

In The Storm With Jesus - Part 2