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[troubledontlast1]

IF THEY SAY “IT’S IMPOSSIBLE”, REMEMBER THAT IT’S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM, NOT FOR YOU. #repost @jesusrealhope In the darkest of hours, your light sees me through. #jesuswillmakeaway Just because you don’t see a way, does not mean that God is not making a way. #makeaway When the impossible present itself, don’t worry, that’s God’s chance to work a miracle. #createaway It is what it is, but with God, it’s not what it seems. #facingtrouble Until you know that life is war, you cannot know what prayer is for. #facingtroubles How big is your God? The size of your God determines the size of everything else. #jesuswillmakeithappen God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty. Don’t give up. God works in midst of storms and fires of life. #firesoflife The very fact that there’s a problem is a sign that God has an answer. #godisstronger This is what the Lord says—he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.- Is.43:16-19 #problemsinlife The battle is not yours, it’s the Lord’s. Whenever you feel like giving up or giving in, remember that your strength comes from the Lord. Whenever you’re down and out and can’t seem to pick yourself up, remember that your strength comes from the Lord. When you feel weak and overwhelmed, remember that your strength comes from the Lord. Don’t you dare give up! God has amazing things in store for you. During the battle, the Lord will fight for you. During the trial, the Lord will strengthen you. During the test, the Lord will encourage you. You shall be a conqueror; you are a part of a royal priesthood; you are the head and not the tail; you shall prevail in this life; you will defeat the enemy and you will inherit eternal life, through Christ Jesus our Lord. (at Mount Juliet, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/By5ehcOlfBU/?igshid=1xs9yg34uaure

[jorgerampogna]

#buendia #bomdia #fuerzas #biblestudy #Bible #Biblia #bibliasmart #biblejournaling #bibleverses #Diosmedapaz #diosesbueno #Dios #God #godisgreat #godislove #godisstronger #poder #hope #esperanca #esperanza #leetubiblia #book #libros #libropreferido #Isaias #rpsp #41 (at Lado College Silver Spring)

[pazwel]

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[benjizworship]

Wooooow!! It was soooooooo much fun that the 2nd pics notes how I walked out the @cb_hattiesburgms! But it was all for a great cause!! You missed an amazing time of fellowship and calorie burning!! Kim whipped us right on up! I rode for all those that have and are battling breast cancer! But I still believe that God Still heals!! I’ve seen Him do it!! Support local and national organizations in the fight for a cure! #cancersucks #GodisStronger #Fight #WeWin #pinkoutride

[pioneer-deer-blog]

Do not follow this world. This world is ran by Satan, his only goal is to drag us down with him to Hell. Be the one who fights against this evil system, God will give us the strength. #truth #satan #satanic #world #evil #godisstronger #godisgood #god #godislove #godlovesyou #good #love #glory #follow #followjesus #jesus #jesusislord #jesusisgod #trustgod #godsplan #plan #trust #godbless

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[hecallsmeworthy-blog]

Overcoming fear and anxiety

Ever had one of these nights where you just can’t seem to fall asleep, no matter how hard you try? This is where I’m at right now and I actually think I had way too much coffee way too late today, so I keep waking up and some kind of panic seems to overwhelm me. I haven’t had a night like this in ages, where I keep calling on the name of the Lord for help. But He reminded me just a few minutes ago that there was a time when nights like these were all I knew.

I don’t even remember when it started, but about two years ago, my whole life was dominated by fear. Fear of what the future might hold, fear of making mistakes with irreparable consequences, fear of basically everyone and everything. I could barely sleep or function; ending up in front of the toilet seat with the urge to throw up or sitting on the floor of our apartment, telling my husband I wanted to die, were almost a daily routine. I would even fall off a chair out of the blue, fainting due to a sudden panic attack. I don’t know if you have experienced anything like this before, but if you have, you know it sucks all the life out of you.

It was like a constant war was going on in my mind. I couldn’t stop thinking, paranoid that only bad things were going to happen in the future.

Today, I am beyond thankful to say, that this is all in the past. But I have been talking to so many women since and I have realized that I was not alone with what I’ve experienced. So many people are living in (constant) fear and it has to stop! Because one thing is for sure: FEAR IS NOT FROM GOD!

 1)      The war in our minds

As fear is not from God (if you don’t believe this, please read 1 John 4), it is obvious where it comes from. If you have experienced fear before – and even though fortunately not all of us have done so on a regular basis, we all have experienced it at one point or the other – you know what it does to you.

I have learned that most of the time, it starts in our minds. A thought comes up, maybe something that worries you and you start contemplating on it and the more you think about it, the more it turns into fear. It might just be a small voice in the beginning, but if you listen to it and feed it, it becomes louder and louder as you go.

The most dangerous thing that happens is that the voice in your head will also tell you to not talk to anyone about your thoughts, because nobody will understand or everybody is just going to think that you’re crazy, Wrong.

2)      Speak up

The day I started to get out of anxiety, was the day I spoke up about it. One of the most common strategies of the enemy is to keep things in the dark. He knows that as soon as they come to light, he doesn’t stand a chance. So he will do everything he can to keep you from speaking up. Don’t listen!

I started talking to a woman about things that had happened in my past and while talking she identified that I had developed some pretty dangerous and unhealthy, even destructive thought patterns over the years. As I hadn’t spoken up about them, they had manifested themselves and had become part of my ‘ordinary‘ every day life.

She gave me a very simple advice. It seemed way too simple to really make a difference at first, but it was the start of a beautiful story into freedom. I promised her that every time I would identify a negative thought in my mind, I would just say ‘Stop!‘ out loud and forbid myself to think about it any further. I remember feeling pretty silly the first few times and sometimes I even had to repeat it several times, but somehow it worked.

Well great, so you’re telling me that all I have to do to get rid of these thoughts is to say stop? Thanks for the talk, really. What if the thoughts keep coming?

Oh, they will for sure.

3)      Speak truth

We spent a lot of time feeding our minds with all kinds of information, taking in what society, the media and others tell us. We watch the news, realizing that we live in a broken world of catastrophes, we let the world tell us what to think. And we listen to ourselves. And through all of it to the lies of the enemy, even if we’re not aware of it.

So once we discover a destructive, negative and simply false thought (pattern), we not only have to identify and break it, we also have to exchange it with the truth.

I love the bible. We have such an amazing Father. There are so many reasons why, but have you ever realized how often the phrases ‘Do not worry‘ or ‘Don’t be afraid‘ are written in the bible? I love it so much! God knew that this would be something that a lot of us would suffer from, so He made sure that we could find at least one encouragement for each day in His word when it comes to fear.

So I began writing down scripture that deals with worry and fear.

Let me just name a few here:

-          Joshua 1:9

-          Psalms 3:5-8

-          Psalms 91:5-7 (basically the whole psalm actually)

-          Hebrews 13;5-6

-          1 Peter 5:2

-          1 John 4, 17b-18

-          … and many more.

So I wrote them down and every time I felt fear creeping in, I started proclaiming these truths, meaning I read them out loud. Even if I did not feel like it, I just read them.

Guys, God’s word in itself bears the power to transform. Even if you feel as weak as can be, the words have power. And the bible tells us that life and death are in the power of the tongue, so it’s important to say them out loud.

And let me tell you, it became easier. So everytime I started to worry, or fear seemed to overwhelm me, I told it to leave in Jesus‘ name and spoke God’s word over my life instead. And I felt peace.

The thoughts did not stop coming back completely over night, but I was able to identify and stop destructive thoughts faster and over time the loud voices in my head turned into a faint call.

4)      Know your triggers

About a year later, I was already much better off, but I realized that certain topics still made me very anxious and were like a trigger that sent me back to the times I described earlier and crippled me again. Although I felt so much stronger, I didn’t know what to do.

I desperately wanted to break these patterns, because I knew that I didn’t want to be dominated by fear.

So the Lord, in all His mercy, sent me to a conference, where I met another amazing woman. – Oh guys, getting to know godly women is such a treasure!

She told me how she dealt with situations like these and it was the key to more peace of mind.

She said that every time she felt that a certain topic made her feel uncomfortable, mad or anxious, she would pray and ask Jesus, why she was feeling this way. (You know, once we decide to speak up, we tend to talk to a lot of people about our thoughts how we feel – which is good, because it really helps to talk and they have good advice – but we barely go to the Lord himself, to ask for comfort and truth.) So she would ask Him and He would show her a situation that had happened and caused fear to enter and she would basically rebuke that it had any power over her life (in the authority of the name of Jesus) and ask Jesus what to believe instead and would replace fear with the truth. It sounded ‚special‘ to me at first, but I tried and wow. Things that had triggered fear and anxiety before, had no power over me anymore.

5)      Stay strong

So don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that I don’t know fear anymore. I still live in a fallen world and the enemy hates to see us walking strong and courageously. So he will try again.

That’s why it’s so important to know your ‘weapons‘. One thing that has helped me to withstand the attacks of the enemy – next to all the things mentioned above – is to stay alert, as the bible tells us in Ephesians 6.

In this chapter of Ephesians you can find a description of the Armor of God. I strongly suggest reading it and – before you do anything else in the morning – make yourself aware of the fact that you’re wearing it or put it on consciously, if you haven’t done so before, so you will be armored for any kinds of attacks by the enemy.

 One thing you should keep in mind is – however strong fear may seem, our God is stronger! I have actually written a song about God pulled me out of the darkness. It is in German though and a translation doesn’t seem to do it justice. If you’re interested in it anyways just let me know and I’ll try anyways.

Praying for you today!

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#god #godisstrong #thankyoumylord #annabelleandmarkus #lifewithgod #godguidesme

[kensong59-blog]

I am weak but my God is strong. I lack many things but I have him. It gets weary, but he never tires of loving me. I am sustained by his love. And his love never fails. . . . #scripturequote #quotes #quotesaboutlife #quotestagram #bibletruth #biblejournalingcommunity #godlovesyou #christianity #christians #motivationalquotes #godsword #godswordistruth #wordofgod #spirituality #scripture #scriptureoftheday #wordofgod #helovesme #hisloveneverfails #loveneverfails #godisstrong #godislove https://www.instagram.com/p/BwFHysynDXN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18p582f4fu3r2

[kingmidasmedia]

I grew up in rough times and harsh environments. I survived many situations I should have not walked away from. I can attribute this to being a tough and stubborn s.o.b. or I can choose to give praise to God for sparing me for a greater good. I choose the later. Honestly I can be extremely weak and fragile at times. I think we all are. But I will keep on fighting and moving forward if even an inch at a time. I will get where I am going. Regardless of how impossible it may seem. Sieze the evening, there is still plenty of hours left to take advantage of. Never give up friends! #godisgood #behindtheking #Iamweak #Godisstrong #letsgetit #fight #survive #mush #push #graphicarts #wealth #business #hunger #design #grateful #hustle #logodesign #webdesign

[upontablesorg-blog]

Ok, I'm taking my blog seriously now. I really need to be more committed to this project. . . . . . . . . . . #christianblogger #Godisamazing #GodisStrong #GodSaves #christianblog #christianwriter #christianphotographer #upontables #bloggingforjesus #righteousnessbyfaith #righteousness #biblewriting #GodisGreat #LoveofGod #jesussaves #thelordismystrength #JesusisSalvation #christsrighteousness #godhasaplan #fathersguidance #lordgod #deathcure #grieving #writersofChrist #writingforchrist #bloggerforJesus #godwillstrengthenyou #HisPromises (at Los Angeles, California)

[pazwel]

Yeah it the TRuTH...CHF and ArTHRitiS is a M@therF@CKER TAKE UR meds...#geneticsisreal #GODISSTRONGER #GODHEALS #NATURAL (at Worldwide Underground)

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[ziglarinspiration]

God is stronger than my circumstances. #GodIsStronger #HaveFaith #Ziglar