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peace over fear

Put Your Trust In The Lord

by GOD TV April 26, 2022

written by GOD TV

Jeremiah 17:7-8 says, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

When God is the object of your trust, of your confidence, you don’t have to worry about what comes, when He is the person of your trust. Imagine He is trust. He is. He encapsulates all of that. When He has that place in your life, it doesn’t matter what comes your way, you will bear fruit. There could be storms raging around you, and there can be peace inside of you.

So if there’s a storm going on around you right now, I encourage you, put your trust in the Lord, make sure your confidence is rooted in Him. And right now, if that’s you, I just say, God is your confidence. He is your trust. You can lean into Him. And we just ask God, that people would lean into you right now, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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God Takes You From Stressful To Peaceful

by Lisa van den Berg April 17, 2022

written by Lisa van den Berg

There are times in all of our lives where we think God is telling us to do something and so we go ahead and confidently do it.

We go ‘all in’ and say, “OK God, I’m going to do what You say to do.” Things feel good and everything is just ticking along nicely.

Then, in the middle of our new comfort zone, we start feeling like the season is changing and God wants us to do something else.

Uh oh – the solid ground is shifting!

The feeling that something new is coming continues to grow and the more it does, the wobblier we feel…

This is when we begin to ask ourselves questions like

What does this look like?
What do I do now?
Will I be OK in this change?
How do I know if this will work out well?
How do I know what He’s asking me to do?

And they are all legitimate questions. They’re the kind of questions we need answers to in order to know how to go forward well.

The problem is that we typically ask these questions from a place of fear instead of a place of faith – and this is where the rubber meets the road.

Over the years I have faced so many of these scenarios and I’ve learned to feel the Holy Spirit prompting me to come and talk to Him about it, rather than letting the fear fester and get me down.

So, when a coaching client came to me with this scenario the other day, we decided that we would talk it through with God, together.

As we asked Him what was happening, He revealed that the reason we feel wobbly is because we’re not sure we can trust Him in the change.

While we were processing, Proverbs 3:5-6 popped into my mind and He began to unpack those verses in a way I hadn’t seen them before.

He was actually showing us not only the reason she felt wobbly, but how to get back to a state of peace and trust instead. (I love it when He does this!)

Let’s have a look at these gems

Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart
And do not rely on your own insight or understanding.
In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him,
And He will make your paths straight and smooth [removing obstacles that block your way].
Pro 3:5-6 (Amp)

Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart

The first step in coming back to peace is really just readjusting yourself.

Ask the Lord, “Lord, I think I’m afraid because I’m not sure that I can trust You. Will you show me how I can trust You? What are You doing in these circumstances that is trustworthy? What can I stand on that won’t shift?”

Remind yourself of the promises of His faithfulness that you can stand on. Remind yourself of all the times He has been trustworthy in the past.

And do not rely on your own insight or understanding.

When we feel uncertain, we go into self-defense and self-preservation mode and then we try to work it out ourselves.

We start asking ourselves, “What experience do I have that I can walk in? What knowledge do I have that I know I can take advantage of?” We try to figure things out in our own understanding.

And of course, these verses very clear. It says, do not lean on your own understanding, because it’s so limited and we only know a tiny part in comparison to what God knows.

In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him

Once God has shown us how much we can trust Him, something happens that shifts us into the place of realizing that relying on our own insight and understanding isn’t going to get us anywhere.

Then we get to come back to Him and say, “Oh Lord, thank You. I acknowledge You in all of my ways, Lord. You are the One who is always working things out together for my good. You are the one who knows my past and my present and my future and You’re knitting them all together.” And you begin to just acknowledge that He is God and you are not.

And He will make your paths straight and smooth [removing obstacles that block your way].

We lean back into trusting Him, not relying on our own understanding, and acknowledging that He is God – and now He can make our paths straight and plain.

So often we try to go straight to step number 4.

We try to ask Him, “Lord, where do we go? What do we do? What does it look like?” – but we’ve missed the first 3 steps.

And the first 3 steps are foundational to Him because He wants our relationship with Him to go deeper. He’s not an ATM that just gives ‘answers on demand’ – He is our loving Father.

When we come from that place of deep relationship, then He delights in revealing where we’re going, what we’re doing and how He will look after us through it all.

So, whenever you find the ground shaky beneath you, whenever you find yourself wobbly – just go back to these verses and stand on them and let the Holy spirit take you on a journey of remembering how much your Father loves to walk through life with you.

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Connect with Lisa van den Berg at The Ways of Wisdom where she can coach you to confidently hear the voice of God and learn how to get His direction for your life.

April 17, 2022 0 comment

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Be Still And Know

by GOD TV April 10, 2022

written by GOD TV

“Be still and know that I am God.” That is so much easier said than done, but it’s doable; to just be still and know that He is God. No matter what you’re going through, be still and know. I remember when the Lord was training me in this, and I’d get a pen and a paper, and I would just sit on the floor. And that was my way of being still. And I would just be still before Him, and just listen to what He would say to me. And He would just start to talk to me, and line out some things for me, show me some things that I needed to change. Show me the things that He was so proud of me, or the things that I accomplished. And just being still and knowing that God really does have everything under control.

As you trust Him, He will start to show you how He controls, how He speaks, and then you’ll start to speak what He speaks. You’ll start to do what He does. And then it’ll cause a knowing, like you have to be still first, let Him speak, and then you’ll know that He is God.

Lord, I thank you for those that are busy and they’re not able to just settle themselves before you. I thank you Father, that they would be able to just be still to hear you speak, and to know that you are God, not in just one or two areas of their lives, but in every area of their lives, that you’ve taken care of it. Know that. Know that this morning, and receive that, and rest in it, in Jesus’ Name.

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5 Verses That Will Bring You Peace

by Sarah Crockett February 12, 2022

written by Sarah Crockett

The Word of God is living and active (Hebrews 4:12) and carries the resurrection life of Christ (John 1:14). If your life feels choatic, overwhelming, unmanageable, or just plain frustrating read these 5 verses that will bring you peace.

5 Verses That Will Bring You Peace

Isaiah 9:6-7 – “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over His kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.”

Philippians 4:6-8 – “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

John 16:33 – “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

Romans 5:1-2 – “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we[b] boast in the hope of the glory of God.”

Colossians 3:15 – “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”

Accessing Peace

These are just a few of the many, many verses that can release peace into your life. Peace is not just a good idea. It’s a supernaturally accessible gift that we have been given access to by the blood of the Lamb.

Take a moment and tap into the peace that is available right now that can silence any storm. Take a moment and allow the Word of God to bring you peace right now!

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Childlike Faith: The Earthly Mindset Vs. The Eternal Mindset

by Joanna Flavin June 21, 2021

written by Joanna Flavin

As parents we are fixers. Our child is sick and we work on solutions: ibuprofen, steam showers, and doctor visits. We can fix it. Or maybe our child is struggling socially. We spring into action: playdates, sports teams, and anything we can do to help them feel more confident among their peers. If our child has a problem we do our best to fix it. But what if we can’t? Maybe our adult thinking requires some sort of simplifying that only a childlike faith can fix…

When Fear Takes Over

Recently, our family has been undergoing some stress. Out of respect for my kids’ privacy, I won’t reveal too much information but one of our sons developed a really intense fear of dying. As a parent, it was so painful to see our precious child suffering mentally. Developmentally it is natural and normal for children to come to a place where they question their mortality and seek a lot of information about it. It is even normal for them to fixate on death for a period of time. But we were not prepared for the distress that the fear of death would bring to our particular son.

For a couple of weeks, we tried everything we could to ease his mind. We prayed with him and we prayed over him every night and multiple times of the day. We wrote our worries in journals, we put them in a “worry box” and asked Jesus to take them away. We sought professional guidance through books and counselors. It felt like we were taking two steps forward and one step back.

Childlike Faith: Heaven

One day, in the midst of a fearful struggle, my other son popped in with a truth bomb. He said, “You know you don’t have to worry so much about dying, we all live forever in Heaven anyway.” Boom. You could see the stress and fear leave my other, struggling son’s body. It clicked. He realized he didn’t have to worry so much about dying because once He died on earth he would move on to eternal life. And that life would be better than anything he could eve imagine here. The cure to my son’s crippling anxiety was a dose of childlike faith.

Matthew 18:3, “And He said: ‘Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.'”

Final Words: Childlike Faith

What would it look like for us to go back to a childlike faith as adults? And to trust that even though our days on earth are numbered we are living for our prize in Heaven? I think it would remove a lot of the stress of our daily lives. When we focus so much on the tasks in front of us we lose sight of what really matters. But when we focus on Jesus taking care of our every need here and offering us a seat next to Him in eternal paradise, peace and joy are restored.

Matthew 6:19-21, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

June 21, 2021 0 comment