Do you think everyone is against you? Do you feel like there is no one to support you or back you up? The good news is, God is for You no matter what you've done!

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Hey everyone, hope everyone is doing well. Do you find yourself sometimes wondering if there's anybody for you? Does it feel like a lot of times a lot of people are against you? Even through the difficult situations you may be going through, you sometimes often wonder, is there really someone that backs me up?  Well this week's message is titled God is for you from Luke chapter 2 verse 10. But the angel reassured them, don't be afraid.  He said, I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people.

Knowing God is for you will change your whole perspective on life.  You'll stop thinking of God as someone looking down from heaven ready to yell, “gotcha” anytime you mess up.  God is for your success in life. He created you for a purpose and he wants you to succeed. It is God, your creator, who will measure your success in life and no one else.

This is extremely good news. It means you don't need to be afraid of God because God is for you. Yet some people are so afraid of God they get nervous just talking about him. Do you know why? They feel guilty and then they start thinking, if I get close to God, he's going to lecture me. He's going to remind me of all the things I've done wrong and then I'll feel even worse.  Well honestly nothing could be further from the truth. Jesus said, I did not come into this world to condemn it but to save it.  Jesus was saying, I didn't come to scold you, I came to save you. And if God is for us, who can be against us? Jesus came to save us, not to scare us.  That's why when the angel was telling the shepherds about the birth of Jesus, the first thing he said is, don't be afraid.  In fact, when God sends a message to people in the Bible, it's not unusual for the first words to be, don't be afraid.

There are 365 messages from God in the Bible that begin with the phrase like fear not. In other words, every single day of the year you can read a message from God that says, in effect, you don't need to be afraid. I am for you. I am with you. I love you.  God is for you. What a great thing to know that no matter what our troubles, what our situation, God is for us unconditionally. There right by our side, helping us, not lecturing us, not looking down on us, but actually loves us. That's so awesome.

So God, I thank you, Lord, that you're so much for us, that you watch over and protect us, and that even if someone thinks that they feel guilty for any of the wrong that they've been doing, that you love us so much, that you will look past that and overcome it, knowing that we are a child of God.  Father, I just thank you so much for all the love that you give us and through all the good and the bad that you are there for us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.