"Pray Then Like This..."

 Forgot to put the garbage out the night before....

 Kids broke your favorite vase....

 Didn't get the grade you wanted on the project......

 Car honked at you on the road.......

The list is endless off the things the enemy will use to try to get you to forfeit your peace. DON'T BOW DOWN!!! DON'T GIVE IN!!! NOTHING has changed...GOD is still GOOD, HE'S STILL IN CONTROL, You are still BLESSED and LOVED BY GOD. Don't forfeit your PEACE. Protect it and keep it safe. AMEN 

Scripture References:

John 16:33 ESV

Isaiah 54:17 ESV

1 Corinthians 13:11 ESV

Peace is priceless, and every time we choose pride over GOD'S will for our lives we choose suffering whether inadvertently or on purpose. GOD knows you better than you know you child. You can trust HIS will for your life. Embrace humility (accepting that you need GOD and HIS will for your life) and reject pride (thinking you can do anything on your own). AMEN  

Scripture References:

James 4:6 ESV 

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV

We have to use our faith to believe that GOD is going to do the work HE promised inside of us, through us, and for us. GOD keeps HIS promises. ALWAYS. AMEN  

Scripture References:

Galatians 5:1 ESV

Romans 8:37 ESV

Philippians 1:6 ESV

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV

Jeremiah 31:33 ESV

Jeremiah 32:17 ESV

Faith isn't only for us to believe in GOD, it's also for us to believe what GOD says about us and who He says we are. Use your faith to believe what GOD says about you...over what your mom and dad said, over what your teacher said, over what you think about yourself. Use your faith to believe that you are actually who and what GOD says you are. AMEN

        You are loved

        You are chosen

        You are kind and gentle

        You are smart

        You are capable

        You are loved....still. AMEN

Scripture Reference: 

Romans 10:17 ESV

Trust GOD to show you how to love HIM and serve HIM. Then forgive yourself for falling short. AMEN 

Scripture Reference:

Mark 12:28-31 ESV

Storms not only consist of what goes on OUTSIDE of you, storms rage on the INSIDE as well...arguments with people who've hurt you (in your mind), fighting perceived judgements you THINK other people have about you, all of these things are STORMS that you have the POWER to speak PEACE to!!! AMEN 

Scripture Reference:

Mark 4:39 ESV

You have to stop being mad at GOD for still using you despite your weaknesses and your shortcomings. HE loves you no matter what you've done. HE won't leave, no matter how much we push HIM away. HE will STILL USE YOU!!! HE'S not put off by our humanity. Shame does not have the final say. GOD does. AMEN  

Scripture References:

Mark 14:29-31 ESV

Mark 14:38 ESV

Romans 7:15 ESV

Acts 2:38-41 ESV

Here's the link to the sermon from Pastor Steven Furtick: https://youtu.be/1yrZza-V_eY

Why are you rejecting what GOD says about you as if it isn't the Truth? You haven't even met your true self yet! GOD KNEW YOU BEFORE YOU WERE IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB!!! That means before you decided who you were (or were not) HE placed identity inside of you child. You are HIS, and whatever HE says you are...even if it doesn't match what you "see" or "feel". AMEN  

Scripture References:

Jeremiah 1:5-8 ESV

Isaiah 66:9 ESV

Do you feel just a general anxiety (or fear) ALL THE TIME? Does peace feel foreign to you or uncomfortable, so even when you're NOT anxious (fearful) you search out the feeling because you don't feel "normal" without it? GOD has a solution and wants to deliver you with HIS righteous right hand. You just have to trust HIM to do it, and YOU CAN...AMEN 

Scripture References:

Isaiah 41:10 ESV

Isaiah 43:1 ESV

Isaiah 44:2 ESV

Isaiah 44:8 ESV

Isaiah 43:5 ESV

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV

You're Angry. Mean. Hurt. Frustrated. Tired. Unwell spiritually and emotionally. Vain. Conceited. Prideful. Anxious. Afraid. Jealous. This list is not exhaustive, meaning it could go on and on. Did you know that you can bring EVERY PART of YOURSELF to GOD and HE WON'T LEAVE YOU. HE WON'T RUN AWAY FROM YOU. HE WON'T CONDEMN YOU. HE WILL STILL ACCEPT YOU. AND LOVE YOU. AND CHERISH YOU. And most of all...HE WILL HELP YOU! AMEN 

Scripture References:

Hebrews 13:8 ESV

Matthew 11:28-30 ESV

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV

Matthew 6:33 ESV