And We Know ...

Written by Joyce C. Lock


And we know what?

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who arerepparttar called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

Evidently, we are suppose to 'know' that all things work together for our good ... all things.

So, do we 'know'? Do we really know?

It is to our advantage to look forrepparttar 122783 silver lining, to not give Satan so much credit, to faithfully watch for God to transform a negative situation into something good. And, when we watch for Him, most ofrepparttar 122784 time, we come to 'know' His purpose.

Therefore, perhaps, before we can know God has it covered, we have to see Him working and, before we can see Him, we first need to be watching.

By whatever name we call it; fear, worry, and anxiety does not come from God.

While we can not always controlrepparttar 122785 fact that spiritual warfare hits us like a 2x4, we can request God's help in giving Him honor, in even our thoughts and emotions (in spite of circumstance), by asking Him to remove our negative feelings.

And, that is easier to do once we realize, no matter how we feel, it is only a feeling. God is still on His throne. So, it can not be true about who God is.

But, beyond that, we can also take personal responsibility for our part. We openedrepparttar 122786 door for Satan to attack our emotions, not him or anyone else. It originatedrepparttar 122787 moment we believed a lie.

How many ways do we call God a liar ... He can't, He won't, or that nothing good can ever happen to us?

If nothing is too hard for God, then why do we believe our problem is? When we can't seem to find our rightful place with God, do we blame Him? Or, do we believe what Jesus said? Once we 'know'repparttar 122788 truth, it will set us free. John 8:32.

Perhaps we beg and plead, or command and demand, for what is already rightfully ours; when we could be moving mountains, if only we didn't place more than a grain of faith in our part.

A Motivating Factor

Written by Joyce C. Lock


Growing up in an environment where non-church attendance isn't an option, much of one's beliefs may be based upon other's faith (wherein one either leans uponrepparttar faith of another or they were not considered mature enough to make those choices). Their daily schedule is generally more structured, also.

Young adults are familiar with struggles of being finally 'on their own'; free to sleep whenever they feel like it (as long as they make it to work). Suddenly, choices and consequences become theirs.

They begin deciding what they believe,repparttar 122782 life style they will choose,repparttar 122783 importance of regular church attendance, and many more things. Likely, before they get it all figured out, children come along.

Whether late night socials or babies stealing one's sleep, they can often relate torepparttar 122784 'pitch it outrepparttar 122785 window', Sunday morning, alarm clock … finding that, though they desire to do good, evil is present. Still believing in God, they're left feeling guilty whenever they fail to measure up or miss a church service.

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