True and Faithful
Saturday, August 6, 2011
I am joining Peggy for her 'Friday Focus'. The promise of God that I am claiming as my own this week is:
For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does..Psalm 33:4 (NIV) |
God IS faithful.
God IS true.
God NEVER changes.
God NEVER lies.
God IS worthy of our trust.
I have had 'trust issues' for a great deal of my life. My trust has been broken in relationships here on this earth time and time again.
Words spoken into my heart and mind.....actions taken that hurt so much that I felt I could not function....
And these words and actions were lies about myself that I began to believe....untruths that I took into my very being until I felt that these were the truth....
Words that evoke feelings of :
SHAME
GUILT
UNWORTHINESS
BLAME
UGLINESS
BITTERNESS
And the list could go on and on...
In the devotional that goes along with this photo, the words are written:
If we struggle to believe that God's word is true and we cannot trust Him completely, then we are in effect doubting God's very character. Every time we question God's Word or His goodness, we are agreeing with the Father of Lies and the continual accusations he brings against God. Just as this would hurt an earthly father, I believe that it deeply grieves the Father of Lights.
I am happy to say that many of these lies and feelings associated with them have been broken....broken by healing through Jesus Christ....a long journey of prayer and listening to God's speaking the truth to me.
My journey is far from over....will never be over until I see Jesus face to face....
And I pray the prayer that is written in the devotional:
My prayer today is that Holy Spirit would make us aware of the unbelieving thoughts that come into our mind and we would break any power of agreement with them, for the Word of the LORD is right and we can trust everything that He does!
strong as a lion; weak as a lamb
3 comments:
Amen Amen! Amazing isn´t it??
Have an great and blessed weekend....
Amen Beth! I'm in agreement with your prayer. We really need to recognize the areas where we come into agreement with satan and allow the Word of God to renew our minds.
Thank you for sharing your heart.
Love!
Beth
http://mydestinysharinghope.com/
Blessings Beth... So blessed when you join us and share from your heart (and Barry Adam's too, I guess)but what a WONDERFUL WORD and PRAYER! AMEN!
Broken...
Powerful post of great thoughts and faith building. Strength and power in God's Message and Love Letter to us in Psalm 33.
Good people, cheer God! Right-living people sound best when praising.
Use guitars to reinforce your Hallelujahs!
Play his praise on a grand piano!
Invent your own new song to him;
give him a trumpet fanfare.
4-5 For God's Word is solid to the core;
everything he makes is sound inside and out.
He loves it when everything fits,when his world is in plumb-line true.
Earth is drenched in God's affectionate satisfaction.
6-7 The skies were made by God's command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out.He scooped Sea into his jug, put Ocean in his keg.
8-9 Earth-creatures, bow before God; world-dwellers—down on your knees! Here's why: he spoke and there it was, in place the moment he said so.
10-12 God takes the wind out of Babel pretense,
he shoots down the world's power-schemes.
God's plan for the world stands up,
all his designs are made to last.
Blessed is the country with God for God;
blessed are the people he's put in his will.
13-15 From high in the skies God looks around,
he sees all Adam's brood.
From where he sits
he overlooks all us earth-dwellers.
He has shaped each person in turn;
now he watches everything we do.
16-17 No king succeeds with a big army alone,
no warrior wins by brute strength.
Horsepower is not the answer;no one gets by on muscle alone.
18-19 Watch this: God's eye is on those who respect him, the ones who are looking for his love.
He's ready to come to their rescue in bad times;
in lean times he keeps body and soul together.
20-22 We're depending on God;
he's everything we need.
What's more, our hearts brim with joy
since we've taken for our own his holy name.
Love us, God, with all you've got—
that's what we're depending on.
Yes, Beth, YOU CAN TRUST HIS FAITHFULNESS because HIS WORD IS TRUE... today, yesterday and forever... thanks Beth... for standing and focusing on His Truth and sharing this with us!
Love and peace,
Peggy
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