Friend, many of us want to be the possessor of a strong faith.

But do we understand what that is?

To have a strong faith is to turn one's world upside down.

It means we must be happy when God deprives us of something we thought we were entitled to, because we love Him.

Do you cry out, "Why, God, why?" Or, "Why me, God? Am I not loving You and serving You?" He already knows just where your heart is and He allows the trial so that you will learn that your faith is in need of strengthening.

Fool the devil and thank God for the trial and walk humbly before Him, eyes fixed on His Love for you; His complete care for your soul, paramount.

Do not wish to be great and do not see yourself as wise. The devil will prove you wrong and God will allow it for His Glory which you may not learn about until you get to the other side.

Be happy to be taught by God and to face and enter into every fiery trial you must, to be purified and receive your just reward - eternal life with the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

This life is a gift for our soul to be reunited with the Father through the Sacrifice of the Son and by the teaching of the Holy Spirit. God wants to use those of us who have a personal relationship with Jesus, as sowers of seeds for the Great Harvest of souls.

See yourself as a needed worker in the Kingdom. You are loved and cherished, nourished and cared for, guided and taught and encouraged and uplifted by all the great resources of Heaven.

Be about your Father's Business. You have been hired and you have a position.

Report for work with joy in your heart and assurance of His Loyalty to you.

He is the One who will guide and direct your path, just be willing. Do not get ahead of Him.

Prayer and continual communication with Him is key to you hearing these words from your Lord; "Well done, good and faithful servant!"

Friend, do you suffer from anxiety?

Generally there is nothing to be anxious about yet many of us suffer anxiety. We can't explain it. Seems to be a general anxiety that pervades our whole life.

God knows what it is. He is waiting for you to hand over all your anxiety to Him. To trust Him because He is Trustworthy.

He is worthy of your trust.

To not know God in such a way, allows anxiety to rise up within and begin to seep into every area of our lives until we become boxed in and unable to breathe, influenced by evil and it's earthly forces which seek to destroy us while in a vulnerable state of mind.

To releive yourself from anxiety that comes from the pit of hell, you will need to place belief and trust in God and His Son.

Jesus will see to it that anxiety is relieved and done away with over time. Some people who wholeheartedly believe from their conversion, do receive instant healing of this malady, but others whose faith is less, will struggle until they fully release themselves to loving Jesus.

When you get Who He is, and what He can do, then you know that your anxiety will be replaced by faith in God the Father, the Holy Spirit and the Son who will fill you with new knowledge of the world and the afterlife that remove the need for your old self to have anxiety.

Everything is made new by the renewing of your mind and heart, and the renewal of the mind and heart does not allow for anxiety to flourish.

We can move forward boldly on the Path to Heaven knowing our Father is with us and loves us, and will cause all things to come together for His Good (which is according to His Will.)

Just tell God you believe in Him and love His Son, Jesus, and ask for the anxiety to be replaced with love and knowledge of spiritual matters.

Where else would you want to be but surrendered to a Holy and Loving God who has your best interests at heart and is able to bring about Vicotry for you when you are humbled and willing to be His?

Friend, be ye comforted and encouraged, the Lord your God goes with you and surrounds you. Keep your eyes and heart focused on Him and do not stumble.

Use these Scripture verses given to us by the Holy Spirt as your Guide. Allow Jesus the Shepherd to use His rod and staff through these Words of Comfort and encouragement, to remind you of His Presence.

Memorize the ones that speak to you and use them as a mantra.

Psalm 120:1

I call on the Lord in my distress, and He answers me.

Psalm 119:71

It was good for me to be afflicted so that I could learn Your decrees.

Psalm 119:50

My comfort in my suffering is this; Your Promise (Jesus) preserves my life.

Psalm 119:114

You are my Refuge and my Shield, I have put my hope in your Word.

Psalm 118:14

The Lord is my Strength and my Defense; He has become my Salvation.

Isaiah 26:3

You will keep in Perfect Peace, those whose minds are steadfast because they trust in You.

Friend, Jesus is walking before you into your daily battles.

Evil is your foe. Demonic forces use people and worldly things to keep your head turned towards them and not God.

We must learn to differentiate between what God says is allowed and what evil tells us is allowed!

The Bible is the place to learn what God has to say about following Him.

Have you decided that you want Pure Love or pure evil?

We make a choice whether we think so or not. If we do not choose God and His Son, Jesus like He lays out for us in the Bible, then He says we have chosen to follow after evil and it's master, satan; God's adversary.

But, friend, God, being God, is going to win the war.

Satan has already been sentenced and He is undergoing part of his sentence right here on earth and in the air around us.

God's Word, the Bible tells us this.

For whatever reason that is Perfect to God, we are born into this evil infected world.

It is for His Purposes that we are given this blessing of a life here.

When we align ourselves, body mind and spirit with God and turn away from the evil one's advances, we can have a different life. The struggles will still be there, but God is also there and He will show us the way to overcome evil.

He perfects us for His Purposes in this world and in the afterlife with Him.

He has big plans for us!

His heart and our hearts must be joined in perfect unison of Love!

Yesterday I got some not so good health news but when I got back to my car, I sat and praised Him because it is a new journey that He wants me to take and I am willing.

Evil would like to destroy the life I have, but God will make something better of it because of my willingness to obey and praise him in the valley, not just the mountaintop experiences.

God is Sovereign and I do not need to be worried about myself.

Nor do you when you have given your self to Him.

Friend, it is imperative that we learn to be still and be silent before the Lord.

This is where He speaks and we can truly hear the "secrets" that are just for us. The ones that show us the Way, that enlighten our deepest doubts, that fill us with newfound knowledge which engender Holy joy.

There is so much Jesus can accomplish with us when we are silent and still before Him.

Find that place and make the time to allow this to become a regular part of your communication with Him. It is a form of worship; laying humbly before Him , focused on Him and receiving from Him.

Yield to the Beauty and Truth that is Jesus. Listen for His answers to your life's problems; your questions about the Kingdom, His Godhood, life eternal, even what you do not understand about evil.

You will get your answers when He sees that you are ready to receive.

Listen attentively. Never question His Truth. But find a Way to understand by asking all your little insignificant questions.

He will answer.

Friend, it's important to discipline the mind so that the thoughts are brought under subjection to the Will of God.

Certain ways of thinking that would not please God must be eliminated and for it to "stick' it's best we discipline ourselves. The Holy Spirit and Jesus are there to help us and we will be able to do it with them, but they will not take the thoughts away because it is best for us to overcome with their help.

This goes for all things; food, cigarette, alcohol, drug addictions and bad actions like anger, revenge, pride and boasting, selfishness, other belief systems and so on.

Walking just a minute at a time following Jesus and having the attitude of the Saviour, remembering how He went to the Cross sinless, but thinking of us, how He loves us and wants us to be children of the Kingdom of God.

Prayer or "communication" with our Lord will help as will practising turning deep within to God and meditation on who He is.

The goal should be that we form new habits; Godly ones, those pleasing to Him.

As we clean up our lives we need to fill those empty spaces with Love, praise, worship and the Word (Bible study).

Having "new words,"  Scripture Verses to use instead of our old filthy, demeaning, angry words is the Way to successful renewing of our mind, body and spirit.

It is not hard to do when you have the Son of God helping you! ( The Word of God = The Son of God.)