There are some incredible songs playing on Christian radio. Let me give you just a few of the lines that have hit my heart:
Josh Baldwin’s “Stand in Your Love” … My fear doesn’t stand a chance when I stand in your love.
Michael W. Smith’s “Surrounded” … It may look like I’m surrounded but I’m surrounded by your love…this is how we fight our battles.
Tauren Wells’ “Known” … I’m fully known and loved by you, you won’t let go no matter what I do.
Lauren Daigle’s “You Say” … You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing, You say I am strong when I think I am weak, And You say I am held when I am falling short, When I don’t belong, oh You say that I am Yours
Each has huge truth to pour in to our lives. We need to hear and hold these.
With that said, I struggle.
There. I said it. At times I struggle with thoughts that I am ashamed of, with depression and even low self-esteem at times, with anger and selfishness. But I bet it is good that you know you don’t struggle with any of those things. Right? Not true.
We all struggle. We aren’t alone. In fact every one of us has one struggle or another. It helps me to have a friends that care about me that I can share my struggles with.
There. I said it. At times I struggle with thoughts that I am ashamed of, with depression and even low self-esteem at times, with anger and selfishness. But I bet it is good that you know you don’t struggle with any of those things. Right? Not true.
We all struggle. We aren’t alone. In fact every one of us has one struggle or another. It helps me to have a friends that care about me that I can share my struggles with.
Through the struggles we mist admit that Satan is a liar and puts thoughts in our heads and seeks to get us to act on them. We can work hard to not let Satan win. The struggle is hard. It drains us. The struggle often drains our passion to move closer to God.
I still have passion, but it becomes a fight as I let the struggles continue. We all stumble. We all will deal with struggles, yet we can do some things that will make the struggles be more bearable or even for them to go away. Let’s think through some of the things that God gives us with the struggles.
2 Corinthians 10:5 NASB
We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,
2 Corinthians 10:5 NASB
We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,
Claim what God says. Take those thoughts captive and follow God.
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