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Monday, September 2, 2019
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We are more than conquerors through Christ We acknowledge God’s blessings in our own life as well as those around us. Of course, we have our share of problems and Dr. Billy struggles, but for the most part, the Holland Lord has provided for our basic needs and to be honest, he has also given us a lot of luxuries. Our seasons of difficulty might be with a relationship, financial hardships, issues with our health, the loss of a loved one or the occasional internal suffering associated with a painful emotion called rejection.
Encouragement for the Soul” at: obedience is up to us, but the results about Billy’s brand-new book, “Convictions and considerations – billyhollandministries.com. of our labors are up to him and are solely based on his intentions. If we really believe this, we would never be upset because we would know that everything is being accomplished according to his will. If we are dissatisfied with the results, then we are probably focusing on our Habakkuk 3:3-4 own projections and expectations instead of trusting that God is 3 God came from Teman, the Holy One guiding our life with his divine from Mount Paran.His glory covered the sovereignty. For example, by the mercy of God when we are allowed heavens and his praise filled the earth. 4 His to create something and it’s used to splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed help encourage one person, then maybe that was God’s original from his hand, where his power was hidden. objective. In this light, just because we are not world-famous or making millions does not mean we have failed to be a success in God’s view. Being popular with the world has In the hard times, we are tempted nothing to do with how much God to deny the situation or hide from loves you and is pleased with you. the agony, to which we all know is like putting a band-aid on a Sometimes our misery is caused broken arm. Discouragement and when we assume something is one depression are real and way when it’s actually something unfortunately, a lot of people live else. It’s not always true that others with a smile on the outside but are do not like us or respect us. It might crying on the inside. There are seem like it, but most of the time it’s several keys that can help us simply that others do not have an overcome feelings of being interest in what we are interested in. ostracized and one of them is Humans are very diverse and in the instead of asking God to change same way we are probably not everyone’s view of us, we can ask excited about dressing up like a him to allow us to see ourself the clown, this is the same attitude way he sees us. Researching the people have about what we enjoy. To big-picture of our situation and be honest, people are just more analyzing every detail will allow focused on their own life than what us to trace the cause and discover we are doing. Do not take it a deeper understanding about why personally or be offended when your we feel the way we do. When we friends at work, church, social comprehend how our personal media, or even your family are not trigger mechanisms and response excited about your dreams. If you are buttons operate, this is a huge step being haunted by rejection, I want to toward realizing that the way we encourage you today to seek God’s think dictates our contentment promises about how precious you are and confidence. and write them on the tables of your heart. Remember that Jesus also Sometimes our rejection is faced severe rejection, “He came to associated with our gifts and that which was his own, but his own talents and how we believe that did not receive him” John 1:11. Keep no one cares about what we enjoy. your focus on Christ and he will help When it comes to our spiritual dissolve the unhappiness, well-being, an important key to hopelessness, and discouragement in consider is that whatever we do your life. Lay your visions and for God, it’s wise to be sure that talents at the feet of the one who God told us to do it. It’s much made you and depend on his plans as better to listen and follow God’s we have this promise in James 4:10, directions than to do something “Humble yourselves in the sight of on our own and then ask him to the Lord, and he shall lift you up.” bless it. The idea of patience is to prevent putting the cart before the Ask for a free copy of the scripture horse. It’s easy to forget that CD, “keeper of my Soul” and learn
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