Happy Tuesday, Family!📖
This week, we praise God for:☝🏽
Living in a country that promises a peaceful transition of power. Even when not everyone is happy, wars don't break out. Let's pray for our new leaders. 🙏🏽
Answered prayers and breakthroughs for Skylar and her family. May God keep working in all of their lives.
Answered prayers of healing for Max with his injury 🐾🐾and Seth for his cold. May He keep working and healing!😇
This week, we are praying for:🙏🏽
• María, who had knee surgery last week. Please keep praying for a full and speedy recovery. She also wants everyone who has been involved in her Week of Love to know that she sends her love and appreciation 🥰
• Virginia and her family as they move through the grief process for her mother, Soledad Rodriguez. Also keep Virginia's marriage and family in your prayers. Still asking for a miracle.
• Rose, who needs a miracle!
• Norma’s friend, Tracy, who started chemo last week. May God touch her with healing!
• Evelyn's cousin, Maribel. Her family is searching for an institution that can care for her needs. May God guide their search.
• Evelyn's family member, who is in the hospital, currently in a coma.
• Charen's aunt and uncle, still battling cancer; may the Lord be with her uncle Ismael as he undergoes another surgery. May every step in this journey bring them closer to Jesus.
• Our little brother, Alex, as he becomes a licensed driver.
• Charen's cousin, Elkie, who is battling cancer and needs healing.
• Awilda, Peter's mom, throughout her recovery. Please keep her in prayer.
• Our beloved SETH, that God would continue to shield and protect him while at school. Also for the Lord to touch Seth's legs with His healing touch.🦵
• Jordan Gonzalez and his puppy, Zeus; while he's away from home pursuing his ⚾️ career.
• Michael, Angelica's boyfriend, that the Lord will help him to find a job.
• All of the families who are grieving, including: The Guzman Family, the Bosques Family, Wanda's family, Mr. Bouchard and his family, Timmy's family, John's family.😢
• Lynn, as she continues to battle cancer while holding on to Jesus!
• Antoinette, also diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and is in need of a miracle.
• Skylar, and SUPERNATURAL healing of heart and mind for her and her family: Jackie, Heaven Lee, and Doris.
• Nelson's son, Santi, and his family as he seeks the Lord and His influence in their lives.
• Carole and her family as they wait upon the Lord for Elijah's custody resolution.
Today's most effective Devotional, submitted by Vasthi Grego, packs a powerful punch against one of the the enemy's favorite tools: FEAR.😰 Thank you, Vasthi, for equipping your church family with just what we need to win the battle over fear! 😇
For the past few years, fear has been one of my struggles; needless say that the last few months have been very challenging. One day the Lord allowed me to came across a book that not only talks about fear but also gives practical steps to overcome it.
The book insists on practicing those steps every time you feel afraid. But first you have to know what fear is and what it does.
Fear is at the root of just about every negative thing that happens in our lives. We’re afraid of failing; afraid of being alone or rejected; afraid of running out of money; afraid that people will let us down; afraid that we won’t find a spouse or that the one we found will leave us. Afraid of dying and afraid of not being good enough, afraid of spiders, etc.
Fear paralyzes. It stops us from accepting God’s Grace and enjoying the blessings of God
But the aha moment for me was when I read:
All fear is rooted in the core belief that God’s Word isn't true. For example, the fear of not having enough is rooted in the fear that Philippians 4:19 isn’t true. If you believe that “God will supply all your needs according to His riches . . .” then fear leaves.
I then decided to practice the following:
1. Meditate on the fact that God’s Word is true. In John 17:17, Jesus said, “Thy Word is truth.” What God says is fact—whether you feel it, see it, or have ever experienced it.
2. Consider God’s track record. 1 Kings 8:56 says, “. . . Every word has come true of all His good promise . . .” (NLV). Fear leaves when you can rely on something that can’t fail. God has never failed to fulfill His promises. You can read them in the Bible.
3. Accept the truth that what we fear comes upon us. In Job 3:25, Job feared that his children would curse God, and that’s what happened. When you realize fear has the power to produce negative results, you stop dabbling in it. When a child learns what fire can do, he no longer plays with matches!
4. Perfect love casts out fear. (1 John 4:18) Flood your mind with thoughts of love—God’s love for you, and what He was willing to do to rescue you. If He would die for you, while you were in sin and separated from God, there’s just nothing He wouldn’t do for you! Think on that, and fear will leave.
5. There is a promise from God’s Word for every need you will ever experience. In fact, there are over 7,000 promises in the Bible. That’s 7,000 solutions to life’s problems! For example, there is a promise of protection in Psalm 91:1–12, which delivers you from the fear of evil, sickness, or tragedy.
6. Pause and dwell on the fact that God is with you. God’s presence is the secret to a fear-free life. Ultimately, all fear is a sense of God’s absence or our separation from God. By contrast, a sense of God’s presence delivers us from fear. Hebrews 10:19 says, “We are in His presence by the blood of Jesus.” You are in His presence now—therefore, fear not!
I must say that reading, meditating and praying on the 6 steps above have brought peace in my heart, and gave me the strength to move forward.
My Church family, friends, visitors and loved ones, now it's the time to hold on to Jesus like never before, to trust that He loves us and wants the best for us.
God’s Word is true, whether I feel it or not. He has kept all of His promises and has never failed. I am in God’s presence by the blood of Jesus; therefore, because He is with me, I will fear no evil!
God loves me perfectly, which casts out all my fear. I have power, love, and a sound mind, in Jesus’ Name!
Praying for the list - in faith (not fear)🙏🏽