"STRENGTH IN YOUR STRUGGLES"

 

GREAT DAY, TO GOD'S FAVORED DOLLS, BELLS, GENTLEMAN & MALES. I HOPE THIS DAY OR NIGHT (DEPENDING ON THE HOUR YOU ARE READING THIS) THAT YOU ARE  BEYOND BLESSED AND LIVING LIFE TO THE FULNESS OF GOD. IF NOT, LET'S START THAT RIGHT NOW. (LLOVE YOU SOME YOU).💥

THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE AND BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE LET US ALL REJOICE IN IT. PRAISE GOD, HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU LORD, GLORY TO GOD.

THIS MONTH, LET'S TALK ABOUT STRUGGLES.........LORD KNOWS EACH AND EVERYONE OF US HAVE HAD OUR SHARE OF THEM.

JUST SAYING THAT WORD STRUGGLE MAKES ME 😖. BUT I FOUND OUT THAT OUR STRUGGLES MAKE US STRONGER AND MATURE. 

WHY IS THAT?  IF YOU'RE READING THIS, I WOULD LLOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE  TO SAY ABOUT THAT. HOW CAN YOU FIND STRENGTH IN THE MIST OF YOUR STRUGGLES? 

FOR ME, I FOCUS ON HAVING PATIENCE THROUGH MY STRUGGLS. AND TO DO THAT I  SPEND TIME WITH THE LORD AND MEETING PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW.

FIRST WITH PRAISE AND WORSHIP AND THEN REACHING OUT A HELPING HAND BY DOING SOMETHING NICE OR SAYING NICE THINGS TO PEOPLE I COME IN CONTACT WITH.   

AND I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT FOR ME, THAT'S A PERFECT TIME TO CALL ON THE NAME OF JESUS RIGHT THEN AND THERE.(INSTEAD OF THOSE OTHER NAMES)LOL.

HE HEARS OUR CRIES, AND YES I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE FIRST THING OUR FLESH WANTS TO DO WHEN WE ARE STRUGGLING (LET'S BE REAL).

BUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF IT, WHY NOT TRY IT. WE CAN'T LOSE.....START CRYING OUT TO GOD OUR FATHER, JESUS I  NEED YOU, COME LORD JESUS, HELP LORD, COME RIGHT NOW AND THEN BEGIN PRAISING HIM FOR BEING A GOOD AND FAITHFUL GOD.

YOUR PRAISES UNTO GOD WILL NOT ONLY LIFT HIM UP,  BUT IT WILL ALSO LIFT YOU UP AS WELL.

THERE'S TIMES IN OUR LIVES WHEN STORMS ARE GOING TO BE RAGING OUT OF CONTROL. 

WE WILL FIND OURSELVES FEELING ALL ALONE AND WONDERING HOW AND WHERE ARE WE EVER GOING TO FIND THE STRENGTH TO OVERCOME THIS OBSTACLE.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A STRUGGLE AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE DOING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS TO STAND STRONG? AND ALL YOU KEEP GETTING IS SLAPPED, OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH STUFF.

YOU'RE FEELING LIKE THERE'S NO ONE THERE TO HELP YOU (AND HERE'S THE KICKER), YOU'RE FEEL LIKE THERE'S NO ONE ELSE GOING THROUGH THIS BUT YOU AND YOU FEEL ALL ALONE. THAT LONELINESS I'M REFERRING TO, JESUS KNOWS ABOUT THAT FEELING.     

IN JOHN 16:32, JESUS FELT THAT THING "HE SAID, YET I AM NOT ALONE, FOR MY FATHER IS WITH ME, JESUS KNEW WHAT IT WAS TO BE COMFORTED EVEN IN THE FACE OF ABANDONMENT."

YOU ARE BEING COMFORTED IN THE MIST OF YOUR STRUGGLES RIGHT NOW AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT. BUT YOU ARE! TAKE A LOOK AT YOURSELF, GOD IS WITH YOU AND MAKING YOU BETTER THROUGH IT ALL.🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 

WHEN WE ARE STRUGGLING IT'S HARD TO FIND THAT ESCAPE. AND WHEN THAT LONELINESS GRIPS US, THE FIRST THING WE MUST DO IS TO TURN OUR FOCUS AWAY FROM WHAT WE DON'T HAVE, TO WHAT WE DO HAVE. 

THAT IS JESUS, HE SAID THAT HE WOULD NEVER LEAVE US NOR FORSAKE US. DEUT. 31:8 (NIV), THE LORD HIMSELF GOES BEFORE YOU AND WILL BE WITH YOU; HE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU.    

SO, FOR ME I TAKE A BREAK WITH RENDERING PRAISE AND WORSHIP AND WHEN I CAN GET OUT TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW THIS IS WHAT LEADS ME TO THE ROCK (EXAMPLE).

 ONE DAY I WENT OUT TO THE STORE, JUST TO GET SOMETHINGS OFF MY MIND. I WAS THERE FOR I SAY 10MINS JUST STOLLING AROUND LOOKING AT FEW THINGS, AT THE CORNER OF MY EYE I SAW THIS LITTLE GIRL, HER ARMS WERE GOING UP AND DOWN.  AND AS I GOT CLOSER I HEARD SINGING AND SAW HER DANCING IN A MIRROR, SHE WAS HAVING HERSELF A GOOD LITTLE TIME. 

I WATCHED HER FROM DISTANCE BECAUSE I DID'NT WANT TO EMBRASSE HER AND  I DEFINITLY DID'NT WANT HER TO STOP. AS SHE  PRANCED AROUND TWIRLING AND SINGING MY HEART BEGIN TO FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT WHAT I WAS EXPERIENCE AT THAT MOMENT.

 I FELT SHE HAD NOT A CARE IN THE WORLD AND IT MADE ME THINK OF MYSELF AS A LITTLE CHILD.

THIS IS HOW JESUS WANT US TO BE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR STRUGGLES WE ARE FACING.

 IN MATT. 18:3(NIV) SAYS, AND TRULY I TELL YOU, UNLESS YOU CHANGE AND BECOME LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN, YOU WILL NEVER ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 

WE HAVE TO TRUST GOD ALMOST TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NO STRUGGLES IN OUR LIVES NO MATTER HOW WE FEEL BECAUSE HE HAS OVERCOME THEM ALL. 

I KNOW YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY I DO, I WANT EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH GOD'S KINGDOM. 

THAT IS PEACE, JOY, LLOVE, ASSURANCE, DELIVERANCE, HEALING, REST, RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND MERCY. WITHOUT THE CARES OF THIS WORLD. 

WHEN SHE FINISHED, I WENT ON MY WAY FEELING GREAT. WHAT JUST HAPPENED WAS MY FOCUS WAS SWITCHED IN ANOTHER DIRECTION, FAR AWAY FROM MY STRUGGLES.

NOT FOCUSING WHAT I DID'NT HAVE IN MIST OF MY STRUGGLES, BUT WHAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW.... AND THAT WAS PEACE, JOY, LLOVE, CONTENTMENT, MERCY, HEALING AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.

AS I WENT ON THROUGH THE STORE, I COULD NOT GET HER OFF MY MIND. SHE HAD BROUGHT SO MUCH JOY (STRENGTH) TO ME. AS I TURNED THE CORNER (NOT LOOKING FOR HER), I HEARD THIS SMALL LITTLE VOICE....SAYING MOMMY, MOMMY CAN I GET THIS TOY?

NOT REALIZING THIS WAS THE SAME LITTLE GIRL, WHO I WAS JUST ADMIRING MOMENTS AGO. AS THE LITTLE GIRL SWIFTED BY ME I LOOKED UP AND HER MOM WAS STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. 

SO LIKE I ALWAYS DO I ASKED, IS THAT YOUR DAUGHTER? SHE SAID YES, AND I BEGIN TO TELL HER MOM WHAT I HAD JUST WITNESSED A FEW MINUTES AGO. I TOLD HER MOM THAT HER DAUGHTER WAS SO BEAUTIFUL, GIFTED, AND SPECIAL. 

THEN I LET HER KNOW THAT HER DAUGHTER WAS A SHINING STAR IN THE MAKING AND SHE KNOWS HOW TO BRING JOY EVERYWHERE SHE GOES.

JUST TO SEE THE JOY AND BIG SMILE ON THAT MOM'S FACE...Y'ALL, THAT'S ALL IT TOOK FOR ME. I WAS GOOD AND READY TO GO HOME TO GET A GOODNITE SLEEP AND DID JUST THAT.

 I FOUND OUT THAT IN MY PRAISE AND WORSHIP AND MAKING SOMEONE  ELSE FEEL GOOD, IT CAUSED ME TO LAY DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES.😇

NOW I TOLD YOU MINE, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH YOU STRUGGLES AND TO OBTAIN THE STRENGTH TO GO THROUGH IT?

MANY OF US HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS, AND BECAUSE WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT, WHATEVER MIGHT HELP YOU TO DEAL WITH  YOUR STRUGGLES MAY NOT WORK FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. BUT THEY ARE YOURS, THANK GOD.

THESE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS YOU DON'T WANT TO DO WHEN YOU'RE STRUGGLING:

1. DON'T MAKE DECISIONS WHEN YOUR FRUSTRATED. (IT BRINGS MORE MISERY).😤     
ISH. 41:10 (KJV) "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."                     

2. DON'T MAKE DECISIONS WHEN YOUR ANGRY. (IT WILL CAUSE BITTERNESS).😡           
EPH. 4:26, "In your angry do not sin": Do not let sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.

3. DON'T MAKE DECISIONS WHEN YOU ARE TIRED AND HAD ENOUGH. (IT WILL CAUSE YOU TO BECOME WEARY). 😵
GAL. 6:9 (NIV), "So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up."

4. DON'T MAKE DECISIONS WHEN YOU ARE LONELY. IT WILL LEAVE YOU EMPTY). 😓     
PSM. 25:16-17 (GTN), (16) "Turn to me, Lord, and be merciful to me, because I am lonely and weak. (17), Relieve me of my worries and save me from all troubles."

 5. DON'T MAKE DECISIONS WHEN YOU ARE JUST ABOUT TO GIVE UP. (IT WILL CAUSE YOUR FAITH TO FAIL).😨
Jerh. 29:11 (ERV) "I say this because I know the plans that I have for you." This message is from the Lord. "I have good plans for you. I don't plan to hurt you. I plan to give you hope and a good future."

"IT'S NOT HOW STRONG YOU ARE IN YOUR STRUGGLES THAT COUNTS, IT'S WHAT YOU DO WHILE YOU'RE IN THEM".

HERE ARE SOME MORE SCRIPTURES AT YOUR OWN LEISURE TIME TO READ

 NAHUM1:7, 2 COR. 4:8-9 & PHIL. 4:13

GOD SENT HIS SON TO OVERCOME THE CARES OF THIS WORLD AND TO DEFEAT IT.

AND THAT SAME SPIRIT THAT IS UPON JESUS IS UPON US TOO. THAT'S HOW MUCH GOD LLOVES US Y'ALL. WE ARE OVERCOMERS! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

 2 COR. 12:9, PAUL QUOTES JESUS, "MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU, FOR MY POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS."

ANY WEAKNESS THAT WE MAY BE FACING THROUGH OUR STRUGGLES, GOD'S POWER IS PERFECTED IN US. AND THAT ALLOWS US TO DO WHAT SEEMS TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO  BE POSSIBLE IN JESUS NAME. "HALLELUJAH."

NOW THAT YOU HAVE BEGUN TO REGAIN YOUR STRENGTH, BECOME A WITNESS TO SOMEBODY ELSE THAT MAY BE STRUGGLING TO FIND THEIR STRENGTH AND HELP THEM.

HAVE AN AMAZING AND SAFE LABOR DAY. RELAX AND KNOW GOD'S GOT YOU AND EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE ALRIGHT.

FROM ME WITH A LOT OF LLOVE, LADY LENE'A😍