Are You Staying Rooted and Grounded in Prayer and Faith During the Silence of Your Enemy?

What are you doing during the silence of your enemy? Are you still praying or are you reacting in fear and doubt? Are you standing on the Word that God has already given you or are you letting the silence of the enemy affect you in ways that you should not.

Understand the silence of the enemy does not mean that the enemy has won. It means that the enemy probably wants you to react. It means that the enemy is strategizing. It doesn't mean that God's power can be overridden. It doesn't mean that you lose. It means that you need to stay rooted and grounded in prayer and the Word. You have to trust God no matter what. You have to know that no matter what the enemy is trying to plot or plan, you may not see it but God sees it all. The enemy cannot out wit God. He cannot overpower God. He cannot change what God has established, said, or set in place. His strategy is always to get to the flesh side of you. If he can get to the flesh side of you and make you to react in fear and doubt instead of faith, he can get to what God has for you. If he can't and you stand strong on the Word, God will honor His Word.

So, don't move based on the threats or the silence of the enemy. Trust God no matter what. Amen

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Psalm 37:12-13

• Verse 12:
  The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
• Verse 13: The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

Are You Letting Your Feelings of Fear Destroy Your Words of Faith?

Are you so concerned about what's going on around you that you fail to take notice of what's happening inside of you? Are you so intimidated by outside circumstances that it pushes you into a place of fear and depression? Are you in a place where those things that you don't have control of, are now controlling you?

Are you feeling stressed, depressed, or are you on an emotional low? Are you emotions hijacking your peace? Are you at a place where you can't even think clearly in order to rationalize and discern right from wrong?

You can't let what's happening around your control what's happening in you. God wants you to stay in a place of faith. He want you to stay in a place of peace. What's going on around you can quickly put you in a place of fear. That's why it's important to have God's Word stored up on the inside. So that you can have His peace that flows from the inside out. So that the words that come out of your belly will be words of life and not death. So that you will have the strength, knowledge, and understanding to speak words of faith so that you can counteract the feelings of fear.

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Psalm 56:3–4

“When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”

Is Your Faith Rooted In Fear or Your Love and Trust in God? Has Fear Become Your Constant Companion?

Are you running? Are you hiding? Are you trying to handle things on your own? If you are doing all of these things, then your faith is not in God. Your faith is in what you think you can do or what you think you need to do.

Understand, you can have faith in fear. When you have faith in fear, fear becomes your friend. It becomes your constant companion. It's with you wherever you go. It's recognizable as relatable to you.

Just as God's Word prophesies to your life, so can fear. Fear will speak to you. It will tell you what you can and cannot have in life. It will give you negative words that predict failure, loneliness, and lack. Fear will bring with it the "what if" questions that come up in life. It will tell you stories about what you can't do and it will always give you worse case scenarios about what you are going through.

You will see throughout life people change companions constantly but make it a point not to become a companion of fear. Amen

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

2 Timothy 1:7

King James Version

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

What Are You Holding Onto and What Are You Letting Go Of? Are You Letting Go Of What You Should Be Holding Onto?

There are many things in life that we need to let go of but my question today is are you letting go of the right things or should I say the things that are wrong for your life? So often in life we try to hold onto the wrong things and we let go of the right things. We need to be holding on to God and His unchanging hand. We need to be holding onto our faith. We need to be holding on in prayer for our friends and our families. There are many things in life that we need to hold onto.

So often in life people let go. They let go of God. They let go of faith. They let go of friends and family and stop praying for them. They let go because of what they cannot see. You have to understand faith is believing for what you cannot see. So to let go when you can't see the results it's the opposite of walking in faith.

God has not only called us to walk in faith, He has told us to walk in faith. He said through faith and patience we shall receive the promise. He said to have faith in Him. Abraham is our example. God wanted us to see that walking in faith is possible. So understand today what feels like it is impossible, is possible with God. Stop letting the enemy win by letting go of the wrong things. The things you need to let go of all pertain to the enemy and His works. So filter your faith through the Word of God and you will always know what to hold onto and what to let go of. Amen

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

2 Corinthians 5:7

King James Version

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

Are You Fretting Because Of Evil Doers? What God Says We Should Be Doing.

Are you fretting because of the evil someone else is trying to do to you?  To fret means to lose your peace. It means to be angry, anxious, and agitated. Is there something going on in your life that people are trying to do to you that's causing you to fret? The Bible tells us not to fret because of evil doers!  It tells us that our fretting only leads us to do evil as well.

The Bible tells us that instead of fretting over the evil that someone else is doing to us, we ought to turn away and to do good. That can be a hard thing to do. But that's what God wants us to do.  He said we are to depart from evil and to do good.  We are to shift our focus on things that are true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, and admirable.   It doesn't matter what others are doing, we are in control of what we do and we need to know how to bind up and cast down at the initial thought anything that tries to rise up that pertains to evil in response to the evil that someone else is doing.

This is where resistance comes in. We are to resist the devil and he shall flee. So we must resist the temptation to pay back evil for evil. We are God's children and our actions and reactions need to line up with God and His Word. We have to respond the way God would respond and not react the way the devil wants us to act. Amen

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

1 Peter 3:11

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

We Have Discernment and God Provides Us With Divine Surveillance But What Is Crossing the Threshold of Your Heart?

The thing about a door is that anyone can come up to your door and knock on it. You get to choose whether you answer the door. The Bible says Jesus is knocking at the door of our hearts and we get to choose whether or not we will let Him in and allow Him to bring in His peace, His power, His strength, His knowledge, His understanding, and so much more. But understand, the devil is also knocking at the door of your heart. He wants to bring in evil, deceit, destruction, lies, confusion, and so much more. The question is, who and what are you letting in?

Nowadays most people have some kind of security camera up at their home. Think about a ring camera. Think about the purpose of the camera. The purpose of the camera is to act as surveillance over your home. It records everything going on even those things that people think are hidden or not seen. They can be seen on a ring camera. Now think about God. Think about the omnipresence of the Father. Think about how He knows and sees all things. His Word says that His eyes are everywhere and He sees the wicked and the good.

Understand, we have discernment and God provides us with divine surveillance. He is everywhere and He sees everything and He is shielding and protecting us at all times but we still get to choose who and what we allow to cross the threshold of our hearts. Are you letting God in or are you letting the devil in? You are the one who opens the door and allows whomever or whatever to enter in to your heart, mind, and life. Amen

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Revelation 3:20

King James Version

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.

Are You Letting What Someone Else Is Trying To Do Too Destroy Your Peace In God?

Are you letting what others do destroy God's peace in you? God is still God! Why are you fretting over what others are trying to do to you? What others try to do does not negate what God has already said and what God has already done. You have to remember, your faith is in God and not in the actions of others.

Understand, one of the greatest assets that the enemy has in the Earth is a person who's willing to compromise. A person who's willing to cross the boundary between the truth and a lie. A person who is willing to lower their standards to appease the desires of their flesh. Whether that means lowering their standard to act out and sin or lowering their standards to bring hurt and harm to someone else.  Just as God is looking for yielded vessels that will surrender their lives to Him, the devil is also looking for yielded vessels to surrender their lives to him.

You can't let what someone else is saying or doing affect your peace in God. When you have peace in God, that means you are situated in the Word and the will of God, you are shielded, guarded, and protected while you rest in God. Don't let anyone pull you out of that place of rest in God into a place of fear and unrest. People will be people and people will do what they want to do. However, you get to choose how you will respond to what's being done. Let your response always be based on what Jesus has already done. He has won the victory and you have toxkeep a victorious mindset. So stay in the victorious place of peace with God. Amen

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Philippians 4:6-7 

King James Version

6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds