((Written last summer, delayed publish))

Something I heard yesterday that was really helpful was that we need to stop listening to what our brain and flesh is telling us to believe and start preaching the word- THE TRUTH- to ourselves instead. Don’t listen to the flesh, listen to the Word — which is power and truth and life! Don’t lose heart (Galatians 6), Be strong and courageous for He is always with you (Joshua 1:9) and keep your hope. In Psalm 42, David is talking to himself saying, “Why are you in despair, O my soul? Why have you become restless and disturbed within me?“…He repeats this for a few verses and then TOTALLY shifts saying, “Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him for the help of His presence.”

Praise the Lord for His love endures forever! Praise Him for He is always with us! Praise Him and do not lose heart!