God speaks today Sunday | April 2, 2023
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
(Jeremiah 29:11)These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
(John 16:33) A God greater than all problems
Problems are a normal part of life, but God's grace is sufficient to give us encouragement in the face of difficulties. The Holy Spirit can transform negative feelings and bring them to submission to Christ. The most serious problem that paralyzes the Christian is the ignorance of their own identity in Christ. We need to focus on divine perspectives rather than human problems. God has wonderful plans for His people and cares about how we feel and behave. Focusing on problems causes fear and anguish, but trusting in God's love removes all anguish and helps us deal with problems in His way.
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For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
(Isaiah 55:8)The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
(Psalm 33:11)Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
(Psalm 40:5)But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
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