Building or rebuilding our emotional lives will allow us to grow our character as we walk with God and develop our strength from the inside out.
The Psalms are a collection of prayers from people who felt strong emotions and let God turn their darkness into light.
God wants to give us the help we need, but we have to be willing to be vulnerable enough to ask him for it.
We'll be vulnerable with God when we believe he loves us, is interested in us, and has a plan for us.
In this week's Mini Quiet Time, we'll look at a story where Jesus had to choose to be vulnerable and what came as a result of his decision.
Understanding the way we handle the storms of life can help us recognize what we’re building our lives on, and learn how to trust God and his way instead.
Strength comes from quiet and confident trust in God.
We can learn something very important about God from each of these stories, something that will give us the strength of heart we need to “get back up again” no matter what comes our way.
The condition of your faith and heart will determine whether you enter the presence of God or the realm of religiosity.
The goal for today is to prepare your heart and mind to let go, whoever it is against, whatever was done, and wherever it happened.
We can be sure of is this, no matter how far we run or how much we sleep, God will keep waking us up.
Resist the temptation to let fear induced stress make us quit for relief. Instead, rely on God to get through, realizing fear is an emotion we can conquer especially when it is based on tomorrows that may never come.