1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Oh my wonderful Friends in Christ, truer words have seldom been written, and on such a beautiful spring time Saturday, let’s give our God a rousing cheer for His awesome LOVE and kindness. All together now: ‘Praise Him, Praise Him; Glory Hallelujah, He is LOVE: Yes He is LOVE!’ Ah my people, didn’t that feel good? It certainly got the adrenaline flowing in the right direction. Anyway, today we’re continuing with the no fret, no worry topic we began yesterday. I know that everyday some new, unexpected problem rears its ugly head and complicates our lives more than we can ask or imagine. But let’s stop for a moment and contemplate the numerous times problems, both large and small have cropped up in our lives, and though at first they seemed overwhelming and insurmountable, yet we dealt with them successfully. The point is that when unexpected difficulties arise, we tend to become agitated and fearful, thinking they’re so huge and perplexing that we can’t solve them. But that’s not true; it’s the element of surprise that the problems bring with them that often floors us, and through spur of the moment, anxious thinking, we immediately believe we’re done like dinner. I’m sure though, that most of us have solved far bigger problems than those facing us now, and if we haven’t, there’s absolutely no need to think we can’t. Why? Because as Bruh Paul says; ‘For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of LOVE, and of a sound mind.’ (2 Tim.1:7) And that’s the gospel truth Friends! Neither Bruh Paul nor I will lie to you. (smile) But when the problems arise, we first need to stop for a moment, take some deep breaths, then consider them with a clear, unconfused mind. Take charge: Come up over them, rather than under them: Subjugate them, instead of letting them subjugate you. Lay them out in an orderly fashion, or break them down into their smallest components, then deal with each separately. Keep one thing in mind; the Lord made a balanced world; for every plus, there’s a minus, so for every problem, there’s a solution. It’s just that sometimes we’re so busy being fearful, that we can’t bring our full faculties to bear on them, or those that are really too big for us to solve, we don’t take them to God in prayer. Oh my people, when any problem crops us, big or small, whether we can handle it or not, the first place we must turn is to our God. As Peter says: ‘Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.’ My brethren, those are words we need to commit to our hearts and minds, for they are not only written on stone and paper, but even more importantly, in blood; the innocently shed blood of Jesus Christ, whom our God sacrificed on the cross to cleanse us of our sins. Now tell me why He would make such an unnatural sacrifice; forsaking His only Son, for a bunch of ungrateful sinners, if He didn’t care deeply for those ingrates? I don’t know why it’s so hard for people these days to accept kindness. The human animal has become so distrustful, so scared of each other and our motives, that we look on any sudden generosity or kindness with scepticism and doubts, but we never seem to doubt the selfishness, anger or abuse. If you go around laughing or spreading happiness, people think you’re crazy. But be spiteful and angry, and you’re considered normal. Oh Friends, we’ve got to change that negative mindset; the sooner the better. It’s a very unhealthy attitude that only serves to keep us in bondage to fear, mistrust, doubt and the other negatives that are the express tools of Lucifer. Jesus didn’t die that horrible death so we should live afraid, but to live expectantly, with confidence. And that strength and safety only comes from putting our lives in the Father’s hands, totally committing ourselves to Him, surrendering all our fears, doubts and anxieties to Him. That’s His job in our partnership; to help us conquer our inadequacies. ‘Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.’ (Prov.16:3) Yes my people, we won’t be really successful in any endeavour until we commit whatever we do to our God, for it is from Him that every good thing springs. Jesus emphasized it when He said: ‘Take no thought for your life, what ye shall drink or eat…for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.’ (Mat.6:25-34) Open the Good Book and read it Friends, and stop worrying about what you have or don’t have. Oh Friends I’ve been concerned about certain things recently which I couldn’t seem to solve, so finally I said, awright Lord, they’re in your hands now and stopped worrying. And believe me people, I’m seeing them solved now, bit by bit. Not always the way I’d prefer, but not negatively, and in rather timely fashion too. If there’s one thing I can personally testify to very strongly, it’s God’s perfect timing. And not only now, but from way back when. Oh people, there’s only one sure way to solve a problem; take it to the Lord in prayer. And in Bruh David’s famous words: ‘Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.’ (Ps.37:1-3) Friends, that’s some of the best advice we’ll ever get. Let’s heed it nuh. Much LOVE!…the best way to conquer a problem…pray on it…
Oh my wonderful Friends in Christ, truer words have seldom been written, and on such a beautiful spring time Saturday, let’s give our God a rousing cheer for His awesome LOVE and kindness. All together now: ‘Praise Him, Praise Him; Glory Hallelujah, He is LOVE: Yes He is LOVE!’ Ah my people, didn’t that feel good? It certainly got the adrenaline flowing in the right direction. Anyway, today we’re continuing with the no fret, no worry topic we began yesterday. I know that everyday some new, unexpected problem rears its ugly head and complicates our lives more than we can ask or imagine. But let’s stop for a moment and contemplate the numerous times problems, both large and small have cropped up in our lives, and though at first they seemed overwhelming and insurmountable, yet we dealt with them successfully. The point is that when unexpected difficulties arise, we tend to become agitated and fearful, thinking they’re so huge and perplexing that we can’t solve them. But that’s not true; it’s the element of surprise that the problems bring with them that often floors us, and through spur of the moment, anxious thinking, we immediately believe we’re done like dinner. I’m sure though, that most of us have solved far bigger problems than those facing us now, and if we haven’t, there’s absolutely no need to think we can’t. Why? Because as Bruh Paul says; ‘For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of LOVE, and of a sound mind.’ (2 Tim.1:7) And that’s the gospel truth Friends! Neither Bruh Paul nor I will lie to you. (smile) But when the problems arise, we first need to stop for a moment, take some deep breaths, then consider them with a clear, unconfused mind. Take charge: Come up over them, rather than under them: Subjugate them, instead of letting them subjugate you. Lay them out in an orderly fashion, or break them down into their smallest components, then deal with each separately. Keep one thing in mind; the Lord made a balanced world; for every plus, there’s a minus, so for every problem, there’s a solution. It’s just that sometimes we’re so busy being fearful, that we can’t bring our full faculties to bear on them, or those that are really too big for us to solve, we don’t take them to God in prayer. Oh my people, when any problem crops us, big or small, whether we can handle it or not, the first place we must turn is to our God. As Peter says: ‘Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.’ My brethren, those are words we need to commit to our hearts and minds, for they are not only written on stone and paper, but even more importantly, in blood; the innocently shed blood of Jesus Christ, whom our God sacrificed on the cross to cleanse us of our sins. Now tell me why He would make such an unnatural sacrifice; forsaking His only Son, for a bunch of ungrateful sinners, if He didn’t care deeply for those ingrates? I don’t know why it’s so hard for people these days to accept kindness. The human animal has become so distrustful, so scared of each other and our motives, that we look on any sudden generosity or kindness with scepticism and doubts, but we never seem to doubt the selfishness, anger or abuse. If you go around laughing or spreading happiness, people think you’re crazy. But be spiteful and angry, and you’re considered normal. Oh Friends, we’ve got to change that negative mindset; the sooner the better. It’s a very unhealthy attitude that only serves to keep us in bondage to fear, mistrust, doubt and the other negatives that are the express tools of Lucifer. Jesus didn’t die that horrible death so we should live afraid, but to live expectantly, with confidence. And that strength and safety only comes from putting our lives in the Father’s hands, totally committing ourselves to Him, surrendering all our fears, doubts and anxieties to Him. That’s His job in our partnership; to help us conquer our inadequacies. ‘Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.’ (Prov.16:3) Yes my people, we won’t be really successful in any endeavour until we commit whatever we do to our God, for it is from Him that every good thing springs. Jesus emphasized it when He said: ‘Take no thought for your life, what ye shall drink or eat…for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.’ (Mat.6:25-34) Open the Good Book and read it Friends, and stop worrying about what you have or don’t have. Oh Friends I’ve been concerned about certain things recently which I couldn’t seem to solve, so finally I said, awright Lord, they’re in your hands now and stopped worrying. And believe me people, I’m seeing them solved now, bit by bit. Not always the way I’d prefer, but not negatively, and in rather timely fashion too. If there’s one thing I can personally testify to very strongly, it’s God’s perfect timing. And not only now, but from way back when. Oh people, there’s only one sure way to solve a problem; take it to the Lord in prayer. And in Bruh David’s famous words: ‘Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.’ (Ps.37:1-3) Friends, that’s some of the best advice we’ll ever get. Let’s heed it nuh. Much LOVE!…the best way to conquer a problem…pray on it…
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