For the despondent, one that has lost hope and courage, life is viewed from a lense of gray. Life appears with many troubles, even miserable, everything seems to go wrong, their anxious, foreboding thoughts translate into a life of glass 1/2 empty. (from Proverbs 15:15 NLT, AMPC, MSG, TPT) For the happy heart, those who have the Hope that anchors the soul (Hebrews 6:19), life is viewed through a bright yellow lense. It is a continual feast regardless of circumstances. For tho

God has taught me so much over the last few years especially when it comes to worry, fear and anxiety. One of the most important things is to build a foundation of trust by thinking on truth. There is no better way than to spend a little time each morning in his word. His word is full of promises. So in this trying time that we are all in, I have decided to do #apromiseaday It’s kinda like an apple a day keeps the doctor away. A promise a day keeps the worry away. ☺️ Believe

Time out. It’s what a baseball coach calls when he needs to head to the mound and get inside the pitcher’s head. The pitcher who has faced batter after batter. He has stared a few down, struck a few out. But, he has also let himself get intimidated, nervous, anxious by that last error, deep line drive to center field or a walk or two. Aren’t we a lot like that pitcher? Some days it seems all is going well. We are throwing strikes right down the center of home plate. Nothing i

Paul was on a ship in the middle of a storm. Not just any storm…a typhoon, a nor’easter type of storm. It had raged for many days “blotting out the sun and the stars, until at last all hope was gone.” Everyone feared for their lives. But, an angel of God appeared to Paul and said, “Don’t be afraid…God in his goodness has granted safety to everyone with you.” Then, Paul declared: “So take courage! For I believe God.” How many times in the middle of our storms do we fear and gi

Worry is a feeling that I battle some days. Maybe you can relate. . In John 14:1, Jesus says: “Do not let your hearts be troubled, trust in God, trust also in me.” . Trust. Pisteuo in Greek means to believe; to commit unto; to place confidence in. . Trust is the antidote for our troubled, worried hearts and minds. Trust is also the antecedent for peace. Trusting in Jesus, believing in his plan, placing confidence in him; that he has already overcome, counteracts a troubled he

In Isaiah 7, Ahaz, King of Judah, heard news that Syria was allied with Israel against him. He trembled in fear “by the possible” end of his reign, by the possible attack upon his kingdom. He was “shaking as trees in a storm”. By the possible. This had not happened.  It wasn’t in the process of happening. It was a possibility…The Lord told Isaiah: ” Tell him (King Ahaz) to stop worrying. Tell him he doesn’t need to fear.” (Isaiah 7:4 NLT) Other versions say: be calm, be quiet