Don't Become Discouraged

You've heard bad news.
You've had test after test.
You've been through the fire.
You've wondered, is it worth it.
You've had good days but double the bad.
You've missed more church, more soul winning times, more of what you enjoy, than ever before.

Friend, let me tell you, God is in control!
He knows your fears.
He see your tears.
He hears your prayers.
He knows your tomorrows.
He knows your pain and suffering .
He knows your heart!

So why do we get discouraged ?
Why do we stop _____________ you put in what you've quit. The trials, the heart aches, the illness, the testing, everything is for a reason! It's not and it shouldn't ever discourage us. Now, we are human, our flesh gets the best of us at times BUT.....

Jeremiah 33:3 "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee get an mighty things, which thou knowest not."

Psalms 91:15 "He shall call up in me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy path.

Joshua 1:9 "Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Friends, family, stranger, God is never taken by surprise when things come into our lives. If you don't dwell on the past, simply look to the present see what God has for you today. I know and believe that you'll be better for it.
Yes, we have things we're going through. As you know if you've read this blog much or know me, I'm dealing with cancer. A few days ago it hit me that it was around this time last year, I knew something maybe going on. There were signs of things, pain but we were headed to see our daughter, her family, our son and my parents. So wise or not I ignored it and went and enjoyed my family, bearing a burden that only God an I knew about.

God was and still is in control. The thing is I can't say what if I.... it's done and well, it's in the past. So, I'm going forward. I'm not going to let Satan discourage me, pull me down or destroy me.

The choice is yours! Are you going to let past circumstances, situations, illnesses etc ruin today and your future?

Pick-up where you are, run to your Heavenly Father,  lean on Him, trust in Him, call upon him!

So what am I going to do?
Make Today Amazing by Not getting Discouraged! 

Run with Patience

Let me start with I don't always do well being patient. In this life we're to run the race with patience. Hebrews 12:1 "...and let us run with patience the race that is set before us."

What race have you been given to run? What ever it is remember that God gives us things to go through for a reason. When things go differently than you planned remember we need to be patient because as Romans 8:28 says, "All things work together for good...."

In June when my first round of treatments started this "race" wasn't in my plans and well, running it with patience wasn't always the easiest. As of today at 11 am I finished the race of chemo. The Lord gave the strength and patience needed to get through all the chemo and a surgery.

My next "race" is five days a weed for five weeks of radiation. I'm Not looking forward to this part of my race. However, God is there already and he knows what I need to get through this race.

If your not saved you my not understand what I'm meaning by run the race with patience. See as Christians we are daily running a race. The  Christian race of staying pure, of doing right, of staying in our Bible and praying. The race of not looking back going forward in our lives. The way we do this is by trusting in the Lord, depending on Him to guide and lead us. "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy path."
Trust in him to forgive you of your sins, and cleanse your heart. Trust in the Lord to take you to heaven.
"Call unto me and I will answer thee...." Jesus is waiting for you to open your heart to him. Won't you accept Christ today as your Saviour. Then you to can join in and run the race.

Make Today Amazing by running the race with patience.