Blessed to Serve a Great God, The Guardian of My Soul! Thankful I Can Think for Myself!

 

The LORD has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. He said, “Don’t…live in dread of what frightens them. Make the LORD of Heaven’s Armies holy in your life…. He will keep you safe.

-Isaiah 8:11–14, NLT

We need to learn to not think like everyone else! Joel Osteen sent a nice email pray today, a good reminder for all of us in these crazy times in our world and country. A government gone wild, almost against most of the logical and sane people. Who can make sense of it all. Anyway, Joel Osteen says, "Negative news is all around us—how frightening the sickness is, how bad the economy is, what’s coming in the future. If you dwell on that, you’re going to end up afraid, worried, and panicked, thinking you’re not going to make it. It’s a negative cycle that keeps drawing in more fear, more worry, and more defeat. It weakens you and drains your strength, your energy, and your passion. Today’s Scripture warns us to not think like everyone else. Negative thinking is contagious. When other people are afraid, worried, and negative, you have to be on the offensive and say, “No, I know my God is still on the throne. I will outlast whatever comes against me. I have strength in Christ for all things.” At the start of the day, you need to set your mind for victory. Don’t let just any thoughts play. You have to purposefully think power thoughts, victory thoughts, abundance thoughts, can-do thoughts. Keep honoring God, and He will defeat your enemies and keep you safe." Thank you Joel for the nice message of hope. I love that about Joel, he is always so positive, encouraging, and inspiring, never judging, just realistic which we need today. We have a great God, what do we have to worry about? He takes care of all! I love the words in Isaiah, that Bible chapter is one of the best, always so many words of the wise, hopeful, inspiring. Thank God for our Great King and Savior, our Bible, and our Faith in the Lord, that is all that matters! We need to think for ourselves! Not follow material things or carnal things of this world. We are going home to Heaven to spend eternity with Jesus Christ when we leave this Earth, but while we are here, God is our Guardian of our soul! What a blessing! 

A Prayer for Today By Joel Osteen

“Father, thank You that no weapon formed against me shall prosper because You are the guardian of my soul. Thank You that I can set my mind for victory today and not be afraid of what frightens and worries other people. I declare that I will not think like everyone else. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”