Hope Anchored in Faith

Power of Prayer

God made each of us uniquely and with a plan of where He needs us. Some veer off their path and get lost but find their way back. Evil may find it’s way into those who are lost; taking advantage of the fact that they are lost. Evil can be seen in many forms by words, actions, treatment, relations. What do you do if evil finds a way into your life; one word – PRAY! Prayer is so powerful in so many ways; use it as a shield.

Unfortunately so many of us find evil at our front door by someone’s actions against us, their words trying to bring us down. Sadly some find it easier to bring others down when they are feeling low rather than to try and pick themselves up and make their situation better. I truly feel when this happens we need to pray for those people, they need God, they need to find their way again. When people let evil take over their lives and who they are, they need prayers. This is also a time for us to check in with ourselves and not let evil take over us and how we react. We can’t let evil by consuming our minds, boiling up with anger and letting all that fester within us. We can be hurt, feel anger, have a reaction to it, but we can’t let it consume us because then we have let evil in. It’s so hard to take the high road at times, but doing so we are letting good in and believing in something bigger than us that will never leave our side or leave us unprotected.

Let love and kindness win, those are the key ingredients in a happy life – pray evil away!

A Gift

Each day is a gift from God. A gift to learn and grow from the previous day. To accept the challenges ahead, to embrace these challenges and to know you’re never alone. Each person, every situation is presented before us for a reason, God knows what is best and why everything plays out the way it’s suppose to. Trust in Him and know He never steers you wrong. You never walk alone.

Fear

Fear is such a strong emotion and if we’re not careful it can take over. I’m sure we’ve all been faced with something that makes us pause, have self doubt, stops us from moving forward – that’s fear! Every emotion is good to have, it’s howe we handle each one that matters. I am very guilty of giving into fear, I let it take over my self confidence and I start to think I’m not good enough for this, I can’t do do this, I will fail at this. I am working on this each day and giving myself more credit to who I am and having faith in myself that I can do certain things, I can’t let fear win! Rosalynn Carter said, “If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can’t accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.” God created each of us for certain reasons and instilled certain abilities in each of us, but it’s up to us to believe in those abilities and believe in ourselves that we are good enough to complete anything that comes our way. We need to see fear as a confidence booster instead of an obstacle. Fear can make us stronger and feel better when we come out on the other end of it. Let’s embrace fear!