Anxiety

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There’s an anxious spirit about the world today. It’s a general feeling of unease as if there is imminent danger just around the corner.
Anxiety is the result of uncertainty over fears and worries that come up as a consequence of living. In the Bible, David suffered anxiety but said that God showed up and got him through those dark times.
Christians can and do, suffer anxieties, both big and small. So, don’t be too hard on yourself. Following Jesus doesn’t make us immune to the things that came into this world through sin. What sets us apart from those who don’t have a relationship with the Lord is that we have His strength and that ensures us the victory over the hard stuff and the spiritual attacks that come with being a child of God.
Look what Jesus said in John 16, “I have told you these things so you may have peace in Me. In the world you will have much trouble. But take hope! I have power over the world!”
What a promise!
So if you are feeling a bit down tonight, remember that you are an overcomer because Jesus said so.
Take a deep breath! Rest easy! You gotta be ready! Tomorrow is your do-over!
-Pastor Butch
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When they want you to think they’ve got it together, it may be all that they can do to hold it together.

You know, for everything I've done. Every sin, every evil thought, every judgment and every bad decision when it was over, only the scar remained.
What’s funny to me is how much time I wasted trying to cover them up. I mean, we’ve all got them. We may not have deserved some of them but wherever they came from we earned them.
So the question becomes, do you allow them to shackle you to a long past hurt or use them as a reminder of future blessing? 🤔
Diane and I talked to a lady yesterday. She just praised God for His goodness. She was sincere and we could feel her strength. She said it wasn’t always this way. She asked for nothing. No pity. We just listened. She said that there was a time when she and her family were homeless. They just could not get it together. Then one day, they began to pray. That simple. She and her family began to pray. Then they began to seek God for a path out of their desperation. That hadn’t a clue what they were doing. They just sought God.
With a newfound peace, they went to work. Fast forward. Together they put a daughter through college. She works in a hospital today and their son is in his first year. And this is but a small part of her testimony. They still pray together.
The Lord is still doing it y’all. We can’t call on Him and just sit down. If we will only trust Him, He will bring wholeness to our lives and use our scars to help others who are hurting.
Our every scar should remind us not only what we learned through the experience but that even when we are at our best, of how far we have yet to go.
I’ll choose the blessings.
Oh yeah, the lady’s dad and I have the same nickname. Poor fellow! 😁
Thank you Lord for your finishing work!
-Pastor Butch

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Luke 17:31 - "In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back."

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