If love is the answer (and it certainly is) then trust is the vital result. To put it simply, knowing that you are truly loved births the ability to trust God regardless of the circumstances surrounding you. Love begets trust which leads to security bringing peace and freedom while keeping fear, worry, control, distraction and the need to conform at bay.
Posts Tagged ‘worry’
Trust
Posted: April 8, 2014 in UncategorizedTags: conformity, control, distraction, fear, freedom, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, love, peace, security, trust, worry
Exhilarated
Posted: February 19, 2013 in UncategorizedTags: excited, excitement, exhilarated, exhilaration, fear, Gift, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, trust, worry
The excitement that’s a result of trusting God can’t be topped. Grasping the reality that we don’t know what tomorrow brings and finding exhilaration instead of worry is an incredible gift. Let’s do this day Lord!
***Spoiler Alert***
Posted: February 16, 2013 in UncategorizedTags: EGBOK, fear, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, outcome, patience, peace, spoiler alert, worry
Everything‘s going to turn out great. Just let God have His place in the matter.
Everything in Jesus has Promise
Posted: February 8, 2013 in UncategorizedTags: care, eternity, God, Holy Spirit, in Christ, In Jesus, Jesus, promise, seek, tomorrow, trust, worry
In Him there are no dead ends; life is wide open, as open as eternity. If we’ll give Him all that we are and seek Him in this moment, He will take care of all our tomorrows. We can count on it.
Confidence
Posted: August 25, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: assurance, confidence, doubt, fear, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, peace, trust, worry
Where will we place our confidence today? When we take it upon ourselves we find worry, fear and uncertainty. When we place it in God we get peace, joy and assurance.
Pleasing Him
Posted: August 21, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: details, forget, God, Holy Spirit, intimacy, Jesus, love, peace, pleasing God, with God, worry
It’s possible to worry so much about pleasing God that we forget nothing pleases Him more than when we are with Him.
365
Posted: July 26, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: 365, anniversary, astonishing, blog, chosen, closer, critique, encouragement, God, heartened, Holy Spirit, hope, inspiration, intimacy, intimate, Jesus, kindness, shared, sweetest, Thank you, the better thing, worry
Today is the one year anniversary of The Better Thing Blog. What an amazing year it’s been. My wife and I were talking the other night and both feel that it has been the sweetest year of our lives. God has been so near and shown us His astonishing love in so many ways.
We want to thank each of you for being a part of what God’s been up to throughout the year. Thank you for reading these posts. Thank you for your kindness and encouragement. Thank you for your support. And thank you for your critique. He has used you to draw us a little closer to Him each day.
The scriptural inspiration for the birth of this blog is the story in Luke ten where Martha is complaining to Jesus that Mary is not doing enough and while Mary is sitting at His feet, Jesus answers Martha, Don’t worry so much, Mary has chosen the better thing. The thing Mary chose was intimacy with The Living God and I hope in some small way you have been heartened to do the same by what’s been shared here.
Worry About This
Posted: June 12, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: concern, God, God's voice, harm, hearing from God, Holy Spirit, intimacy, Jesus, lies, love, patience, trust, trustworthy, worry
We’re still discussing things we’ll never hear from God and “worry about this” is good one. It may even take many by surprise as so often we think that’s exactly what He wants us to do. Nothing is further from the truth. You see God wants us to trust Him in everything. He’s spent each moment since creation proving His trustworthiness and worrying is what we do when we don’t trust. We over think, fret, imagine untruth, entertain lies and sometimes take matters into our own hands causing harm. What God wants is for us to trust Him enough to give Him our worries. He’s not asking for us to forget what is going on, He’s waiting for us to turn our concerns over to Him, and when our thoughts about them turn fearful or head in an unhealthy direction to give them back to Him. If we will trust and be patient, He will always be true.