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Matthew 17:22 - 31 NKJV

22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, 24 and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.

25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.

27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”

29 “Come,” he said.

Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”

31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”

Why did Peter doubt? Fear. Fear took over his faith. He let the things around him affect his faith. He saw the wind moving the sea.

But then Jesus stepped in. Thank you Jesus! He IMMEDIATELY reached out his hand and caught him. How many of us have been overcome with fear and didnt realize that Jesus was just a breath away from saving you? All you had to do was call out his name.

Sometimes we feel like we have the strongest faith, we are following God's ways, we feel like we are maybe on the right path to following Jesus and making through life okay, But then fear comes along and takes over.

It could be your finances, sickness, parenting issues, could be anything that is plaguing your mind with fear and yet, he is always there with us. Just like the scripture says his eye is on the sparrow.

Matthew 6:25-27,34: "Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself"

He loves us so deeply. He wants to take our worries, our fears away. Please just call on his name today. Let fear and worry be cast away. I hope this helps someone in Jesus name!

"Dear Lord help me. Give me peace, help me to rest in your arms today. Show me your ways are higher than my ways. Direct my path. Let me not lead into worry, for you hold the power to my strength. You lead me beside still waters. Only you can give me peace that passes all understanding. I trust in you today. I lean on your promises. Even though the world and the issues in this life may terrifiy me, you can give me the courage to move mountains in faith. I treasure you Lord. Only you can heal me. In Jesus name, Amen

I've Got a Made Up Mind
I'm gonna serve the Lord. 🎵

Thought of the Day:

While I was having a walk, I was praising God for what he has done in my life and thought I would share today to my friends on here. I went through a very hard patch with pain in my body in the past 5 years. It flattened my spirit and I felt like I couldn't be there like I wanted to be for my children, husband and even life. I was working all day and then I was in bed. I couldn't do much else besides my job. Weekends were days of rest and struggle of self. I began to hate myself to be honest.

But then I got help! Thank you God! My doctor realized something was definitely not right. It took a long journey of many trips to the ER and doctor appts, xrays, ct scans etc. He helped me get the care I needed. God directed his steps, I truly believe.

Now, I must say, it didn't happen in one day I had to help myself to use what the doctor provided for help. It took many sessions of phyisical therapy, pills, needles etc. but I felt God was helping me overcome this pain in my life. Still though, I was battling with finding my way again. Relearning a new life. I still didn't like myself very much. I belittled myself so bad, my family began to correct me all the time, telling me " Alissa, you have to stop talking down on yourself all the time" and it actually shocked me how many times they would catch it. I began to notice, wow, I need to work on my mind. Change my way of thinking.

I started looking into my daily routine. It was all over the place. I knew what I had to do, and I was doing it but, it was all things of daily lists and no focus whatsoever. I actually felt like a mess everyday.

So, I made a routine on my phone notepad and decided to take charge. I noticed I had many distractions. I told myself, I am going to clean it out. I went to my phone and deleted any distractions and yes, that included social. haha I started getting rid of physical things I didn't need in my home.

I started daily trying to focus on the routine and that routine had God first. It also had self care, which I have never really had selfcare in my day. I studied a Proverbs 31 woman and realized a few things I needed to work on and one of those was, "love one another like ourselves", that also means we need to love ourselves. We need to take care of our bodies as God's temple. I started changing my eating habits, drinking more water, Enjoying walks and praying more and reading more of his word with devotions.

Our night time routine in our family changed completely, I was being more careful with myself with the pain. The nights began to be filled with Mom in it with her kids!

My mind started to feel more clear, fresh, joyful, I started to focus more on what I was actually doing. Started being more productive, doing my physical therapy. I ended up less in bed. More happy. More of a mind set on God of things holy and pure, not of guilt and worthlessness.
I made up my mind to serve the Lord with my whole self. Not just with a part of me. I always knew I loved my Lord but I wasn't fully serving him with my body and full mind. Pain had taken over my mind, but now it gets the back burner. It has no control on me now. I know how to manage my pain.

I catch myself singing all the time, I have the full joy of the Lord in me. Yes, there is so many distractions still, but with me serving the Lord full heartedly, those distractions are not near as big. I am full of God's joy, love and kindness. I have peace through hard trials. I have a life focused on him and it's been the best change in my life. I have every night with my kids and husband now. I have found a way to settle the pain and can do fun things, I thought I never would be able to do again. I'm going to serve the Lord, I've God a made up mind! 🎵

Thankful for him today!

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