An Encouraging Word - to remind you to encourage yourself. There won't always be someone around to lift you. To tell you that everything will be alright. Those closest to you may not be sensitive to your needs, dealing with their own. Family and loved ones may miss your signals for help, your desire to be understood. "Who can empathize, who can identify with my issues and problems?" Some can, sometimes. But there will be times when you're left alone, and it's in those times that you must be able to reach down into the depths of (you) and draw from your experience and knowledge of God, who you know Him to be, and who He has shown Himself to be throughout your life. Our tests are designed for us to know that we must lean on the everlasting arms of the Lord. Become your own coach, dry your tears, and reach up to the God of your salvation, because quitting is not an option. Challenge yourself, like the Psalmist did. He confronted himself and asked this question; "why my soul, are you downcast? why so disturbed within me?" and then he answers himself; "Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God" Psalm 42:5. Get to know and meditate on His promises until you gather enough momentum to push forward through the walls of despair and hopelessness. Think on His goodness, His grace, and His unconditional love for you. And know that God is greater than your problems; He's bigger than your situation and He has a plan for your life. Let Him strengthen you to crash your own pity party. Don't feel sorry for yourself or make excuses. Don't live with a victim's mentality. Seek to live in the victory that is in the Lord. God doesn't throw us away because we fall. God doesn't give up on us because we get stuck in life. God doesn't stop loving us because we go astray, but He lovingly steers us back to that pleasant place in Him where we can be restored. Keep pressing, keep fighting, keep believing, and always remember that we are called according to His purpose and that because we love Him, all things are working for our good (Romans 8:28). From the heart and hand of Pastor Reginald Reaves
An Encouraging Word
Updated: Jul 4, 2023
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