Stand Firm then! Don't be tossed back and forth due to circumstances! Know that God is in Control of all your situations!

The longer I live my life as a Christian I'm learning that being a christian is harder than many think... I mean a TRUE CHRISTIAN! One who is seeking the heart beat of Jesus Christ and who is desiring to be just like HIM! Have you really considered the cost of following Jesus? It's alot more than going to church on Sunday morning or even Sunday evening! It's even more than a slight alteration of your life! It's a total submission to His authority and always willing to live by His example. This is what Paul said, dieing daily for the sake and cause of the Kingdom! Always allowing others to be above you and you are to rejoice when they rejoice, morn when they morn and when they harm you and try to hurt you, pray for them and turn the other cheeck! DO NOT seek revenge, but love them and die for them anyway! Wow.... That is being a true Christian who has humbled themselves and is a true follower of the king!

Jack, a 15-pound, orange and white cat, took seriously his job of guarding his owners’ backyard in New Jersey. He often scared small animal intruders away, but the owners were surprised when one day they found him sitting at the base of a tall tree, looking up at a large black bear.

Jack hissed at the bear as it wandered into the yard from the nearby woods. The scared bear quickly climbed up a tree. How could a big black bear be afraid of a little kitty? What was he thinking!

Even more absurd are our thoughts of worry and fear when we consider that we have a powerful and good God who cares for us. Jesus told His disciples, “Do not worry . . .” (Matt. 6:25,31,34). He said we don’t have to be fearful or worried, because our heavenly Father knows our needs, and we are valued by Him (vv.26,32). He is perfectly willing and able to meet our needs.

When something concerns us, what’s our perspective? It’s not what we see but how we see it that reveals our attitude. If we look at life through the lens of our powerful and good God, we’ll trust Him instead of fearfully worrying. When our perspective is right, we can see God and His faithful provision.

When fear and worry test your faith
And anxious thoughts assail,
Remember God is in control
And He will never fail.

Worry is a burden that God never meant for us to bear