"Do Not Fear, I AM with You"

We have been studying Who God means He is when He said "tell them I AM sent you". Our ongoing search for the next 7 days is to research scripture and find who God says you are - personalize that and ask yourself "who does I AM say that I am?"


If you were not with us when we were studying Fear, go back to the blue notebook and find the segments on "Do not fear, I am with you". God promised that He is with us showing us the way out if we will trust Him. Remember His promise..."I will never leave you nor forsake you".

I pray that we all take our eyes off the pain around us or inflicted upon us by others brokenness and remember, our position is always to do the best we can, release others from the bondage of payment for their mistakes while focusing on how much we ourselves fall short of the glory of God. I thank God for His mercy and grace for this day and the ability we all have to praise Him in all ways at all times no matter what we might be experiencing.

Be at Peace today in Him.

Candace

Do not fear for I am with you.Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.I will strengthen you, surely I will help you. Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored; those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish. You will seek those who quarrel with you but you will not find them. Those who war with you will be as nothing or non-existent. For I Am the Lord your God who upholds your right hand, Who says to you do not fear, I AM with you. Isaiah 41:10-13

THE LORD UPHOLDS YOU, by T. D. Jakes

from Strength for Every Moment

The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterfly cast down; for the Lord upholds him with His hand (Psalm 37:23-24)

Has something so painful and overwhelming happened to you that it has affected every area of your life? Every time you kneel to pray, does your mind go back to the fact that someone broke your heart and wounded your spirit?

Have you experienced something so personally devastating that you can't discuss it with anyone? You find it difficult to trust people, and you don't know where to turn. You may feel as if everyone is grading you and evaluating your progress, when, when actually you are your own hardest judge.

You know you should be further along in life. but someone or some circumstance crippled your faith. Your hopes and dreams were never fulfilled.

You know you should have finished school; you know you should have been a teacher or a musician by now. By society's standards, you should already be married and have children.

Maybe you think your ministry should be further along or that you should have a successful career at this point in your life. Your dreams and goals should have been fulfilled years ago. but you've been crippled. Don't give up. There is hope for you and healing for past hurts.


God has a way of bringing us out of bondage and then making us remember where we came from. When we, like Joseph, begin to experience success and victory, God will remind us that He opened the door of the prison. He set us free.

Things to consider:

1. Has something so painful and overwhelming happened to you that it has affected every area of your life? Write about it.

2. Every time you kneel to pray, does your mind go back to the fact that someone broke your heart and wounded your spirit? Write about it.

3. Have you experienced something so personally devestating that you cannot discuss it with anyone? Write about it.

4. God will bring you out of bondage and will soften the memories so that you can live with them in peace. Write why you believe this truth and then trust God to make it so.

5. When you experience success and victory, God will remind you that He opened the door of the prison and set you free. Thank Him.

Meditation:

The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterfly cast down; for the Lord upholds him with His hand (Psalm 37:23-24)


Many have fallen because of drugs, lust, greed, false religion, and other worldly temptations; when they ask God for help, He gently lifts them up with His hand.