# 9 - Confidence is defined as faith
I know many of you are tired of hearing about my failures, but here I go again (SMILE)! In 2013 I had no money, was off on Christmas break from substitute teaching, and no car! I kept thinking that God was going to bless me with finances any day now and it didn't happen. The closer it got to Christmas, the more fearful I became ~ and the more lack I received. (And I was being taught the true concept of Christmas~ we have made it about gift giving, instead of how our lives are better by the birth of Jesus)
I remember crying for two days - - - -just boohooing to the point of being inconsolable! Well, this is 2014 and although it took a year, I have learned from my own experience, that the more I focus on negative thoughts the more I'm going to get it! Thoughts of lack, defeat, worry, why me, etc.~ the Word says, "and unto us a child is born...................and He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 NIV
Satan has tried, BELIEVE me, he has come at me every way you could imagine ----sickness, unemployment, no car, living off family, getting behind on bills, etc.
But this time, I said, "Satan, you do not know the kind of God I serve! Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.(Ephesians 3:20-21 KJV)
And although I am still waiting on my good, I have kept my joy and faith in Christ, knowing He has already provided ~ and in ways I can't imagine! Praise Be To God!
For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, says: Only in returning to me and waiting for me will you be saved; in quietness and confidence is your strength; but you’ll have none of this. Isaiah 30:15 TLB
I know many of you are tired of hearing about my failures, but here I go again (SMILE)! In 2013 I had no money, was off on Christmas break from substitute teaching, and no car! I kept thinking that God was going to bless me with finances any day now and it didn't happen. The closer it got to Christmas, the more fearful I became ~ and the more lack I received. (And I was being taught the true concept of Christmas~ we have made it about gift giving, instead of how our lives are better by the birth of Jesus)
I remember crying for two days - - - -just boohooing to the point of being inconsolable! Well, this is 2014 and although it took a year, I have learned from my own experience, that the more I focus on negative thoughts the more I'm going to get it! Thoughts of lack, defeat, worry, why me, etc.~ the Word says, "and unto us a child is born...................and He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 NIV
Satan has tried, BELIEVE me, he has come at me every way you could imagine ----sickness, unemployment, no car, living off family, getting behind on bills, etc.
But this time, I said, "Satan, you do not know the kind of God I serve! Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.(Ephesians 3:20-21 KJV)
And although I am still waiting on my good, I have kept my joy and faith in Christ, knowing He has already provided ~ and in ways I can't imagine! Praise Be To God!
For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, says: Only in returning to me and waiting for me will you be saved; in quietness and confidence is your strength; but you’ll have none of this. Isaiah 30:15 TLB
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