Isa 50:7 NET But the sovereign LORD helps me, so I am not humiliated. For that reason I am steadfastly resolved; I know I will not be put to shame.
The Lord will help me!
The Lord is my support!
The Lord will rise to defend me from evil, shame and disgrace!
I shall not be humiliated!
I am unmovable and unshakable!
I follow the Lord of host!
I shall not be put to shame.
Don’t stop doing good
It can be hard especially when people repay your goodness and kindness with evil or bad attitude.
There is evil in our world and some people are full of wickedness in their hearts.
The Lord will keep His people from troubles. John 16:33
Regardless, don’t stop doing good. It is God’s will that our goodness will outclass and outshine the wickedness of the wicked. 1 Peter 2:15
Give God a chance
Give God a chance to do what He promised.
Give Him a room or a space to operate.
He said, “behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and open, I will come in and be with him and he will be with me, also.” Revelation 3:20
Time of doubting is over, time of believing is now.
God is faithful to keep us
When everything else fails, God does not fail.
He will keep His children forever because He is able to.
1Th 5:23 NET Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Th 5:24 NET He who calls you is trustworthy, and he will in fact do this.
God is faithful and trustworthy to fulfill His promises of keeping.
Don’t stop trusting God. Rely on His ability to keep His promises because He can and He will.
God still makes ways
As the year 2024 runs to an end, God still makes ways where there is no way.
And if there are things that are not achieved this year, 2025 brings new beginning and hopes.
The confidence of a believer is in his God’s ability to do the impossible.
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Isa 43:19 EasyEnglish Look! I will do something that is new! Now it appears quickly. Surely, you can see it. I am making a road in the sandy places. And I am making streams in the wild places.
Believe!
John 1:12 NIV
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—
All it takes to become God’s kingdom member is to believe in God’s saving grace through Jesus.
It is a simple act of believing in Jesus which guarantees our access to eternal life.
John 3:16 NIV
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
As simple as it is, many are not willing to believe and take the step of faith.
Still standing
1 Corinthians 15:58 ERV
[58] So, my dear brothers and sisters, stand strong. Don’t let anything change you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord. You know that your work in the Lord is never wasted.
https://bible.com/bible/406/1co.15.58.ERV
The world and its environment are full of discouragement, and a lot of wickedness surround us.
The psalms says that God should respect His agreement because evil exists in every place of the earth. Psalms 74:20
The admonition is to keep standing still regardless of all the atrocities in the world.
Wickedness abounds everywhere, but God is able to keep His own to the end, and He will.
The Love life
Galatians 5:14 NLT
[14] For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
https://bible.com/bible/116/gal.5.14.NLT
The life of a Christian is a love life. The whole nature of God is encapsulated in love. God’s nature is rooted in love, deepest love that any human can ever imagine.
Now, if any man experience and has this love life, it will exude God’s nature, the very essence of living the life of God.
You can only become like God by having a love life. This is what God calls us into, and this is the reason God is God, and this is how a Christian is distinguished from every others.
The Christian life is a love life. Ability to love deeply and love strongly and love unconditionally is the God-given nature that Christians experience in it grandiose.
Trusting in God
Isaiah 26:3 NLT
[3] You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
https://bible.com/bible/116/isa.26.3.NLT
Our peace is guaranteed as long as we keep trusting in the Lord.
Trusting God when it makes no sense is the best time to trust Him.
Proverbs 3:5 NLT
[5] Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.
https://bible.com/bible/116/pro.3.5.NLT
There is so much that we can do before we reach our wits end. When we get to the place of confusion and do not know where to turn or what to do, trust God for the lead.
Trust for the lead, for the guide and for the help.
Desires for God
Psalms 143:6 NLT
[6] I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude
https://bible.com/bible/116/psa.143.6.NLT
Our desires for God increases when we experience spiritual dryness and depth hunger (spiritual feelings) for Him.
Usually, these desires only disappear when we engage in intense prayers. This is not just normal prayers, but a mutual communication with God that draws your heart to Him so you can know what the will of God is.
The next time you experience an inner, spiritual urge, do not hesitate to pray.
For the Christian, prayer is when you engage God in personal, cordial conversation with Him, and you can talk about various issues that is on your mind.