Daily Devotional

WHEN I FEAR I WILL TRUST IN THE LORD

December 29

hild of God, what is the level of your faith these days? You know that you need to see your faith grow greatly to become the type of overcoming Christian that you should be in the world you face today! One of the greatest blocks to increasing faith in your life is certain little devils called "doubt, unbelief, confusion and mistrust of your Father." These devils get their food for sustenance through certain thinking which exists in the life of the believer. Some of this "thinking" is the believer's entertainment of negative ideas which tend to fester as a wound in the mind of the child of the King. In fact, if you will really think about it, many children of God (without realizing it) build their life of "faith," not based on what they believe, but they are sabotaged in their faith walk by entertaining doubt and fear. They embrace these evils in place of the sure words of God from the Bible. Jesus, the Lord encourages us through the promise that.” If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. (Mark 9:23) If fear, doubt and unbelief are constantly attacking you, child, it is again because you entertain these ideas and give them preeminence over the known promises of your Father in Heaven. You may ask, "How can I change my thinking and my mind about these things?" Very easily, when you are in the process of fear, doubt or unbelief, make a confession of your faith. Here is a good confessional prayer before the presence of your Father: "Father, in the powerful name of the Lord Jesus, I hear the proposal of the Evil One (whatever the fear or doubt is being proposed). I totally and fully reject this idea from the Devil. I will not die! I will not turn my back on God! I will not fail my wife/husband! I will not deny my faith in the Lord Jesus no matter how I am tempted! I will not believe this lie coming to me from the pit of hell!" Now you see how you can get tough back in the face of the Enemy? Remember, if there are "hidden" lusts or fears or some lack of surrender in your heart, the Devil finds that place in you and attacks you through that "doorway." You may also want to pray sincerely and truthfully: "Father, in the name of Jesus my Lord I pray that you will now “search my heart, and see if there is some wicked way in me, and lead me in a path everlasting!" (Psalm 139:24) Good prayer, isn't it? Well, what are you going to do? Are you going to sit back on your "haunches," or are you going to get up from there and jump back into the fight? I think better of you than that! Pray, Confess!

Prayer

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Father, I'm on my way help me in the name of Jesus, amen!