Fighting For Faith
Building Trust In God
For those that don’t know, I have been without a steady job since May and the past three months have been some of the most stressful, due to worrying about how I will make ends meet. I have referred to this time in my life as my Struggle Era but God has challenged me to view it as my Faith Era.
Resurrection Power
God is the author and finisher of everything. Only He can fix this situation, and because I believe in His sovereign power, I can come to Him with prayers of hope instead of cries of worry. Instead of being worried for my friends in the healthcare field that don’t have adequate personal protection equipment, I can pray that they’re covered by the blood of Jesus. I remembered that I know the one who has complete power and I can be an agent of change by speaking the name of Jesus over all situations and interceding on behalf of our nation, and our world. At my church we have a saying: prayer is not a last resort, it is our first response. So if you have been struggling with your faith in this season, I urge you to remember that our God literally rose from the dead some 2000 plus years ago. There is nothing He cannot do.
Faith for a Functional Family Dynamic
“What’s something you’ve never prayed for because that’s just how it’s always been and you never thought to pray for it to change?” Instantly I thought about my family. I wrote out the most extravagant prayer in my journal, pages upon pages praying for our healing, our finances, our futures, our relationships etceteraaaaaa. It was gorgeous. Then two weeks later, everyone showed up on the doorstep and suddenly I was sharing a space with all the people I had been praying for. However... I hated it.
Why I Hate Jeremiah 29:11
And the scriptures that actually give me hope.