Believe Again

"Believe Again"

As humans we are tested in life about whom and what you believe at many points in life. If you say you believe in nothing that is a test in which you gave an answer. If you are a practicing Christians your faith is tested often. You won't get to choose the test or length of testing. However, you can determine how you respond when tested. You make choices every day. Choosing to have faith is one of the most important decisions you make.

I want to encourage those who have been facing difficult challenges for an extended period of time. I want to especially encourage those of you who have experienced unusual pain, loss and suffering. Hold on to your faith in God. Don't throw in the towel! Even If you are barely holding on, continue to hold on.

Tests are rarely easy. If they were they probably wouldn't be called tests. You must endure in order to overcome. Don't forget with your problems come solutions. Once the veil is removed you might come to realize your answer was available all along. Stress has a way of causing us to lose sight of the obvious. I want to remind you to continue to trust that God is who the Bible says He is. I want you to know that his help is enough for you. The promises of God are enough. The love of God is enough. The power of God is enough to carry you through and bring you out of your storm on top. Don't attempt to rescue yourself by choosing your own way. God is enough!

If you have felt held back or as though things are getting worse, take courage. This storm will pass over as every storm does. It might be the worst storm you have faced thus far in your life, but it will cease! Sometimes you might struggle between giving up altogether and trying harder. It's at these times that you must stop striving and remember God is able to do what you can't do for yourself. Trust God, believe God, and rest in his loving care. I know it's not easy, but it is possible. Don't be anxious and fearful. Let go of those harmful emotions in God's presence through prayer, praise and worship.

If you've waited in prayer and it seems you've received no answer don't stop trusting that God is moving on your behalf. Don't put a time constraint on God's answer for your issue. Even though you don't feel anything, continue in faith. All Christians are commanded to walk by faith and not by sight.

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NLT)

7. For we live by believing and not seeing.

It wouldn't be considered a test of faith if you aren't tempted to give up. The matter is resolved completely when faith is adhered to and the trial has ended. Once the pressure ofyour trial is released your vision will clear. God like any great teacher will do more that say good job; he will go further by giving you a reward.

The same God that saves is able to heal, deliver, bless, restore, and bring you to a place of rest from your troubles. Don't faint during your season of testing. God will restore you. He will make it worth your time and tears. Our heavenly Father doesn't waste anything.

Psalm 34:19 (NLT)

19. The righteous person faces many troubles, but the Lord comes to the rescue each time.

Believe that God will make this test worth your while. If this is the greatest test you've encountered, then expect the greatest blessing to follow. God will restore joy and laughter to his beloved. Every trouble you face has an expiration date. God knows your name, address and all there is to know concerning you. You won't miss out on your blessing when the testing is done. You can rest assured your blessings of restoration and peace will find you at just the right time. Be of good cheer. It takes courage to hold on when you feel like letting go. You are not alone. God is in the fire with you. In fact, He never leaves you.

Reach out to God and receive his comforting embrace. Hold on to him as he holds on to you.You are valuable and loved by God unconditionally. If you have been tempted and you let go because you felt God wasn't hearing or helping you. If the test you endured caused you to lose faith. Don't be discouraged. Repent for letting go and ask Jesus to fill your heart and thoughts again. I invite you right now to make a decision to believe again. Start over and be renewed! God will wipe the slate clean as though he hit the reset button for your life, giving you fresh new hope in Jesus name.

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Talking to the Angels

A tiny baby's smile while sleeping is often referred to as 'talking to the angels' and maybe it's true. Who are these angels that entertain our newborns? If they talk to us as when we are a tiny baby, where do they go as we grow older, like us?

That 'higher consciousness' many try to connect with is also the 'parking angel' that guides us to the perfect, safe parking spot in a crowd, the one who whispers, "take a different route today" that seemingly knows the regular route could have been disastrous for us. The angels that surround us, whisper in our ear, raise alarms for no apparent reason are with us from the very beginning. Newborns have not been told they are not real and readily recognize them, especially during sleep time when we enjoy a different conscious state of mind. Sleep makes the world go away, for a time. But young children and certainly adults are wiser... aren't they?

As children we knew what we believed was real, were never afraid of dreaming and surely not afraid of voicing those big dreams. And then, a joker name reality strode onto the scene in the form of trusted adults who warned us that those things were not real, we were imagining or even being dishonest about those angels, dreams and odd stories. What we 'knew' quickly became filtered through the lens of cynical adults who had long since ceased to believe. But they were wrong.

The practice of dashing dreams has been instilled in most adults; we become adept at being cynical and disbelieving of all that cannot be processed through the filters of what we now believe. Is it any wonder that so few dare to dream, and believe in them? There is a very simple explanation of who those 'angels' are; they are parts and parcels of you, the parts that remain with you always, yet not enclosed in the human body. If all the parts of you were contained in your body you would appear just like an angel, a being of light. The human body cannot contain all the parts of who we are.

The parts that remain outside of us are identifiable; the innate that surrounds and protects each of us, warning of danger around you, illnesses that require attention and people in your surroundings whose intentions are potentially harmful. They are the 'parking angel' the sixth sense, the intuitive part of you, the higher self or higher consciousness imparting information that is always benevolent because it comes from a part of you that exists in a higher consciousness.

Everyone who still believes in dreams, dreaming and the ability to reach their highest goals is highly intuitive. They have parted ways with those warnings about what is real or not real, understanding that some people will consciously choose to sleep through their life experience; but not them. They have reestablished the connection to those parts of themselves and rely on the inner guidance they receive. Intuitive they are, because they listen and believe in those gut feelings (the most reliable, incoming from the innate) the sense of just knowing, or an answer to an issue received in dream time.

We call them intuitive or psychic because they know things we seemingly cannot know. Intuitive people understand that the same higher consciousness that surrounds all of us is willing to communicate with those willing to assist in delivering the important messages. Can you image how much better life could be if everyone reestablished the line of communication with the best part of themselves? Fear would become a thing of the past and dreams would soon be a new reality. Just imagine!

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