Suggestions for Fasting and Feasting: Fast from discontent; feast on thankfulness. Fast from worry; feast on trust. Fast from anger; feast on patience. Fast from self-concern; feast on compassion for others. Fast from unrelenting pressures; feast on unceasing prayers . Fast from bitterness; feast on forgiveness. Fast from discouragement, feast on hope. Fast from media hype, feast on the honesty of the Bible. Fast from idle gossip; feast on purposeful silence. Fast from problems that overwhelm; feast on prayer that undergirds.
Anonymous
We often think of great faith as something that happens spontaneously so that we can be used for a miracle or healing. However, the greatest faith of all, and the most effective, is to live day by day trusting Him. It is trusting Him so much that we look at every problem as an opportunity to see His work in our life. It is not worrying, but rather trusting and abiding in the peace of God that will crush anything that Satan tries to do to us. If the Lord created the world out of chaos, He can easily deal with any problem that we have.
Rick Joyner
MorningStar Ministries
We sometimes fear to bring our troubles to God, because they must seem small to Him who sitteth on the circle of the earth. But if they are large enough to vex and endanger our welfare, they are large enough to touch His heart of love. For love does not measure by a merchant's scales, not with a surveyor's chain. It hath a delicacy... unknown in any handling of material substance.
(Reuben Archer) R. A. Torrey
Biography and Works
We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.
(Clive Staples) C. S. Lewis
Into The Wardrobe
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Do not scrutinize so closely whether you are doing much or little, ill or well, so long as what you do is not sinful and that you are heartily seeking to do everything for God. Try as far as you can to do everything well, but when it is done, do not think about it. Try, rather, to think of what is to be done next. Go on simply in the Lord's way, and do not torment yourself. We ought to hate our faults, but with a quiet, calm hatred; not pettishly and anxiously.
Francis de Sales
Biography and Works
It is of no use to say to men, "Let not your heart be troubled," unless you finish the verse and say, "Believe in God, believe also in Christ."
Alexander MacLaren
Biography and Online Library
On days when life is difficult and I feel overwhelmed, as I do fairly often, it helps to remember in my prayers that all God requires of me is to trust Him and be His friend. I find I can do that.
Bruce Larson
I was regretting the past and fearing the future. Suddenly God was speaking: "My name is I am." I waited and God continued: "When you live in the past, with its mistakes and regrets, it is hard. I am not there. My name is not I was. When you live in the future, with its problems and fears, it is hard. I am not there. My name is not I will be. When you live in this moment, it is not hard. I am here. My name is I AM."
Helen Mellincost
Our lives are full of supposes. Suppose this should happen, or suppose that should happen; what could we do; how could we bear it? But, if we are living in the high tower of the dwelling place of God, all these supposes will drop out of our lives. We shall be quiet from the fear of evil, for no threatenings of evil can penetrate into the high tower of God. Even when walking through the valley of the shadow of death, the psalmist could say, will fear no evil; and, if we are dwelling in God, we can say so too.
Hannah Whitall Smith
Online Books
I had feelings of fear about the future...The devil kept on whispering, "It's all right now, but what about afterward? You are going to be very lonely"....And I turned to my God in a kind of desperation and said "Lord, what can I do? How can I go on to the end?" And He said, "None of them that trust in Me shall be desolate." That word has been with me ever since.
Amy Carmichael
Biography And Bibliography
On 'weighing the cost' of full time missionary work
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Be not miserable about what may happen tomorrow. The same everlasting Father, who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow.
Francis de Sales
Biography and Works
Anything big enough to occupy our minds is big enough to hang a prayer on.
George Macdonald
The Golden Key Website
Should pain and suffering, sorrow, and grief, rise up like clouds and overshadow for a time the Sun of Righteousness and hide Him from your view, do not be dismayed, for in the end this cloud of woe will descend in showers of blessing on your head, and the Sun of Righteousness rise upon you to set no more for ever.
Sadhu Sundar Singh
Short Biography
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The Anxiety Cure By Archibald Hart We're designed for life at camel speed, but we're racing like cheetahs! No wonder anxiety attacks have become so prevalent. If you suffer from insomnia, panic attacks, worry, or stress, here's drug-free help! Hart's proven method reveals how to keep adrenaline arousal within bounds, use the brain's production of natural tranquilizers, and more. Paperback. |
Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of bitterest pain, if our will remains firm and submissive. Peace in this life springs from acquiescence to, not in exemption from, suffering.
Francois Fenelon
Francois Fenelon Biography
Neither go back in fear and misgiving to the past, nor in anxiety and forecasting to the future, but lie quiet under His hand, having no will but His.
H. E. Manning
Online Article
We yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
Anonymous
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle of faith.
Henry Ward Beecher
Archives
Anxiety is not only a pain which we must ask God to assuage but also a weakness we must ask Him to pardon; for He's told us to take no care for the morrow.
(Clive Staples) C. S. Lewis
Into The Wardrobe
When a mother saw a thunderstorm forming in mid-afternoon, she worried about her seven-year-old daughter who would be walking the three blocks from school to home. Deciding to meet her, the mother saw her walking nonchalantly along, stopping to smile whenever lightning flashed. Seeing her mother, the little girl ran to her, explaining happily, "All the way home, God's been taking my picture!" Fear is often caused by our perspective.
Anonymous
Anxiety is the natural result when our hopes are centred in anything short of God and His will for us.
Billy Graham
Billy Graham Organization
Neither go back in fear and misgiving to the past, nor in anxiety and forecasting to the future, but lie quiet under His hand, having no will but His.
H. E. Manning
Online Article
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The Shelter of The Most High: Accessing The Divine Protection of God In Times of Trouble By Francis Frangipane / Charisma House Shootings. Terrorism. Killer viruses. Every day in the media we hear story after story about what is wrong with the world--giving us one more reason to be afraid. As the magnitude of evil escalates in today's fear-driven culture, we are all looking for a place of rest where we will find immunity and protection. Recommended Christian Books & Resources |
Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor, your friend, your redeemer, your saviour, your guide? If He is, you don't need to search any further for security.
Elisabeth Elliot
Elisabeth Elliot's Website
Perhaps God has been speaking to you and you wonder why you have troubles. Maybe you have suffered a financial loss and you find it very difficult to understand. Is God speaking to you in an effort to bring you back to Himself? You need to face these matters squarely and be honest with God as He deals with you.
Theodore Epp
Biography and Devotionals
Every evening I turn my troubles over to God - He's going to be up all night anyway.
Donald J. Morgan
It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear. Never load yourselves so, my friends. If you find yourselves so loaded, at least remember this: it is your own doing, not God's. He begs you to leave the future to Him, and mind the present.
George Macdonald
The Golden Key Website
If you are feeling cluttered in your spirit ask yourself - is there clutter in your life? Do you have a closet full of closed and sealed boxes that have been untouched in years, without being used? So it can be with our spiritual life. Do you have spiritual gifts and treasures that you have put into storage and are not using? Give them away, clear the closet!
Katherine Walden
I Lift My Eyes Web Ministries
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