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Power and Love and a Sound Mind
“In your presence I have power and love and a sound mind. Your banner over me is love. And your love casts out all fear!”
God-tracking is leading our children in faith.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind
Pete woke up in a very low mood. He’d been
battling with anxiety and depression for a few years. His company had shut down his department some years back and Pete was paid off. Depression had crept in. He had a new job now and no real reason
to be down but he was. A fear had gripped his heart that it might happen again. “Dear Lord,” he cried, “I can’t work out why I’m so down. I know I’m secure but this anxiety keeps gripping me. I have
a wife and kids, dear Lord. I need this job.” Glancing down into his Bible the words, “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind,” jumped off the
page.
Depression and anxiety are pandemic mental illnesses in our day and age. More and more people I talk to are suffering with mental health issues, consumed with fears and worries about their personal
security and livelihood, not to mention the state of the world at present. In reality, these conditions are nothing new. People in Jesus’ day faced the same issues. Perhaps this is why he taught, “Do
not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things.”
Pete was encouraged by the words he read and searched further in his handbook of life, the Bible. He read: “He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, to console
those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.” Again, the Holy Spirit quickened God’s word… “A garment of
praise for the spirit of heaviness! Yes, that’s what I need. I resist this heaviness in Jesus’ name,” said Pete, “and I don a garment of praise. Praise your name, O Lord! You are holy and you inhabit
the praises of your people. Therefore, I know my praise carries your presence. In your presence I have power and love and a sound mind. Your banner over me is love. And your love casts out all fear!”
Pete’s low mood melted away. He was filled with the joy of the Lord.
God-tracking is power and love and a sound mind.
IT’S ALL IN THE BIBLE. READ ALL ABOUT IT. (NKJV)
Get into the word of God and get the word of God into you!
Matthew
6:25-35
Isaiah
61:3
Psalm 22:3
Song of Solomon
2:4
1 John 4:18
Nehemiah
8:10
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SO, DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY
“I choose to NOT give up but to look up and trust the plans you have for my
life.”
“Dear Father, praise your name! Hallelujah! I declare your praise in the face of
adversity. I rebuke this low mood and call on your name for love, power and sound thinking. Your joy is my strength. I know the devil will do his level best to bring me down through circumstances and
depression but I resist him now, in Jesus’ name. Greater are you, O Lord, in me than he who is in the world. I choose to NOT give up but to look up and trust the plans you have for my life.
Amen.”
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