Beautiful Reminders

So I read devotional after devotional this morning that spoke right to what I'm facing and figured I'd share them with you. Hope you enjoy! :)

From Jesus Calling: 

Bring me all your feelings, even the ones you wish you didn't have. Fear and anxiety still plague you. Feelings per se are not sinful, but they can be temptations to sin. Blazing missiles of fear fly at you day and night; these attacks from the evil one come at you relentlessly. Use your shield of faith to extinguish those flaming arrows. Affirm your trust in Me, regardless of how you feel. If you persist, your feelings will eventually fall in line with your faith. Do not hide from your fear or pretend it isn't there. Anxiety that you hide in the recesses of your heart will give birth to fear of fear: a monstrous stepchild. Bring your anxieties out into the Light of My Presence, where we can deal with them together. Concentrate on trusting Me, and fearfulness will gradually lose its foothold within you.

 Ephesians 6:10-18

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance...

1 John 1:5-7

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

Isaiah 12:2

Behold, God is my salvation;
   I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song,
   and he has become my salvation."

You've got the strength you need for a new week...

Sunday, June 26, 2011 at 04:50PM
Holley Gerth in Hope/Encouragement

I look at the days ahead and wonder.
Don't we all?
And then these words:
"Go in the strength you have...am I not sending you?" Judges 6:14
We don't have to...
wait to overcome our weaknesses,
complete the ten point improvement plan,
figure everything out.
The strength we already have is all the strength we need. 
Because we have a limitless God within us who loves us.
As is. 
And He promises to stick by us.
All the way.

Beyond your limits...

Monday, June 13, 2011 at 09:51AM
Holley Gerth

A new week unfolds, full of possibilities. Yet I feel questions closing in on me like the walls of a box too.
Do I have what it takes?
Is there enough time?
How will it all work out?
Then a line my pastor spoke a few weeks ago at church drifts into my heart...
Your potential is not limited by you because you have a limitless God living in you. 
Suddenly the walls disappear and I'm free, standing in wide open spaces and looking ahead to all God has for me.
Whatever you face this week, it is not too big for Him. 
And whatever you think your limitations are, you are not too small for Him to use you.
So go for it, friend! 
{I'm cheering you on as you do.}

You're going to make it over that wall...

Friday, July 15, 2011 at 02:38PM
Holley Gerth 

Hey you,
staring at that wall, wondering, "Is there a way over this thing?"
Oh, yes.
With God all things are possible. Matthew 9:26
He'll make a way.
And He'll help you climb, jump, knock-down, whatever it takes.
It may not happen in the timing you want. Or how you imagine.
But it will happen.
In the meantime, don't let that wall fool you.
It can't hold you back, keep you down, make you stuck.
Nope, walls don't have that much power.
And it's just a matter of time before your Jericho happens--
when the trumpet sounds and deliverance is yours.
There's no wall too tall.
No situation too difficult.
No challenge too great.
So press in, press on, and never give up
until that wall comes tumbling down.