joy

             "The joy  of the lord is our strength"
     do you know why the joy of the lord is our strength? It is  because the people rejoiced that  God  declared his  "word" over them. did  you  know that the "word" means  truth.and they  shall know the truth and the truth shall set them free. so in  a  matter of  fact "the  joy of the  lord means we  have a  truth  in freedom.  we can  worship God in  freedom.  we  have this  gift of freedom at  arms  reach. 
     I feel  in my heart  that  this  may be a  simple  truth.  it is  also a very  hard  thing to receive.  true joy,  true  freedom. why is that any ways?this brings me to my  next  thought...
     "Trust in the Lord with all your heart. lean not on your own  understanding in all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your path."
     what does trust and joy  have to  do with each other? without true  joy  you  have no peace. without peace you lack  trust. you  see  when you  trust God  with  everything you  believe that  God  will do what  his words says. "God  declared  his word over the people." you see when  we  truly believe  in Gods truth  we  come into alignment with his  word. we come  to  TRUST God. we suddenly don't  have  this  thing  called control.  we have this mentality that  we are alone in the things we are going through. this is  not truth.  the  truth is  when we come  to God we acknowledge him. and  he WILL lead us.
     My question to you is this. Do you  want  God's true  joy  today? all you  have to  do is.................  ask  and  you shall  receive. seek and  you  will  find. knock and the door  will be opened to you.ask and keep asking, seek and keep seeking,  knock and keep knocking.
                  God truly  loves you. yeah you!




elz
      

hope in the centre

  Have  you  ever  felt  like just  giving up.  like there  was  no other  way out.  i know  what that's like.  you  are fed by lies. the  enemy of your  soul  doesn't  want to see you do good.  doesn't  want to  see you  thrive. Reader where ever you are at  in life. life is  full of  destiny  full of  purpose.  no matter  how  far you  feel  from hope. from Gods light there is a hope that  will fight  through if you  will let it.  
  there is a  war  going on whether  you know it or  not.  i know there is times that  hope seems  all but  far but it  isn't Jesus  loves us  all  so much and there is nothing that  can  change that.
   i  know when you are at the bottom  we  go  by what  we feel.  not what  is  truth.  it's  hard to  define truth and  lies  sometimes we just  hear  what we  want to  hear,  we feel what we want to feel.it feels  like you are  drowning  and there is  no life line.  you  have  tried  everything and yet nothing seems  to be working.you  feel as if you  have been  at the bottom and there is no way up. you  see this is  all  lies.that's  the illusion of our  mind  and the  enemy  of our  soul  speaking to  come  to steal  kill and destroy us.
   now  let's  check out  what god would  say  to that.  you  are  worthy  child, I  have  a plan for your life, I  love you. I  adore you. you are  most  beautiful.  you  are  ever  so valuable. I  want to  fight for your life. you are  worth  it.
don't  give up, keep going, be  strong and of  good courage.  I'm not  through with you yet.  I  will never leave you  nor  forsake you. etc. If God is  for us then  who can be against us.
   may this be your  hope  in the  centre of  your  circumstances.


elz