#give it to God

[peace-and-provision]

When you find/know your identity in Jesus, you no longer feel the need to please others.

#life quotes #inspiration #christian blog #jesus #god #christianity #bible #bible study #motivation #love #quote #people pleaser #god is good #give it to god

[momentsbeforemass]

What do you believe in?

What do you believe in?

For most of us, there are at least two answers to that question. There’s what I like to think of as the official answer.

The one where we talk about our Faith. Or about God. Maybe highlighted by a favorite Bible verse. Or a story about the grace of God in our own lives.

And then there’s the other answer. What I like to think of as the working answer.

It’s the answer that most of us never really think about. But it’s the one that we live. The answer that we give with our time. And it’s the one that shapes who we are.

Based on what we spend our time with, a lot of us believe in things we don’t want.

Because we’re spending our time thinking about things we hope will never happen. Or dwelling on things that frighten us. Or lashing out at things we don’t like.

When we do that, when we spend our time thinking about the things we don’t want. It does something to us.

We start to see everything through the eyes of fear.

We start seeing what we have – whether it’s health, or wealth, or opportunity, or whatever it is we’re saying “mine” about – through the eyes of fear. As all we’ll ever have. As ours to lose.

Our fear of losing what we’re saying “mine” about?

That fear will overshadow everything else in our lives. It will become what we truly believe in.

When it does, it will start closing us off to other people. And to God. Because once it gains the center, fear pushes everyone and everything else away.

If you’re believing in anything other than God, you’re opening the door to fear. Because believing in anything else, including yourself, guarantees that what you believe in will eventually fail. That in the end, you will in fact lose what you have.

Which means your fear will only grow stronger. Because it will be grounded in a self-fulfilling prophecy of loss. 

None of that is what God ever intended for you. It’s why Jesus so focused in today’s Gospel on the importance of what you believe.

Let’s start with the basics.

God loves you. More than you know. God wants the very best for you.

God’s best starts not with what you believe in. But with who you believe in, and the impact that believing in Him has on your life.

Instead of being consumed by fears, fill yourself with God.

Make God your working answer. The answer you give with your time. What does that mean?

It means take all the time that you’re wasting thinking about things you hope will never happen. Or dwelling on things that frighten you. Or lashing out against things you don’t like.

And investing it in God. By thinking about God. Drawing close to God. Just being with God.

But what about all those other things? How do you just turn all that off?

You can’t. Not by yourself. And that’s okay, because you don’t have to.

Just do your best. Then hand it over to God. All of it. The good stuff and the bad stuff.

And keep handing all of it over to God. As many times as it takes. For as long as it takes.

Believe in the simple truth. That the God who loves you is more than capable of taking care of all of it. Whatever it is.

Believe in God. And know that God will take what you did, and make it better than you could ever imagine.

Believe in God.

That means doing your part. Then handing it over to God. And letting it go.

And receiving back from God the peace that only comes with giving it all to Him.

Today’s Readings

#Letting it go #Believe #God #Jesus #Catholic #Christian #Church #Hand it over to God #Fear #Mine #Loss #God's love #Give it to God

[dramoor]

#perspective #anger #the passions #Give it to God #encouragement

[watermeloncholycucumbersome]

What I look like "giving someone a piece of my mind" and defending Jesus:

Lol I just a babyyy!

I kind of imagine Him patting my head and chuckling like "there, there little one, the battle is Mine not yours, thank you for the consideration though"

~Jenni

#Jesus is the truth #I love Jesus #christianity #christian #God is good #thoughts #feelings #read your bible #thankful grateful blessed #love #consideration #God is in control #give it to God #I love God #random thought

[iameriwa]

The Battle Is The Lord’s

There is no pain Jesus can't feel

No hurt He cannot heal

All things work according to His perfect will

No matter what you're going through

Remember God is using You

For the battle is not yours, it's the Lord's

There's no sadness Jesus can't feel

And there is no sorrow that He cannot heal

For all things work according to the Master's holy will

No matter what you're going through

Remember that God is only using you

For this battle is not yours, it's the Lord's

No matter what it is, you're going through

Hold your head up, stick your chest out

And remember He's using you

For this battle is not yours alone

This battle is not yours, no

You cannot handle it all by yourself, no, no, no, no, no, no

This battle is not yours, the Lord is the only one who can fight it

He wants to use you as His vessel so be open to Him

This battle is not yours, it's the Lord's

Remember that in the midst of it all

God only wants to use you

Hold your head up, stick your chest out

And remember He's using you

For this battle is not yours alone

This battle is not yours, it's the Lord's

(Amen Ase) ❤️🙏🏾

Lyrics by @yolandaadams

Photography by @rebecca_ii

𝘙𝘰𝘸𝘦, 𝘙𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘤𝘢. 𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘞𝘦 𝘎𝘰. 2021

Featured:

Model 1: @saussogod

Model 2: @aalyiah_heath

Model 3: @chloe_etnn

Hairstylist: @lushbraidsbyb

Makeup artist: @claraldsmakeup

Assisted: @harissamami and @papi.churos

#blackgirlmagic #motivation #inspiration #qotd #god is good #holy spirit #don't give up #give it to god #black woman femininity #black woman appreciation #black hair #black model #black feminity #melanin #dark skin #brown skin #soul sister #sunday vibes #prayalways #jesus is the way #better days #just believe #be inspired #motivational #black women are beautiful #black beauty #no matter where you are #keep your head up #stand strong #loveyourself

[walkswithmyfather]

#bible #christian blog #god #belief in god #faith in god #give it to god #encouragement #jesus #belief in jesus #faith in jesus #keep the faith #make him known

[callmemrscarter]

I was making my way to Christ the whole time and didn’t even know it!

Started in New Age spirituality,

now I’m here 😂💕

#growth #Christianity #biblical #give it to God #baby Christian #Christian woman #biblical womanhood #biblical femininity #seek Christ

[yeslordmyking]

May, 23 (Morning) Devotion

“The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me.”

Psalm 138:8

Most manifestly the confidence which the Psalmist here expressed was a divine confidence. He did not say, “I have grace enough to perfect that which concerneth me—my faith is so steady that it will not stagger—my love is so warm that it will never grow cold—my resolution is so firm that nothing can move it”; no, his dependence was on the Lord alone. If we indulge in any confidence which is not grounded on the Rock of Ages, our confidence is worse than a dream, it will fall upon us, and cover us with its ruins, to our sorrow and confusion. All that Nature spins time will unravel, to the eternal confusion of all who are clothed therein. The Psalmist was wise, he rested upon nothing short of the Lord's work. It is the Lord who has begun the good work within us; it is he who has carried it on; and if he does not finish it, it never will be complete. If there be one stitch in the celestial garment of our righteousness which we are to insert ourselves, then we are lost; but this is our confidence, the Lord who began will perfect. He has done it all, must do it all, and will do it all. Our confidence must not be in what we have done, nor in what we have resolved to do, but entirely in what the Lord will do. Unbelief insinuates—“You will never be able to stand. Look at the evil of your heart, you can never conquer sin; remember the sinful pleasures and temptations of the world that beset you, you will be certainly allured by them and led astray.” Ah! yes, we should indeed perish if left to our own strength. If we had alone to navigate our frail vessels over so rough a sea, we might well give up the voyage in despair; but, thanks be to God, he will perfect that which concerneth us, and bring us to the desired haven. We can never be too confident when we confide in him alone, and never too much concerned to have such a trust.

Daily Bible and Devotional for Women - http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=daily.bible.for.woman

#God #Jesus #christianity #faith #trust in God #lean on God #depend on God #only God #you are nothing. God is everything #not by my power #not by my strength #do not depend on yourself #do not believe in yourself #God can do it all #allow God to do it #the power of God #believe in God not yourself #give it to God #you can't do it without God #devotional #bible verse

[esistkeinponyhof]

percy being told that you burn what you'll miss the most and immediately burning his blue jelly beans to talk to his mom. i don't think anyone understands how much of a big deal this is to me

#please god take away all his suffering and give it to me #percy jackson #pjo #pjo tv #pjotv spoilers

[payasita]

being a manager sucks balls half the time but the cashier kids im in charge of trust me enough to dick around in front of me so ive been keeping a running list of the shit they say that makes me laugh randomly: -"guys, is it cheating if you play fortnite with your ex" [4 seperate others, immediately]: "YES" -"there must be like… infinite sentences" -"bro what bro what the fuck bro what's that mean bro why'd you say that bro what" <distraught response to a girl randomly greeting him with 'hey there big boy' in an old timey transatlantic news reporter accent

#personal #text #gonna miss these kids lol #theres more i cant remember rn but i swear to god some of them do it just to make me crack up when im the only one in charge #infinite sentences kid and bro what the fuck kid are the same kid #he could not give less of a shit about this job it's so fucking funny

[liftin-up-and-liftin]

#give it to god #Instagram

[dearjewels22]

and He will.

#God is good #all the time #God can #God did #God's plan #be strong #His power #your weakness #weak #my weakness #god's love #trust in God #give it to God #trust in the Lord #peace #faith #faith over fear #walk by faith #no weapon formed against me shall prosper #the lord is my shepherd #savior #spirituality #spiritual journey #peace be still #faith as small as a mustard seed #mustard seed faith #pray about it #pray through it #quotes #life

[gentlemanbutch]

the way that no one wears a mask at my local LGBTQ clinic, and in fact comments on my mask like it's just this hilarious little idiosyncrasy that I still wear one and not because I'm immunocompromised and we're in the middle of a pandemic ... as if there isn't an airborne virus that literally fucks up your immune system ... as if we didn't lose a generation of queer people to another virus that fucks up your immune system ...

#i am tired of being tired and enraged but god i am so tired and enraged #white queer able bodied people try giving a shit for five seconds challenge #disability rights #disability #disabled #disability justice #chronically ill #covid #covid 19 #covid-19 #covid conscious #covid isn't over #chronic illness #immunocompromised #hiv #aids crisis #lgbtq #lgbt #queer rights

[pinkotter]

Is your life out of control? Why not put your life in the hands of the one who controls everything!!

#Gods control #Follow Jesus #give it to God

[greelin]

it’s so crazy that i grew up in a town with like 300 people and now i live in a city with over 66,000. anything can happen

#yet again i do not give a flying fuck if you don’t think 66k qualifies as A City bc where you live has more people. Not the point of this #and this is Not About You. not every post is for you #you do not have to be pretentious about this. Of all things. dear god

[walkswithmyfather]

God is well able to mend whatever is broken in your life. God created you, He can mend ANYTHING you ask Him to mend.

Friend, if there is anything in your life that is broken and you don't know how to fix it, lay all the broken pieces at the foot of the cross and leave them there. Your God is mighty, powerful, gentle and loving. He will mend whatever is hurting you.

God bless you. Amen. 🙏

#christian blog #god #belief in god #faith in god #encouragement #jesus #belief in jesus #faith in jesus #christian life #christians #christian quotes #christianblog #keep the faith #make him known #brokenhearted #prayer #god can mend #give it to god