Stay Encouraged!

Encourage: to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope

We are seeing trouble everywhere, All you have to do is read a newspaper, turn on the tv or scroll through social media. Within the first minute or two, you will be overwhelmed with news of all the things that are happening in the world. Friends, I'm here to tell you that it's enough to blow your mind! But more importantly, I’m here to remind you that no matter what it looks like, God has it all in control. God allowed these things to happen and He's the only one who can fix it. Our aim should always be to please Him in every facet of our life. As believers, it’s vital that we never give up on God and that we don't ever stop believing that He's right there in the midst of whatever’s going on. He's everywhere acting as our help, our sustainer, and our salvation - basically, He’s really everything that we need to survive.

The Word tells us, "So we do not look at what we can see right now, the troubles all around us, but we look forward to the joys in heaven which we have not yet seen, the troubles will soon be over, but the joys to come will last forever" (2 Corinthians 4:18, TLB). With that in mind, let’s continue to run on for the Lord. Like we talked about just a couple of weeks ago, He's coming like a thief in the night. We don't know the time or the day, but we do know that we must be ready.

Remember, my friends,our heavenly payday is coming after a while, so our aim should be to please the Lord always in everything we do and in everything that we say. After all, we serve an awesome God! A God that died for us, so that we could have everlasting life. Until that day, let’s commit to living in victory and not defeat; to living in prayer and not in worry; and to keep fighting the good fight and not giving up. My friends, keep living, keep loving, and keep looking forward to the joys in heaven!

With all that said, let the church say amen... and Amen!