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Challenge

17 Saturday Mar 2012

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Can I challenge you today? Try resting and trusting in the Lord who sees your tomorrow…we can become so full of fear, worry, stress, anxiety and confusion that it robs us of any peace today may offer. I know I know, I don’t know what you’re going through and just how hard it is but I do know I have been there and knowing what I know now that God WILL work it out, I would have taken a trip to the pool and relaxed a bit! I’m telling ya He really does have it all under control!!!

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Rooted

11 Sunday Mar 2012

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For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out its roots by the river; and it shall not see and fear when heat comes; but its leaf shall be green. It shall not be anxious and full of care in the year of drought, nor shall it cease yielding fruit.

Jeremiah 17:8

I love how we are referred to as a tree in this verse. Depending on the season trees can be barren, fruitless, colorless and through it all remain very much alive. Seasons come and go and then come right back around again and yet the roots are what really matter. Branches without leaves or fruit doesn’t mean that it is dead. When we walk a life of faith our road is not always the prettiest nor do we look very pretty either. When we trust and are rooted in faith we’ll always come back to a place of fullness, the place where all is well.  When we were staying in 8 different hotels when we got to Texas, I didn’t feel like I was a great example of not being anxious or fearing the heat and trust me in the middle of one of the hottest summers of Texas it was something to be feared! I wanted to look like this tree, be sure and confident and still bear fruit of my faith to my children, family and friends. I wanted to be a living example of walking by faith not by sight and truth be told the site was pretty dim. But through it all we came back around to a place of provision and absolute miracles. I have learned that we can be just like this tree, we can weather the storms of life and still be at peace, bearing fruit and above all full of faith. I encourage you to dig deep and take a look at your roots. Lets establish today that we will not be moved but firmly rooted in “Jesus, the Tree of Life!”

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