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Friday... It comes around again.


Friday... It comes around again.

With my reading Proverbs each month depending on the date I read, chapter 3 with its encouragements comes round on the third day of each month. And today is March 3 so I just read chapter 3 again. I do the same with Psalms but it take 5 months to read the 150 chapters. And I also read a chapter in the New Testament each day. I read Mark 4 today.

Look at this. Proverbs 3:25-26 (NLT) says, "You need not be afraid of sudden disaster or the destruction that comes upon the wicked, for the Lord is your security. He will keep your foot from being caught in a trap."

Now this is a new month of a different year and your situation is not the same. Each day is different but God and His Word is the same and you can depend on Him, that is if you have a relationship with Him.

Did you see what it said? It said, "You need not be afraid of sudden disaster or the destruction that comes upon the wicked." If you don't have a relationship with God then you should be afraid. You're living each day by yourself and you don't have the added fact that God is your security and you won't be caught in a trap. But so many who have a relationship with God still are afraid even though they don't need to be because they don't realize this is the truth or they forgot and need to be reminded.

Let's say your dad is rich but you don't realize it. But you live with the fear of waking up each morning with no food or that maybe you are going to be kicked out of your home with no place to live. You are afraid but you don't need to be. Your dad has it covered.

Now God your Father is rich and He is strong and He sees what is happen all around you so you don't need to be afraid. He is out ahead of you to keep you from falling into a trap.

Now that is one of the reasons why I spend time in God's Word everyday. That's why I share with you 6 days a week what the Holy Spirit shows me to share with you. And I am no different from you if you have a relationship with God. He wants to show you what He is like and what you need to not be afraid of happening to you. But you need to spend time with Him in His Word and with His Spirit to know all about Him or to be reminded of what He is like and will do in your life.

Verses 24-26 in The Amplified Bible says, "When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. Do not be afraid of sudden fear nor of the storm of the wicked when it comes [since you will be blameless]; for the Lord will be your confidence, firm and strong, and will keep your foot from being caught [in a trap]."

By the way this chapter also has two of my life verses. They are verses 5 & 6. Look them up. They might be what you need to know or be reminded of today. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

   



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