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Thursday... This is so important, it really is!


Thursday... This is so important, it really is!

I don't know where you are in your life today and if you have found this to be true but it really is important to know. Proverbs 14:26 (AMP) says, "In the [reverent] fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, and his children will [always] have a place of refuge."


How is your confidence today? 

Verse 24 says, "The crown of the wise is their wealth [of wisdom], but the foolish of [closed-minded] fools is [nothing but] folly."

Over in Luke 22, Jesus was with his disciples having a very meaningful time and he was sharing with them what was about to happen and in the midst of this time that is called the Last Supper they began arguing among themselves about who would be the greatest among them. 

Even we as Christ-followers can get messed up in what is important. 

Verses 39-40 (NLT) says, "Then, accompanied by the disciples, Jesus left the upstairs room and went as usual to the Mount of Olives. There he told them, 'Pray that you will not give in to temptation.'" But their humanness took over and they went to sleep. And after a time of sleeping and Jesus in deep prayer, connecting with His Father, soldiers came and arrested Jesus and the disciples ran.

Yes, we are humane and yes we can have confidence but it is so important to know that "In the [reverent] fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, and his children will [always] have a place of refuge." and "The crown of the wise is their wealth [of wisdom], but the foolish of [closed-minded] fools is [nothing but] folly."

In whatever you are going through make sure you are connecting with God. He will give you guidance, he will give you wisdom and in that there "is strong confidence." We are not alone. Again, "Pray that you will not give in to temptation." It can be so easy in difficult situations to give in to the temptation to give up, to run, to live without hope. 

Again, this is so important, "In the [reverent] fear of the Lord there is strong confidence." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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