GROWING PAINS HURT, BUT ARE NECESSARY FOR OUR MATURITY.

AS WITH CHILDREN, GROWING PAINS MAY HURT US FOR A SEASON, BUT GOD WILL STRENGTHEN US AND  MATURE US THROUGH THEM.


LIKE STRETCHING OUR MUSCLES.  THEY HURT AT FIRST, BUT SOON THE PAIN IS GONE AND THE MUSCLES ARE STRONGER.

PSALM 27:1-2

THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION; WHOM SHALL I FEAR?  THE LORD IS THE STRENGTH OF MY LIFE; OF WHOM SHALL I BE AFRAID?

WHEN THE WICKED CAME AGAINST ME TO EAT UP MY FLESH, MY ENEMIES AND FOES, THEY STUMBLED AND FELL.


GOD WILL MAKE US STRONG AND  RESISTANT TO THE ENEMIES DARTS.  

THE ENEMY WILL DO EVERYTHING HE CAN TO THROW US OFF TRACK, TO STUNT OUR GROWTH.

HE WILL COME AS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT, LOOKING LIKE ONE OF US, YET HE HAS EVIL IN HIS HEART.

 HE IS WAITING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH US OFF BALANCE.

HE LISTENS TO OUR WORDS, TO FIND AN ENTRANCE INTO OUR LIFE. 

DOES HE HEAR DOUBT, ANGER, FEAR, UNBELIEF, GOSSIP, BEING SPOKEN?

BUT, THE ANGELS OF THE LORD WILL GO BEFORE US, AND WILL PROTECT US AS WE ARE IN THE GROWING PROCESS, OF WHICH WE WILL BE IN UNTIL JESUS COMES.

PSALMS 103:20

BLESS THE LORD, YOU HIS ANGELS, WHO EXCEL IN STRENGTH, WHO DO HIS WORD, HEEDING THE VOICE OF HIS WORD.


BELOVED, GOD'S WORD HAS A VOICE THAT IS HEARD BY THE ANGELS, THEY WILL MOVE ON YOUR BEHALF AS SOON AS THEY HEAR GOD'S WORD FROM YOUR LIPS.


I KNOW I HAVE SHARED THIS BEFORE, BUT IT BEARS REPEATING.  

WHEN JESUS WANTED TO MAKE A POINT TO HIS DISCIPLES, HE REPEATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN THE SAME MESSAGE.


BELOVED, WE ARE A BLESSED PEOPLE AND IT IS TIME TO GROW UP IN THE LORD.

NO MORE MURMURING AND COMPLAINING, NO MORE WHAT IFS, TRUST GOD THAT HE KNOWS BEST.

LET HIM STRETCH YOU A LITTLE FURTHER OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE. 

YES IT MAY BE UNPLEASANT FOR A WHILE, BUT IN THE END YOU WILL BE SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE GROWN IN THE LORD, AND ARE SEEING THINGS NOW, MORE FROM GOD'S PERSPECTIVE.

IT IS NOT ABOUT US, IT IS ABOUT BEING MADE IN THE IMAGE OF JESUS. SELFISHNESS  HAS TO GO!

1 PETER 1:6-7 

IN THIS YOU GREATLY REJOICE, THOUGH NOW FOR A LITTLE WHILE, IF NEED BE, YOU HAVE BEEN GRIEVED BY VARIOUS TRIALS, THAT THE GENUINENESS OF YOUR FAITH, BEING MUCH MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD THAT PERISHES, THOUGH IT IS TESTED BY FIRE, MAY BE FOUND TO PRAISE, HONOR, AND GLORY AT THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST.

BELOVED, THINK ABOUT THIS SCRIPTURE THE NEXT TIME YOU ENDURE A TRIAL OF TESTING.

THE GENUINENESS OF YOUR FAITH IS WHAT IS ON TRIAL. 

DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT GOD'S WORD IS YOUR LIFE MANUEL. THAT IT IS ALIVE?

PRAISE GOD, FOR IT IS HE WHO IS WORKING IN YOU AND ON YOU, TO REMOVE THE DROSS THAT IS BLOCKING SOME OF THE LIGHT.


WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES THE WORK IN YOU, YOU WILL SHINE BRIGHTER THAN EVER BEFORE, BECAUSE YOU ARE MATURING.

YOU HAVE GROWN  AND EXPANDED MORE, TO RECEIVE MORE LIGHT.

2 PETER 3:18

BUT GROW IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.  TO HIM BE THE GLORY BOTH NOW AND FOREVER.  AMEN.


2 CORINTHIANS 3:18

BUT WE ALL WITH UNVEILED FACE, BEHOLDING AS IN A MIRROR THE GLORY OF THE LORD, ARE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE SAME IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY, JUST AS BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD.

BELOVED, ENJOY YOUR TIME OF MATURING, AND PRAISE GOD THROUGH IT. 

YOU ARE BEING MADE MORE LIKE JESUS, IF YOUR FAITH IS GENUINE, REAL AND SINCERE.


HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY IN JESUS, REMEMBER GOD LOVES YOU.

GOD BLESS YOUR DAY

JESUS LOVES YOU

LOVE IN JESUS

JOY

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Anonymous said…
I was just sharing about moving through “being uncomfortable “ because the other side of that is seeing God’s glory! Amen!
~Shelsea
October 12, 2020 at 7:39 AM
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