Category Archives: Daily Life

Overcoming Fears

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In the wake of America’s new administration—a new President with new policies—many people are afraid. Some are afraid of being deported. Some are afraid of being jailed. Many are afraid of the new President’s extremism: on immigration, on his supposed anti-environment beliefs, and his anti-woke beliefs, on all his Bidden reversals, and on what he will do to our country, The outgoing President is so afraid, that he has preemptively pardoned his entire family and many of his loyal supporters, like Mark Milley, Anthony Fauci, and Liz Cheney.

While I was asking myself how anyone can overcome fears, I came across a number of Scripture verses that will give us a clear answer.

Scriptures That Will Help Us Overcome Fear

In the following five verses we will find that the reason we fear is because we lack something; we lack a relationship with God—a relationship that will give us a lasting peace with God, a trust in Him, a saving faith, a loving Heavenly Father, and an enduring love from God. Let’s look at these verses.

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

We need not be afraid of anything in this world if we have the peace that God gives us.

Psalm 56:11

In God I have put my trust;

I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

If you put your trust in God you need not be afraid of anything.

Psalm 27:1

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?

If you will give your heart to Him to save you, you need not be afraid of anything. He will be your strength.

Romans 8:14-15

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”

If you will give your life to Him, if you will trust Him to save you (if you will ask Him to forgive your sins and cleanse you and give you a new life), you will be His adopted child and will no longer have that spirit of fear in you. He will be your Father in which you can cry out to Him whenever you fear anything or have any needs.

1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear.

If you are saved and are one of His children, you will abide in His love and will have no fear.

In Heaven God Will Always Be With Us

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Yes, and we will be living in His house with Christ and the saints forever.

 In Revelation 21:2-3, John wrote,

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them,

This, I think, is the greatest difference on the positive side. Yes, we will have no more evil and sin and pain to deal with, but we will have a marvelous and beautiful home, and wonderful fellowship eternally with the Father and the Son and all the saints.

This future heavenly blessing of dwelling with God is a fulfilment of a promise made to Israel based upon their obedience. In Leviticus 26:11-12 God said to them,

‘Moreover, I will make My dwelling among you, and My soul will not reject you. 12 ‘I will also walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.

Though this promise was originally made exclusively for the Jews, now all non-Jews can reap their spiritual blessings through faith in Jesus Christ, who is of the seed of Abraham and of David.Yes, all who have received entrance into heaven by faith in Jesus Christ will have the pleasure of God’s constant presence. In fact, we will be living in God’s house—His tabernacle. I can think of two passages that refer to this. In John 14:1-2 it says,

Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.  2 “In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

Then also in 1Thessalonians 4:17, speaking of the rapture of the church, Paul writes,

Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord (bold for emphasis).

A Foggy Day — The Kindness of God

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It’s a very foggy day. God is being kind, giving the Dem’s a place to hide. It will take a while for them to face up to the MAGA victory. But soon, hopefully, they will see some great economic results. This next few years may be the last stretch of grace this country has before all hell breaks loose. We must pray that many will see His kindness and receive Him before it’s too late. May the kindness of God lead us to repentance (Romans 2:4).

Latest Update

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I had an early breakfast this morning—and now I’m wondering what to do. Ah, retirement! The mornings are late because of the slow rising of the sun, but today I got up early anyway. I’ve been reading Confronting the Presidents, by Bill O’Reilly. He has given the readers a personal side of the presidents. Anyway, it’s very interesting. I always knew Woodrow Wilson was a racist, but now I understand why. His father was a racist and also a minister. With that combination evil will triumph. Racism was supported by righteousness; but a deceptive righteousness! And President Wilson paid for it by many family and personal tragedies. Sin will be punished!

With so many of our Presidents being unchristian, it is a wonder that our country has lasted this long. But I pray for a turnaround soon—if Jesus doesn’t come before that.

I will read my Jews for a Jesus newsletter. It’s a great ministry!

Every Believer Has A New Life In Christ

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So far, in previous posts, we have seen that we have the assurance of a heavenly inheritance; and we live now in the kingdom of God, which mysteriously is in us; Christ rules and reigns in our heart. And because we are born again spiritually we have a new life in Christ.

In 2 Corinthians 5:17 Paul writes, “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.”

I would like to take some time now to break this verse down. What does it mean that we as Christians are new creatures? I think it just means that we, being born again spiritually, are a new creation of God. Or we could say that we are regenerated—which means to give new life to. Here are a few verses that may shed some light on this.

In John 3:3 Jesus said to Nicodemus, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Yes, when we are born again it is only then that we can see and understand anything of God. By our new spiritual birth, we have a new understanding and a spiritual sight.

In Ephesians 2:1-5 Paul writes that we were dead to God in our sinful nature; we lived in sin. But God made us alive together with Christ. He gave us a new life.

In Titus 3:5 it says that we were saved by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit made us New creatures.

In 1 John 2:29 and 3:9 it tells us that all who practice righteousness are born of God; and all who practice sin are not born of God. Hence those who are born again and have a new regenerated life will love to do what is right; but those who do not have this new life in Christ are more prone to sin and follow their sinful nature.

The result of having this new self is that the old things of our past life are passed away—gone, and new thing have come. Now we still sin, but sin does not dominate or control us anymore. Our new nature is more dominate. We no longer live just for ourselves; we live for eternity and to please God. And we now have a spiritual mind—the mind of Christ. Let’s take some time now to list a few more things of our old life that are passed away.

  • Worldly values
  • Priorities that are worldly and selfish
  • Plans and ideas that are self-centered
  • Material thing that promote my popularity

And here are some things that have become new.

  • Values that are according to God’s word
  • Priorities that put God and others first
  • Belief that are in line with biblical truth
  • Plans and ideas that are according to what I think God would approve of
  • According to 2 Corinthians 5:18-20, I now have a new ministry of reconciliation and of proclaiming the gospel to others. I am now an ambassador for Christ.

Freedom in Jesus or Freedom to Sin

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When some politicians talk of freedom

Freedom to control their own bodies

That is, freedom to get an abortion

Or freedom to have a sex change

Or freedom to protest by

burning down buildings

Is that really the freedom

that our founding fathers spoke of

And that God grants us in Jesus?

No!

True freedom is a freedom to

Believe in God and to

Worship Him as He desires us to

And as we really desire to.

This is real freedom because

It frees us from the chains of sin and bondage

A freedom Jesus paid for with His own blood.

But the freedom of our rights that

So many are speaking of today to abort babies

and to have sex changes

is really a freedom to sin.

But that kind of freedom is no freedom at all

Is it?

It is a false freedom

It is a freedom that brings us more and

More into slavery and bondage.