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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN STRESSED? JUST THINK HOW STRESSED THE DISCIPLES MUST HAVE BEEN. THEY WATCHED JESUS BEING ARRESTED, BEATEN AND CRUCIFIED. ALL OF THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS WERE ROOTED IN HIM AND THEN HE WAS DEAD AND SEEMINGLY DEFEATED. NOW DO YOU THINK THEY WERE STRESSED?
THE CONFUSION, HURT AND PAIN FROM THAT ALONE WAS PROBABLY UNBEARABLE BUT THEN CAME THE THOUGHTS, AND THEY ALWAYS DO. "WE HAVE MADE SUCH SACRIFICES, LEAVING FAMILY AND BUSINESSES AND RISKING IT ALL ON THE BELIEF THAT JESUS WAS THE MESSIAH." "MIGHT IT ALL HAVE BEEN IN VAIN?" " HOW LONG WILL IT BE BEFORE THEY COME AND GET US?" YES, I THINK THEY WERE VERY STRESSED. DO YOU THINK THIS COMPARES TO YOUR STRESS?
WHY ALL THE STRESS? I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE WITH JESUS SOME THREE YEARS, THEY HADN'T REALLY LISTENED TO HIM. LOOK WHAT HE TOLD THEM THE NIGHT BEFORE HIS CRUCIFIXION. (JOHN 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.) HE KNEW WHAT THEY WOULD THINK AND ACT AND HE WAS TRYING TO COMFORT THEM.
WHEN CRISIS COMES, AND IT WILL, DO WHAT JESUS SAYS TO DO. DON'T DWELL ON THE BAD BUT LOOK TOWARD JESUS. HE IS YOUR ANSWER. HE HAS NOT BROUGHT YOU THIS FAR TO DROP YOU NOW. HE CAN TURN ANYTHING BAD INTO SOMETHING GOOD. IT IS BETTER IF YOU TALK TO HIM FIRST ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO AND ASK HIM ABOUT IT. HOWEVER, EVEN IF SOMETIMES WE DON'T, HE LOVES US AND WILL STILL TURN THINGS AROUND FOR US IF WE JUST LET HIM. TRUST HIM...HE LOVES US MORE THAN WE CAN EVER IMAGINE AND HE CAN TAKE ALL OUR STRESS AWAY.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL
