When you feel desperate...

You're feeling desperate…because you're losing perspective-desperation is anchored in fear. Fear is from the enemy; he attacks your thoughts to create distortions & oppose God's truth. When this happens your perspective skews your view of the truth & your thoughts get distorted. Your perception is reality… what you perceive is what you believe. When this happens, you feel kind of crazy because you know God's Word, but you also feel so hopeless. You feel bad for feeling hopeless, because you say you should know…then guilt floods you. You're trapped inside your own head!!! The enemy has you right where he wants you-desperate, confused & guilty. A mind focused on emotions leads to death…a mind focused on the Spirit leads to life & peace. Where the Spirit of the Lord is-there is freedom. Don't settle-you feel it's impossible to turn your mind around & it is…but nothing is impossible for God! Apart from Him you can do nothing…but you can do all things when He strengthens you! He will strengthen you to His truth-His power is perfected in your weakness. Your feelings will change, your thoughts will get distorted & your hope will fail at times, but your Father God will never change, His Word is truth & most of all…He will never fail you! Let His truth set you free. Don't let desperation derail you-God will finish the good work He started in you until the day Jesus Christ returns. God's not a quitter & neither are you-He won't quit on you so don't quit on Him! (Rom 8:6, 2 Cor 3:17, Lk 1:37, Jn 15:5, 2 Cor 12:9, Phil 4:13, Jn 8:32, Phil 1:6) 11/24/13LMM/CIFL