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 today's topic is confidence and knowing god is enough will return with the devotional after a brief message from one of our sponsors
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 confidence and knowing god is Enough by Aaron the Anthony Brown Red by Lea Arthur
 consider the birds of the sky they don't sow or reap or gather into barns that your heavenly father feeds them aren't you worth more than they Matthew 6:26 what do people mean by God is enough
 there's one phrase that used to Boggle my mind even annoy me God is enough it was incredibly frustrating to hear during doubts of loneliness when I not only prayed but strive to change my life into what I wanted somehow or another I ended up short and yet I kept hearing that phrase God is enough
 when I consider it those blows Seasons the Apostle Paul comes to mind a man who at one point lived with what he called a thorn in the flesh
 much like any sensible person he tried to rid himself of the storm through prayer presumably The Thorn was too great a task for his own efforts
 best he Enlisted the help of God but God didn't answer Paul's Prayer by doing what he asked he said the Lord indicated something else
 concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it would be with me but he said to me my grace is sufficient for you for my power is perfected and weakness 2nd Corinthians 12:8 through 9
 Paul learned God Is Enough what is your Thorn In the Flesh or what have you lacked during the low Seasons some of us lived through periods of wanting more even believing that we need more finances relationships children what helps us get from one end of the hardship to the other is remembering that God is enough
 no matter how tired we may feel about hearing that statement we are being told the truth that is enough enough for what you ask God is enough for us to be content here's how we can find confidence and knowing god is in them
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 despite the admonitions from others despite the Sunday sermons and despite our own scripture readings we vacillate between trusting God and not trust in God we sometimes believe God is enough and sometimes wonder
 have confidence we must build and reminders for ourselves preparing for those days when we will forget and further strengthening ourselves when we know there are some steps you can take today to build your remembrance
 memorize scripture
 while we may take time to read scripture reading is not the same action as memorizing anyone can take a cursory glance at the text even carry on a conversation about what they read memorizing requires more effort memorization also provides us the benefit of building our confidence
 how do we know we can trust God well we can recall speaking instances in the Bible speaking this very true if you're in the season a struggling with money being able to recite those verses to yourself will uplift your spirit the same applies to loneliness and other areas of struggle
 record God's blessings
 the Elation of being delivered from one adversity can sometimes Fall by the wayside when we are brought into another trial and subsequently forget how God just blessed us once the Lucian is to keep a record of God's blessings through a journal or some other form of writing
 jot down what your heart longs for then later once the prayer has been answered right when and how God came through refer to your manuscript as needed or even better refer to your writings out of habit to keep your mind and heart of lifted encourage others
 one way to maximize our suffering is to shift our focus is solely ourselves our problems gain stature when all we do is focus on them and just the opposite way turning our Focus to others helps to minimize our suffering this is why people who are struggling are encouraged to volunteer or find someone to serve doing so not only raises our spirits but serves as a reminder to the other person and us as to how God provides this is especially felt when we encourage other people through scripture reminding them of God's word is a reminder to ourselves to
 keep reading the Bible
 during one long and dreary season of life I read through the book of Jobe later in life when another season hit I figured there was no point in reading that book again because it wouldn't make a difference
 even if you have already read a certain first passage or book made reading a habit then keep the Habit alive when life is good and when life is bad
 reading offers the reminders we need and the ones we didn't know we need when life gets tough God is enough and scripture confirms this there were characters in scripture people like Jobe encountered a number of terrible circumstances God sustains them they were not immediately delivered but eventually they came out okay
 and he can sustain us to we need to be confident in knowing that God is enough
 for further reading and listening yet Praise by Marvin Winans and the perfected praise choir stand and face by Danny Gokey
 Hebrews 13:5
 Matthew 6:25 through 34
 1st Peter 1:3 through 9 the back x 3 17 through 18 Philippians 4:11 through 13 and 2nd Corinthians 12 verses 6 through 10
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