Oh, Lord, my Lord! How excellent is your care for me. When I think that all is lost and I am lost, You find me. When I feel discouraged, You come to me and bring me Life, Your life.
I am nothing but You are everything
I look at myself and see nothing. I am not a good wife because I have no strength to work through my daily pain to clean my house so my husband works full time and tries to cleans it. I am not a good mother because I depend on my adult children to call me, not me calling them. My anxiety makes it so difficult to reach out to them. They love me but they do not like me, they do not understand me since I broke like humpty dumpty… I am not a good friend to anyone except You, oh Lord, and my husband. And that is only because you both reach out to me in Loving assurance that you want to be with me. I work hard to reach out to others to tell them how wonderful YOU are, but I am weak physically and mentally. I have this awful anxiety stuff and I don’t know how to kill it; get rid of it; embrace it (one person said that was the way but I feel that there is more than that). I only know that in You, I receive my daily light. I receive the strength and courage to go on one more day. Yes, I am nothing but my father, You, in heaven ARE Everything and You love me so, so much.
Liberate me fully to be Your Child and Jesus' Friend
Oh Lord, my God help me to know how to be your Child and Christ’s friend. Neil T. Anderson’s Book “Victory over the Darkness: Realizing the Power of Your Identity in Christ” ISBN: 0-8307-2574-4 Chapter 1 said that I am not who I think I am but I am who God says I am.
Father, YOU say that I am your child (John 1:11-13 (Message Bible): He came to His own people, but they didn’t want Him. But whoever did want Him [Encourage2Mil adds: Jesus I do want You], who believed He was who He claimed and would do what He said, He made to be their true selves, their child-of-God selves. Those are the God-begotten; not blood –begotten; not flesh-begotten; and not sex-begotten.
You say that I am Christ’s Friend John 15: 4-17 (Message Bible): “Live in me [
Encourage2Mil adds: Live in God]. Make your home in me just as I do in you [Dona adds: oh Father, come into my heart and make your home better than ever before]. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can’t bear fruit unless you are joined with me. I am the vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic (ed note: derived from a living organism), the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing. Anyone who separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. [
Encourage2Mil adds: Oh Father, I know I have deadwood on me but just cut it off and through it into the fire or make it come alive again. Just don’t through me into the fire because I want You with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength…].
If you make yourself at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon. This is how my Father shows who He is – when you produce grapes, when you mature as my disciples. [Encourage2Mil adds: Father, God, show me who You are!] I [Dona adds: Jesus has] loved you the way my Father has loved me. Make yourselves at home in my love. If you keep my commands, you’ll remain intimately at home in my love. That’s what I’ve done – Kept my Father’s commands and made myself at home in His love. [Encourage2Mil adds: I do not FEEL loved but the Bible says to make myself at home in God’s love. Oh Father, teach me to be at home in Your love!] I’ve told you these things for a purpose: That my joy might be your joy and your joy wholly mature. This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. [Encourage2Mil: Father, I am through you trying to be a good friend to the people that are my Friends on the Daily Strength website and I try to reach out and give your love to them. Father, help me put my life on the line for these acquaintances that are becoming friends]You are my friends when you do the things I command you. I’m no longer calling you servants because servants don’t understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I’ve named you friends because I’ve let you in on everything I’ve heard from the Father. You didn’t choose me, remember, I chose you [Encourage2Mil adds: Thank YOU for choosing me, that makes me feel very special] and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, He gives you. But remember the root command: Love one another.
In Jesus name I pray, Encourage2Mil (Encourage 2 million people that God loves them)
I am nothing but You are everything
I look at myself and see nothing. I am not a good wife because I have no strength to work through my daily pain to clean my house so my husband works full time and tries to cleans it. I am not a good mother because I depend on my adult children to call me, not me calling them. My anxiety makes it so difficult to reach out to them. They love me but they do not like me, they do not understand me since I broke like humpty dumpty… I am not a good friend to anyone except You, oh Lord, and my husband. And that is only because you both reach out to me in Loving assurance that you want to be with me. I work hard to reach out to others to tell them how wonderful YOU are, but I am weak physically and mentally. I have this awful anxiety stuff and I don’t know how to kill it; get rid of it; embrace it (one person said that was the way but I feel that there is more than that). I only know that in You, I receive my daily light. I receive the strength and courage to go on one more day. Yes, I am nothing but my father, You, in heaven ARE Everything and You love me so, so much.
Liberate me fully to be Your Child and Jesus' Friend
Oh Lord, my God help me to know how to be your Child and Christ’s friend. Neil T. Anderson’s Book “Victory over the Darkness: Realizing the Power of Your Identity in Christ” ISBN: 0-8307-2574-4 Chapter 1 said that I am not who I think I am but I am who God says I am.
Father, YOU say that I am your child (John 1:11-13 (Message Bible): He came to His own people, but they didn’t want Him. But whoever did want Him [Encourage2Mil adds: Jesus I do want You], who believed He was who He claimed and would do what He said, He made to be their true selves, their child-of-God selves. Those are the God-begotten; not blood –begotten; not flesh-begotten; and not sex-begotten.
You say that I am Christ’s Friend John 15: 4-17 (Message Bible): “Live in me [
Encourage2Mil adds: Live in God]. Make your home in me just as I do in you [Dona adds: oh Father, come into my heart and make your home better than ever before]. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can’t bear fruit unless you are joined with me. I am the vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic (ed note: derived from a living organism), the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing. Anyone who separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. [
Encourage2Mil adds: Oh Father, I know I have deadwood on me but just cut it off and through it into the fire or make it come alive again. Just don’t through me into the fire because I want You with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength…].
If you make yourself at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon. This is how my Father shows who He is – when you produce grapes, when you mature as my disciples. [Encourage2Mil adds: Father, God, show me who You are!] I [Dona adds: Jesus has] loved you the way my Father has loved me. Make yourselves at home in my love. If you keep my commands, you’ll remain intimately at home in my love. That’s what I’ve done – Kept my Father’s commands and made myself at home in His love. [Encourage2Mil adds: I do not FEEL loved but the Bible says to make myself at home in God’s love. Oh Father, teach me to be at home in Your love!] I’ve told you these things for a purpose: That my joy might be your joy and your joy wholly mature. This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. [Encourage2Mil: Father, I am through you trying to be a good friend to the people that are my Friends on the Daily Strength website and I try to reach out and give your love to them. Father, help me put my life on the line for these acquaintances that are becoming friends]You are my friends when you do the things I command you. I’m no longer calling you servants because servants don’t understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I’ve named you friends because I’ve let you in on everything I’ve heard from the Father. You didn’t choose me, remember, I chose you [Encourage2Mil adds: Thank YOU for choosing me, that makes me feel very special] and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, He gives you. But remember the root command: Love one another.
In Jesus name I pray, Encourage2Mil (Encourage 2 million people that God loves them)
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Hi Encourage2Mill,
I like your journal. I especially found the part about embracing anxiety interesting. I have anxiety also. And like you, I don\'t want to embrace it. To me, that is giving it love and power. I don\'t want it having that much power over my life, and I definitely don\'t love having it. I believe in having the strength to triumph over mine. The Word tells us that we are overcomers. Whenever I feel anxiety coming on, I search for a thought or a prayer to try and overcome this spirit. It is quite a challenge at times, but I can\'t allow it to win. If I give in to it, it will imprison me forever. I love the scripture that says \"Be anxious for nothing.\" I know I\'m not writing the credits down, but I do try to understand, learn, and carry God\'s Word in my heart. I believe He\'s pleased with this. As a child, I attended church. By the time I was fifteen, I became a backslider. Eventually, I started attending again and began to really love and learn God\'s Word. I\'m still a baby Christian, but each day I\'m grower stronger and stronger in the Word. Enjoy your day, Hugs, flowers911
I really understand about the housework. Mine is really hard to keep up with too. My daughter tries to help when she gets home from school. My husband helps with the laundry most of the time. Living with pain is not an easy life. But we will over come it with the help of God and our family.
Bless you,
Angel