What or whom do we trust? Exactly what is trust? Trust is having assurance to rely on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something. Trust is putting confidence in someone or something. It is having dependence on something future, hope.
Does our trust lay in the Lord God? Do we trust His character and ability? Do we trust Him to provide and take care of us? Do we trust Him that He has everything under control and knows what is best? Do we trust the Lord God to give us wisdom, strength, and his enabling ability? Do we trust His Word and promises? Do we always trust Him? Isaiah 26:3-4 (NKJV) “You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You Because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, For in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength” Trusting is often a struggle; the battle begins in our minds. When we are trusting the Lord, our mind will stay on Him.
We need to trust the Lord with everything and in everything in our daily lives, families, provision, money, health, safety, difficulties, challenges, and the list is endless. We know we trust Him because we will have inner peace.
Copyright @March 2024 Carol Wright/Oasis Worship Center
We all face life challenges and sometimes try to face them alone instead of going to the Lord. Is it because we doubt that He will help? When we try to handle the circumstances with our abilities, intellect, wisdom, and resources we usually create a bigger mess. Whatever obstacle we are in, God will be with us. When God is with us, He is for us, and who can be against us? Isaiah 43:2 (AMP) “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned or scorched, nor will the flame kindle upon you.” Things vary, so if we face challenges that seem to overflow or drown us, they can feel overwhelming, but the Lord is with us. If we face a fiery challenge, we might think it will consume us, but the presence of the Lord can preserve us.
In challenges, we do not have to panic or fear, and we need to trust the Lord's abilities, resources, protection, and promises. We do not have to feel burdened or anxious because we have the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit enables us and gives us strength, power, and wisdom. With the Holy Spirit’s help, we can make it through the challenges. So, when faced with challenges go to the Lord in prayer and ask the Holy Spirit for help. Trust the Lord.
Copyright @February 2024 Carol Wright/Oasis Worship Center
What should we do when facing situations, circumstances, or challenges? Many people find themselves feeling weary and drained. Why? Their focus and time are spent complaining and moaning about their situations, circumstances, or challenges. No one is exempt from situations, circumstances, or challenges in life. Complaining and whining are a waste of time and are not accomplishing anything.
As believers, the first thing we should do is take time and pray when faced with difficult situations. In prayer, we are putting our situations into the hands of God. Seek guidance from the Holy Spirit. In prayer, we can receive wisdom and clarity. It is in prayer that we will find peace amid challenges and circumstances. In prayer, we can receive strength from the Holy Spirit. By taking the time to pray we will see things change. Philippians 4:6-7 (AMP) “Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. And God’s peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” We can offer prayer with thanksgiving because we know He hears and cares about every situation. We can be thankful because we know He has all the resources needed to deal with our situations. So always pray first.
Copyright @February 2024 Carol Wright/Oasis Worship Center
Challenges always come in life; they suddenly arise. Challenges come whether we are male or female, a believer or not a believer, prosper or poor, young or old. What is a challenge? A challenge is a difficulty or something that tests us. Challenges often play on our emotions and thoughts. If we do not control our emotions and thoughts challenges will affect our behavior and speech. When we are being challenged, we might stress, be in a bad mood, or take it out on others.
As a believer, we have help in our challenges. We also seem to fret, forgetting the Lord is with us. Oftentimes, when challenges arise in our lives, we complain and moan about them. We wonder “Why me God?” Some people in challenges become stronger and better, others become weaker and wither. Each has challenges but it is how they respond. How do we prepare for challenges? We prepare mentally by being in the Word. Hebrews 4:15 (AMP) “Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it].”
When challenges come, we need to know we are strong enough to overcome them with the enabling of the Holy Spirit. The Lord knows what we are capable of with His empowerment. We need to rely on the Holy Spirit as we face challenges. He is here to help us with our thoughts, attitudes, behavior, and speech. Then, in addition, we need to remember something great is around the corner.
Copyright @February 2024 Carol Wright/Oasis Worship Center
We cannot focus on the past but must continually look forward, always growing in the things of God. Philippians 3:12-14 (NKJV) “Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” There is always more for us. We need to continue to grow and mature. A child is a human being in the physical things but is not developed in all areas and has not matured. Just as we are a child of the Lord God we are not yet mature in all the things of God. We have the Holy Spirit to continue to work in us daily so we will conform to Christ's image.
We need to continue to press forward to be all that the Lord wants and has for us. Often, we let things distract us from being all that God wants us to be. The devil likes to also whisper in our ears and tell us we cannot go forward. Looking at what is in the past keeps us from what God has for us in the future. The race is won in the present moment not the past. Each day we just keep pressing forward in our walk with the Lord.
Copyright @February 2024 Carol Wright/Oasis Worship Center
We can find ourselves in a mess by following our instincts and wisdom. The Lord promises to direct our path but how do we receive that direction? Proverbs 3: 5-6 (NKJV) “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.” Many believers say these verses are their favorite, but do they truly understand the meaning of them? Are they truly trusting the Lord and acknowledging Him?
We need to trust in the Lord with all our hearts, which means leaning on, relying on, and being confident in Him in every aspect of our lives. We need to trust Him daily in all the affairs of our life. Are we trusting Him when our car does not start in the morning that He will direct our path? Do we trust Him when our flight is delayed? Do we trust Him when an unexpected expense arises, for example, we need new tires for our car? Do we trust when we see the prices of everything rising? Are we trusting Him when someone causes hurt in our lives?
The Lord God is here to guide us by His Spirit as we acknowledge Him. It means we invite Him into our daily lives and decisions. We recognize the Lord has our best interest at heart, He has a plan, we recognize His wisdom, and know He has the resources we need.
For the Lord to direct our path, we need to acknowledge Him in all our ways, lean not to our understanding, and trust Him will all our hearts.
Copyright @January 2024 Carol Wright/Oasis Worship Center
Prayer is vital in our life, as a believer. It is not a matter if we should pray, but that we do pray. Jesus speaks in the Word of God, when you pray, indicating that prayer happens. Matthew 7:7-8 speaks of asking, seeking, and knocking. In those three words, we see a progression. We see intensity, passion, and persistence in prayer. We need to have desire and endurance in asking, seeking, and knocking. Seeking, asking, and knocking indicate a relationship with the Lord. In prayer we stay in contact with the Lord God, by the Holy Spirit we will know what He wants us to do and have the empowerment to do it.
When we ask something, it is simply making our request known. The Word states if we ask, we receive. We should ask with confidence, expecting to receive. When we seek, we search. In prayer we should search His Word, if we seek, we will find. When we think of seeking, think of a treasure hunt. You search for something, to find something.
Knock with perseverance, as the Word states keep on knocking. In all of this, we follow the Holy Spirit’s guidance, ask, seek, and knock. The promise is an answer as we diligently seek Him. The Lord God knows exactly what we need. Through asking, seeking, and knocking we trust the Lord God to receive, find, things be opened to us.
Copyright @January 2024 Carol Wright/Oasis Worship Center
To receive all that we need from the Word of God by the Holy Spirit, we first need to see. See means to direct our attention to something, pay attention, and be aware of it. We need to be aware of God’s Word and what it is saying to us by the Holy Spirit. We then to direct our attention to the Word of God and pay attention to what is being revealed.
We need to hear the Word of God. Hearing means we receive what it is saying and obey it. For instance, we do not neglect forgiving others, trusting God, or walking in love. We comply with God’s Word, in other words, we are doers of the Word. We live our lives daily according to the Word of God, we do not pick and choose as it suits us. We live according to the Word of God no matter the circumstances.
Next, we need to grasp hold of the Word and have an understanding by the Holy Spirit. Do not just give it lip service. We can never let our hearts become closed off. Matthew 7:24-25 (AMP) “So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts upon them [obeying them] will be like a sensible (prudent, practical, wise, man who built his house upon the rock. And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.” The rock is the revelation of the Word.
Copyright @January 2024 Carol Wright/Oasis Worship Center
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