God's Not Dead,

He's Surely Alive,
Living on the Inside
Roaring Like a Lion!!!

These words have been going in my head all day long! I love these words they remind me that my God is not a god of fear, He is like a LION!! Also, He is living on the inside of me!! Thank you Father!!!

Yesterday I received an e-mail that bothered me, and unfortunately even as I headed to bed last night it was still eating at me. Then this morning when I woke up I realized why that e-mail bothered me ... it was full of FEAR! The awful part is that I believe fear is contagious. I was explaining it to my children this morning, I used the example of one child being scared of the dark and telling another then before long both will be scared of the dark (I'm really hoping that example doesn't backfire on me tonight as they go to bed). I really believe that some of us are prone to give in to fear and when just the right words are said and the right buttons pushed we can easily fall right into the fear trap.

So I reject the lie that:

• I need to KNOW what will happen tomorrow


• I need to "take what I can get" because it is all up to me


• God is not going to provide for me and the adventures He has set me on


• God will give me tasks that are to hard for me

I embrace the truth that:

• I do not need to worry about tomorrow because today has enough trouble of its own, my job is to seek first the Kingdom, I am not to say what will happen tomorrow just obey today!


• If I am trusting and obeying I do not need to work out of any desperation mode ... EVER!!!!


• the good works that I am working on have been prepared in advance for me to do and HE is faithful to complete them


• He will supply all my needs and will give me what I need in and for every situation.

Praise you Father for your protection and provision! Thank you that you are in control! Thank you that I can live a confident and productive life NOT living in fear, because I have the power of Him who was raised from the dead IN ME!!

Just in case that song is in your head now too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghC3gqNQJPQ