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Thebi ble say s"TrustintheLORD

wi t
hALLt hi
nehear t;andleannotunt o
thineownunder standing.InALLt hy
way sacknowl edgehi m, andheshall
directthypaths.Benotwi seinthine
owney es:feartheLORD, anddepart
from ev i
l
.ItshallbeHEALTHt othy
nav el
,andmar r
owt othybones.”
:
Whet
heri
tisanxi
ousnessf
rom
f
inanci
alt
roubl
e,f
ailedrelati
onshi
ps,or
f
earofsomenegativethinghappeningi
t
wouldal
lberemediedbyt rusti
ngi
nGod.

Al otoftimeswedonotbel i
eveGod
whenHet ell
sustodoornott odo
somet hing.Het el
lsustoeatri
ghtand
takecar eofourheal t
h,i
nst
eadmany
disregardt hei
rhealt
handdiseaseist
he
result.
:Het el
lsusnott of ornicat
e, andnotto
beunequal l
yy oked, i
nsteadmanyofus
havedisregardedt hisinstructi
onandas
aresulthavebr oughthear tacheand
str
essuponour selvest hatcomef rom
fai
ledrelat
ionships.
:Theinfi
del
i
tyinrelat
ionships,the
physi
calandverbalabuse,ourchildr
en
growingupinspli
thomesar eallt
he
resul
tofanungodlyrelat
ionship.

IfGodwer et
or emoveHispresence
fr
om thi
sworlditwouldbeadisaster,
andsoitiswit
hanyrelat
ionshi
pt hat
Godisnotin. ‍♀
:I
tistruefai
ththeputsourmindsat
ease.Trul
yhav i
ngfait
hinthepromises
ofGodandt rusti
ngthatHi
sinstruct
ions
areforourhappinessandsalv
ation.

Thi
stypeoffai
thcanonl
ybeobt
ained
byaconsi
stentst
udyofGod'
swordand
anappl
i
cat
ionofi
tinourev
ery
dayl
i
fe.

"Sothenf
ait
h[cometh]byheari
ng,
and
heari
ngbythewordofGod."(Rom.
10:17)
:Themor ewereadGod' swor
d,the
moretheplanofsalvat
ionandallt
hat
Godhasdone, i
sdoing,andwil
lconti
nue
todoforusbecomesr eal.Wemusteat
thespi
ri
tualbr
eadjustasmuchaswe
eatourphysi
calbr
ead.

Ifwewentev erydaywithouteati
ngwe
wouldeventuall
ydie.I
tisthesame
spi
ri
tual
l
yf orthosewhogowi t
houtt
he
wordofGod.Ev enifwestudyGod's
wor
d,notst
udy
ingi
tenoughcanal
sobe
apr
oblem.

:Ifal
l weatewasbr eakfastever
yday
wewoul dbephy sical
lyweak.Byt he
after
noonourst omachswoul dbe
hungryagain.Andsoi tiswithourspir
it
.
Ifall
wehav eisamor ni
ngdev ot
ion
everydayourspiri
tswill
gr owweak.By
theafter
noonourspi ri
twillr
equir
emor e
foodandi fi
tisnotfed,wegi ve
occasi
onf
ort
hef
lesh(
SELF)t
ori
se.

THREEDEVOTI
ONSADAYKEEP
ANXIETYAWAY.
:NeitherhaveIgonebackfrom the
commandmentofhi sl
ips;Ihave
esteemedt hewordsofhismout hmore
thanmynecessar y[
food]."(Job23:
12)
KJV.
:Ev
ening,andmor ni
ng,andatnoon,
wil
l
Ipr
ay ,
andcryaloud:andheshall
hear
myv oi
ce.
"(Ps.55:17)
:NowwhenDani el
knewt hatthewri
ti
ng
wassigned,hewenti nt
ohishouse;and
hiswi
ndowsbei ngopeni nhischamber
towar
dJer usal
em, hekneeleduponhis
kneesthreeti
mesaday ,
andpray
ed,and
gavethanksbeforehi
sGod,ashedi
d
afor
eti
me. "
(Dan.6:
10)
:Onceyou'
vedonethi
syouwi
l
lhav
e
el
iminat
edthecause.

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spointyoucandri
nkvaler
ianroot
teaorpassionfl
owerteatoassi
stin
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hener ves.
:
passi
onf
lowert
ea
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