Be not afraid

Be not afraid!
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Psalm 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?


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John Wesley once said that he wanted just a few men who feared nothing
but sin and loved nothing but God. Yesterday's verse was for a day of
fearing sin and "getting right with God" as our Fundamentalist friends
might say. Today's verse is to show us the other side of the coin:
namely, if God is for us, who can be against us? If we really and truly
believe that God is watching over us and is guarding us, then nothing,
not even death, is ultimately going to be a problem for us. That does
not mean that Christians can expect a pain-free life. We are assured
that both pain and death are part of the Christian life, as they were a
part of Christ's life. But these things cannot conquer us, just as they
could not conquer Jesus. Pain only makes us sharers in his suffering
and co-laborers for his people. Death only ushers us into heaven where
death has no more power. So dwell in God's stronghold today and, as
the Holy Father says, "Be not afraid."

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Just a Word of Encouragement
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