God Gave Us Each Other

 I've been a walking heartache, I've made a mess of me, The person that I've been lately, Ain't who I wanna be, But you stay here right beside me, Watch as the storm goes through And I need you, God gave me you for the ups and downs, God gave me you for the days of doubt, For when I think I've lost my way, There are no words here left to say, it's true, God gave me you.

I won't take it for granted, I won't waste another second, All I want is to give you, A life well lived, to say "thank you", I wanna live like there's no tomorrow, Love like I'm on borrowed time, It's good to be, it's good to be alive, I wanna live like there's no tomorrow, Love like I'm on borrowed time, It's good to be alive.

John 15 verse 12-14:  My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.

Matthew 18 verse 20:  For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”

Romans 15 verse 5-6: May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 John 4 verse 11:  Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Jeremiah 29 verse 11: For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you but to give you a hope and a future.

2 Corinthians 5 verse 17: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

In these scriptures we see how God gave us one another, so that we may help one another, that we may do life with one another, that we seek Him in times that can get rough, and that He also shows us that in the last few scriptures that we can be thankful to be living a good life while remembering that we can always do well to live the good life of Faith by also allowing ourselves to Surrender to Him, allowing ourselves to know that we are free, that we are in the body of Christ, and that we can give each other hope and encouragement to keep on doing well as a disciple for Christ.

In the time that we are feeling down, God picks us up. In the times when we feel too far gone, God reminds us that we are loved and that we are His Beloved.

No matter what we go through, God gave us one another and it's a great time to be alive in knowing that our stories which are our testimonies, are from over and that we can live our best life in knowing that we are made for so much more than this.

I want us to think about a time where we felt left out, or we had doubt that we would fit in.

You see, just like in the Dave Barnes song God Gave Me You, He's given us each other on those days of doubt, and He's given us hope to know we are never alone in this world that we are in.

I know that for me, growing up, fitting in and feeling left out, was very difficult. Although, when I came to the ministries I'm apart of, or when I met others like myself with Hydrocephalus or others who understood my story, that made me feel good because it gave me the opprotunity to be able to know I had found places like Christian Media Spotlight, Reds Room, and my twenties Hydrocephalus support group, where I could call it home. I'm grateful, yet thankful and blessed to know CMS and Reds Room exist, just as well as the support group I mentioned.

I think we should take the time to reflect that God isn't done using us in the way that He wants to use us. I think it would be great to reflect on how God is going to use all of us for so much more.

I also think that it's best to reflect on how God gives us the strength to carry on even when it's hard, but He gave us each other and that's another reason to be thankful that we are alive.

It is always my hope that as I do these studies, that God gives each one of us the encouragement that we need, to be a light and to be the person that God has called us to be in our Faith and Relationship with Him. 

I think, that no matter what we face now, that it should stop us, but strengthen us more to tell our testimony and to be the light, and to be who God called us to be while we own our Belovedness.

I truly hope that we can take away these things and apply them in our own walk, but also be able to have the courage to share our Faith and what God is doing in our life as we walk alongside Him.

Battle Belongs

 In times we face a battle. We face a battle together. I wanted to share something. I think we know that if we go through a storm, we can face it together and no we are not alone. I know that sometimes this storm we face can always be difficult but the most important thing to remember is that God is always with us.

I have faced many different things growing up to now, but one thing I don't do amongst all of that, is give up. I don't give up because I am a Warrior In Christ and A Warrior In Faith.

Every day, we seek God in the battles and we seek Him in the storms of life.

When we feel afraid, we go to Him and we go to Him in prayer because God is giving us the strength, the strength to keep on going and don't give up on the things that bring us joy to know we are His Child.

If we were to look at what we deal with versus what the Enemy tries to tell us, we would see that God will always fight for us, always stick up for us, always protect us and He will never ever let us go.

The Enemy will try to attack or even try to bring us down, but God fights harder to bring us back around.

What I mean with that, is He will leave the 99 to find us again and He helps us to know that even when we feel lonely, down and out, or feel like we don't have a friendship with someone, that He is our friend always and that He will always be by our side and that He will continue to help us in the midst of trouble.

In our troubles, He will always give us comfort and remind us that He is here for us, no matter what.

To be kind, 'Cause everyone you meet, Is fighting their own battle, Fighting their own battle, So, be kind, 'Cause everyone you see, Needs to know they matter, They need to know they matter (need to know they matter), So be kind, Kind.

When all I see is the battle, You see my victory, When all I see is the mountain, You see a mountain moved And as I walk through the shadow, Your love surrounds me, There's nothing to fear now for I am safe with You, So when I fight, I'll fight on my knees, With my hands lifted high, Oh God, the battle belongs to You And every fear I lay at Your feet, I'll sing through the night, Oh God, the battle belongs to You And if You are for me, who can be against me? Yeah, For Jesus, there's nothing impossible for You, When all I see are the ashes, You see the beauty, Thank You, God, When all I see is a cross, God, You see the empty tomb, So when I fight, I'll fight on my knees, With my hands lifted high, Oh, God, the battle belongs to You And every fear I lay at Your feet, I'll sing through the night, Oh God, the battle belongs to You, Almighty fortress, You go before us, Nothing can stand against the power of our God

You shine in the shadow, You win every battle, Nothing can stand against the power of our God, An almighty fortress, You go before us, Nothing can stand against the power of our God, You shine in the shadow, You win every battle, Nothing can stand against the power of our God.

In all of this we see that, no matter how many times we may fall, God always picks us back up. He always helps us because in the end, the battle always will and always has belonged to Him.

I say that, because each battle or storm we face, we give it to God and He fights for us all the time and so our battles, our health struggles, our storms, our trials, our fears, our anxieties, we know that the Battle is His and that He will fight for us, so that the Enemy can't knock us down or make us believe the Lies that the Enemy tries to put inside of our head to make us feel worried or caught up in Fear.

The Battle Is The Lord's, Take Courage In The Fight, The Weapons Of This War, Are praises lifted high, My confidence is sure, my God has gone before, I'll sing into the night, The Battle Is The Lord's.

1 Samuel 17 verse 47 says: All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”

2 Chronicles 20 verse 15 says: He said: “Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s.

Zechariah 4 verse 6 says:  So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.

Exodus 14 verse 14 says: The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

1 Timothy 6 verse 12 says: Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Psalm 91 verses 1-4 says: Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High, will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

David didn't need to Goliath's strength because he already knew God's.

Jesus is our living hope, and He wins every battle, every trial and storm. He wins every victory, for the battle is not ours but His, and He will win, when the Enemy tries to take away, steal and defeat us, so that we don't have joy.

God gives us joy, and God gives us the strength to fight with Him because He fights for us so much that we don't have to fight everything or anything alone.

Give it to God and God will give you an abundance of rest, and He will reassure you that you're never alone in the Eyes of Him because with Him all things are possible and nothing is impossible for Him, and with Him we can stand in Faith to know God is Love.

God will always be love and because of that, we know who will win every single victory.