COUNTERPUNCH!

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

ARE YOU SEEKING?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

^1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

Chaos.

Unrest.

Confusion.

What is around the corner? When is the next shoe going to fall? Is the next encounter just another disappointment?

Anxiety and trepidation got you on your heels?

I know some of you are experiencing these things.

Some of you are facing them right now as you spread the cream cheese on the bagel or pour the milk on your RICE KRISPIES you are thinking to yourself what “surprise”, what message of bad news, what unexpected punch to the gut is lurking outside the front door today?

My question is are you going to stand there and “take it” or would you rather counterpunch that chaos with some tactical truth?

Start with this little jab…

John 14:1
[ Jesus Comforts His Disciples ] “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God ; believe also in me.

John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not beafraid.

Anxiety taking a swing?

Duck and pound it backwards!

Philippians 4:6-7

6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus

Got worry attempting a sneak shot from the side? Give it the bob and weave, it’s got NOTHIN’

Matthew 6:25

New Life Version (NLV)

Jesus Teaches about Cares of Life

²⁵ “I tell you this: Do not worry about your life. Do not worry about what you are going to eat and drink. Do not worry about what you are going to wear. Is not life more important than food? Is not the body more important than clothes? ²⁶ Look at the birds in the sky. They do not plant seeds. They do not gather grain. They do not put grain into a building to keep. Yet your Father in heaven feeds them! Are you not more important than the birds? ²⁷ Which of you can make himself a little taller by worrying? ²⁸ Why should you worry about clothes? Think how the flowers grow. They do not work or make cloth. ²⁹ But I tell you that Solomon in all his greatness was not dressed as well as one of these flowers. ³⁰ God clothes the grass of the field. It lives today and is burned in the stove tomorrow. How much more will He give you clothes? You have so little faith! ³¹ Do not worry. Do not keep saying, ‘What will we eat?’or, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘What will we wear?’ ³²The people who do not know God are looking for all these things. Your Father in heaven knows you need all these things. ³³ First of all, look for the holy nation of God. Be right with Him. All these other things will be given to you also. ³⁴ Do not worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will have its own worries. The troubles we have in a day are enough for one day.

Uppercut of fear? Block and counterpunch it right in the mug!

2 Timothy 1:7

New Life Version (NLV)

⁷ For God did not give us a spirit of fear. He gave us a spirit of power and of love and of a good mind.

My friends the enemy can and will step into life’s ring with all the chaos, anxiety, worry and fear he can muster.

But you don’t have to stand there and take it!

You have been trained on the truth and in the face of TRUTH the enemy CAN’T stand!

So stand your ground and counterattack!

Get off your heels!

Beat the enemy at his own game. Thwart the lies with GOD’s all-powerful and all-sustaining truth. This truth is your haymaker and your knockout punch!

So let him have it!

John 8:32

32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

I love you all.

Freedom Church

Pastor GDelaney