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I Feel My Help Coming On... Week of January 20, 2019

2 Chronicles 32:7-9aKing James Version (KJV)

7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
8 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. 
Dear Friends,
Have you ever felt like you were backed into a corner and there seemed to be no way out? Have you ever encountered an enemy so foreboding and manipulative that you lost courage? Have you ever been too tired to sleep or too hungry to eat?  The last question sounds contradictory perhaps, unless you have experienced it.  Let me be transparent: My answer is yes to all of the questions.
I am a Christian. That doesn't make me perfect.  You know that already.  I am a Christian.  This does not mean I am never afraid.  I am a child of the Most High God.  This means that no matter what, I have help to meet any challenge.  During those times when I have cried myself out, I have felt hot tears turn cool.  This is when: I feel my Help coming on.  I have prayed for relief when all doors were shut and  I have witnessed the Lord remove doors and tear down walls in my life.  That is when: I feel my Help coming on.
As I sit and type this post I feel a stirring in my Spirit.  The inaudible voice of the Holy Spirit is audible in my soul.  Keep on going daughter.  Don't stop.  Remember the text your cousin just sent: "Steph, Jesus loves you and always will."  
In this moment in this place, right now I feel my Help coming on. My Help is the Lord.  God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, The Holy Spirit, ALL my Help comes from the Lord.
Wait on God. He did not bring you this far to leave you.  By grace...with mercy...through faith, I feel my Help coming on.
God bless!
in Christ,
Sis. Stephanie

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