BUILDING UP AND NOT TEARING DOWN.

” WHEN TROUBLE COMES YOUR WAY, CONSIDER IT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GREAT JOY. FOR YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOUR FAITH IS TESTED, YOUR ENDURANCE HAS A CHANCE TO GROW.” JAMES 1: 2-3

When trouble comes knocking on your door, don’t accept it for what it looks like or what it is trying to do to you. Instead, be joyful and look at your trouble as an opportunity to grow in the Lord. Instead of fearing, stare the trouble right in the face and recognize that it is only a small obstacle on your way to a stronger relationship with your Lord God in heaven. Take your focus away from the obstacle and put it on Jesus, with the understanding that your patience and endurance will grow through defeating that trouble. Our minds can become very destructive to us. We can turn a small fire into a raging fire instantly. When we do, we can be on the verge of destroying relationships and lives. Let us recognize problems for what they are, mere building blocks for a stronger relationship with Jesus. We are overcomers through Christ Jesus who gives us the strength we need everyday. PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!