Our responsibility [is] to take our sin seriously. We’ll never cure condemnation by blowing off the internal warning signs when something in our hearts isn’t right. We’ll only give the accuser more ammunition.
Avoidance
Author Unknown
Today, I will face my problems, unwrap them and seek to understand their component parts by spreading them out before the Lord, thank Him in advance for what He’s going to do, follow orders for what I am to do, and stand by to watch His miracles.
Steven Furtick
We don’t get stronger in faith by avoiding our fears. What’s true about our physical bodies is also true about our spirits: the only way to get stronger is to work out. And we only overcome the paralysis of fear as we take our next step in faith. We initiate the conversation; we make the contribution; we show up for the meeting; we obey God in the small thing. And the momentum of each step pushes against the force field of fear, weakening its power to control us.
Randy Alcorn
It’s always easier to avoid temptation than to resist it.
Donna Ghazanfari
Sometimes the very thing you’re running from is the very thing God wants you to go back to so He can bless you. Coming to terms with why you’re running in the first place.
Katherine Walden
Yes, God wants to be our hiding place in times of trouble but he does not want us to use our relationship with him as an excuse to avoid confronting relational conflicts. Most heart issues with others are resolved only through brave communication, active listening, forgiving and restitution. It is never pleasing to God when we use our relationship with Him as a deflection or as an excuse to avoid those hard conversations that we must all face at one time or another in our lives.
David Wilkerson
Jesus didn’t save you so you could cruise to heaven in a luxury liner. He wants you to be useful in His kingdom! The moment you got saved, He enrolled you in His school – the school of suffering and affliction.
Max Lucado
When we least expect Jesus in our lives, he shows up. Sometimes, when we are actively trying to avoid anything that would remind us that our lives are not as they should be, we find Jesus waiting in the very place we have run to hide. Jesus never forces himself on us, but he does have an uncanny way of interrupting our thoughts and actions with truthful questions and challenging ideas.
Katherine Walden
Learning to truly spiritually rest and to trust is the key. Striving to figure out all the what-ifs of life never brings rest. Rest is not complacency, nor is it placing blinders over your eyes so you do not see the reality of your situation. Spiritual rest and trust in God bolster your courage and give your feet the strength and balance to remain steadfast when life’s circumstances blast against you like an endless wind. strength and balance to remain steadfast when life’s circumstances blast against you like an endless wind.