I want to tell you, you’re not unknown or insignificant to God! Listen to what He says of you: “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands” Isaiah 49:15-16.
Matthew 8:16-17: “When evening came, many who were demon possessed were brought to Him, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: ‘He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.’”
What needs to go in your life? Chances are you know what it is! From countless examples detailed in the Bible (as well as personal experience!), here’s a tip worth heeding: To avoid a pruning, a shearing from God, eliminate it yourself!
If the Lord delights in guiding birds in their migrations, isn’t it reasonable to assume He wants to guide our lives? Sure — and yet I find a major source of stress common with Christians is reluctance when it comes to decision making and the will of God; doubts either that He is leading us or that His intentions for us are good.
Thousands of ancient manuscript copies of both Old and New Testament Scriptures exist today and when compared to our modern translations, they say the same thing! We can also completely reconstruct the New Testament (except for a few verses) from letters of correspondence, theology, etc. written by the early Church Fathers of the first several centuries of the early Church. In these letters they quote New Testament passages!