Comments on: Why You Should Keep Your Hopes Up

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 21:43:56 +0000

In reply to Aimee Imbeau. Yes, I guess we could classify staying focused as another spiritual discipline of sorts. :) Thanks, Aimee.

By: Aimee Imbeau

Aimee Imbeau — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 01:03:59 +0000

Thank you for your encouraging post, Lisa. Keeping our eyes focused on Jesus and not on our circumstance takes training and purposefulness, doesn’t it?
Thanks for linking up with Grace and Truth this week.

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 20:41:14 +0000

In reply to ~ linda. Yes to all you're saying, Linda! Even as I read your words again right now, I need to apply them to new situations and new reasons I conjure up to worry. The Lord IS enough and always will be; that is the truth I need to believe.

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 20:40:03 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth. Yes! A key word to me that you're speaking is "deliberately." My worries don't disappear by accident; it takes my willful turning to God's grace. Thanks so much for sharing, Elizabeth.

By: ~ linda

~ linda — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 16:19:11 +0000

God calls us not to be anxious yet I do, I do! Our hope lies in the Lord and NOTHING else and I want to remember that as I look at news, hear people argue, and all that I see and hear all around me. My heart needs to focus solely on Him, the One Who died and rose again for me! Thank you, thank you.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 14:09:34 +0000

Worrying about the future, retirement, finances and such, creeps up on me at times. I have to deliberately turn my mind to the truth of God’s steadfast faithfulness and provision in the past and realize that He will continue to be the same in the future.

By: Sarah Donegan

Sarah Donegan — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 20:17:54 +0000

It will be good.
Amen!

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 16:46:52 +0000

Lisa, I left a comment on the other site. I loved this encouragement. I’m thankful God is already there and working when I get to where I’m suppose to be. Thanks for sharing with Thankful Thursdays.

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:29:50 +0000

In reply to Michele Morin. Me, too, Michele! Hope can sometimes feel like a dangerous thing. But with God, even when he doesn't deliver like we expect things to look, we can trust that he's always faithful to be good.

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:28:53 +0000

In reply to Linda Stoll. I'm now singing "Good, Good Father" in my head. :) So thankful that it's true! Thanks, Linda.