GCR Women

For me, knowing something often comes with doubts. I know I  turned off the lights before I left home. At least I think I did.  I know  I locked the doors and closed the garage door before going to bed. Didn’t I? I second guess myself about a lot of things and with good reason. I’ve come home from a weekend trip to Lubbock to find the garage door up. I’ve left the water running and the lights on when I was sure I’d turned them off.  But when it comes to my salvation, do I second guess God?    He tells me in His word that I’m His, that my salvation is secure. So why do I feel insecure?    Do I not trust God’s word?    Do I not believe that Jesus’s sacrifice was enough? Why do I feel so guilty when I’m free in Christ? My old enemy keeps bringing up my past and all my sins. He whispers that I’m too worldly to be like Christ, that I could never really be forgiven. And I listen.    Why would I believe and agree with that liar, when ...

I feel like I’m being bombarded constantly by all manor of voices. Some angry. Some kind. Some full of wisdom. Some full of lies. Some so convoluted that I’m not sure if I’m hearing truth or lies.  How can I filter these words, hang on to the truth and not be fooled or deluded by the lies and protect my mind?  If I try to lean on my own understanding, I find myself swaying first to one voice, then to the next.  The lines between good and evil start to blur some around the edges.  I’ll talk myself into believing almost anything. Everything I let in my ears and then into my mind and my heart affects me. How do I keep the evil one’s voice from changing me more into his likeness when what I want is to be transformed into the likeness of Christ?  Whose voice is louder?  Whose voice do I hear?  Whose voice do I follow?  Paul tells us to put on the helmet of salvation, to wear the salvation we have in Jesus Christ to keep my mind and heart securely fixed...