Jameschristober's Gospel

  I AM WITH YOU , watching over you constantly. I am Immanuel (God is with you) ; My Presence enfolds you in radiant Love. Nothing, including the brightest blessing and the darkest trials, can separate you from Me. Some of My children find Me more readily during dark times, when difficulties force them to depend on Me. Others feel closer to Me when their lives are filled with good things. They respond with thanksgiving and praise, thus opening wide the door to My Presence.       I know precisely what you need to draw nearer to Me. Go through each day looking for what I have prepared for you. Accept every event as My hand-tailored provision for your needs. When you view your life this way, the most reasonable response is to be thankful. Do not reject any of My gifts; find Me in every situation. MATTHEW 1:23; PSALMS 34:5; COLOSSIANS 2:6-7 Photo by - @r. joli_vna  Content by - Sarah Young

AS YOU SIT QUITELY in My Presence , remember that I am a God of abundance. I will never run out of resources; My capacity to bless you is unlimited. You live in a world of supply and demand, where necessary things are often scarce. Even if you personally have enough, you see poverty in the world around you. It is impossible for you to comprehend the lavishness of My provisions; the fullness of My glorious riches.         Through spending time in My Presence, you gain glimpses of My overflowing vastness. These glimpses are tiny foretaste of what you will experience eternally in heaven. Even now you have access to as much of Me as you have faith to receive. Rejoice in My abundance - living by faith, not by sight. PHILIPPIANS 4:19; PHILIPPIANS 3:20-21; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:7    Photo by Guilherme Stecanella on Unsplash

  THANK ME IN THE MIDST of the crucible. When things seem all wrong, look for growth opportunities. Especially look for areas where you need to let go, leaving your cares in My to orchestrate your life events as I choose, or are you still trying to make things go according to your will? If you keep trying to carry out your intentions while I am leading you in another direction, you deify your desires.        Be on the lookout for what I am doing in your life. Worship Me by living close to Me, thanking Me in all circumstances.   1 PETER 5:6-7 ; PSALM 62:8 ; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 Photo by Dmitry Novikov on Unsplash

THANK ME FOR YOUR PROBLEMS. As soon as your mind gets snagged on a difficulty, bring it to Me with thanksgiving. Then ask Me to show you My way to handle the situation. The very act of thanking Me releases your mind from its negative focus. As you turn your attention to Me, the problems fades in significance and loses its power to trip you up. Together we can deal with the situation, either facing it head-on or putting is aside for later consideration.               Most of the situations that entangle your mind are not today's concerns; you have borrowed them from tomorrow. In this case, I lift the problem out of today and deposit it in the future, where it is veiled from your eyes. In its place I give you My Peace, which flows freely from My Presence. PHILIPPIANS 4:6 ; PSALM 24: 4-5 ; JOHN 14:27 Photo by Pro Church Media on Unsplash

  DO NOT RESIST OR RUN from the difficulties in your life. These problems are not random mistakes; they are hand-tailored blessing designed for your benefit and growth. Embrace all the circumstances that I allow in your life, trusting Me to bring good out of them. View problems as opportunities to rely more fully on Me.      When you start to feel stressed, let those feelings alert you to your need for Me. Thus, your needs become doorways to deep dependence on Me and increasing intimacy between us. Although self-sufficiency is acclaimed in the world, reliance on Me produces abundant living in My kingdom. Thank Me for the difficulties in your life since they provide protection from the idolatry of self-reliance. JOHN 15:5; 2 CORINTHIANS 1:8-9; EPHESIANS 5:20 Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash

  DO NOT LONG for the present of problems in your life. That is an unrealistic goal since in this world you will have trouble. You have an eternity of problem-free living reserved for you in heaven. Rejoice in that inheritance, which no one can take away from you, but do not seek your heaven on earth.     Being each day anticipating problems, asking Me to equip you for whatever difficulties you will encounter. The best equipping is My living Presence, My hand that with Me, Take a lighthearted view of trouble, seeing it as a challenge that you and I together can handle. Remember that I am on your side, and I have overcome the world. JOHN 16:33; ISAIAH 41:13; PHILIPPIANS 4:13 Photo by Önder Örtel on Unsplash

   I F YOU LEARN TO TRUST ME - really trust Me - with your whole being, then nothing can separate you from My Peace. Everything you endure can be put to good use by allowing it to train you in trusting Me. This is how you foil the works of evil, growing in grace through the very adversity that was meant to harm you. Joseph was a prime example of this divine reversal, declaring to his brothers: "You meant evil againts me, but God meant it for good."             Do not fear what this day, or any day, may bring your way. Concentrate on trusting Me and on doing what needs to be done. Relax in My sovereignty, remembering that I go before you, as well as with you, into each day. Fear no evil, for I can bring good out of every situation you will ever encounter. ISAIAH 26:4 ; GENESIS 50:20 ; PSALM 23:4   

  DO NOT SEARCH FOR SECURITY in the world you inhabit. You tend to make mental checklists of things you need to do in order to gain control of your life. If only you could check everything off your list, you could relax and be at peace. But the more you work to accomplish the goal, the more things crop up on your list. The harder you try, the more frustrated you become.      There is a better way to find security in this life. Instead of scrutinizing your checklist, focus your attention on My Presence with you. This continual contact with Me will keep you in My Peace. Moreover, I will help you sort out what is important and what is not, what needs to be done now and what does not. Fix your eyes not on what is seen (your circumstances), but on what is unseen (My Presence) .                   HEBREWS 3:1 ; ISAIAH 26:3 ;                       2 CORINTHIANS 4:1...

  THIS IS A TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU MUST LEARN TO LET GO: of  loved ones, of possessions, of control . In order to let go of something that is precious to you, you need to rest in My presence, where you are complete. Take time to bask in the Light of My Love. As you relax more and more, your grasping hand gradually opens up, releasing your prized possession into My care.      You can feel secure, even in the mist of cataclysmic changes, through awareness of My continual Presence. The One who never leaves you is the same One who never changes : I am the same yesterday, today, and forever. As you release more and more things into My care, Remember that I never let go of your hand. Herein lies your security, which no one and no circumstance can take from you.                                                    PSALM 89 : 15 ; HEBREWS ...