Recently Mark and I travelled to Adelaide, Australia, to attend and participate in our youngest son Liam’s wedding.

Just before I left home, I swapped handbags for something a little smaller, more secure, and easier to travel with.
As we proceeded with our flights, I suddenly noticed that my bag was disintegrating and falling apart. Little pieces were breaking off the bag and coming away. All these little black pieces of material were dropping off everywhere. By the time we arrived In Sydney, I had to throw the bag away and repack everything into Mark’s backpack. The black handbag was looking so ugly and used. It was still a useable bag, but it was leaving its mark on everything it touched.

I felt the Lord speak to me as I was reminded of this disintegrating black bag.

Firstly, God wants us His children to let go of our baggage. There are so many scriptures where God speaks of us letting go of our burdens and living free of them. One of those Scriptures is Psalm 55:22 which says, “Give your burdens to the Lord and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.”

Secondly, God continually reminds us throughout Scripture that He is able and far better equipped to carry our burdens for us. We just need to let them go and let Him take them on Himself. Psalm 68:19 says, “Praise be to the Lord, to God our Saviour, who daily bears our burdens.” That means it’s not a once off discarding, but a daily thing we need to do. Otherwise before long we are weighed down again with burdens.

Thirdly, God wants us to lay our burdens upon Him and trust him with them all; and as we do, we will find total peace and rest in Him. Matt 28:11-13 “Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

I thought this little black bag was genuine leather, but it wasn’t. It was fake and over time it began to rot and break up. A lot of what we carry as burdens aren’t real; they are fake thoughts planted by the enemy in our heads; things that we choose to believe, and he uses them to keep us burdened and bound. What we need to do is go to the One who is authentic and real - Jesus, the One who loves us and cares for us and has the power to renew our minds if we allow Him.
As we go to Jesus, all those lies and rotten things we’ve believed about ourselves or our situations get revealed for what they really are, rotten lies. And as we allow His transforming power to renew our minds (Romans 12: 1-2), those things disintegrate and fall away from us and we are able to live free.

Sometimes we get so used to our baggage that it becomes a part of us; where we don’t see that it’s rotten and an unnecessary weight we are carrying. We are also kind of scared to let it go. But I promise you that when we do let go and discard them onto the One who loves us and is for us, we find we live free and unrestricted lives. We begin to live and move and have our being in God (Acts 17:28).

Colossians 1:15-23 (which is all about God’s Pre-eminence) starts with, “The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.”
As I read that first line I felt God stop me on those words, “the Invisible God”.
I felt God speak to me and say, “It’s that simple Col. It’s up to you and each one of my children to make Me, the invisible God, visible to those around you. Make me visible in your ordinary every day interactions with your neighbours, co-workers, friends and the people you connect with every day.”

I was so struck by this and so challenged. Because I know I miss it every day. But the Lord continued to speak to me, “Every day you carry ME with you; I go where you go and I shine through you; I release my fragrance through your attitudes, your patience, your kind deeds, your love, your compassion, and through your holy conduct. As you do life daughter and engage with people, you are sometimes watering seed, sometimes you are planting seed and sometimes you are simply shining and releasing my fragrance. And sometimes I might want you to speak some truth, but I will help you do this. It’s simple really. I need you to listen and obey. I need you to be prepared and courageous, to step out and then leave the rest to me. As my child, you have everything you need for life and godliness. You have access to every gift, to my presence, my wisdom, my authority, and my power. You have heavens backing; you are unstoppable. You just need to trust me, trust yourself and step out.”

Wow, I was blown away by that; I just sat soaking it all in. It really is quite simple and yet I don’t always get it right. I miss many opportunities to engage with people in conversation or to encourage someone through a small act of kindness.

He has been speaking to me a lot this year about this. People are dying every day in our city and nation, with many going to a lost eternity. People are desperate and hurting and we have the words of life! We need to find God’s heart of love for lost people.

Let me share three encounters with you as a practical demonstration:

Diane and I volunteer at the breakfast club of a local primary school. We have another wonderful lady on our serving team. Together we have started a God conversation and she has been really interested. Recently, she had a cataract op on both her eyes and so Di and I decided to make some meals and dropped them off for her. She was blown away by this act of kindness. We are hoping, as we continue to engage her through friendship and conversation, that we will make this invisible God just a little more visible to her.

Last week on a flight back to Nelson, via Wellington, I felt God highlight a young man sitting in front of me. He was with his partner, obviously gay, and I felt God say “Col, I want you to say something to him and pray for him.” I’m thinking, no way Lord, not in front of all these people. I can’t bear everyone seeing me make a fool of myself if he rebuffs me. So I say, “okay Lord, I tell you what, when I get off the plane and if he is right in front of me, I will know that it’s you and I will do it.” My thinking was he will get off the plane before me, so it’s highly unlikely that I will see him again. As I come off the plane, there is this young man standing outside the toilets waiting for his partner and I have to walk right past him. And that’s what I did; I walked right past, all the while God and I are having a conversation in my head: “Come on Col, you said if I put him right in front of you; well there he is. Go tell him what I said and pray for him.” Mark’s saying, come on Col we can’t miss our flight (he knows nothing of what God told me). And there’s my out, my husband says we’ve got to go. And the wrestle is on, the gaps getting bigger - eventually the Lord says, “who are you going to listen to Col, the voice telling you to hurry, or mine.” I just stopped and I said, “Mark I have to do something” and walked back to the guy and told him what the Lord wanted him to know. I asked if I could pray and lay my hands on him and he said, yes please! I did what the Lord asked of me and this young man knew that God saw him, loved him, and had a plan for him. I didn’t miss my flight, but through this small interruption, I made the invisible God a little more visible to this man.

This week my neighbours son came around and I know he struggles with ulcerated colitis. So I say to him, “You know God healed Mark of this condition.” And I begin to tell him the story of how Mark spent 10 days in hospital and how we prayed and asked God to heal him, and he did. Mark has never had a flareup since and has been able to eat anything. But then someone else arrived and the conversation ended. I wanted to get to pray for him but never got the opportunity. I missed it, but that’s okay. I tried to make the invisible God visible to him, but at least a God-seed was sown.

God wants you and I to make him visible to those in our sphere of influence who can’t yet see this invisible God.
This isn’t something we do out of duty or guilt, or because the church leadership say we must, but this comes from a revelation that God loves every person and wants none to perish. He has given us the message of reconciliation that we might connect them back to this invisible God. Making him visible through every good deed, every kind act, every act of love; instead of them being judged or bypassed by us (like in the story of the Good Samaritan - Luke 10:25-37) because we are too busy, distracted, disinterested, or afraid.

Every human being needs to be seen, to be heard, to find connection, and to be loved. You and I are God’s A plan in opening their eyes to see this invisible God. To reveal to them that He sees them, hears them, loves them, and wants intimate connection with them. You and I need to make an intentional decision today and say, “here I am lord, use me.” And I promise you, He will. And you and I will become an integral part of making this invisible God visible to everyone we meet.

I don’t need to tell you that we live in uncertain times. 2020 has been as unpredictable as it will ever get. So much of what the world has held onto has unraveled before our very eyes. But the one constant in it all is the knowledge that Jesus has it under control (His control)! He holds all things together and He is fully committed to us and our futures in Him.

The early church in Rome had it tough. They faced perilous and uncertain times. But Paul reminds them that “if God is for them, then who could possibly be against them?” (Romans 12:31). It’s a rhetorical question with an emphatic answer, NOBODY!

The second rhetorical question asked is “who can bring any charge against those God has chosen?” (vs.33). The answer, NO ONE; because “it is God who justifies us” (declares us innocent).

He then asks, “who can condemn us?” (vs.34). NO ONE, because of Jesus’ victory in overcoming the enemy.

The last question he asks is, “who can separate us from the love of Christ?” (vs.35). And then proceeds to give us some possibilities: “trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger or sword.”

He answers his own question with an unequivocal, “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” (vs.37). That because of Jesus and His love for us we can overcome (as a conqueror) whatever life and the devil throws at us. So much so that he concludes his discourse with this resounding truth, “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Wow, what a truth; that nothing whatsoever (including the trauma of COVID-19) can separate us from God’s love and His great plan for our lives. Trouble and hardships may cause us to drop our heads, but we need to remember He’s with us in the trouble (Psalm 32:7). Persecution is tough to handle but its par the course for believers (2 Tim 3:12). Tough times financially (famine and nakedness) might be a present reality, but God has promised to provide for our every need (Phil 4:19). Life threatening situations (danger and sword) may come our way, but He has promised us His protection (Psalm 91).

And so, no matter what may come against you, remember God loves you and is for you; He will never abandon you; and you can never be lost to His love.

God created the seasons of our world: summer, autumn, winter, and spring. Each season specifically designed for different experiences and different growth. Ecclesiastics 3:1-8 tells us…

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.”

In the spiritual its exactly the same. Different seasons come and go; each one with different blessings, different challenges, different tools needed, and different lessons to learn. They bring with them choices and decisions we must make that bring about new growth and maturity in us. Success and failures abound; none of them fatal, but each used by God to teach and train us. Each season is designed to teach us more about ourselves and about God as He prepares us for the wonderful future He has marked out for us.

For a while now, I have felt there has been a shift in the spirit realm. It has been subtle and quite slow, but a change has come non the less. It has brought a change in gear which has resulted in the gaining of momentum, which in turn has brought a change in our position and direction. A season change is certainly upon us!

I am reminded of Song of Songs 2:10-13, which reads, “My beloved spoke and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come; the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.”

Firstly, I believe God is saying to each one of us in this changing season to keep pressing into Him. Do not back off, do not withdraw, and certainly do not take your foot off the pedal. Press into Jesus and press on with Him. Adjust what needs to be adjusted in your heart, mind, soul, and attitude. Hang with him, hold onto Him, and let Him direct you into the more that He has. Now, more than ever, He is asking you to give your best time to Him – to hear His voice, to know His heart and to walk as He requires you to.

Secondly, I believe He saying to each one of us “see”. Recognize what He is doing. Recognize what changes He is bringing. Recognize the season He is taking us into. Recognize the season you are leaving and then leave it behind. Recognize what needs to be removed or released from you and your life. Let it go! Realign your thinking to His as the season changes. Let go of the old way of thinking, the old way of doing things, including the old habits. Embrace the change and position yourself to walk into it at His leading.

Thirdly, He is saying arise and adjust as you walk into the new season. Embrace more of His Holy Spirit’s life and power. Sharpen your prayer skills, your praise skills and finely hone your spiritual gifts. Assess what you need to leave behind and pick up what you will need for this new season. And then step up, step out and step into the day of new opportunities in Him.

Every season - the barren and bountiful, the challenging and easy, the in-want and in-plenty; they all bring change, and that is okay. Change is never easy, but it is totally necessary for our growth and development. Each season has a purpose in it, a purpose that often we only see in hindsight. But as the seasons change, press into the change, and press into Jesus who is unchanging as you begin to see and live in the more to come. And then, take time to enjoy the new season; because it too shall pass.

Our circumstances do not determine our destinies, only God does that. It doesn’t matter what circumstances you are facing right now; God is in control. You may currently be caught up in circumstances that are uncomfortable or difficult, but do not allow the devil to tell you that this will be your future. He is lying! Nothing he ever says is true. And remember he is not the one in control of things, only God is!

God promises us that the plans He has for us are plans to prosper us and not to harm us, plans that will give us hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11). What God does not promise us is a life without challenges, difficulties, or battles. In fact, God tells us that in this world we will have trouble, but we are to take heart for He has overcome this world (John 16:33). Rather than getting down in the dumps, doubting God, berating God, hating God, or giving up on God because He has not done what we think He should have; we need to press into Him more deeply and hold onto Him more fervently. And as we do, we remind ourselves of who our God is and what He is like. He is not a man that He should lie. No, He is loving, kind, compassionate, faithful, and patient with each of us.

I believe that God uses the good, the bad and the ugly circumstances of life to prepare us for our great destinies. He uses it all to make us and shape us into the instruments He needs us to be, so that we can live in the fullness of all that He has purposed for us. Daniel 5:23 clearly tells us that God who gives us life also gives us a destiny: “… the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways.” I find that so comforting! My God commands my destiny. He holds me in His hand. He has apportioned the number of days for me to live and He has crafted a unique and wonderful plan for me to live in. How freeing is that?

No matter how terrible it might seem right now, it is not always going to be that way. God promises to work it all out for your good (Romans 8:28); and He will weave it into His wonderful plan for you that will grow and mature you. He uses everything in life to transform and shape us. It may not look like you thought it should, it might even be the opposite to what you thought; but it will be His best for you for that season. And one day it shall pass, and you’ll walk from that place transformed and ready for your new season.

What can you do when the circumstances are not perfect, or are not what you think they should be?

• Surrender your will for His. He has a plan and He will bring it to fruition. He has crafted the plan. It’s not your plan but His, and it is to prosper you and not to harm you.

• Be grateful and practice gratitude as a daily habit. I am alive; I have a purpose and my loving, merciful, kind, patient Father is at work even if I cannot see it or feel it. There are many things I can thank Him for, I just need to open my eyes.

• Strengthen yourself in His Presence. I cannot do this in my own strength, I need Him. I need His grace and His power to live the life He has called me to. I need to be honest with Him when I am struggling and ask Him to fill me daily. And then to live my life in honour of Him, bringing Him glory in every way.

• Do not let your circumstances determine your faith in God. Your circumstances have a way of blurring your view of God. It can be hard to see God as He is when things are not how you hoped they would be. It’s hard to see God when nothing seems to be working out like you hoped or imagined. Do not let your circumstances dictate your faith in God. Even if you don’t get your way, keep trusting in God. Don’t lose heart; His plan is a good one. God can always be trusted; He’s got this, He’s got you. His plan is for your best and it will succeed (refer back to point one).

Remember, no matter what your circumstances are, God is in control. He has a plan and it will all work out exactly as He intended. He is determined to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you hope and a glorious future. It might look different to what you imagined, but I can guarantee that whatever it looks like, it will be better than you could ever have imagined.

I don’t know about anyone else, but there are times when I struggle to pray. There are seasons where my prayer life is full of power and passion, and other times where I can barely say, “help me Jesus.” At times, my prayers are simply, “thank you for this food. Bless it to my body. Amen.”

But prayer is so much more than these basic requests. Prayer is powerful. Prayer connects earth to Heaven. Prayer is full of supernatural potency. I was reminded of Eph 6:18 which says, “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with perseverance and supplication for all the saints.” (KJV)

Here we are encouraged to go beyond our basic requests and desperate cries and begin to engage in a consistent lifestyle of prayer; one full of the Holy Spirit’s power. For us to pray prayers that are full of earnest, fervent, heartfelt cries that don’t stop until God breaks through.

However, allow me to back up a little. Prayer is all about relationship and connection. It’s not a religious activity or a box that we tick. Prayer is simply communicating with a God we love, believing that He hears us and answers us. Someone once said, that “Prayer is like plugging into an electrical outlet. The stronger the connection, the greater the measure of power released.”

Prayer truly changes everything; but mostly, it changes us! It changes our heart, our view, our motives, our intentions, and our perspective. When we start praying it’s with an earth-bound fleshly outlook (what I want) which then quickly becomes a heavenly outlook (what does He want). Prayer renews our mind. It cultivates the mind of Christ in us. And suddenly everything looks different and everything becomes different. Even our praying becomes less about me, myself and I.

Jesus is our greatest example of prayer. Scripture is full of examples of Jesus praying. He prayed in the morning, in the evening, before he ate, before he performed miracles; he prayed all the time. Go check out a few of these references: Luke 5:16, 6:12; Mark 1:35, 14:23; Matt 6:9, 14:23; Luke 11:1 and this list could go on...

The point is Jesus was often found in a secluded place to connect and commune with His Father. Jesus always prayed before meals, before ministry, after ministry, during struggles, for others and for himself – Jesus prayed as often as He could. He took everything to His Father in prayer. And as He interceded, He gain the heart, mind and will of His Father so that He could carry out His Father’s desires here on earth.

Jesus knew how to tap into the power of prayer that allowed the Father to work through Him (John 14:10). Imagine what would happen if we connected through relationship with the Father and prayed, if we tapped into heavens power? Imagine what would happen if we believed that the Father always hears our prayers? Imagine what would happen if we realized that when we pray according to His will, mighty things happen? Imagine what will happen when we start to pray powerful, heartfelt, explosive prayers?

1 John 5:14-15 says, “And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.”

Prayer is partnership with the Father. As we pray in line with His will, He hears us and answers accordingly. So why do we hesitate to pray for the sick, or pray for our neighbour struggling with an issue, or pray for our co-worker in need, or even to pray for someone to receive salvation?

Perhaps it is that we need to go right back to the beginning and simply re-connect with the Father; listen to what He is saying to us, and then believe Him and His promises. Perhaps we need to believe that prayer is powerful and effective. Perhaps once we are plugged back in we will go and do whatever He says with heartfelt passion and with a God confidence. Come on church let’s pray like we believe we have access to all that Jesus had access to and let’s see God break in and break out as a result. Amen!

In the midst of a pandemic it can be hard to see anything good. Mostly, all we can see is the bad. But then again it all depends on which lens we choose to look through. For me, it’s all about perspective.

Have you ever put on a pair of sunglasses whilst still in the house and suddenly find things rather dark and dim? You start to walk a little more carefully in case you bump into things and stub your toe. Sunglasses weren’t meant to be worn inside.

But it’s also true that wearing your multi focal glasses on a hot sunny day at the beach doesn’t do anything to protect your eyes from the harsh sun. You end up with sore eyes and a sore head, which impedes your view. In both instances you can’t see as clearly as you could have.

In Covid 19 and its aftermath, we can either put on the lens of faith or the lens of fear, depending on our perspective. Circumstances and situations may not change but change the lens I’m looking through and there can be a radical shift in perception.

Ecclesiastes 2:14 says, “The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them.” Basically, if our eyes are in their proper place, they should be able to see. Which means, if we have the use of our eyes and our reason, we can avoid certain things. I know the context is wisdom and folly, following God or not following him, but I would like to suggest it’s also about darkness and light and their affect upon our eyes. I want to stretch that to the thought of which lenses we are wearing? What lens we are looking through will affect how we view the same set of circumstances.

So, I ask you: what lens are you viewing this pandemic and it’s fallout through? Are you looking with the lens of faith or are you looking through the lens of fear or negativity? The answer to that will determine how you see God, the situation, and the future.

Let’s say the dark lens of the sunglasses are fear or negativity, then we might view it this way: “I’ve survived Covid 19 and haven’t gotten sick yet, but now I face the possibility of losing my job or seeing a reduction in my income. That makes my financial situation dire. It’s going to mean I won’t have enough to feed my family, pay the rent, the power and all the other bills. Oh my gosh, that means we are going to lose our home and end up on the streets. We won’t be able to buy clothes so very soon we are going to look homeless. And if I lose my job, with so many others losing theirs, I won’t be able to find another job. We won’t be able to do anything fun and life is just going to suck. Where are you God? Why have you let this happen? Don’t you love me? Don’t you care?”

But change the lenses you are looking through and place those multi focal glasses on, which we can say is a picture of the lens of faith, then the same situation can look quite different: “Woo hoo, I’ve survived Covid 19 and lockdown. Let’s celebrate because I didn’t get sick. In fact, we had a lovely break these last few weeks. It was so good to reflect, to reset, to be refreshed, and to reassess. I may lose my job or see a reduction in hours but hey I see opportunity everywhere. Maybe I can start a new business or maybe now I can study for that new career path I have always wanted. Maybe I can volunteer some of my time to help others worse off than me. Oh, there is so much opportunity and potential. God will take care of me and my family. He always has and He always will. Thank you Lord this is in your control. You have me covered. I trust in you.”

Even the worst of situations have seeds of good. Even the hardest of situations God says He will work for our good. I read a quote recently which said, “Some people could be given an entire field of roses and only see the thorns in it. Others could be given a single weed and only see the wildflower in it. Perception is a key component to gratitude.”

So which lens are you going to look through, faith or fear? I choose faith because at the end of the day the only hope we have is Jesus and He is fully committed to us. Let’s change our lens and let’s be grateful at this time - because Jesus is with us, for us and is working it all out for our absolute best. There is a testimony brewing here and one day when it is in full bloom, you and I can share it with someone and give them hope for their future.

Fear can be a natural human emotion and response. It can be a warning signal that something ahead isn’t safe or good for you. It’s that adrenaline rush which release the fight or flight response in our brains in moments of danger or trouble. But sometimes fear becomes more. It becomes an insiduous villian that hounds you and robs you of peace. It can become spiritual; it can be an enemy strategy to contain you, restrain you and limit you.

As Christians we now “live led by the Spirit” (Gal 5:25) and are called to live free of fear. Scripture tells us that “God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind” (2 Tim 1:7).

If we as Christians are living in a place where fear, anxiety, panic, or angst is a constant presence, we need to recognise that this is the enemy’s strategy to keep us imprisoned and bound up.

Isaiah 41:10 is the antidote to all fear. God says, “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

Isaiah had a personal vision of God in Isaiah 41. We all need our own personal revelation and vision of God. In verses 1 to 8, we are given a small glimpse into his vision. He sees a God who judges the whole earth and who calls it to account. He paints a picture of a God who rules over earths rulers and who calls nations into being. He reminds us, this God is the One who brought about creation and the foundation of the earth; that He is the One and only God. And, then in verse 9 he declares that this is a God who calls people to Himself and makes Himself their God. It says, … “I called you, I said, ‘You are my servant’; I have chosen you and have not rejected you.” Folk, this phenomenal God chooses you and me for Himself. This God is our God when we choose to accept His leadership and Lordship over us.

And then in verse 10 Isaiah tells us why we do not need to fear, in light of our vision of God:

1) I am with you. This God is right next to us. He strengthens us, helps us, upholds us, and leads us. This God is over us, beside us, in front of us, behind us, all around us. Therefore, I do not fear!

2) I am your God. He is personally involved with you and me. He is not far off, distant, uninterested, or cold towards us. He cares very much for us. He knows us, He sees us, He walks alongside us. He never leaves us alone.

3) I will strengthen you. Not might, or perhaps, or maybe, but He will. That is a declaration and a promise. He will strengthen us when we are afraid, anxious, or worried. We can go and talk to Him, pour out our fears and concerns to Him; and because He cares, He will do something about it. He gives His strength to us when we are weak. He becomes our strength.

4) I will help you. Help means to give or to provide whatever is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need. God renders assistance to us. He assists us in whatever way needed and makes it easier as we trust Him.

5) I will uphold you. Imagine a whole lot of columns which hold up a building’s roof. Take a couple away and the roof collapses. God is like a pillar; He supports us, He keeps us up, so we aren’t drowned by our circumstances or situations. He keeps us from sinking into sinking sand. He will encourage us, defend us, vindicate us, justify us and be the brace that prevents us from falling apart.

God is our God. He is our champion. He is our Warrior King. He is bigger than our circumstances, our financial lack, our struggling marriage, our family blood line, and our pasts. He will defeat all our opponents, including fear, and help us to overcome and live victorious lives.

Remember these five God declarations from Isaiah and let them be the pillars of truth that support you and keep you firm in your faith.