{"id":121,"date":"2013-03-13T18:46:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T18:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihsteps.com\/wordpress\/?p=121"},"modified":"2013-03-13T18:46:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T18:46:22","slug":"qthe-world-says-god-saysq-march-12-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"“THE WORLD SAYS, GOD SAYS” by Tammy Maseberg, March 12, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world says, you are not loved<\/strong> <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cGod showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. \u00a0This is real love\u2014not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.\u201d\u00a0 (1 John 4:9-10, NLT)<\/em><\/p>\n

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The world says, everyone has abandoned you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c. . . <\/em>For God has said, \u201cI will never fail you.<\/em> I will never abandon you.\u201d (Hebrews 13:5, NLT)<\/em><\/p>\n

The world says, you have no future.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cFor I know the plans I have for you,\u201d declares the Lord, \u201cplans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.\u201d (Jeremiah 29:11, NIV) <\/em><\/p>\n

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The world says, you are your past\u2014you cannot get away from that.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThis means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!\u201d (2 Corinthians 5:17, NLT)<\/em><\/p>\n

The world says, God doesn\u2019t hear your prayers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe Lord has heard my supplication, the Lord receives my prayer.\u201d (Psalm 6:9, NAS)<\/em><\/p>\n

The world says, be afraid.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cDo not<\/em> <\/em>fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely<\/em> <\/em>I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.\u201d\u00a0 (Isaiah 41:10, NAS)<\/em><\/p>\n

The world says, you have no hope.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c<\/em>I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.\u201d (Romans 15:13, NLT)<\/em><\/p>\n

Lord, help me to put all my trust in Your Word\u2014no matter what the world or people try to tell me because:<\/strong> \u201cThe grass withers, the flower fades, but<\/em> <\/em>the word of our God stands forever.\u201d\u00a0 (Isaiah 40:8, NAS)<\/em><\/p>\n

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The world says, you are not loved \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cGod showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. \u00a0This is real love\u2014not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-word-from-tammy-maseberg","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}