You Don’t Have To Be Afraid Of…

Making the first step.

A good place to begin is acknowledging that God is the one and only God. Open your heart to Him and you will not be disappointed but you’re gonna find all the more reason to keep going. That start is just the beginning to a fulfilling life with God. Because once you know and experience the joy of the Lord, it's like no other. The freedom He gives is like no other, there isn't anything out there that is able to even compare to the presence of God. So don't be afraid to start following Jesus, you will learn as you go and through His love all things will fall into place. You don’t have to shape yourself into who you think you need to be but let it be the hand of God and His word that establishes you. As you learn you’ll keep His ways and not for the reasons the world says we keep it but because you choose to be a friend of God and not against Him. When you stand with God it can feel like it’s you against the world but remember before the world hated you it hated Him first.

John 15:18-20 | AMP

18 “If the world hates you [and it does], know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love [you as] its own and would treat you with affection. But you are not of the world [you no longer belong to it], but I have chosen you out of the world. And because of this the world hates you. 20 Remember [and continue to remember] that I told you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.”

Your past.

God is more than willing to forgive you, if you are willing to go to Him. And if He is willing then your past doesn't have to scare you out of seeking God.

1 John 1:9 | KJV  “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

God being able to cleanse us from all unrighteousness means that the past is the past. Once God takes it away you aren't that person anymore so you don't have to hold yourself to a judgement that was meant for your sin. God is merciful and you have access to that same mercy I have received and people before me, but you have to let yourself be forgiven. So don't be afraid of what was before you knew Jesus, because God is able to rebuild, He is able to restore, and He is able to heal anyone.

John 10:10 | KJV “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”

You can have a life with Jesus that is filled, and when storms come against you, you'll have a hope that you can rest in. A hope that will strengthen you when you are weak. A hope that doesn't leave you. A hope that you can confidently trust in. A hope that has already overcame the world and can never be defeated.