As the tears flow and you feel alone, remember God loves you and nothing will ever change that fact! The enemy may whisper lies to you, but you can proclaim God’s truth to overcome the lies of the enemy! There is hope! Read more for scriptures to remind you of God’s great love for you. Print them out, memorize them, and proclaim God’s truth over your life. The enemy won’t be convinced until you are convinced!
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Dear Friend,
I feel your heartache and I know your pain.
As your tears flow and you feel alone, remember God’s truths.
5 truths to remind you that God loves you
- Know that God has promised never to leave you (Hebrews 13:5.)
- When you look around you and wish you were more like them, remember that God delights in you (Zephaniah 3:17.)
- When you feel stressed and overwhelmed, take comfort in knowing that God has promised that because He has begun a good work in you, He will see it through to the end. He won’t give up on you (Philippians 1:6.)
- When you feel like a failure, or like you are not measuring up, don’t give up. You can do anything with God’s help (Philippians 4:13.)
- The truth is, those thoughts and feelings you’ve been having (that you are alone, that you aren’t good enough, that you can’t handle the stress, that you are a failure, etc.) are lies. Lies from the enemy who desires to steal, kill, and destroy anything that would keep you from experiencing the peace, joy, and abundant life God desires for us (John 10:10).
I’d encourage you to print out and memorize the verses I’ve cited above so the next time he whispers those lies to you, you can proclaim God’s truth!
The enemy won’t be convinced until you are convinced!
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The following was written by my friend Leah Rocha to encourage your despairing heart:
If you are stressed, God loves you.
If you are lonely, He loves you.
If you don’t think of Him, He loves you.
If you feel like you are not measuring up, He loves you.
If you are tired, He loves you.
If you are grieving, He loves you.
If you are angry, He loves you.
God loves you, because He loves you, because He loves you, because He loves you.
It is who He is and there is nothing you can do to change that. You cannot do something to make Him stop loving you. It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe in Him, He believes in you. He isn’t thinking of ways to punish you, but ways to love on you.
The world is mean and ugly, but God is not of this world nor like this world. Please do not let others confuse you on the character of God. The world does not know how to love like God does. Give him a chance.
I hope you feel God’s love for you, today.
Hope Prevails,
Dr. Michelle
Depression doesn’t have to become a permanent part of life.
There is hope.
Hope Prevails: Insights From a Doctor’s Personal Journey Through Depression and the companion Hope Prevails Bible Study help the reader understand how depression comes to be, recover their joy, reclaim their peace, and re-establish their true identity, while knowing their worth, remembering their secure destiny, and being confident that nothing separates them from God’s love.
Hope Prevails and the Hope Prevails Bible Study are must-reads for anyone suffering from depression or knows someone suffering from depression.
Comforting post that will be helpful to many. Sent one of your wonderful tweets!
Thanks Mary! I always love your encouraging visits here! Blessings to you!
God’s love is so powerful. I love the truth that He sings over me from Zephaniah 3:17. Thanks for the reminders, Dr. Michelle.
Oh Amy, How he loves you!! No matter what you do or don’t do, His love never changes! {Hugs}
This is such a good post to remind us that we are loved and deserving of love, during the times that we feel like anything but love from the world. Great verses to remember!
It all goes back to love…His great love for us.
Such a comforting feeling to know He loves us, knows our flaws, yet remains. Late at night, I tend to dwell on my flaws which builds anxiety in my mind. I wrote about that here: http://bloomingwithjoy.com/2015/01/19/beautiful-monday-prayer/ I shared your post with my readers, thank you!
We can always rest in His love! But the sneaky enemy will come to taunt, especially when our defenses are down (like when we are tired, late at night). But He SO loves us – regardless of what we do or say, or don’t do or say! Looking forward to reading your post! Thanks for coming by!
So encouraging! Thanks for the wonderful reminder!
You’re most welcome Cheri! Hope Prevails!
Great Rx!! Thanks
My pleasure Gemmy! Stop by again!
May I ask: how do you get the ‘click to tweet’ feature?
It’s a WP Plug in 😉
Loved the layout with the thought provoking truths backed by the power of scripture. The original tweets were encouraging. Thanks Michelle,
Thanks Walter! I’m so glad you stopped by. Standing on the truth of God is our best defense.
Thanks for the uplifting message. God’s Word is so powerful. We only need to glean it.
So glad you stopped by Debbie, and that you enjoyed it. Feel free to share. We all need to know we are loved!
You always provide such wonderful encouragement. Very true- the enemy isn’t convinced until we are. He works so hard to weave lies into our routines, but resist him and he will flee from you. It is so comforting that Christ will never leave us nor forsake us, and beyond that, that He actually delights in us! What a treasure. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Kristi…your encouragement blesses me as I know it will bless others. Sometimes we just need to be reminded of truth.
Full of such wonderful encouragement – thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you AbiYah. I’m so glad you stopped by! I hope you’ll come visit again.
A wonderful word of encouragement and reminder we all need to hear often – “God loves me! The great Alpha & Omega, the creator of heaven and earth, really loves me.”
Thanks for this word.
Blessings to you.
Oh yes, Pamela. We all need to know His perfect love! You are loved dear woman of God!
John 10:10 is the mission scripture of my business 🙂
I love the point/counterpoint of your post. Indeed we must be convinced that God loves us. His love gives us the strength to keep going; to believe Him when it doesn’t seem to be true.
That is #Truth Shay!! Without His love, we have nothing. It is His love which gives #Hope! Hope Prevails!
Very comforting and encouraging thoughts, my life was totally transformed when I understood that God loved me. I would love to share with the Ladies on women of influence.
Please do Davida!! Everyone needs to know that they are loved…not as the world loves, but Perfectly loved by the Father! Blessings to you and the “women of influence.”
Ah! He loves me! I know that I know that I know he loves me. Will be sharing this post as many need to hear this.
Oh YES Aloted!! He does love you, with a perfect love!! Once we get that revelation, it changes everything and we can truly love ourselves and others, because He first loved us! Thanks for sharing – I pray it blesses many who need to know they are perfectly loved! Hope Prevails!
This was definitely an on time word for me. Everyone needs encouragement in this journey called life. Thank you for sharing these words of inspiration and motivation. It is true no one can love us like Jesus.
I love it when God does that for us Tabitha! You are so very loved!
A very encouraging post here. Philippians 4:13 is one of my favorite verses especially when I am feeling overwhelmed.
Thanks KC! I’m so glad you stopped by. Keep clinging to the promises in His word! He loves you!
I absolutely love this post. It is so important to rely on the promises of God rather that our emotions!
Joanne, I’m glad you visited and enjoyed the post. God’s promises are a rock on which we can stand! Hope Prevails because of His promises.
Found you on the #RaRaLinkup. Beautiful words of encouragement : )
Thanks Crystal. Much appreciated encouragement. Hope you’ll stop by again sometime!
Amazing insight & really thankful for your tweets! Thank you for reminding me of God’s love for each of us and that often we are led by lies that are not from God 🙂 Thanks for linking up at Purposeful Faith.
So grateful for the link up Ruth, and very glad you stopped by. We all need encouragement and reminders of God’s truth!! I hope you’ll stop by again!
Michelle, this is such a beautiful post. Winter always tends to bring me down a little bit, especially since we moved to an area which actually has a winter. 😉 Thank you for this reminder that God is always there and will never leave. The enemy would like nothing more than to convince us otherwise, but lets call him out for the liar that he is! So glad you joined us at #RaRaLinkup.
Abby, the enemy will do whatever he can to keep our mind on anything but the truth of God. I so agree – let’s call him out for the liar he is!! Thanks for including me in the #RaRaLinkup!!
Thank you for these lovely reminders. I needed them today. Via Grace & Truth.
I’m so glad they blessed you!
Yes, I DO get the message, GOD LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME, He loves ME, He LOVES Me! However many ways you write it, it still means the same thing. He LOVES Me! He loves YOU!! He loves! God IS LOVE! Thank you for sharing this very simple yet profound message that we ALL need to believe, take to heart, take to the bank and know that it is truth. One of my hubby’s favorite songs is ‘Jesus LOVES Me’. He loves to tell people to sing it: in the shower, when angry, no matter how you feel, no matter what is happening in your life. Sing this simple message of the love God has for you and it will make a difference in your whole life. He does it himself. I have done it too!! It works!!! Love and appreciate you, Michelle!!
oh yes, Karen, that simple childhood song packs a lot of truth!
We must remind ourselves of God’s truth. Because “The enemy won’t be convinced until you are convinced!”
You’re absolutely right Theresa. It’s so hard not to fall prey to believing his lies.
Encouraging message for Valentine’s day (and everyday). Shared on twitter.
Thanks Carol. Hoping you feel loved today.
I wrote on a similar theme this week. Even after we believe on the Lord, sometimes we doubt His love for us. I think that’s why Paul prayed that we might “know the love of Christ, which surpasses knowledge.” When we’re secure in His love, we can face anything.