Sympathy From Friends Can Become Intoxicating

Sympathy from friends when we’re going through the trials of life can be intoxicating. As humans, it feels good to be cared for. It feels good to be confirmed and acknowledged. But as perverted as it may seem, the good feeling of sympathy received can become more important to us than actively overcoming our situations through the Power of God. Don’t deprive others of your overcoming testimony because of your enjoyment of and your need to bask in the sympathy of friends.

Simple Reminders of who we are, what we have, and what we can do in Christ can empower us to overcome in virtually every area of life. Countless times in scripture we are commanded to remember. Remembering causes the current monsters we’re facing to shrink before our eyes.

Remembering that God is working in us, on us, around us and through us causes the believer to become bold as a lion. And remembering how our Heavenly Father has delivered us from situations and circumstances in our lives that at one point looked bleak, strengthens us to endure present circumstances knowing that the God of deliverance still lives.

Sympathy From Friends Can Become Intoxicating

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All Things Are Possible with God

The same God who delivered you in the past is more than willing and able to deliver you from your current challenge. The key in realizing your deliverance is remembering how He supernaturally delivered you in your past situation and praising Him for deliverance in your current challenge.