All that you hold valuable may be gone
Your job, your spouse,
Your children, your home —
Everything you truly loved
They may all left you in silence.

When you need an encouraging word,
When you desire some level of human assurance,
People you thought you could count on
They may be the first to loosen the grip
Withholding the very thing you need
To help turn your situation around.

Then, never find yourself in this predicament.

Remember this:
Evil tests us
And puts the most pressure on us.
Why? Because He steals, kills, and destroys
Yes, you may found yourself unworthy
But you are one of the most worthy souls –
‘Coz Jesus has died foryou!

Experience the great fires of adversity,
Embrace every grind,
For God is using you
To exalt His Name.

Sometimes,
There will be no one to encourage you
It was simply between you and God;
How will you handle the situation?
What’ll be your response?
Will you trust yourself and doubt God?
Will you doubt yourself and hold on to God?
Or will you lose the two?

Why doubt?
If God is for us,
Then who can be against us?
If it’s the will of God,
It will surely happen.

Ask yourself:
What fear do you have?
What pressures you?
To whom d’you really doubt?
Is it yourself?
Or is it the Lord?

Remember how God has transformed you,
How He washed and purified the sins in you
How He lifts you up when the world hated you
How he comforted you
How He satisfies you.

Take it upon yourself
To independently lift your own spirit
Yes, you are going to have to encourage yourself.

Focus upon and have trust in God’s Word
Find out what God has to say in His Word
If God said it, that settles it.

You can count on Him
To do all that He has said.
Do all that you can do.
Make a commitment to the application of His Word
With the truth of God’s love for you,
Again, hearten yourself.

(2/19/13 @xirlleelang)