195. You Can Cry, Be Scared, and Still Trust God - with Jenna Schutt

An empowerment that comes from knowing who you are because of what his word says about you.

So then that said, what are some of your what were your favorite go to scripture verses that helped you through this time? I have

many, but some of my absolute favorites.

The first one is the joy of the Lord is my strength.

And that's in Nehemiah.

And I love that verse because it is not talking about emotional.

It is not talking about circumstantial joy.

It is talking about this spiritual infusion of strength and when we are giving our heart to the Lord, when we're saying, okay, Lord, this is my heart.

This is what I'm walking through.

This is what I need.

And he is just here for us.

So I love that verse.

It was something that I've stood on.

It's really what the joy reflex is about.

It's training your heart and your mind to return to his joy as a reflex.

And then I have to say Philippians 4, I think we all know Philippians 4.

We love it.

And it doesn't tell us to deny the fact of what we're feeling, but it tells us what to do with what we're feeling.

It tells us to bring it to the Lord through prayer, through thanksgiving, and through trusting in Him.

And when we do that, His peace guards our hearts and our minds.

Before this experience, I think that sometimes I even viewed joy as a result of my circumstances.

But the Lord really showed me through what I went through that biblical joy isn't dependent on everything going well, but it's rooted in the character of the Lord and that he is good no matter what is happening.

Yeah.

I love what you just said, that He is good no matter what's going on around you.

So I love that because what you're saying is that it doesn't matter what your experiences are, that God is there.