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I read in my morning devotional something that caused me to pause. When you are in crisis, it will reveal what you put your trust in.

When I was going through some of the darkest times in my life, I used to turn to sex, and material things. I also thought that money would solve all of my problems when in fact, it added to my problems.

It wasn't until I gave my life to the Lord and became intentional to allow my life to be hidden in Christ. 

I no longer desired to want to be controlled by anything other than the Holy Spirit, because sex, material things and money only made my problems worse. They also negatively impacted my relationships with those closes to me.  In essence, turning to anything other than God in a crisis escalates and further frustrates the situation. You learn over and over that you cannot trust in those things because they so more harm than good physically, spiritually, emotionally,  psychologically.

When I turned to Christ in my chaos and crisis, I found peace even when my situation was far away from the desired change I was seeking God in prayer about.

I had hope while I waited and sought out the lessons from the chaotic situation that would help strengthen my walk with Christ.

I don't know who I am talking today, but I pray that you stick in the trenches with God because He loves you and promises to never leave you nor forsake you.

Idols of every kind look harmless on the outside but once you get a hold of them,  they get a hold of you and drift you away from your first love--the One, True, Living God.

He will bring you out and you will come out better than you were before the crisis began. Crisis in Christ  leads to the conformity of his image that you may withstand difficult times while fortifying your faith. While fortifying your faith, you have gained experienced that can help someone along the way!

Be encouraged and hang in there beloved! In times of crisis, turn to Christ!

Have a blessed day!

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