{"id":20862,"date":"2020-05-30T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T07:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/?p=20862"},"modified":"2020-04-16T10:38:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T17:38:28","slug":"gods-complete-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/gods-complete-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s Complete Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Gods-Complete-Protection.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-474\" src=\"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio-300x86.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>John<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>17 :<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>11-12<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>NKJV<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>(11) <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cNow I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>(12)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>\u201cNothing that Satan can do to you should cause you to fear.\u201d (2Tim 1:7).<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Jesus chose the twelve disciples the Father had given Him and then jealously guarded them from the evil one.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Jesus sent His disciples into the world where they experienced difficult and dangerous circumstances, but He interceded on their behalf with His Father that they would<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>have His strong protection from the evil one ( John 17: 15).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>In the same way, Jesus said that we, as His sheep, are held securely in<\/b> <b>the Father\u2019s strong hand (John 10:28).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>There is no better place to be than safely in the hand of almighty God.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Do you believe this, or are you fearful of what Satan or people can do to you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The apostle John encourages us that we do not need to fear:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>\u201cHe who is in you is greater than he who is in the world\u201d (1 John 4 : 4).<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This is not merely a theological concept but a profound reality in which you can have absolute confidence.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is not just a truth for meditation in the security of your home; <b>it is a promise you can cling to in the midst of a hostile and menacing world.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>WHAT YOU DO REVEALS WHAT YOU BELIEVE.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>If you are living a fearful, anxiety\u2013filled life, you are proving your lack of confidence in God\u2019s protection, regardless of what you may say.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Live your life with confidence that Jesus is continually interceding with the Father on your behalf.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>IF YOU TRUST <\/b><b>HIM<\/b><b> COMPLETELY, YOU WILL HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Henry T. and Richard Blackaby<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Experiencing GOD Day-By-Day<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Fear is a very real thing that grips a vast majority of people on this earth. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Why is that statement the truth?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I believe it is because so few people in our world today grow up with the knowledge and understanding of who God really is and what His promises for living your life really are. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>I caution you to not stay ignorant about God Almighty.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>He is the Creator of the Universe and everything in and on it.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Contrary to popular opinion (which was formed by the majority of people on earth) Ignorance is NOT Bliss.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Ignorance is a state of mental being.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><b>You don\u2019t know what you don\u2019t know.<\/b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Knowledge is the only thing on earth that will overcome ignorance.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is for this reason that an upward mobile person, i.e. an individual who desires to move ahead and accomplish more in life than he or she has accomplished to date, needs to get educated, needs to obtain greater knowledge about life than he or she has acquired up to this point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Do you see yourself as fitting into this category of needing to advance in your understanding and knowledge of how to live a victorious and successful life?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I certainly hope you do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Every word you speak or action you take initially began as a thought in your own mind.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Your thoughts, the one thing that God has given you the complete and uninterrupted control over, predetermine what you wind up doing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you desire to change or improve your results or circumstances as exists in your life today, <b>you first need to change the way you think!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Success comes to those people who become Success Conscious.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Failure comes to those folks who indifferently allow themselves to become Failure Conscious.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It is your own mind.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>You are in total control of your own thoughts.<b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Which one do you choose?&#8230;.Success or Failure.<\/b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Let us get one thing definite.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Let\u2019s get one thing straight for sure.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><b>God designed and created you to be successful. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>God does not make any junk!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>You were designed for greatness.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>You were engineered for success.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>You were given the same 3.4 pounds of brains as everyone else was given.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>NOW IT IS UP TO YOU !<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">What are you going to do with the equipment you were freely given?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">What you do with it and how you use it will determine what you become and the station in life that you occupy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you want that to be \u201cthe best\u201d, then make certain that<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>grow in the knowledge and understanding of God and His Laws of the Universe.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Then use that knowledge and understanding to love and serve your fellow man, bring honor and glory to God Himself,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>and leave this world a better place than when you entered it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Remember&#8230;..Use your life to Glorify and Magnify Our Holy God and all fear will simply disappear!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Faith and fear cannot co-exist.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Faith will always drive fear out and away from your life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>God\u2019s Greatest Blessings to all of you.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sample from Spiritual Believers section of DaveSevern.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John\u00a0 17 :\u00a0 11-12\u00a0 NKJV (11) \u00a0 \u201cNow I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. \u00a0 Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/gods-complete-protection\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-believers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20862"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20864,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20862\/revisions\/20864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}