Christ Will Rescue You

Monday, August 3, 2026

Don’t Let Him Pick You Apart!

I bet just about every woman knows the verse in Philippians 4:6(NLT). It tells us, “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.” Look at how lovingly our Heavenly Father gives us a pathway back to peace. He doesn’t leave us guessing. First, He tells us what not to do: don’t worry. Then He tells us exactly what to do: pray, bring our needs before Him, and remember His faithfulness.

Worry has a way of slowly wearing us down. It creeps into our thoughts, steals our confidence, and makes us question what God has already promised. But worry is not who we are. Fear is not our identity. Doubt does not define us. As believers, we are women who have been given faith, strength, and authority through Jesus Christ.

And we have to be careful because the enemy loves to use painful situations to make us turn against ourselves. He wants us to replay every hurt, every mistake, every word spoken against us until we begin to believe the lies. But we can’t let the devil pick us apart. We can’t partner with the very voice that is trying to convince us that we are powerless, broken, or forgotten.

This is especially important for women who have experienced domestic violence and abuse. Many women have spent years hearing words meant to tear them down. They have been criticized, controlled, blamed, and made to feel like they were the problem. Little by little, those wounds can settle deep within the soul if they are not brought before God for healing.

I’ve heard the testimonies of so many women of faith who have walked through some of the darkest seasons imaginable. They have faced abandonment, financial struggles, betrayal, emotional abuse, and physical violence. Some felt like they were being attacked from every direction. Just when they thought one storm was finally passing, another storm appeared. They felt like throwing in the towel, but they didn’t.

One of the common threads in their stories is that they discovered something powerful: anxiety and doubt can steal precious moments that God intended for peace. They spent time worrying about whether God would show up, whether He would make a way, or whether they would be left behind.

His Word reminds us in Isaiah 43:2 (NLT), “When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.”

God never abandoned them. He never lost sight of them. He walked with them through the valley and brought them into a place of healing, restoration, and renewed strength. He will do the same for you. Their testimonies remind us that every believer will face moments when their faith is tested. We can know God's promises, and still struggle with fear.

We all know the grips of that sinking feeling. The kind of heaviness that settles so deeply you cannot even explain the depth of it. Your heart feels troubled, your mind feels exhausted, and nothing seems to bring comfort. In those moments, we know God’s healing power. We know His promises. We know He has told us not to worry, yet there are moments when fear still rises within us.

Many women who have experienced abuse know this feeling all too well. After being hurt, controlled, criticized, or made to feel powerless, fear can become a familiar companion. Even when friends, loved ones, and spiritual mentors remind us to give it to Jesus, we may find ourselves surrendering our burdens one moment and picking them back up the next. But this is where God begins His healing work within us. He is not asking us to pretend we were never hurt. He is teaching us that our pain does not have to determine who we become. He is showing us that the things that happened to us do not have the authority to define who we are.

As God’s children, we can learn something powerful by looking at the love we have for our own children. Many of us would do everything within our power to protect our children, provide for them, and help them through difficult seasons. That love did not originate with us. God placed that capacity to love within us because we were created in His image.

And if we, as imperfect parents, know how to love our children, how much greater is the love of our Heavenly Father? God’s love is higher, deeper, and more complete than anything we could ever give. Isaiah 55:8–9 reminds us that His thoughts and ways are higher than ours. He sees what we cannot see. He knows what we do not know. And even when we feel forgotten, He has never lost sight of us.

Fear is one of the enemy’s greatest tools because it tries to convince us that something is true simply because it feels real. Fear says, “You will never recover.” Fear says, “You will always be broken.” Fear says, “God will not come through for you.”

But fear is a liar.

We cannot allow the enemy to continue picking us apart with thoughts that contradict what God has spoken over our lives. Instead, we must learn to bring those thoughts before God and replace them with His truth. Yes, learning to choose faith over fear takes time. Healing takes time. Trust takes time. But God has given us a pathway forward. His Word tells us in Philippians 4:6-8 to remember His goodness, to thank Him for what He has done, and to fix our thoughts on what is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, and admirable.

This is how we begin to rebuild what was damaged. This is how we strengthen our faith. This is how we stop allowing fear to have the final word.

The enemy may have tried to pick you apart, but God is in the business of putting you back together.

If someone has spent years trying to convince you that you are not enough, remember this: their words do not have the authority to define you. God’s Word does. You are loved. You are seen. You are valuable. You are a daughter of the King.

Don’t let him pick you apart. Don't let his words determine how you see yourself. Don’t let the pain of what happened to you become stronger than the truth of who God says you are.

Give those broken places to the One who knows how to restore. The same God who carried you through yesterday will strengthen you for today and prepare you for tomorrow. ■

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Your Storm Is Not the End of the Story

Talk to almost any believer who has been walking with Jesus for a while, and they will tell you the same thing: after some of the hardest seasons of their lives, they witnessed some of the greatest moves of God. That doesn't mean the storm was easy. And it doesn't mean they understood what God was doing while they were in the middle of it. When you're walking through deep pain, you are usually not thinking about promotion or what God might do next. You're trying to survive. You're praying for the pressure to lift. You're wondering how much more you can take.

Some storms hit so hard that it feels like everything is unraveling at once. Just when you think things can't get any worse, another situation appears. The phone call comes. The diagnosis comes. The relationship falls apart. The door closes. That's life in a broken world. But here's what we have to settle in our hearts: God does not send evil into our lives, and nothing touches our lives that He cannot use to accomplish His good purposes. Romans 8:28 (NLT) reminds us, “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.”

Joseph understood this better than most. His own brothers betrayed him, sold him into slavery, and allowed him to be carried away from everything familiar. Then, after serving faithfully, he was falsely accused and thrown into prison. If anyone had a reason to believe his life was over, Joseph did. Yet years later, when he stood face-to-face with the same brothers who caused him so much pain, he was able to say, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good.” (Genesis 50:20, NLT)

Joseph never denied the pain of what had happened. Betrayal is still betrayal, and evil is still evil. But somewhere along the journey, he began to see that God had never stopped working. The actions of others did not have the final say over his life. God did. And the same is true for us. We may not understand everything God is doing while we're walking through it, but we can trust that His purposes are never defeated by the choices of other people. The enemy can attack our circumstances, but he cannot overthrow the purposes of God. He can bring a storm, but he cannot change what God has in store.

One of the greatest things that a storm reveals is where we have placed our trust. When everything around us is stable, it is easy to believe we are standing strong. But when life begins to shake, we discover whether our foundation is truly built on God or on the things we thought would always be there. Jesus said in Matthew 7:24-25 (NLT), “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse because it is built on bedrock.”

Notice that Jesus didn’t say the rain wouldn’t come. He did not say the floodwaters would stay away. He said the house would stand because of what it was built on. Storms are not always a sign that something is wrong. Sometimes storms reveal that God is building something stronger in us than we could have built on our own.

So what do we do when we are in the middle of the storm and we cannot see what God is doing? We do what every believer before us has had to learn to do—we trust Him. Trust does not mean we understand every detail. Trust does not mean we never cry, never struggle, or never ask God questions. Trust means that even when we cannot trace His hand, we believe His heart. We believe that God is good, that He is faithful, and that He is working even when we cannot see the evidence yet.

The enemy wants us to measure God’s love by our circumstances. He wants us to believe that if life is difficult, God must be distant. But that is a lie. God has never promised His children a life without storms. What He promised is that we would never face them alone. Isaiah 43:2 (NLT) reminds us, “When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown.” Notice the promise is not that we will avoid deep waters. The promise is that God will be with us in them.

So don't allow your storm to convince you that God has forgotten you. Don't allow the pain of what you are facing to make you doubt the One who has carried you this far. The same God who was with Joseph in the pit, the prison, and the palace is the same God who is with you today. He is still working. He is still faithful. He is still writing your story.

Your storm is not the end because God always has the final word. What the enemy sends to destroy you, God can use to strengthen you. What was meant to take you out can become the very thing that draws you closer to Him. Keep trusting. Keep standing. Keep believing. The storm may be a chapter, but it is far from the end of the story. ■

“Your Storm Is Not the End of the Story”, written by Kim for https://rescuefromdomesticviolence.blogspot.com© 2026. All rights reserved. All praise and honor to God through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

The Master’s House is Still Open

Luke 13:24-27(NLT)
24“Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail. 25 When the master of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’ 26 Then you will say, ‘But we ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 And he will reply, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you come from. Get away from me, all you who do evil.’”

Jesus didn't soften His words in this passage, and neither should we soften what He meant. His message is both an invitation and a warning. The invitation is that the Master's house is still open today. The warning is that the door will not remain open forever.

Many of us naturally want to believe the door to God's Kingdom is wide enough for us to carry everything we've never surrendered. We want to believe we can continue holding on to certain attitudes, habits, unforgiveness, compromise, or secret sins and still walk comfortably through the entrance. We convince ourselves, "I know God isn't pleased with this, but it's not that bad." We compare ourselves to other people instead of measuring our lives against God's holiness, and before long our conscience becomes comfortable with what God is calling us to leave behind.

But Jesus tells us the door is narrow.

That doesn't mean salvation is earned through our own efforts. Salvation is a gift of God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ. What Jesus is teaching is that entering His Kingdom requires a heart that is willing to surrender to Him. Grace is never permission to remain unchanged. It is the power God gives us to turn away from sin and become more like Christ.

One of the greatest misunderstandings in the Church today is believing that because God is gracious, He overlooks a lifestyle of continual rebellion. His grace is immeasurable, His mercy is abundant, and His forgiveness is available to everyone who truly repents. But His grace was never intended to excuse what Jesus died to free us from.

Notice what the people outside the door said. They reminded the Master that they had been around Him. They had eaten with Him. They had heard Him teach. In other words, they pointed to their association instead of their relationship.

Being familiar with Jesus is not the same as belonging to Him.

You can attend church every Sunday, know Scripture, listen to sermons, sing worship songs, serve in ministry, and still never fully surrender your heart to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. God has never been interested in religious activity without genuine transformation. He desires hearts that know Him, trust Him, obey Him, and are continually being changed by His Spirit.

The beautiful news is this: the Master's house is still open. If you're reading these words, the invitation still stands. The door has not yet been shut. Today is still the day to repent. Today is still the day to lay down the sin you've been protecting, the bitterness you've been feeding, the pride you've been excusing, or the fear that's been keeping you from fully following Christ.■

“The Master’s House is Still Open”, written by Kim for https://rescuefromdomesticviolence.blogspot.com© 2026. All rights reserved. All praise and honor to God through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.