THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

SURROUND YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE WHO AGREE WITH WHAT YOU’RE BELIEVING FOR

In today’s Scripture, Jesus went to pray for a little girl who had DIED. When he arrived at the house, everyone was crying and UPSET. He told them that she WASN’T dead, that she was just ASLEEP, and they began to laugh and SCOFF. It’s not SURPRISING that He only allowed Peter, James, John, and the girl’s PARENTS to be with Him in the room and witness the child’s RESURRECTION.

Jesus COULD have done this miracle in front of EVERYONE. But He kept the others out to show US the IMPORTANCCE of surrounding ourselves with people who speak LIFE and HOPE, people who AGREE with what WE’RE believing for. When you face difficulties, you need to keep your mind filled with thoughts of FAITH. You can’t AFFORD to have negative, discouraging people telling you how it can never HAPPEN. Get OUT of a negative environment, get AWAY from people who enable your dysfunction, get away from people who tell you that where you ARE is where you’ll always BE. You have to set some BOUNDARIES.

Today’s Scripture:

Luke 8:51, NLT

When they arrived at the house, Jesus wouldn’t let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, James, and the little girl’s father and mother.