Olivia's world

Proverbs 3:5 (NKJ): "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths." We only trust what we know and understand. And for us to trust God we must take the time to know God. But how do we get to a point where we know God enough to trust Him? How do we get to a point where we acknowledge God in everything that we do, that He becomes a natural part of our every day lives? It starts with renewing your mind, and this will only happen over time. We have to renew our minds with the Word of God. This will make us aware of God's love, His power and His goodness. And it will change our mindset. It's extremely difficult to trust God or to get to know Him, when you enjoy being negative. It's hard to trust God when you can't see His goodness in the every day little things that we take for granted. That's why trusting God has to start with renewing your mind. But ...

In Ephesian 6:10 Paul the apostle wrote about the armour of God.  He starts off by saying that we must put on the armour of God so that we can be able to stand firm against the wiles of the devil. Our battle is not against flesh and blood but against the spiritual hosts of darkness. And for that reason we need to take up the whole armour of God.  To understand how the armour of God applies to our lives we need to understand that God operates in the spirit world because God is spirit, and He lives in each and every one of us. He is the power that created the heaven and earth and everything in it, just by speaking a word.  God is in you and He is me. We all have equal access to Him through Jesus Christ.  But why is necessary to put on the armour of God? What is that we need protection against if God lives within us?  The answer is that we need protection from evil, and through the armour of God we can fight against the powers of darkness. On our own we can...