No Fear Friday – Joshua 1:9

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

Be strong. Be courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.

Why?

Because the Lord God will be with you wherever you go.

Wherever. Whenever. Always.

He starts with the commands, and tells you why it’s easy to obey it.

So, be strong. Be courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.

He’s WITH you. Wherever.


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No Fear Friday – Psalm 94:19

“When my anxious thoughts are many, Your comfort delights my soul.”

It’s been a rough couple of weeks, literally everywhere. I’m sure I’m not alone with anxious thoughts. Thank God for his steady, faithful presence and his unchanging comfort.

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No Fear Friday – Psalm 23:4

“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me”. Psalm 23:4 ​​​​​​​​

One of the things I love about the Bible is that no matter how many times I’ve read a verse or passage, sometimes something will jump out and it’s like reading it for the first time. That happened this week with Psalm 23. I have probably read this Psalm hundreds of times, maybe thousands. And I even memorized this Psalm as a kid, but using King James Version. I read it this week using the NIV translation, and it just read differently – especially with my “no fear” focus.

In the King James, it reads, “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil“. We have had a lot of death and grief in our family over the course of my life, and I think I always connected with the “valley of the shadow of death” part of the verse. It spoke to me. Felt familiar to me. Comforted me.

And then this week, reading this passage in the NIV, I stopped when I read verse 4. “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil”. The “darkest valley” just jumped out and read differently to me.

We’ve been through a lot of valleys lately. Life is hard. Raising kids is hard. Marriage is hard. Finances and running a business and covid and church and friend relationships and…. it all can be so hard. And sometimes, the hard phases of life feel like deep, dark valleys. There is always light off in the distance, but those dark valleys.. man, they bring fear and anxiety and alone-ness.

But God, through David in this Psalm, reminds us that even though we have to walk through the dark valleys, He is there. We don’t have to fear.

And I have to mention the rest of the verse. We don’t often like to talk about “evil”. It’s a word we avoid, but the evil is exactly why it’s so hard. The whole point of the evil one is to separate us from God and make it hard. And yet. God is with us. We don’t have to fear the evil. We don’t have to fear the dark valley. The overwhelming anxiety of the hard times. The dread of what is happening… or not happening. God’s rod and staff – his shepherding hands – are there to comfort us.

Are you sensing a theme yet, with all these “No Fear” verses?

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Pocket Hugs Make and Take

“Make and Take Anytime” project – Pocket Hugs!​​​​​​​​


​​​​​​​​These Pocket Hugs make great gifts for someone special! Come down to the shop and pick out one or two, color/paint them and use glue dots to add them to the cute cards. The card says, “Hold this tight and know I care, even when I can’t be there”. ​​​​​​​
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Price is $3 per Pocket Hug, or 4 for $10.​​​​​​​​
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Open Tue-Friday, 10-3 and Saturday 10-1​​​​​​​​

No Fear Friday – 1 Peter 5:7

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7

I love when the Bible echoes itself and makes SURE we understand. A couple of weeks ago, the verse was from Psalms, and it mirrored this one. “Give all your cares to the Lord…” “Cast all your anxiety on him…”

I think God’s message is pretty clear. He wants us to give it ALL to him.

“…and he will give you strength” “…because he cares for you”. He will carry us and he loves us. It’s hard to argue (not that we would?), when we realize how much He wants us to GET this.

So, today’s focus? Casting it ALL at Jesus’ feet and letting him love me through whatever is causing fear, anxiety, stress, turmoil. It’s all ON HIM, not me.

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Valentine’s Day Card Make & Take

For our local friends, we’ve got a special Valentine’s Day Cards Make and Take this FRIDAY, the 4th and next MONDAY, the 7th! Come down to the Delight Design shop at 516 N Grant anytime between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on either day and have the kids color and assemble their Valentine’s Day cards!

We’ve got over 12 different fold-over card designs they can choose from, AND To/From labels, AND seals to close them up. We’ll provide pens and colored pencils for coloring and a place to get this project done and off your list for February!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Cards include snake, panda, llama, 2 gnomes, frog, tiger, cat, dog, unicorn, flamingo and monkey images. Your kids can pick and choose their favorites and get sets of 10 or 25 cards.

Price: 10 cards for $5.00 OR 25 cards for $10.00. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​PRE-REGISTER here: https://www.delightaccessories.com/product/valentine-s-day-cards-make-and-take/349​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Remember – you can come anytime between 10 and 3 on Friday or Monday, but we DO need to know you’re coming so we have plenty of supplies and cards on hand. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Any questions, just ask!