Hey, moms. This is Durenda Wilson and this week's podcast of grace for a mom's heart.

Today I'm sharing what God's word has to say about whether or not he really protects us.

Now, I know that can seem like a very primary concern, a very basic thing that we all know that

God protects us in our heads.

But sometimes we can doubt that.

Because the enemy comes in and for various reasons we can begin to wonder

if God actually protects us. And this is the beauty of God's word is that we can go back to it

over and over and over again, knowing that it's true, that it never changes and that God never

changes and that he does in fact protect us.

Even as I'm reading to you today these scriptures, I personally am needing this reassurance.

Fear is running rampant and I'm just as vulnerable to it as you are, but God says he did not give us a spirit of fear,

but of power, of love, and of a sound mind.

He said that perfect love casts out fear.

If we know Jesus as our Savior, fear has no authority over us.

And one of the reasons that is true is because God does, in fact,

protect us. So as I begin to read the many ways that God protects us, I want to remind you that these

are not just words. God says the scriptures are not just words.

They are our very life.

Here is what God has to say about the power of his word.

Isaiah 55 verses 10 and 11 say,

The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth.

They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry. It is the same with my word. I send it out and it always produces fruit.

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