Love Helps Us to Ovecome Fear - FEAR OF NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR OUR FAMILY

 When we are convinced that Jehovah loves  us and that he loves our family, we have no trouble believing that we will have the things we need.  (Read Matthew 6:31-33) Jehovah wantst to provide for us, and what a loving, generous Provide he is!  When he created the earth, he did more than just give us the basic things we would need to surivive. He lovingly filled the earth with things that  would give us immense pleasure.  (Genesis 2:9) Even of at times we have just enough to get by, we do well to focus on the fact that we are getting by. Jehovah has not failed to provide for us. (Matthew 6:11)We need to keep in mind that any material sacrifice we make now is nothing in comparison to what our loving God will give us, both now and in the future. That is what Nestor and Maria came to realize.  - ISAIAH 65:21, 22.

Nestor and Maria had enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle in Columbia  "We thought about simplifying oru life and expanding our ministry," They said "but we were afrauid  that we wouldn't be happy living on less money." What happened to overcome their fear?  They reflected on the many ways that Jehovah had provced his love for them.  Convinced that he would always take care of them, they quit their well-paying jobs.  They sold their home and moved to a part of the country where there was a greater need for Kingdom preachers. How do they feel about their decision? Nestor says:  "We have seen the truthfulness of Matthew 6:33.We have never lacked anythin materially. And we live a happier life now." 

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