Author: Jemmie Jems

Under the name Francis Lee, I write interracial Christian romantic suspense. My stories are about finding enduring love when hope and redemption seem unattainable as danger lurks around every corner. My characters learn that where there is darkness, "joy will always come in the morning".

God Is In Control…

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Happy New Year

We stand on the threshold of a new year looking inward for strength and forward for hope, in the midst of our quivering apprehension and excitement.

We fear the future when we can’t see clearly the path that is set before us. Still without knowing what this new year will bring, we can rest in the knowledge and assurance of God promises.

He will never leave us or forsake us. His promises are real. His word is true.

We have nothing to worry about. We have nothing to fear because God is in control.

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flies by day. Nor for the pestilence that walks in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Psalm 91 verses 5 to 7.

He knows the Way

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He knows the way to take. There is no need to fear. God promises to keep his children safe.

And he led them on safely so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. Psalm 78 verse 53.

What Do You Think About Christ?

This is a personal question…

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When I think about Christ, I see him as my Lord and Saviour.
He is the son of God, the son of his love.
His only begotten son was with him way back in eternity before the world began.

Matthew 22 verse 42

And Jesus asked them saying, What think you of Christ? Whose son is he?

This is a personal question deserving a personal response.

Remembering Jesus

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He suffered for me.

He was wounded for my transgressions, he was bruised for my iniquities: the chastisement of my peace was upon him; and with his stripes I am healed.

He suffered so I could be called a child of God therefore, God is my Father.

Go and tell my brethern…I ascend unto my Father and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

Because God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved me.

And hath raised me up together, and made me sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

Wherefore I am no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

We are children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ…

His suffering, death, burial, resurrection and ascension to Glory has put me in this place of favor with God.

Reference verses: Isaiah 53 verse 5, John 20 verse 17, Galatians 4 verse 7, Ephesians 2 verse 6 and Romans 8 verse 17…some articles in some verses were changed for a personal reading yet, the intent remains the same.

Security In God

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I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand I shall not be moved. Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope.

As I put the Lord first in my life, he becomes my guide. Therefore, am I confident and secure in Him and in His loving kindness.

Psalm 16 verse 8 and Acts 2 verse 26.

Fear not I will help you…

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For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand saying unto thee, fear not, I will help thee. Isaiah 41 verse 13.

Fear Not and Trust God #2

I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

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In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. Psalm 56 verse 4

Trust is a firm belief in something or someone; a conviction without the doubting or the wavering. Trust is the purity of faith beyond reason.

Fear Not Trust God

Trust God where you cannot trace him.

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What time I am afraid, I will trust thee. Psalm 56 verse 3

Once we make that pledge, we need to be all in, with no turning back, no doubts. Trust God where you cannot trace him.

Fear Not You Can’t Take It With You…

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Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased. For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away. Psalm 49 verses 16 and 17.

Fear Not the World Comes To An End

Therefore will not we fear…

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Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea. Psalm 46 verse 2.