i'm a single parent with consistent financial issues and and have resulted in long-term consequences plus not being able to meet basic daily needs and being in survival mode on a long-term basis has truly left me with self-esteem issues how do i remain confident encouraged and overcome these feelings of inadequacy well i guess i'd have to know whether she's depending on herself to do all this or if she's depending on god to show a lot of pressure on a single parent yeah it is i mean i i'm sure it's very very very difficult and especially if
maybe you know she mentioned that there's been some long-term consequences i don't know maybe she made some not so wise decisions over over a period of time and she's still dealing with some of that and i'm sure she feels alone a lot which you know i don't i don't have an easy answer to this question except to say to you know continue knowing which i don't think she does know that god loves her and that he has promised that he will never leave her without the help that she needs now she may feel like but
he is leaving me without the help that i need but it can be a test that she's going through that if she just stands firm and holds steady you know we went through a period of time in in our life in the beginning of when i started in ministry where i really felt like i was supposed to quit my job and study and try to prepare for this big dream i had which for all i knew could have just been a fantasy and but it meant that our bills were going to exceed our income and
i was very frightened and i took that step and god was faithful every month he met our needs but we really didn't have anything extra and so it was like every month was a stretch of faith and a test of faith and and i did not really understand it and we dave and i have been tithers since we got married he'd been taught to do that and i was so tempted to you know change our giving so we'd have more money and things like that but we remained faithful and i didn't understand it then but
i look back now and i can understand that god was teaching me to trust him for really little things compared to what we need now on a weekly basis to pay the bills for the ministry i mean you're not on television around the world free it's very very costly and so i just want to encourage her that god loves her and for her not to try to do this on her own but to cry out to him for creative ways to make more money or a better employment or there's answers for her but only god
can give them to her all i know is she can't give up and keep her confidence in christ not in her own ability
