Content

God wants us to be satisfied where we are today! Knowing that if he doesn't do anything else for us he has already done enough. What more could God do for you to make you happy? He has given you life and sacrificed his ONLY son so you could live freely. Isn't that enough?

In say it is but that is just me. If you spend enough time talking to people you would find many who say I'd be happy if...... Do you have an I'd be happy if??? Well if you do we need to change you mind! Paul tells us to be content with what we have right now! Philippians 4:11 AMP Not that I am implying that I was in any personal want, for I have learned how to be content (satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or disquieted) in whatever state I am.

Whatever we have or don't have should be OK with us. Where we are today is a result of our own actions. So settle in knowing that God wants more for us but if we never get it, its OK! Jesus paid the ultimate price so we can live! That alone should keep you content!

Master of disguise

When we turn our will over and surrender to Gods way of living, the enemy gets angry. At the point of your surrender the enemy becomes powerless over you. That makes him angry. When he gets angry he has to try harder to win you away from God. When you are walking with him he doesn't need to attack you because he has you. It is when you turn your will over to God that the enemy has to try to win you back. When we live in sin we walk blindly with the enemy. This makes him happy.

The enemy is the master if disguise. He is the king of lies and the author of confusion. Living with the enemy will eventually end with you in trouble. Proverbs 14:12 AMP There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death.

 God wants us to have life! Not living a life of lies and confusion. Jesus tells us  in John 10:10 KJV The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

So I say choose God and life! With his way you can't go wrong!

Touched Shoulders

Please read this and take what you need! Then pass the rest on to someone else!

There's a comforting thought at the close of the day,
When I'm weary and lonely and sad,
That sort of grips hold of my crusty old heart
And bids it be merry and glad.

It gets in my soul and it drives out the blues,
And finally thrills through and through.
It is just a sweet memory that chants a refrain
"I'm glad I touched shoulders with you!"

Did you know you were brave, did you know you were strong?
Did you know there was one leaning hard?
Did you know that I waited and listened and prayed,
And was cheered by your simplest word!

Did you know that I longed for that smile on your face,
For the sound of your voice ringing true?
Did you know I grew stronger and better because
I had merely touched shoulders with you?

I'm glad that I live, that I battle and strive
For that place that I know I must fill;
I am thankful for sorrows, I'll meet with a grin
What fortune may send, good or ill. 

I may not have wealth, I may not be great,
But I know I shall always be true,
For I have in my life that courage you gave
When once I  rubbed shoulders with you.

~ unknown

Guarantee

Sin is guaranteed to all of us. We are all imperfect. The only person who never sinned is Jesus. As Christians we must know that we will fall short. God knows it and we should too. The problem comes if we think that we don't sin.  John 1:8 KJV If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

When we sin we should use it to help ourselves grow. It is a chance for us to see where we are falling short and learn from it. When we sin it doesn't make us bad people it makes us human. We must press towards living Gods way, and in order to do that we must identify our faults, learn from them, and keep going!

Love in your own way

God gives us many different instructions on love. He tells us the traits that love has. He even tells us how often and whom we are to love. But he never hells us how we are supposed to express our love.

With the billions of different personalities in the world, God doesn't tell us to express our love in the same way. Some people express love by giving. Others by spending time. Some people with money. Others  with words or touch. None the less it doesn't mean one person loves more or less than the other. With expressing love differently we still have basic rules to follow.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 AMP
Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily. [5] It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it it pays no attention to a suffered wrong. [6] It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail. [7] Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything without weakening. [8] Love never fails never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end.

No matter how you show your love it must follow God's guidelines in order to be real!

Gentle Kindness

Every now and then people come alone and there is just "something" about them. Some people have a beaming personality others a great sense of humor. But sometimes some people are so gentle and so kind. I like to call this gentle kindness.

This gentle kindness is as refreshing as when the wind blows and you feel it upon your cheek. Or when the first ray of sun shines down in the morning. Gentle kindness is a way of living. A way that God called for us to live.

Gentle kindness being nice to those who are mean to you. It is speaking softly even in anger. Gentle kindness is a soft touch. In today's world gentle kindness is what is needed. It is very easy to be mean and angry. To display gentle kindness is a challenge that we should place upon ourselves to display in our daily lives. 

Let your gentle kindness touch others.

Ephesians 4:32 - And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Protection

 

 

 

It is not enough that God himself keeps us from harm. He so loves us and wants to be kept safe that he has his angel surrounding us. All we have to do is have reverence of the Lord and we are safer than any non believer.

 

It is such a comforting feeling to know that God protects me and keeps his angels around me. Therefore nothing could possibly harm me. If you don't have revelation on this I suggest you read your word because this is the best protection you could ever have.



Illuminate

The Bible tells us to let our light so shine. Many people forget about this simple instruction.  I am here to tell you not to. Never forget that God wants you to be the light for other people.

As I look back over my life I am blessed to see the lights that shined in my life.  If it were not for the people who prayed for me, supported, and encouraged me, I don't know where I would be.

As an adult I have made it a mission to personally thank my Lights. They probably never knew that they were a light in my life, but they were. Even today I can still see their lights in my life. In a dark place all lights have a wonderful glow. 

Along your journey you should be a light to others. Let your light so shine that it may help someone else out if the darkness.  If your light illuminates God then it will help others. Live a life that is pleasing to God and people will be drawn to your light.

Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Unselfish

In life most people spend most of their time thinking about themselves. That is not the way God wants us to live our lives. He wants us to live by the following acronym JOY (Jesus, Others, Yourself). The sad reality is that many people don't apply this to their daily lives. If we could think more about others and less about ourselves we would be less angry and generally happier at the core. Not to mention what it would do in our marriages.

If you spent more time thinking about what makes your spouse happy and less time thinking about what makes you happy, your marriage would be a lot better. In a marriage people say "I'm not happy because..." Well, what about looking at the possible reasons for your spouse to be unhappy. Then looking at the day and say, "what can I do today to make my spouse happy?" If we could just change the way we look at a situation so many things would change.

In Phil 2:4 It tells us, "Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others."  This is a very simple instruction, but one that people have a hard time following.

Make up your mind today that you are going to live a life with JOY and start looking at the needs of others. This would help make this crazy world a better place. 

Not your own

1 Corinthians 7:4 AMP
For the wife does not have exclusive authority and control over her own body, but the husband has his rights; likewise also the husband does not have exclusive authority and control over his body, but the wife has her rights.

In a day and age where sex sells and its more common to see divorce than marriage, we need to look at some basic principals of marriage. When we get married we make a contract between us and God. If we read our Bible it tells us the terms of the agreement.

One of the terms is that we become 1 with our mate. Another term is that our body no longer belongs to us. We share our body with the other person. Now if we take a look at the second principal which is defined in 1 Corinthians 7:4 we could prevent a lot of conflict between married couples. Sexual desire for your spouse is God given. He wants us to share this with each other when we are married. If we pay more attention to our spouse and out their wants and needs above our own things would be better off.

There does have to be a balance. You don't have the right to make our mate a slave. However, you do have the right to have your needs met by your mate.

Think less about me and more about them. That's the bottom line!

Become one

Prior to our marriage my husband and I didn't see eye to eye on the role our families played in our lives. I wanted the #1 spot next to God but I wasn't his wife. I placed him in the #1 spot in my life next to God. So obviously we were not balanced. But when we got married and vowed with God to become 1, things changed. I naturally became my husbands #1 priority (next to God) and he mine. It was so naturally occurring it seemed surreal.

What changed? My husband and I applied THE TRUTH to our lives. Matthew 19:5 KJV And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh.

This scripture applies to wives too. Now I know many people may be in offense to a married couple living this way. It if you apply THE TRUTH to your life it will become surreal.  All God is telling the married couples is that a wife should be most important to her husband and a husband most important to his wife. There is a balance and it is the role of each spouse to keep their families in the correct place.

If all else fails you will still be living how God wants if you apply Matthew 19:5 to your life. When you live how God instructs you can't be wrong.

Peace 2

Be at peace..God wants us to have peace in our lives. He equips us in so many different ways and yet we still allow the chaos. Be still for a moment and find God peace.

John 14:27 KJV
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Pleasing to God

It is important for us to live our lives in a way that makes God happy. He wants us to base our choices on what is pleasing to him. We can't live our lives trying make others happy. It is impossible to serve two masters. If you are living life to please people then you are not serving God. Galatians 1:10 KJV For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Live life for God and everything else will fall in to place. It's a law!

Time for Change

It is your own insecurities, jealousy, envy, and hate that keep you stuck! Nobody can make you feel anything unless you give them permission. It is time to heal yourself so those roots that God didn't plant can be uplifted! When the healing occurs you will see everything around you change. Also, stop settling for less just because you are needy! At the end if the day we all deserve to be happy. True happiness comes from God! No man, woman, or child can give you the happiness that God can!

Peace

When life throws us a storm me must learn to find the peace. God brings us peace! He can silence the waves, winds, and the storm. So settle your spirit and know that God brings peace in the midst of chaos.

Weak Muscles

Last summer my daughter got diagnosed with scoliosis and sopondylolisthesis. She under went treatment, physical therapy, and chiropractic care. She was told that this attack on her body would be something she had to live with forever and the best thing she could do was keep her core muscles strong. (Now I know she is healed, but this is not a lesson in my faith) So until her healing manifests itself in the natural she is supposed to do exercises daily. Well, that doesn't happen. When she doesn't exercise as frequently as she should I can see her back curve more. Yet, if she did the exercises her strength would be greatly increased and her symptoms would be less.

This applies to us and the body of Christ! God gave us all gifts that are supposed to be exercised for the church so we can all benefit. 1 Corinthians 12:7 KJV But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. Yet, there are only some believers with strong gift muscles. The more we exercise our physical muscles the stronger we become, and the more we exercise our spiritual muscles the stronger others become.

We are all THE BODY OF CHRIST! This means 1 body. So as the muscles in a natural body must work to strengthen one another, we must work our spiritual muscles to strength one another. In turn this will strength the body of Christ!

Spend time with God to find the spiritual gift he gave you. Then use it to strengthen THE BODY!

Thanks

Everyday you wake up is a gift from God. We awake keep going daily because God is so good to us. Not to mention all the little things he does for us on a daily basis. Everything God does for us is for our good. So let us rejoice and give him thanks.

Psalm 136:1 KJV
O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

God Answers Prayer

Sometimes, when hearts are weak,
He gives the very gifts
believers seek.
But often faith
must learn a deeper rest
and trust God's silence
when He doesn't speak;
for He whose name is Love
will send the best.
Stars may burn out,
nor mountain walls endure,
but God is true,
His promises are sure....
....for those who seek.
       

               ~ unknown

John 14:13 KJV
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.