Run to God

Though you may be experiencing loneliness, weariness and rejection...know that each season will surely pass and the shame that comes attached to the season of infertility can also be turned around. 

God hears. God cares and nothing is too hard for Him.

Put your hope in the truth of God's Word. He has a plan for you and all of it is good! 

Be strong

Life can catch any of us off guard at times. When war starts to wage in your mind, the enemy will use every tool in his arsenal to attempt to weaken your relationship with God. But you don't have to be his victim. 

Equip your heart with hope and conquer anger, confusion, condemnation, fear, doubt. Do what's necessary (word, praise and worship) to help you uncover the enemy's plot to confuse and lie to you, confront destructive thought patterns, find victory in transforming your thinking, gain strength, encouragement and, most importantly, victory over every battle in your mind. 

You have all the power it takes to fight back and it's essential that you do...even if it's one day at a time!

You can do it! 

Mindset

We have to be careful and not allow wrong thoughts to take residence in our heads. For the weapons of our warfare are . . . mighty before God. . . . [We] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ . . . (2 Corinthians 10:4-5). 

Lord, we pray for victory. Enable us to bring every thought into obedience. Help us not to allow Satan's words to stay in our minds and steal our victory. Amen. 

From the book Battlefield of the Mind Devotional by Joyce Meyer. Copyright © 2005 by Joyce Meyer. Published by FaithWords. All rights reserved.

Life

God's Word is THE source of life for everything in my life. His words are health and life to all my flesh.

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

http://bible.com/1/pro.4.20.kjv

Dead to Sin and Alive to Righteousness

By adminon Mon, 26 May 2014

“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” 1 Peter 2:24 (KJV)

To be dead to something is to be unresponsive to it. When it calls, you don’t pick up. When it solicits your attention, you refuse to buy what it sells. You are dead to it and it is dead to you. 

On the contrary, to be alive to something is to be responsive to it, alert and engaged, ready to do whatever it needs you to do. You are alive to it and it is alive to you.  

As born again believers, we are to be dead to sin and alive to righteousness. We are to be responsive to the Holy Spirit and ready to do whatever the Lord instructs us to do. If we are trying to be alive both to the things of God and the things of our flesh, we will quickly discover that it is impossible. Sin is like a powerful vacuum. If we get close enough to it, it will suck us all the way in. It doesn’t take sides, it comes to take over.

We must make a conscience decision to believe what the word of God says. Even when we have those sinful areas that seem to be alive and kicking in our lives, we must still declare by faith, “Lord You said in Your word that Jesus bore my sins in His own body on the tree. I do not have to live another day responding to whatever my flesh wants to do. I am Your daughter and You said that I am dead to sin and alive to righteousness! I thank You that no matter how I feel, no matter how it looks, no matter what I have done in the past, I choose to believe Your word. I am alive to You.”  

It will take your declaration of faith and your commitment to walk each day as though God’s word is your reality, and you will gradually see that those sins that you were alive to before, you are alive to no more. 

Be alive to things of God. Respond to His Holy Spirit. Do what He is beckoning you to do. Obey His Word. Take the plunge into a life of faith. 

A place of worship

Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. 

Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. 

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

http://bible.com/1/1ch.16.10.kjv

Spiritual arrogance

Arrogance is really an unattractive and trait. Not only is it sinful, it also shuts us off from truth. 

Education, experience, and training should not mean that we refuse to learn something from someone who does not have these advantages....right? 

Christian living is about faithfulness, and not about the letters that come after a comma at the end of our name. Imagine, Jesus, Holy and Mighty, came from God. He spoke the truth of God. He called others to share God's message. He calls us to listen to others whose lives reflect the truth of that message and learn from them without prejudice. 

Education, experience, and training can be great tools when coupled with humility. 

Let's commit to be true disciples. Let's commit to be life-long learners!

Brave

Jesus is always with me and because I am with Him, all things are possible.

Put your brave on and rehearse this, believe this, accept this, embrace this and be this!!!

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

http://bible.com/1/mat.19.26.kjv

Be accountable

“Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.” Proverbs 27:17

Accountability in relationships is needed more now than ever. Be careful of friends that spend the entire time responding with, “Yeah, girl I feel you!” There are things we just don’t “feel” because we know it’s not right, and it’s our responsibility to be truthful. 

A life that is deficient in iron will cause us to be weak. A relationship that is iron deficient, where no one is being sharpened, corrected, or provoked to good works is not beneficial to growth. 

People may fear making you upset or hurting your feelings, but a real friend would much rather make you upset and please God versus the other way around. 

Accountability isn’t telling people what to do. It is provoking them toward doing what God has already told them to do. 

We are not just helping each other stay out of sin, but helping one another move forward into being all that God created us to be and fulfilling His purpose for their lives. We will never grow on an island isolated away from people. Nor will we grow if we surround ourselves only with those that think like us and talk like us. We need people that sharpen us, get up under our skin and irritate us, encouraging us to grow and mature. Not “yes” people, but those who feel personally responsible to help us become all that God called us to be.

Covenant

God's covenant with me through Jesus, has made provision for me to be fruitful and enjoy life abundantly.

I receive it daily! 

Values

In everything situation that we approach,  we have to do it in wisdom (experience) and knowledge (understanding). 

It is important that we understand the difference. 

Wisdom is defined as the soundness of an action or decision with regard to the application of experience, and good judgment; while knowledge is defined as the awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation.

These two values are crucial when approaching someone/something; whether in a difficult situation, or at a crossroad, or a confrontation at work etc.... 

Use them often and wisely...

Peace

Keep your mind focused on Jesus always, and He will give you His perfect peace.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

http://bible.com/1/isa.26.3.kjv

I am

God's Word is truth for me. I am, do, and have what Gods says I can be, do, and have.

This is what you have to believe for yourself always... Never doubt it

Put Him first and all will be yours as a blessing 

Plant

Be careful where you plant your seed; as it'll grow with the same passions and produce the results that you feed into it.

For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

http://bible.com/1/gal.6.8.kjv

Brave

“Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but be an example for the believers in your speech, your conduct, your love, faith, and purity. Do not neglect the spiritual gift that is in you.... Practice these things and devote yourself to them, in order that your progress may be seen by all” (1 Timothy 4:12, 14-15 TEV). 

Promise

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

http://bible.com/1/jer.32.40.kjv

Faith

If you could only see with the eyes of faith, what would you see?

People like you and I, heroes and heroines of the faith, piled up around us on every side. And all of these men and women who have gone before you are cheering for you right now! 

They are shouting words of encouragement and believing that you are going to make it ... just like they did. 

Strength

For every thing you do, and every place you go, and every situation you find yourself in, or everytime you fall or fail...God is there to lift you up, strengthen you, comfort you, pray for you, guide you and see you through 

He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

http://bible.com/1/isa.40.29.kjv

Encourage

Any encouragement you need is from the throne room of God’s heart; when you are experiencing something traumatic 

One of the most powerful truths of the abundant life Jesus came to give us is that we serve a God who is concerned ... He simply cares about you. 

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

http://bible.com/1/2co.1.3.kjv

Gentle

Great read....

We can all change the way we walk through life with focus. You choose whether to pound your way through life making sure everyone hears the rhythm of your being or you can walk with grace, control, and power. 

You can loudly make your presence known by the choices you make and by rehearsing your pain or you can choose to be gentle and peaceful. 

In the same respect, you can choose to be gentle or rough in your daily dealings with people. 

Regardless of your personality type, your ethnic background, or your family heritage, make a choice to be a gentle person. 

Gentleness always cultivates strength and beauty in the heart of a believer. If gentleness is a challenging virtue to uphold, then spend time with some compassionate and considerate people and then observe how they respond to others. 

Worship

Even when you don't feel up to it, worship anyhow. 

Not only will it settle your anxiety, but it'll give you a certain kind of peace that surpasses all understanding. 

Peace

God longs for you to embrace God’s peace, which declares, “There is nothing to fear. I have been to your future and it is well. I am there.”

That is very comforting ..  

The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

http://bible.com/1/num.6.26.kjv

Strength

Stand firm and strong in your faith. God honors it and will always be your source to pull from. Don't allow these temporary things in our world shake you. 

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

http://bible.com/1/psa.91.10.kjv

Bless

Great times, sad times, sorrowful times, victorious times.....always bless and worship Him

I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

http://bible.com/1/psa.34.1.kjv

Delay

If we are discouraged because of God’s delay in answering our prayer needs, we need to understand that delay is not a denial. 

Just because the answer or the miracle hasn’t come yet doesn’t mean God isn’t going to answer or that he’s forgotten us or that he doesn’t care about us. It just simply means “not yet”! 

Part of our spiritual maturity is learning the difference between “no” and “not yet,” between a denial and a delay. The Bible tells us, “He who is coming will come and will not delay” (Hebrews 10:37 NIV). 

God’s delay may be a test of our patience. Anybody can be patient once. And, most people can be patient twice. And, a lot of us can be patient three times. So it is for our growth in the faith that God tests our patience over and over and over. 

All to strengthen our trust in Him

Diligence

Diligence is a requirement for any avenue of greatness. 

This word diligently in the Greek means “one who seeks something so passionately and determinedly that he literally exhausts all his power in the search.” 

This is how we are to go after God. 

God rewards people who diligently seek Him regardless of the pleasure or pain of the events they are experiencing. If you desperately desire the reward of God, then you will diligently seek Him and Him alone. You simply must believe He exists and He exists to reward those who seek Him above all else. 

Faith

Nice article:

I know faith is a real place because I live there. Just as I can sleep inside my house any given night and enjoy the comfort and protection of brick walls, a solid foundation, and roof with a twenty year warrantee, or choose to pitch a tent and camp outside in the wilderness where wild animals roam and the elements invade, I can also either live inside of or outside of faith in God. God wants you to be located at the address of faith in Him. If you have chosen to live outside the parameters of glorious faith, it will be impossible to please Him. 

Question: what's your faith address? 

Faith

Just because you don’t see something in reality today does not mean God won’t do it. God specializes in the unseen, yet promised. 

This is where our faith kicks in. Without it, it is impossible to please God. When we surrender our will and literally trust God to be head over our lives, then, the all of a sudden and right before your eyes, the impossible is made possible. 

We have to make that shift of control. Let go and let God be who He says He is.

Life

Guard your heart

Protect it's emotions

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

http://bible.com/1/pro.4.23.kjv

Do not be silent

Why shouldn’t you stand up for what you believe? 

Everyone else isn't hesitant to express their...

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

http://bible.com/1/mat.10.32.kjv