Monday, October 31, 2011

Independent or Dependent

When we enter a worship are we focused on our personal relationship with God or are we focused on our fellowship with other worshipers? As followers of Jesus Christ we are neither independent nor are we dependent. We rely on our interdependence to guide us and allow us to connect with Jesus and others.
1 Corinthians 11:11-12
11 In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12 For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.

We need each other and we are required to be a part of the larger body of Christ. When I think of what I have to do I know I need others to do it. I can't do it alone. I can't do it by myself. Reaching out to others and letting others help is what I have to do. I think God heard my pray and place another body in the room to help, but now I have to give here the opportunity to do just that. I think we can make this work. It's definitely a change and that's what I prayed for. I pray for many things. I hope they all will come to fruition. I believe if one does then all have a possibility. Thank you God for hearing me. Now let me do my part. I pray that you are having a wonderful time. I love you and hope that you are doing well. I know you are fine and are taking good care of yourself. Be blessed and be a blessing to someone special.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

What is Success

Dear God, when I seek time with you, I am looking for answers to my many problems and questions. My mind is racing with the troubles and cares of my life. I seek you to find peace and to understand what is really important. What idols have I made in my life that have lead me away from you Lord? Was it the money, recognition, acceptance by others? When I look at the true value of these things they do not measure up to your Kingdom. I don't accepts the world's approach to wealth and leadership, yet I continue to struggle for some comfort here on earth. Finding the balance is the struggle.

Matthew 19:20-21
...What do I still lack? Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Proverbs 16:1-3
To man belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the reply of the tongue. All a man's ways seem innocent to him but motives are weighed by the Lord. Commit to the Lord whatever you do and your plans will succeed.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

God is Working Out Today

I know that God is listening because my day was different yesterday. Today I expect it to be different too. I have to do my part and God will do the rest. How did I ever think that God wasn't listening. I put my hope in God. Let today be a new day all over again. I put my trust in you Lord. Just one word from you Lord and I am convicted.
Isiah 49:6-7

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Glory, Glory, Glory

Thank God you have taken the chance to relax.

Relax Renew Rejuvenate
You deserve this time away and have earned every moment of it.

Thanks be to God. I give God all the glory and the honor.

Be blessed and return refreshed, renewed and revitalized.

Monday, October 24, 2011

While Thinking Again

\It sounded like I was upset and I'm not. I am completely aware that no bad intent personally was meant for me. I convict myself in my relationship with God. The Holy Spirit touches my heart and my mind and challenges me to do better and better I will do.
Acts 2

I Do Love You Lord

I am not ashamed of the fact that I Love You Lord. I may have problems, but I love the Lord. I am not ashamed of that. I keep my mind, heart and soul focused on you Lord. I don't have the answers. I pray that I can look beyond the ritual. My heart longs for you Lord. The things that separate us are what keep us coming back for more. We come together because of our differences and in spite of our differences. Whatever this is I surrender myself to God's will. I am a possible choice, not the only choice. I hear that there are other options for us to enjoy and we can express ourselves many ways. God will get his will done one way or the other. There is not one way or one person with all of the answers. We are uniquely and wonderfully made. I take nothing for granted. I take no one for granted. I stay amazed that you are still here. Still interested. I expect you to move on to something or someone else. Maybe I do need a new church. My goal is never to be a distraction. I love the Lord. I Love You Lord. Am I trying to let God do his will. I hope so. You are where you need to be and I am where I need to be. That seems obvious. If we were to be elsewhere, then we would be there. Breaking traditions and rules are what Jesus did. Love the Lord your God with all Your Heart and Mind and Soul. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. I work on that for my life. God wants all of me and I want to give it to him. I want God to have all of me. I have to deny myself more, and more. Release the control. I don't know how to control my life.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

It's Going to Be Alright

Lord when I run from your will I always seem to come back. Whether stumbling or running , I come back. I am challenged to continue in your will and I can't seem to do anything else but move towards just what you want.When I don't know the words to say, I just try and let your spirit in my heart and in my mind. Lord when I question the struggle I am always referred to Jonah. Am I rebelling against going into a warring, fierce, ruthless area. I feel I am there now. Daily I struggle with the challenges of this school. School, work, home, church, and any other relationship in my life is a struggle. I know it doesn't have to be a rose garden but can there be some clarity, some ease, some method or routine that brings joy. Something to continue to be happy about. Its not that bad. It could be much worse. Have to think about getting out of here because of the weather, traffic will be slower than slow. So cheer up. Find joy in your situation and know that it does not last forever.Being obedient will bring a sense of accomplishment. There is joy in accomplishing the will of God. I have a sense of calm about myself. Have a blessed day today. Know that you are loved dearly.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Thank You

Good Morning Lord. Thank you for everything that you do in my life. Thank you for forgiving me for my sins. I know that they are too big for my life. Sometimes I just don't know how you do it all. How do you love me even when you know me. How is it that I can still be the one that needs to keep growing and changing and working stuff out each and every day?. We never really are at the point where we meet the need to be whole and complete. There is no point where we get to say. OK Lord I am done. Let me just rest here. No we have to keep pushing on daily. Forgive us for our sins. Love us in spite of our sins. Love us unconditionally. Love us completely and without blame. Love us with all your heart and soul. Keep us safe and protect us.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Wonderful

Thank You Lord for your grace. You are an awesome God and I will praise you. I trust you Lord. My faith is in you. You can do all things but fail. Whatever comes before me I exercise my faith first. Do I belong here? I am where God wants me to be. I will do what God wants me to do. I walk by faith and not by sight. My faith is in the Lord. He sent his son Jesus to save me. Thank You Lord.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Making Wise Decisions

Thank You Lord for today. I am here one more day. Thank You for each and every day. I take nothing for granted.

I am renewed and refreshed. Its back to the grind. I have to find something within me to keep me going strong.

Today, tomorrow and the next. I continue to chase after you. I continue to try and improve myself.

Breaking old habits and moving forward. Finding happiness with myself and others.

How do I handle this need for change in my life? Is it with resistance, excitement or uncertainty? I believe it is a combination of all.

I have to put it in God's hands. God will guide the way and the fact that I control nothing in this is evident.

I ask God to help me be more flexible and open to change. Open to whatever will allow me to work smarter not harder.

That's the latest catch phrase in our building. Work smarter not harder. Its not new.

I have heard it for many years but now we are truly trying to incorporate that in our daily lives.

Trust in the Lord. Lean not to our own understanding. Believe that God has a plan for you. Trust in God.

Trust that all things will and do work together for the good of those who love the Lord and are doing his will.

My prayer is that I release control. I become more open to changes in my life and I seek God first about those changes.

Trust in God and lean not to my own understanding of the situation. Confusing. How do I know.

God won't have me do something that will hurt others. God will have me glorify Him.

God will not have me harm myself. God has goodness and kindness and mercy for me. God loves me and what he has for me will and does reflect that love.

Humble myself and know God's love. Know God's strength. Know God is with me always. Be blessed and be a blessing today.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Looking Beyond My Immediate Circumstances

Thank You Lord for giving me the opportunity to work on your objective one more day. You continue to encourage me to stay diligent and focused. I love you Lord and continue to seek you daily. Daily I am seeking you Lord longing to be closer and closer to you. My task is difficult but I do not grow weary. I will stay on task. I move forward with dedication and determination. I am encouraged to stay on task and to know that as I seek God he will be found. May God bless us today on our endeavors and know that we are determined and dedicated to seek Him first and to find Him. Be blessed today and be a true blessing. I'm off to another meeting. Lord I pray that we are able to be productive and successful. Let us be on one accord.

Monday, October 10, 2011

What's On My Mind

Good morning Lord. Thank You for another day. I give you all the praise and glory today Lord. Thank You. My heart is restored with the knowledge that you have given me another day. I woke up this morning with you on my mind. I wondered how you were feeling today? Did you rest well last night? Are you anxious about something? When are you taking a vacation? Are you taking good care of yourself? Did you have a healthy breakfast? Are you too busy to think about your health and make wise choices? Am I a project for your, like a game or a bet? Do you regard me as something on your list of things to do, like feeding the homeless, stopping the violence, etc. You are not alone in your quest to change the world. I am thinking that my prayers for your are being heard. I am encouraged that suffering is not forever. God is with us through the pain and that I should never give up hope for a future together. I am not just another project for you to check off. I chose to believe in you. I chose to believe in a you and me future. I press forward on that promise. I have to believe in us. I pray for God to restore any losses that I have in my life. Return to the Lord. Sometimes it takes a major blow to bring people back together. Does it also take a major blow to get people together? Emotions and intellect pale in comparison to matters of the heart. Faith in God. Continued Hope in the situation and Love of you keep me going..My heart has loved you for a long time. I'm not going anywhere, I'm right here, still in love with you. Working myself up to believing everyday even when it doesn't look like it is possible, believing that it is so. Be blessed today, my love. Be a blessing to someone special. Plant a seed of faith.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

The Value of our Work

Dear Lord thank you than you thank you. I have to begin by giving thanks for all that you have done, all that you plan to do and all that was done that I know nothing about. Today Lord I will only be in church half the time. I will miss you. I am going to see my friend receive a community service award. It is her first and she has no one coming to see her receive this award. .Her boyfriend and family all have other plans. I know that she would appreciate someone being there on her behalf. I want to encourage here to continue to do good. The time cuts int my church time. So Lord, I will come and praise and worship and leave at 1pm. I really would love to stay for the entire service but I am splitting my time between the two. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 New International Version (NIV) Ecclesiastes 3 A Time for Everything 1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: 2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, 5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, 6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, 7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, 8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

Friday, October 7, 2011

Good Morning

Good Morning Lord. I ask you to help me be ready to face difficulties in my life. Test me, prepare me to pass the test. Help me to be ready to stand against the world's challenges. Allow me to be supportive at all times. I am willing to try. I have not given up. I will continue to walk with Jesus to the end. Just like Peter's failure at the end, I know that I can fail too. I have my sins and challenges, but I pray that I always come back to what's right. We all make mistakes but knowing how to look at our mistake and our attitude about the mistake gives us courage to go on. It takes courage to admit when you are wrong and obedience and discipline to do the right thing. John 18:23-27

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

God is Awesome

Thank You Lord for today. Thank you for the opportunity to try a little bit harder to do your will. Lord I too was convicted last night. I changed my route going into work so that I could avoid a homeless person when I get off the expressway. My reasoning was that I will not give this person anything because I will see them everyday and everyday they will expect something from me. They were aggressive and relentless. Even suggesting I give my lunch because they saw it on the front seat in the car. I stopped going that way. I was mad that he could assume that I should give him something each and every time I see him. I changed my route back to the longer way just to avoid him. Now of course he is stuck on the brain. Should I go back to that route and have something for him daily or just keep avoiding him? Maybe now that we start earlier he won't be there. Maybe I'll just keep going the way I'm going and leave that alone. He was kind of creepy too. I would much rather help in a different way than just giving him money everyday. I know I have a house, car, job and food, but its a struggle for me too. I'm going to school today to catch up on some stuff. I'll go that way and see if he is still out there.

I know that weekends are included and why I have missed them I don't have a valid reason.You are special to me and I don't want to take any of this for granted. I want to remember each and every day is a gift and that I share that gift with you in some small way. Making a connection with you each and every day is important to me. We don't see each other everyday so connecting is important. This break is important too. You need to not worry about me being so sensitive about everything that you say and do. You are helping so many people through their tough times as well as my own. I'm a big girl and I understand its not about me all of the time. I want you to be encouraged and strengthen. You have a hard journey ahead of you and you need encouragement not discouragement.

Proverbs 167:2-3
All a man's ways seem innocent to him but motives are weighted by the Lord. Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Beginnings

Proverbs 3:1-6 Proverbs 3 Wisdom Bestows Well-Being 1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, 2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity. 3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.[a] OK Lord, I'm off for these two weeks and I need your help to make the best of it. Restore us and rejuvenate us. I want to do your will Lord. Not my will but your will.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

God's Sense of Humor

God has given us exactly what we need. Why God has decided that you would have the crazy girl I don't know. But I hear that if you think you are crazy then maybe you aren't. But then again you could just be calling it like you see it. I have to believe that you know what God wants and so I believe just like you believe this is suppose to be something. Something that God has his hand in. So I look to the future not the past. New Beginnings that have me believing in the positive. God wants nothing but the best for me and I believe it. I may be up and down, back and forth, unsure one day, positive the next but I never give up. If you believe and I know you are a man of God then it must be true. Its not just something I made up, something that I only think is true. Thank You God for love. Thank You for allowing me to be able to give love and for being able to receive love. That might be where the problem lies but God did not give up on me in that area. Thank You God.

The Purpose of God

Lord I have a love-hate relationship with your will. I want to know it, to discover it, to include it in my life. I know I will not be whole without it. But then I know that deep down it might be something that I don't want, something I find too hard, something that will challenge me too much. Too many restrictions, too much of a change. But Lord I want you to reveal yourself to me. Reveal your will. Help me to recognize the patterns that have developed. The ones that lead me to your will and purpose in my life. What does it mean to be chosen by God? To live in his will and purpose? How to balance the things that I think I know are God's will against the things that are my will? How do I get God's blessings? I am blessed each and every day with God waking me up and allowing me to have the knowledge that He alone is King of Kings and Lord of Lord. How do I make it in this earthly world? Am I whining over nothing? If things will get better will I even notice it getting better? A year ago I was going through major emotional turmoil, now I am not. Are things better, have they changed, or is it my attitude about the situation which really doesn't seem to have changed much. Its how I look at the situation now. My perception is what has changed. My coping skills have increased so that what upset me before doesn't affect me like that anymore. Is that a good thing or a bad thing because now I am more indifferent. WHERE IS THE PASSION. I AM A CAPTIVE IN INDIFFERENCE. Was that the best I could do, just not care? God I know there is more to it than that. Light the fire of passion and reach deep within to rekindle the emotions. Maybe that was the problem in the first place, too much emotion.
Praise be to God, the Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 1:1-14

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