God isFaithful With All of His Promises

Thank You God for another day. I prayed why, what when, how for all the things that you know are on my heart. The Career things that continue to elude me and confuse me. The spiritual things that are on my heart and spirit. But through it all I will praise him. I bless the Lord and worship Him because he is King of Kings and Lord of Lord. I walk into this day knowing that there will be obstacles but I don't walk alone, I walk with God by my side. That comforts me. God has dispatched angels to walk with me so I move out of my rut and respond to the pressures around me and just keep pushing. Thank you Lord for today and I will bless you each and every day. I love you and pray that you have a blessed and refreshing day today. Let something surprise you today. 2 Peter 2

Finding Joy in God

Its all in our perspective. How we choose to view the world. We do task that God is calling us to do with a grateful heart and a strong mind. I thank God for his wonderful provisions that he has set up for me. What different motives are present in conflicts that arise in my daily life at home and at work? How do I handle betrayal and disrespect? Am I able to focus on God's message or do I focus on my flesh? God will allow trials to test us and strengthen us. Find joy in knowing that the test is not forever. There is joy in the morning. Every situation has a different outlook if I allow myself to see past what seems impossible. I have to find joy in my situation. I have to remember to put a smile on my face and in my heart. All of them are not bad. My part is to encourage and uplift and educate the best way I know how. So I have to be the one to change. Change by asking God's forgiveness for my actions. Change by knowing I have control over my actions and reactions only. I control no one else, I barely control me. The most important thing to remember for me is to keep trying, keep having faith that if this idea, example, explanation doesn't work, try another until it does work. Don't stop trying. Continue to believe, even if it doesn't look like there is a reason to believe. Know that the Lord Jesus Christ is my savior and that he died for my sins. Even though his disciples made mistakes, deserted him, fell asleep, misunderstood his message, he still loved them and forgave them. God loves me even during my mistakes and will help me through the good times and the bad times. God helps me help others even when I don't feel like being helpful and feel like being a servant. God guides me to remember him and his selfless act. While he struggled, he prayed and gave thanks to God. Never forgetting he was there to do God's task. Its about God's will and purpose, not mine. Find joy in knowing that I am accomplishing something for God today. Have I glorified Him today? Find joy in God and I will find joy in my heart. Mark 14:1-42

Give Thanks

God I am so thankful for him. I want him in my life. I love him Lord. I do. I want to prepare thanksgiving dinner for him. I want to look forward to him eating my food. What if he doesn't like my cooking? Am I too old for him? Don't think like that. That's just fostering self doubt and we don't want that.I want to be balanced. Be positive and confident. Let the Lord know you believe that it is possible. Have I lost him? Am I out of my mind? How long Lord? What do I do in my wait time? I want to be transparent. I have no secrets. I want to. at this time, see myself down the road of together. I press forward, always trying to meet the mark. Help me to see my way through my life Lord. Help me do the right thing. I love you Lord and I thank you for all of my blessings. Thank you Lord for blessing me today and always. I love you. I Thank you Lord for loving me and letting me see love and the possibility of love in my life. Good Love in my life. Positive love in my life. Someone who truly warms my heart and makes me feel like everything really is going to be alright. Thats what I am thankful for today. Thank You Lord.

I am Thankful

I am so thankful that God has not given up on me. I pray that God will break me so that I can be broken. I see how you have kept from some of the really big things. Break me Lord. Let me be mold able and pliable. I want to do your will and to make you happy. I want to please you Lord. I complain about my problems but they are small in comparison. Help me to be more responsible and reliable. Yes, Lord, I am in need of you. I need you with me always.

Thank You For Everything

Could you push the button for 35 please?
I plan on going all the way up. Is that the top because I want the top. I want all that God has for me and more.
Thank You Lord for reminding me to abide in you and to remember who you are.
Thank You Lord for molding my values and priorities. As I reflect on my week, allow me to see what needs to change and to be able to change it. Allow me to adjust my thinking so that it is right thinking. In line with your will and your way Lord. Help me to abide in you Lord. Continue to prune me and to mold me into what you need in order to grow and prosper in your kingdom. Keep me close and keep careful watch over me. Don't let me wander, don't let me stray. Thank You Lord for loving me enough to care about my future. I continue to press on until I am at the mark. I will wait as long as it takes for what God has for me. I have every intention of being able to receive my blessings. I will wait on the Lord. Be blessed today and be a blessing to someone special. Show your love. Forgive. Reach out to those in need. I love you.

Luke 13:7-9
7 So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

8 “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”

We are Sacred

1 Corinthian 3:16-23
16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.

18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”[a]; 20 and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”[b] 21 So then, no more boasting about human leaders! All things are yours, 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas[c] or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, 23 and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.

We are God's sacred and special temple. We are loved.

I'm Still Here

God's love has power. None of us are perfect and we continue to strive towards the mark of satisfying God her on earth. I wonder what to say that will make a difference. I want something that is going to be very insightful and profound but it just doesn't seem to come to me now. So I say, I'm still here. Encouraged and loved. Willing to do whatever it takes to stay close and to stay involved with you. I know its hard, but I'm still here. I know it doesn't look good, but I'm still here. I know it doesn't make sense, but I'm still here.

Train Up A Child

So Lord tomorrow I start teaching Sunday School. I like the idea of having the small children. Maybe that will help adjust my attitude toward the bigger ones that I deal with during the week. I want to like them again. We are preparing for youth Sunday in December so this ought to be interesting. I do hate missing service though. Especially since I don't see enough of you as it is. My Sunday is every second Sunday so far. I'll just have to see if this is something I want to do on a regular basis.
Proverbs 22:6 says to "train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it."

That is our foundational scripture and what we will structure for our students over the next month. What does this look like in a child. What does it mean for a parent to train up their child. How do we train our child in a manner that is both acceptable and individual to that child? We cannot expect it to look the same for all children.

This truth is reinforced by Psalm 119:11, reminding us that if we hide God's Word in our hearts, it will keep us from sinning against God. So, do yourself and your kids a favor—start tucking the Word of God into your hearts today.

Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your God is giving you. (NLT)

HARMONY

Working in harmony and peace is so important. I do not want to lose my joy.

Public Humiliation and Public Restoration.

What do you do when you are just totally and completely humiliated, in front of your peers and superiors? What commitment can I make to God in regards to my job, career and life? I am in no position to bargain with God. I am thankful for each and every ounce of grace that is shown to me.I just don't know how to make anything work in my life anymore. The job is just horrible. T. There doesn't seem to any better get today was totally crazy. It just doesn't seem to change. It won't change so I have to change daily. Do I tell God if you this...then I will that...This is bargaining. I just feel like I have to say I don't know what to do about this. I reach out more to the people I am around, maybe that's what I need to do more of.I know I cannot do it alone and I have to have help. More confident, more dedication, more commitment. I have to continue to prepare myself to face the pressures of a secular world while continuing to speak to the Lord with honesty and faithfulness. I have to do things in the world for my job, but I have to remember that God is first and all things must honor Him, no matter what. The Sovereign God Rules forever and ever and ever. Find the balance and commit to God. Believe in Love.
Daniel 3:28-30
28 Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants! They trusted in him and defied the king’s command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. 29 Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble, for no other god can save in this way.”

30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

Living By the Spirit

Galatians 5:16-26
16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever[a] you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.


So I say that if Christ has set us free the we are free. Why are we not living free? If God loves me and knows that I am valuable then I love me and I know that I am valuable. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. When I think of my inconsistency I find that I have to develop a willingness to stick to my commitment. A willingness to want to see something through to the end. Like a harvest time. It has been planted, cared for, waited for, and eventually there is a harvest. Being on one accord about the relationship. Wanting to see it come to fruition. Knowing that I am redeemed. Forgiving and being forgiven. Moving forward and really putting things in the past. I thank God for being consistent. Continually to reinforce that I am loved. Not just saying it but showing it and being consistent with that love.Not just thinking it or saying it but showing it outwardly. Unconditional love is God's love. I do not want to believe that I have given up the possibility of a committed relationship in my lifetime. I want a covenant relationship and in that relationship I expect it to be intimate and loving. I do not want to think that I will never have another intimate relationship in my lifetime. I will keep believing and know that I do not have to have sex outside of marriage. I havent had it for over ten years so I know I can still wait. It hasnt been easy but then certain things mean more than meaningless, loveless cheap sex. I am worth more than that and I will and have saved myself for a committed relationship. That's over a decade. I thank God for the Spirit working in my life to help me when I feel out of step. Thank you God. The bad thing is I substituted food instead. Now to lose the weight even more than I have already. If its not one thing its another. Good Night and Be Blessed.

Inconsistent

It was good to see you and good to be seen.Where would I be without you and your influence. God Bless You and Good Night.

Remember

Psalm 77:5-7

New International Version (NIV)


5 I thought about the former days,
the years of long ago;
6 I remembered my songs in the night.
My heart meditated and my spirit asked:

7 “Will the Lord reject forever?
Will he never show his favor again?

Psalm 78:38-40

New International Version (NIV)


38 Yet he was merciful;
he forgave their iniquities
and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger
and did not stir up his full wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,
a passing breeze that does not return.

40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
and grieved him in the wasteland!

Psalm 105:4-6

New International Version (NIV)


4 Look to the LORD and his strength;
seek his face always.

5 Remember the wonders he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,
his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.

Psalm 105:7-9

New International Version (NIV)


7 He is the LORD our God;
his judgments are in all the earth.

8 He remembers his covenant forever,
the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
9 the covenant he made with Abraham,
the oath he swore to Isaac.

Psalm 136:22-24

New International Version (NIV)


22 an inheritance to his servant Israel.
His love endures forever.

23 He remembered us in our low estate
His love endures forever.
24 and freed us from our enemies.
His love endures forever.

Psalm 137:1-3

New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 137
1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
when we remembered Zion.
2 There on the poplars
we hung our harps,
3 for there our captors asked us for songs,
our tormentors demanded songs of joy;
they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

Winning the Race

Lord I try to be diligent in my efforts. I fall short but I keep trying.
Never complain about what you permit.
I cannot complain about what I allow to happen. What I can change I must. What I cannot change I will adjust. I want to hold firmly to Christ Jesus.

Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the desert, where your fathers tested and tried me and for forty years saw what I did. That is why I was angry with that generation and I said, "Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways. So I declared on oath in my anger They shall never enter my rest. Hebrews 3:8-11

I pray that I d not harden my heart when I hear your voice. Let me hear and do your will today.

Excellence

"You will only have significant success with something that is an obsession."

"The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree.."

"A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches..."

When I think of what the Lord has done for me I am thankful. I strive to be excellent and have many great intentions to follow the hard road, take on the tough assignments and know that nothing is easy but I fall short. Courage and strength are needed to stay faithful in speech and in knowledge. Like Noah Daniel and Job I seek to be righteous in the sight of God and to the people that I encounter on a daily basis. Let today be a good day Lord. I have my helper today. We are done with the 1st quarter now and lets move to the second quarter with lots of energy and love.
Be blessed today and be a blessing to someone. I love you. My thoughts and prayers are with you daily.

Assistance

I am up too late and I know it but tomorrow is report card pickup and I have a small reprieve of time in the morning. I feel better Lord. I truly am asking for assistance and I'm receiving it. A parent will volunteer in the mornings with my most difficult class. Continued assistance from my colleague. Recognize the good and not the bad.Lord I pray to you to help me through this. I know I cannot do this without you. I don't have the knowledge or skill. I am like a trainee in a new field. I have no skill or finesse in this area. Lord you have sent me help and that has renewed my interest in this job. I will continue to work toward a better and brighter future for these children. I will see the positive and not the negative. Its so easy to look only at the negative.Thank You Lord for giving me the strength to look at it again. A different perspective. I think this will be a positive step forward. I'm excited about this help. I pray it works out. Things are working out. I know things are working out for you. Good thoughts and prayers are sent to you. I know God is blessing you with warm weather, calm winds and good thoughts. Be blessed and be a blessing to someone. I love you.

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,to the soul who seeks Him. Lamentations 3:25

Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. Mark 11:24

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Hebrews 11:6