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Saturday, August 27, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
God's Promises - Words of Wisdom - Allow God to fight your enemies
1 Kings 5:4
But now the Lord my God has given me peace on every side; I have no enemies, and all is well.
INSPIRATION:
There will times in our lives when God will give us His peace and everything will go well. I relish those times. I don’t think there is any magic formula to get to that place in God. I think it is just a season of rest. I think the more we trust in God to handle our enemies the quicker He gives us this rest. I think the reason for many of us that we don’t have this is we are trying to fight our enemies on our own.
ACTION:
Are you in a season of rest? Awesome! If you are not in rest, are you fighting your battles? I would encourage you to allow God to fight your enemies. He wants to do that for you and He wants to give you rest.
But now the Lord my God has given me peace on every side; I have no enemies, and all is well.
INSPIRATION:
There will times in our lives when God will give us His peace and everything will go well. I relish those times. I don’t think there is any magic formula to get to that place in God. I think it is just a season of rest. I think the more we trust in God to handle our enemies the quicker He gives us this rest. I think the reason for many of us that we don’t have this is we are trying to fight our enemies on our own.
ACTION:
Are you in a season of rest? Awesome! If you are not in rest, are you fighting your battles? I would encourage you to allow God to fight your enemies. He wants to do that for you and He wants to give you rest.
A Balanced Life - Words of Wisdom - Commitment is never easy
QUOTE:
"Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans."
- Peter Drucker
INSPIRATION:
We live in a world of people who fear commitment. They are always making promises but when push comes to shove they make excuses. Commitment is never an easy thing to do but once it is done the rewards are amazing. Only as commitments are made is change inevitable. Commitments are what separate the dreamers from the doers. Commitments are the stuff where dreams do come true. Only as someone commits to a dream, an idea, a vision can there ever be a reality of that. Commitments are the precursor to plans of action to see something come to pass.
ACTION:
What in your life right now is a dream that you would love to see happen? What commitment on your part do you need to make happen? What plan of action do you need to commit today for it to become a reality?
"Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans."
- Peter Drucker
INSPIRATION:
We live in a world of people who fear commitment. They are always making promises but when push comes to shove they make excuses. Commitment is never an easy thing to do but once it is done the rewards are amazing. Only as commitments are made is change inevitable. Commitments are what separate the dreamers from the doers. Commitments are the stuff where dreams do come true. Only as someone commits to a dream, an idea, a vision can there ever be a reality of that. Commitments are the precursor to plans of action to see something come to pass.
ACTION:
What in your life right now is a dream that you would love to see happen? What commitment on your part do you need to make happen? What plan of action do you need to commit today for it to become a reality?
Divorce - Words of Wisdom - Courage
QUOTE:
"Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death."
- Seneca (Seneca the Elder)
INSPIRATION:
Courage gives you wings and fear drags you down. Life will always hold challenges that will tap into your internal sources only as you have the courage to take risks and realize that not everything is safe will you have the wings to soar. If you allow fear and the “what ifs” to control you then you are immobilized and paralyzed and even though you are not physically dead, you will become emotionally dead. Fear has a way of destroying whoever it has control of. It is your responsibility to fight it and win. I am counting on you to win!
ACTION:
What fear is holding you back? Name it and then do something that has helped me. I stand in front of a mirror and yell at that fear to leave me and that it has no power over me. Something about doing it in front of a mirror empowers me, not sure why but I just know it works. I do this also when I am crying - I talk to the mirror asking why I am crying and what is the purpose and what am I getting out of these tears. Somehow it gives you a totally different outlook when you do this little exercise.
"Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death."
- Seneca (Seneca the Elder)
INSPIRATION:
Courage gives you wings and fear drags you down. Life will always hold challenges that will tap into your internal sources only as you have the courage to take risks and realize that not everything is safe will you have the wings to soar. If you allow fear and the “what ifs” to control you then you are immobilized and paralyzed and even though you are not physically dead, you will become emotionally dead. Fear has a way of destroying whoever it has control of. It is your responsibility to fight it and win. I am counting on you to win!
ACTION:
What fear is holding you back? Name it and then do something that has helped me. I stand in front of a mirror and yell at that fear to leave me and that it has no power over me. Something about doing it in front of a mirror empowers me, not sure why but I just know it works. I do this also when I am crying - I talk to the mirror asking why I am crying and what is the purpose and what am I getting out of these tears. Somehow it gives you a totally different outlook when you do this little exercise.
Aging - Words of Wisdom - July 25
QUOTE:
"We pay when old for the excesses of youth.”
- Proverb
INSPIRATION:
We live as if there is no tomorrow and wonder why later in life we have challenges. We forget that the body we were given does not have a trade in at some time for a new and improved model. The one we have is the one we get to keep and take care of until we die. So why is it that we choose to abuse it on a daily basis and then complain when it doesn’t work the way it should? Aging is not about our bodies falling apart only about the fact that we neglected to care for it and now we are suffering the consequences of our choices.
ACTION:
What are you doing today to take care of yourself? Are you eating healthy foods in the right amounts? Or are you stuffing yourself on junk food and stuff that is not healthy for you? Are you taking time to exercise? Are you removing stress and negativity from you world so that you have peace in your spirit? Well the answers to these questions will reveal to you the quality of your future life. The beauty of the system is you get to choose by the things that you do or don’t do.
"We pay when old for the excesses of youth.”
- Proverb
INSPIRATION:
We live as if there is no tomorrow and wonder why later in life we have challenges. We forget that the body we were given does not have a trade in at some time for a new and improved model. The one we have is the one we get to keep and take care of until we die. So why is it that we choose to abuse it on a daily basis and then complain when it doesn’t work the way it should? Aging is not about our bodies falling apart only about the fact that we neglected to care for it and now we are suffering the consequences of our choices.
ACTION:
What are you doing today to take care of yourself? Are you eating healthy foods in the right amounts? Or are you stuffing yourself on junk food and stuff that is not healthy for you? Are you taking time to exercise? Are you removing stress and negativity from you world so that you have peace in your spirit? Well the answers to these questions will reveal to you the quality of your future life. The beauty of the system is you get to choose by the things that you do or don’t do.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
God's Promises - Words of Wisdom - Just Ask
1 Samuel 1:17
“In that case,” Eli said, “go in peace! May the God of Israel grant the request you have asked of him.”
INSPIRATION:
This is a beautiful story of a woman whose heart was breaking over the fact that she did not have a child. She wept before the Lord and God sent someone to let her know that God had heard and that the answer was yes. How often I have been in situations where I have cried out to God about something and wished and prayed for someone to tell me your request has been answered. Only to realize all I needed to do was open my Bible and God could talk to me through His word. This woman did not have the Bible so someone had to speak into her life the answer, we are so fortunate that any prayer we pray all we have to do is ask God and He reveals Himself through His word.
ACTION:
Have you been praying for something and are seeking an answer from God?
Have you been reading God’s word and asking Him to reveal your answer in it?
God will always answer our prayers - the challenge it may not always be the answer we want.
“In that case,” Eli said, “go in peace! May the God of Israel grant the request you have asked of him.”
INSPIRATION:
This is a beautiful story of a woman whose heart was breaking over the fact that she did not have a child. She wept before the Lord and God sent someone to let her know that God had heard and that the answer was yes. How often I have been in situations where I have cried out to God about something and wished and prayed for someone to tell me your request has been answered. Only to realize all I needed to do was open my Bible and God could talk to me through His word. This woman did not have the Bible so someone had to speak into her life the answer, we are so fortunate that any prayer we pray all we have to do is ask God and He reveals Himself through His word.
ACTION:
Have you been praying for something and are seeking an answer from God?
Have you been reading God’s word and asking Him to reveal your answer in it?
God will always answer our prayers - the challenge it may not always be the answer we want.
A Balanced Life - Words of Wisdom - Make the commitment
QUOTE:
"You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers."
- Les Brown
INSPIRATION:
I love this quote because often in life we want to see the outcome or at least the steps necessary before we make a commitment. Sometimes in life this is not always possible. Sometimes we just need to make the commitment and believe that the steps will become visible. I always think about the scene in Indiana Jones movie where Harrison Ford is standing before a huge chasm and on the wall there is a picture of a man walking across that chasm. All Harrison sees is there is nothing in front of him, but his commitment was to find the cup of Christ and so he takes the first step only then does the path appear for him to complete his journey. Things that are important often start like that. Scary and definitely taking blind steps, but I feel the greater the reward the greater the commitment to follow through even when we are not sure of the steps involved.
ACTION:
Are you standing at the edge? This is the test of your commitment! If the commitment is important than the risk of the first step will give you the answers you seek. Remember this is a test it is only a test! Your willingness to action will give you the results you see.
"You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers."
- Les Brown
INSPIRATION:
I love this quote because often in life we want to see the outcome or at least the steps necessary before we make a commitment. Sometimes in life this is not always possible. Sometimes we just need to make the commitment and believe that the steps will become visible. I always think about the scene in Indiana Jones movie where Harrison Ford is standing before a huge chasm and on the wall there is a picture of a man walking across that chasm. All Harrison sees is there is nothing in front of him, but his commitment was to find the cup of Christ and so he takes the first step only then does the path appear for him to complete his journey. Things that are important often start like that. Scary and definitely taking blind steps, but I feel the greater the reward the greater the commitment to follow through even when we are not sure of the steps involved.
ACTION:
Are you standing at the edge? This is the test of your commitment! If the commitment is important than the risk of the first step will give you the answers you seek. Remember this is a test it is only a test! Your willingness to action will give you the results you see.
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