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FOREWORD

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Foreword….

We all want to go forward, but how can we get there if we don’t know where were going? To go forward you must have a target. You must keep your eyes focused on it at all times. The second you look away, you will immediately be off track.

We as Christians move FORWARD keeping our eyes on the finish mark of our lives. If were always looking back, or to the side or over there to the left….we will miss it! Our lives are like a vapor and we only have a short time to make it happen. It….Your dreams that is. Those things buried inside you that you daydream about and “wish upon.” Those desires hidden in your heart. And yes, you must make it happen because I can assure you, your enemy is suiting up, attempting to destroy it and distract you before it can!

Imagine a swimmer whose ready for a meet. Swim cap on, in the water, feet firmly planted on the wall, listening for the timer to began so they can START. They kick off and begin in the lead. Then something happens…you begin worrying more about the swimmer beside you.

She’s in the lead.

She’s winning.

Her arms are going faster than yours.

Her body is always in rhythm and “her” flow is perfect.

You watch her coast right by you as you become weaker, slower, and you now feel like a failure because you came in second, third, fourth, or sometimes even last place.

“She” came in first, and first is what you wanted.

Well….my sweet sister, if you want what she has, you must do what she did to get your prize!

Move forward and keep your eyes focused on YOUR race!

She was not concerned with you. She was fixed and focused on her target, her race.

Whatever that may be for you, I believe you can finish first if you learn how to move forward and focus on what lies ahead.

The finish line.

We each have our own race. Hers isn’t yours. So…eliminating the comparison is the very first thing you must do. The two of you have a different race. You must stop being an onlooker or you will always remain in the pit of failure, comparison, competition, and you will always just “wish.”

Never once did the Bible instruct us to compete, because when we compete-we compare! The only person we are to compare ourselves to is Jesus and we ALL fall short, even her. So He must be the only person we look to!! What The Word does say is “press on to the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God through Christ Jesus, is called US.”

She won’t be there handing out your heavenly prize.

She will be receiving her own.

Thats very clear that we all have a race.

Our own race.

To get there, you must stand up, pick up, focus, reach, and move FORWARD, shaking off the distractions, with your eyes set on YOUR hearts desires UNTIL you receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling YOU.

That means no quitting until you finish.

Now…lets begin.

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for the privilege to come before You and the honor it is to be called by The King of Kings and The Lord of Lords! It is a privilege to carry Your name and I desire to do the work You’ve called me to with excellence. I present myself to You today for Your use and Your glory. Show Yourself to me in a way I’ve never known and draw my eyes back to You every time they wander. In Jesus name, Amen.

 

STAND BEFORE YOU MOVE

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In order to go forward, you must move.

This sounds right doesn’t it?!

Anything that doesn’t move becomes stagnant-having no current or flow.

But in order to move into the flow God is calling you to, you must first learn to STAND.

John 5:1-9~Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days. Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches. Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches. One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to get well?” “I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.” Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!” Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking!

I truly believe this is the reason we so often end up right back where we started. We don’t learn to stand first, we want to move first.

We move to a new place when we’re sick and tired and all alone, looking for healing and comfort in any form other than Jesus.

We think moving will help us to get over “it.” We try to begin again, but seem to always fall right back into the same old patterns because we never learned to stand, we only stirred the waters and moved “it” around.

We may move to a different city, a different church, a different job, maybe even move to a different partner…but every time we move, we take “it” with us into a “different spot,” just like this man did.

I can imagine him laying there on his mat, wiggling and moving his way around the pool to all the different areas under all 5 covered porches. Wanting so desperately, for thirty-eight years to find companionship and “that” would make him well! But as each year and each person passed him, the more he continued to be assured “I can’t.”

What are you saying “I can’t” to? 

That you can’t get over what your husband has done or said to you, all the while remaining in bondage year after year? Maybe you “can’t” seem to find anyone to love you, and you constantly reach for affection, only to be be rejected once again. Or are you the one that can’t be healed…you’ve given up on love and maybe even life. You “can’t” get past a mistake or weakness that haunts you each and every single day.

Just…like….him.

My sweet Sister….”Would you like to get well?” 

All your moving and stirring has caused the water to bubble up, and The One who can heal you is here, right now, ready to help you up!

It’s your turn!!

“STAND up, pick up your mat…and be healed!!”

Father God, You are my Healer. Thank you in advance for complete healing and restoration in my mind, my body, my heart, and my spirit. I release myself completely to You, saying “I can” be healed and I will not move forward until I am! I will STAND on Your Word as I pick up my mat and PUT ON my Armor! “I want to be well” so that I can move forward for Your glory! 

In Jesus name, Amen.

 

 

IT’S A NEW DAY-NEW YEAR

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Today is a New Day!

Yesterday is old and gone.

So why do we keep looking back at the old…staring backwards into yesterday?

Why do you think we become so distracted with our past hurts and mistakes?

We live IN them! Day after day….Re-living them over and over in our minds. Regretting what we did or didn’t do, or wishing “that” hadn’t happened. We say “IF” only…

Because my Dear Sisters, we are in battle!!!

When we live IN anything other than Christ, we’ve fallen into a trap.

There is a battle going on around you, and its surrounding you with the intention to steal your attention. If he can steal your attention, he can kill your healing, and he will destroy your calling!

John 10:10~The thief comes ONLY to steal, kill, and destroy.

If your enemy can keep your head turned toward your past battles, even though most of them you’ve conquered, yet they still taunt you…your eyes won’t be focused on what lies ahead in your future!

Philippians 3:13-14~I have not yet achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the Heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus is calling us.

What He’s calling you to is His plan and purpose for your life, but you will never receive it if your attention is turned toward your past.

Turn your head back around, and set your eyes on today.

Right where you are.

Broken, lonely, hurt, angry, scared, tired, uncertain….He knows. And He’s ready to do a new thing in you this New Year.

Keep your eyes focused, looking forward and listening for His calling.

Father God, Thank you for making all things new. Help me today to stop looking backwards and reminding myself of the past and constantly reliving it. Instead, call me to reach toward the future you are calling me to! Help me to press on and look forward to the unknown by keeping my eyes on You!

In Jesus name, Amen.