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“I NEED REST”

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Matthew 11:28-30~Then Jesus said,”Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yolk upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yolk is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.

Jesus calls us to “Come to Him” when we are tired from carrying our burdens.

He promises rest when we do that.

As a strong, working woman, I find myself exhausted sometimes and needing rest. I don’t purposefully leave Jesus out, I just don’t normally bother Him with the little stuff.

Jesus said come to Him when we’re weary, and carrying heavy burdens. Whatever is heavy and burdensome…He wants.

He didn’t say it had to be a world disaster for Him to carry it!

He is the heavyweight champion AND the lightweight champion!

He wants the stuff thats heavy in my heart, AND the stuff thats heavy on my plate!!

He knows the weight of managing a household AND working a full time job!!

IT GETS HEAVY!!

AND I GET TIRED!!!

Sometimes its my schedule….. HE WANTS ME TO COME TO HIM WITH IT so He can teach me how to rest by revealing the areas I’ve overbooked myself.

Sometimes its my housework….. HE WANTS ME TO COME TO HIM WITH IT so He can teach me everything doesn’t always have to be perfect to have my home in order.

Sometimes its my energy to cook dinner. HE WANTS ME TO COME TO HIM WITH IT so He can teach me to rest by letting the pressure off myself and have cereal for dinner once in awhile.

Sometimes its my time with my husband. HE WANTS ME TO COME TO HIM WITH IT so He can teach me to rest in his arms, not saying a word…forgetting about the world for just a little while.

Sometimes its my time with my daughter. HE WANTS ME TO COME TO HIM WITH IT so He can teach me to rest while she plays “beauty shop” on my hair.

He wants me to COME TO HIM so He can teach me TO REST!!

Jesus doesn’t want our life to be burdensome and weighted down with pressure and anxiety!

I’ve found when I COME TO HIM WITH IT, it wasn’t Him that told me to carry “ALL THAT” anyway…. it was my own expectations I’ve set for myself.

When I get overly exhausted, irritable, and just plain tired, I realize I NEED REST and I must take a minute to go find it!

“For His yoke is easy to bear, and the burden He gives is light.”

He wants to carry the weight and give us rest, but we must COME TO HIM to get it.

Father, Thank you for REST that comes only from meeting with you. I am a woman after your heart and I desire to live my life to serve you by example. Sometimes this makes me overwork and I get tired. Remind me Lord to take the time for myself and my family that WE ALL need to just REST IN YOU!! There is a peace that comes with knowing that you carry all my burdens, big and small. Produce in me a teachable mind, heart, and body that can REST assured you want me to rest. Alert me when I become too busy to slow down, that I’m not only missing things, but that I’m wearing myself out.

Amen.

 

“Prayer Deficiency”

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Do you feel tired? No matter how much sleep you get, you still run on empty.

Are you experiencing weight gain? Eating seems to be the only comfort you can find lately.

Are you tossing and turning all night and can’t sleep? Your mind runs a million miles a minute and you can’t turn it off.

Do you have suicidal thoughts? Satan continues to whisper to you how unloved you are and that you wouldn’t even be missed.

Do you feel weak? The temptation has gotten so heavy, you are there…willing to risk it all just to find any temporary happiness.

Do you have anxiety? Your always on the edge…trying to please, trying to keep up, trying to figure things out.

Do you find it hard to smile? Life is just hard. All it is, is one big struggle after another. Right when you think your above water, another wave crashes in on you. You’re carrying so much weight, the simple act of smiling seems like too much effort.

Do you feel irritable and aggravated? At any moment you could explode. Things can be going well and in a split second you are screaming and yelling, saying words that cut the soul of the people you love.

Do you know Jesus? He is the healer.

Do you want to get better? He is the medication.

Do you pray? You must ask if you want help.

Prayer is like oxygen to our bodies. We can’t live without it. We first become weak, tired, and lethargic. After only 9 minutes without oxygen our brains begin shutting down. Prayer is exactly the same way. After the first few minutes of your day without prayer, our bodies start feeling weak, tired, lethargic. We get bombarded with temptations, irritations, distractions, and busyness. It’s a spiritual battle throughout the entire day!

WE ARE PRAYER DEFICIENT!!

Lets begin today taking the first 9 minutes after opening our eyes…. filling ourselves, and the ones we love with prayer. Lets stop before we even get started to begin the day efficient not deficient. 

Father~ Thank you for the ability to come before your throne. I know that you love me. I desire to serve you Lord, and want not only your instructions for this day, but also your attitude. I need your breath of life to fill and fuel me so that I can do the things before me today. I’m tired. I’m weary. Draw me near to you from the second I open my eyes, leaning on your strength, not my own. I know you want me to be efficient, not busy and deficient. Slow me down as soon as I awaken, to first…fill myself with the oxygen I need which only comes from YOU!

Matthew 11:28~Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”

 

“CHANGE ME”

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From the moment we’re born we begin a life of change. We go from infant to toddler, toddler to teenager, and teenager to adult. Gradually changing over the years.

Then we get married….We think were all grown up and the changing is over.

BOY ARE WE WRONG!!!

That day everything we ever knew as “normal” changes.

We no longer go to the same places our single friends go.

We don’t sleep alone.

We will never again only have ourselves to think about.

We now have two sets of laundry to wash.

We now have two to prepare a meal for.

We don’t live at the same address.

We don’t even have the same last name!!!

EVERYTHING CHANGED IN ONE DAY!!! With one decision to say “I will.”

THATS HOW GOD WORKS!!!

All we have to do is say “I will,” and He will produce the change in us.

I love the way He uses the covenant of marriage to represent salvation.

It’s about agreeing to the change…..

A change of heart when we accept Jesus into our lives.

A change of the places you go.

A change of the way you act.

A change of the way you dress.

A change of the way we forgive.

A change of attitude as we become more like Him.

A change of even our name, as we become a new creation in Christ.

Like in marriage, we represent our husbands when we take on his name. After salvation, we take on HIS name.

Where we fail in both is that we forget the glue that holds it all together!! GOD!!! We think we’re strong enough to do it on our own.

We need Him for this!!

We need His help to be the wife He created us to be….So therefore we must say “I will” to change.

We need His help to be a Christian who represents His precious and holy name….So therefore we must say “I will” when He directs.

We need His help to say “I will” be submissive to His Holy Spirit and to our husbands.

Now…It’s our job to say “I will”, but it’s Gods job to do the changing.

It’s our job to ask, and His job to deliver….even if we don’t like the answer!!

Once we marry, we gain a power tool that most women do not tap into….PRAYER!! As his wife, God honors your prayer for him more than his own mama!! Now you know your mama can pray for you because she knows you like know one else!!

As a wife, it’s your job to know your husband like know one else does!! He should be your very best friend. Once again, mimicking our relationship with Jesus!!

Even if we don’t like what we know, we do know WE can’t change him. We can only pray, and allow God to do the changing in him AND us!!

He knows us better than anyone else…

He knows our thoughts.

He knows what were going to do before we even do it.

He knows the number of hairs on our head.

He knows where we fall short.

He knows what we need to change, and since He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow….He doesn’t change!!!

HE CHANGES US!!!

The only thing He ask of us is an “I will”….just like your wedding day.

2 Corinthians 3:18~ So all of us who have had the veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord-who is the Spirit-makes us more and more like Him as we are changed into His glorious image.

Once again, just like in marriage, as we remove the veil, we reveal the glory of the Lord, as we say “I will allow you to change me.”

“DEAR LORD”

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Dear Lord,

I have so much on my mind today….You Lord, are my one desire. Life without you would be meaningless.

Thank you for redeeming me.

Changing me.

Loving me.

Using me, and blessing me!

There is so much to be thankful for….

I ask you today to take my life, and everything in it, to glorify you. My marriage, my parenting, my business, my finances, my service…. EVERYTHING!!!

I will obey and do as you lead.

Help me to do your will Lord. Today, tomorrow, and forever!

Help me to put into action what you lay on my heart, not just have “good ideas.”

Bless every reader of my blog and bring them back to this site to get your word, not mine.

I ask you to heal marriages, heal diseases, change and mend hearts, break generational curses, break chains of addiction, defeat depression, bring home lost souls, and much, much more!

Bless the lives of your women who love and serve you Lord.

Fill our lives with YOUR love, allowing us to “WALK IN YOUR LOVE” all the days of our lives. So when we finally get to meet you face to face, you will say “Well done, good and faithful servant!”

I love you.

START OVER

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My last post was on STARTING. As soon as I posted that and made the decision to write daily, I FAILED!!

Not after a month.

Not even a week.

Just one little day.

I sat there feeling discouraged, wondering why I had such good intentions the day before and it all fell apart on me over night.  I was exhausted mentally and physically and slept in…..WAY TOO LONG, which is not the norm for me.

I had made my plan to get up earlier since it was my day off and really “get started” early.  Not at all what happened!!

Why was I immediately becoming attacked?

Satans attack is on our STARTING because if he can keep us from starting, he will never have to try and tempt us to stop.

He knows once we START stepping out and allowing God to lead us through our imperfections and bad habits, we will experience His power!!  He knows we will become empowered not in ourselves, but through His Holy Spirit. That, my friend makes us UNSTOPPABLE!!!

Remember….Satan doesn’t attack things that aren’t a threat to him!!

Your marriage is a threat!! Start honoring your wedding vows, start appreciating, start forgiving, start trusting, start “really” loving. Even if it feels like your getting nowhere.

Your children are a threat!! Start teaching them by example, start making time for them when there is none, start listening to them when they “just won’t stop talking”, start loving them enough to say “no” when necessary, start turning the television off and have quality time, start cuddling instead of playing candy crush or waisting precious time on Facebook.

Your finances are a threat!! Start tithing, start giving when you feel lead…. even if you don’t have it, start looking for ways to glorify His name and help others.

Your prayer life is a threat!! Start praying even if it feels like your not breaking through or doesn’t feel comfortable. Start covering your husband, children, friends and loved ones in a blanket of His love.

Your devotional time is a threat!! You can’t hear Gods voice if your not seeking His direction!! Start reading 15 minutes a day. Even if it feels like you don’t understand a word you’ve read. You are forming the most important thing…. A HABIT!!!

Start over.  Start over.  Start over.

And if you have to start over again tomorrow, it’s ok. Just continue starting over and over until you one day awake and its a part of who you are.

Zechariah 4:10–Do not despise these small beginnings, for The Lord rejoices to see the work begin.