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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.

 

 

 

 

 

LOVE IS THANKFUL

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Thanksgiving is a two part word. Thanks and giving. They just go together. When we have a thankful heart, we give and do good to others.

We give God thanks first because He IS good. All good comes from Him and we are made to give Him praise fir it. Any good that you do, that you receive, that you think about, that you GET to experience….it all comes from His hands because He IS GOOD!!!

Even in our trials He is still working for our what?!….OUR GOOD!!!

When we take notice to the good, instead of the bad, we create a thankful attitude.

This attitude reveals our trust in Him and says we are thankful for the good He’s already given us instead of refusing to be thankful “when” or “if.”

We give thanks NOW….because no matter what, He is still good.

Our God is a good God. Set your focus on His goodness, instead of the one bad thing screaming for your attention!! No matter what kind of trial your facing, void or loneliness you may feel, tired and worn out place you always seem to remain in, I want to encourage you today to THANK HIM ANYWAY!!

When we thank Him in our mess, in our brokenness, in our heartache, our praise brings His power to overcome ANY situation. His goodness fills us with a thankful heart that overflows…even IN your trial!! It gives us energy and excitement as His goodness flows through our bodies! Look around you and simply see His goodness. Let it fill you. Allow it to make you smile and laugh again.

When we take notice to the abundance of good, we then become the fruit of His goodness to others and our attitudes and actions represent a life of Thanksgiving!!!

Thank Him today. Every little time you see His goodness. Silently smile and give Him praise!! Thank Him…for what He has done, what He is doing, and what He will do…Thank Him for HE IS GOOD!!

1 Chronicles 16:34~Give thanks to the Lord, for HE IS GOOD.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

 

 

 

“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.”

 

JUST START

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When we stumble, whether its our diet, our homes a wreck, our marriage is a wreck, we’ve said things out of anger we can’t take back, or just feel like life is too busy and just too much!! Our schedules overloaded and honestly, its exhausting to even think about…..

We know we need to go on a diet, but keep eating not just a cookie but the entire pack of Oreo’s!

We know we need to cuddle with our babies and read bedtime stories, but are “Just too tired tonight”, “I will tomorrow”.

We know we need to pay our husbands some attention and have all these ideas of what we will do tonight to make him feel loved, but fall asleep as soon as we get in bed.

The days, weeks, and even months go by.

We know what we need to do but are just too busy and too tired.

You think about it every day, and yet fail again. What do we do about this?

JUST START!!!

Start right where you are.

Whether its 7:30 or 9:30, take 5 minutes to stop and read one book with your child.

Whether you’ve shaved your legs or taken a shower or not, cuddle up to your man. Wrestle for one minute, just touching and laughing with one another.

Whether you’ve overeaten and feel like you may as well eat as much “crap” today as you want-“You will start Monday”. STOP!!! Start right now choosing to feel better and have more energy so you can do the things that really matter. (They usually come at the end of your day when you are almost out of fuel).

Make an action plan. Even if it doesn’t work, it will get you started and you will become encouraged. Even if tomorrow you must start again, YOU MUST START!!

Most importantly, PRAY. PRAY. PRAY.

Ask God for His help. If we could do it without Him, we would be!! He’s been waiting on you to finally ask…..

Job 8:7-And though YOU STARTED with little, you will end with much.