HOPE

HOPE
Giving up is the "easy way" out.
Are you giving up on what you want, your goals, & your desires you want for your life?
God told us without HOPE we become sick....
Therefore we become "weak".
This is not what God has designed for us in life. He wants us to have faith, HOPE, & love. He wants us to keep the faith for better days ahead. He has a great plan for our lives but we can't GIVE UP!

Some people say...."There's no use", "My life is over", "Everything bad happens to me"....Well if you keep talking like that....guess what ? You will stay STUCK where you at in life. Because you have NO HOPE.

HOPE : expects good to come with confidence.
Yes, you may have to ASK GOD for help.
Yes, you may have to do something you don't like doing.
Yes, you may have to hold on longer than you would like.
Yes, you may have to change some things you have been doing.
But HOLD onto HOPE Expect good to come!

Don't grow weary in doing good for in due season, YOU shall reap a harvest if you don't give up!!! - Gal. 6:9

Prayer today: Godfather, Here I am about to GIVE UP. I ask you to restore HOPE in me for better days ahead. I ask you for your help in what I am dealing with. I want to do what you would have me to do to see better days. I expect, I expect, I expect to reap a harvest. My day is coming. Therefore HOPE today is my answer for a better tomorrow. Thank you God for all your answers your giving me. I will try and be patient in HOPE. In Jesus' Name I pray. Amen

SHINE ALL THE MORE

How true is that ?
What we LET continue WILL continue....
If we LET people steal our JOY they will.
If we LET people steal our HAPPY they will.
If we LET them steal our SPARLE for life they will.
God tells us to LET our LIGHT SO SHINE. 

 That one little word LET is the key to keeping your joy, your happy, and your sparkle for life. We have to LET our light so SHINE no matter what others do or say about us. We have to continue living no matter what was done wrong to us. satan is a artist at sitting us up to upset us by stealing something from us. If he can get us to feel UNEASY or UPSET. He moves in to steal from us. IF he can steal OUR HAPPY. OUR JOY, & OUR SPARLE. He has got us. But the cure to defeating him at his game is to LET OUR LIGHT SO SHINE SO BRIGHT he has to flee from us. What we allow will continue. We just have to decide what we going to allow. 
 

LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE before men, ....Matt. 5:16

Prayer today : Thank you Lord for showing me that I need to LET my LIGHT SHINE ON no matter what has happen to me. I cannot allow people to steal my joy, my happy or my sparkle for life. You have great plans for my life and I cannot sit around wishing these things didn't happen to me. I have to get up and decide that I am going SHINE all the MORE brighter for you this day and every day. I have a lot to be thankful for and to shine for. In Jesus' Name I pray. Amen

MY STRONGHOLD

The Lord is good , a STRONGHOLD when trouble comes.....Nahum 1:7
I am so grateful that God is the STRONGHOLD of my life. ...

                                                                       My ROCK!
                                                                       My SALVATION!
                                                                      My DELIVER!
                                                                      My REFUGE!
                                                                      My SHIELD!
                                                                      My FORTRESS!
                                                                      My STRENGTH!
                                                                      My SECURITY!
                                                                      My SURVIVIAL!
                                                                      My PROTECTION!
                                                                      My LIGHT of MY LIFE!

If GOD is all that ? WHO should we fear ? WHAT shall we be afraid of ?

The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.- Psalm 9:9

The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom should I fear ? The LORD is my STRONGHOLD of my life; of whom shall I be afraid ? -Psalm 27:1

Walk by Faith

Do we really walk by Faith or is it Fear we walk in all the time ?

Walk by faith, not by sight. 1 Cor. 5:7

I don't know about you but I think I like the idea of Walking by Faith better.
So many times I have let fear take over my life. God didn't give us a spirit of fear but of power and love and sound mind. 2 Tim. 1:7

We let fear get the best of us.
When we should let faith get the best of us.
We are to have faith as a child.
A child believes, they believe anything is possible.
So why not ask for it. Nothing is to big for God and there is nothing impossible for God. If God wants us to have it...He will get it to us.

Mark 10:15
 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.

A child believes the best in everything.
They see the good in everything.
A child is quick to tell you that everything is going to be okay. To not to worry.

Why can't we Walk by Faith ?
We need to train our hearts, our minds, and our mouths to WALK by FAITH.

Sometimes we may have to remove the negative far from us.
Sometimes the negative may be people that we surround ourselves with.
Sometimes we need to start speaking only good and put a STOP to our negative words.
Change our negative mindsets...to positive mindsets.

ASK God to increase our faith. Because he will.
Walking is taking one step at a time forward.

Walking by Faith is easier than Walking by Fear.
It is so simple where Fear is so complicated.
I think I am going to start taking a different road in life and
WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT.

ONLY BELIEVE

ONLY BELIEVE
You have got to BELIEVE that the BEST is YET to come!!
Faith is believing in what you do not see but you know it is there.
Believing isn't always seeing. But GOD tells us that we must walk by FAITH not by sight. Not FEAR! When you FEAR you are believing for the worse to come.
But we want to BELIEVE that the BEST is YET to come!!!

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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.- Hebrews 11:1


What your believing for just hasn't happened YET. So keep believing for good things to come. Keep believing that GOD has everything under control. Keep the FAITH not the FEAR.
Prayer today: GOD I BELIEVE the BEST is YET to COME! I am walking by faith not my sight today. You told me in your word if I believe, all things are possible to me. I believe that you have everything under control and you know where everyone is in their life right now. Your my redeemer, my stronghold, my strength. There is nothing impossible for you to do. All you ask me to do is pray and BELIEVE! In Jesus' Name I pray. Amen

TOUGH LOVE for OUR GOOD

I believe that God shows his children "TOUGH LOVE" sometimes.
He doesn't always give us what we want.
He doesn't always give into our pity party so we will feel better....
He doesn't always tell us what we want to hear.
He doesn't always enable us to do what is bad for us.
NO, when needs be. He shows us "TOUGH LOVE" for our good.

Because sometimes we as children of God we do not respond to
his tap our shoulders. We like to indulge in sin, go our own way, and be stubborn sometimes. He doesn't give us what we always want. He gives us what is good for us. He wants his children to be walking the straight and narrow, not the wide road that leads to destruction. HE is a GOOD PARENT for he disciplines us no matter what our age is. We are his children forever.

The Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son. - Hebrews 12:6

Prayer today: God, Help me to be more like you. To know when to show loving grace but know when to show "touch love" for my children's good. My desire is to be a good parent just like you. Thank you for showing me "tough love" when I needed it.
And not giving into my every whim. For showing me right from wrong. Because there is no gray with you. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen

YOU CAN DO IT!!!

YOU CAN DO IT!
Have you ever felt like.... you get no breaks in life?
Have you ever felt like..... life just keeps knocking you down?
Have you ever wondered if life was even worth living ?
Have you ever wondered where the fun is in life ? ...

Yup, I think we all have been there at least once in our life.
We just want to GIVE UP and quit trying. But we can't.
We have to be determined to get back up and to live life no matter how
many times you have been knocked down. No matter how many times you have felt like you were wronged in this world. God wants us to pick ourselves up so he can help us. But it is "we" who has to decide I am not going to stay where I am at in life and I am not going to "let others" pull me down. God is on my side and he is going to help me. Decide today that you want God's help. Be determined to change
for the better. For YOU- not no one else. Just for YOU !!I like this scripture in Ruth. She was one determined woman after losing all she had to move on in life. She was determined to pick herself up and move on. When she had all the reasons in the world to give up.

Ruth 1:16-18
But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.” And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.

Sometime people just have to see your determination. Show it to them!
I believe God's favor will follow your determination. Just like it did Ruth.
Prayer today : Lord, I am determined to change. I am not going to let others put me down, drag me down or talk me down. I want to change in my life for me. I want to change me. I need your help God. I need lots of help. I am determined to do what I have to do one step at time. I know that it may take time to change what I want to change but I know you will help me. I NEED your help GOD each and every day. I am DETERMINED to CHANGE my mindset and my life. Amen