Circumstances Cannot Control Me

Sometimes I look at the title of these little devotional's and I think and I think, really?

How dare they tell me how to feel when I'm faced with something. I know the devotional's are meant to encourage but sometimes I wish I could just slap the author and scream how dare you.

But the feeling passed and I settle down and put my mind to digging deeper and letting things go because I know enough that when I get all rowd up, the author has hit something God is dealing with or wants me to so I man up and begin again.

So let's begin....again and...

God Bless.

Circumstances Cannot Control Me!

Let’s take a quick look at Peter’s life. He was the bold disciple, who wanted to be like Jesus, and walk on water. In obedience to Jesus’ command, he did just that! But the moment he looked at the situation around him, fear crept in and he began to sink. Often, we are like Peter. Receiving bad news can be the cause of many sleepless nights. Sometimes, just hearing that the economy is bad, can cause us to fear for our jobs or our investments. We tend to look at situations around us and allow them to control our thinking, dampen our spirits and bring us down. But, as a favored child of God, I have news for you. Your life, and your perspective on life, do not have to be ruled by the circumstances around you. The same Jesus, who commanded Peter to walk on water, is with you and is walking with you through this journey called life. And He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. (1 John 4:4). He is the same One who can control the storm and the raging seas around you, and allow the worst of situations to work in your favor.

Psalm 23:5 talks about God preparing a table before us in the presence of our enemies. If God can cause our enemies to be kind to us, how much more will He cause others to treat us in the same way? Peter sank, only when his focus moved to the situation around him. His focus was not Jesus but his surroundings. Today, if you want to walk above your circumstances, let your focus be on Jesus. He is the one who controls your universe and He can change any situation in your favor!

Prayer Thank You, Lord, that You are the captain of my life and You control every situation I encounter, so that I can face life with hope and absolutely no worry. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

-Author Unknown

Quote Of The Day - Years May Winkle

This is so good and I am just going to leave it right here and encourage you to not give up your soul to anything.

God Bless.

Quote of the Day

-Joyce Meyer

“Years may wrinkle your skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles your soul.” 

-Joyce Meyer, I Dare You: Embrace Life with Passion

Quote Of The Day - If You Want To Keep A Problem

Every one has problems and it's how we deal with them that makes us who we are.

So be encouraged and enjoy this quote and take it to heart and stop at nothing to be rid of your problems so that victory reigns supreme.

God Bless.

Quote of the Day

-Joyce Meyer

“If you want to keep a problem you have, then just keep talking about it. But if you want to get rid of it, then talk about the answer as if you expect it to manifest at any moment.” 

-Joyce Meyer, Change Your Words, Change Your Life: Understanding the Power of Every Word You Speak

10 Things Yahweh Means

Its always good to dig a little deeper on  matters of God. And this little devotional gives an insight into God's name.

So let's dig a little deeper together and God Bless.

10 Things “Yahweh” Means

God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.” (Exodus 3:15)

God’s name is almost always translated LORD (all caps) in the English Bible. But the Hebrew would be pronounced something like “Yahweh,” and is built on the word for “I am.” So every time we hear the word Yahweh, or every time you see LORD in the English Bible, you should think: this is a proper name (like Peter or John) built out of the word for “I am” and reminding us each time that God absolutely is. There are at least 10 things the name Yahweh, “I AM,” says about God:

1. He never had a beginning. Every child asks, “Who made God?” And every wise parent says, “Nobody made God. God simply is. And always was. No beginning.”

2. God will never end. If he did not come into being he cannot go out of being, because he is being.

3. God is absolute reality. There is no reality before him. There is no reality outside of him unless he wills it and makes it. He is all that was eternally. No space, no universe, no emptiness. Only God.

4. God is utterly independent. He depends on nothing to bring him into being or support him or counsel him or make him what he is.

5. Everything that is not God depends totally on God. The entire universe is utterly secondary. It came into being by God and stays in being moment by moment on God’s decision to keep it in being.

6. All the universe is by comparison to God as nothing. Contingent, dependent reality is to absolute, independent reality as a shadow to substance. As an echo to a thunderclap. All that we are amazed by in the world and in the galaxies, is, compared to God, as nothing.

7. God is constant. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He cannot be improved. He is not becoming anything. He is who he is.

8. God is the absolute standard of truth and goodness and beauty. There is no law-book to which he looks to know what is right. No almanac to establish facts. No guild to determine what is excellent or beautiful. He himself is the standard of what is right, what is true, what is beautiful.

9. God does whatever he pleases and it is always right and always beautiful and always in accord with truth. All reality that is outside of him he created and designed and governs as the absolute reality. So he is utterly free from any constraints that don’t originate from the counsel of his own will.

10. God is the most important and most valuable reality and person in the universe. He is more worthy of interest and attention and admiration and enjoyment than all other realities, including the entire universe.

John Piper Devotional

A Faithful Witness

All though this little devotional seemingly is centered towards women but I think it can be geared towards anyone who wants a Godly home.

And just so you can all have my two cents worth, having a Godly home is so much better than having a chaos one. You know the saying, where there is strife and chaos   you also have loosen every evil work. Yeah, for me, no thank you. I will stick with doing what God tells me to do to bring about a happy and fruitful home.

God Bless.

"So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." (Romans 10:17)

Devotional

The Apostle Paul writes about Israel's rejection of the Gospel. Are you living in a home with unsaved loved ones? Pushing and pulling them to come to faith is a vain effort. As women we have the unique capability of setting the atmosphere which we should do in our homes. We set it by making God's Word encouraging, exalted, ever-present, and ever-obeyed. Only God's Word saves. The more it is heard in a favorable light, the more conducive the atmosphere will be for salvation by faith. Therefore be diligent at it. It is not only God's written word but also the "word" of our actions that acts as a fruitful witness.

-Psalm 31 App

This Kind

Finally, a devotional that speaks my language! Or at least the first few lines anyway.

But then after reading the whole thing, I now realize this little devotional is what I need to help me grow not only on a personal level but also in my walk with Christ and His children.

God Bless.

Jesus replied, "This kind can be cast out only by prayer." (NLT) -Mark 9:29

Have you ever looked at someone and thought that person could be better if he or she listened to your advice? Maybe you took a step forward and did give your unsolicited advice. While it may seem benevolent to you, many times it's painful to the other person and you may not even realize it. Have you thought about just "praying" instead of "preaching"?

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Quote Of The Day - If We Say a Thing

I believe this quote is so true. My only problem is I don't put it into practice not only for myself but also for all my love ones.

It comes down to confidence not only in myself but also in the one who made me. And this my my friends goes to show just how much more I got to grow.

And I will leave it right here with me putting this quote into motion in my life so I can have a brighter tomorrow.

God Bless.

Quote of the Day -Joyce Meyer “If we say a thing often enough, silently in our hearts or verbally, we will believe it.”

-Joyce Meyer, Power Thoughts Devotional: 365 Daily Inspirations for Winning the Battle of the Mind