Keeping the mind focussed on God's Word is hard work, but it promises a great reward of peace. You have a choice-don't forfeit your promise of peace and default to thinking on the enemy's lies which leaves you with a troubled heart! LMM #Heart #Trouble#Peace #Think #Live #Life #ChristianInsigh tForLife www.facebook.com/ChristianInsightForLife
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Friday, April 24, 2015
Dear child…how many more nights are you going to work on this situation apart for My help?
Dear Child…how many more nights are you going to "work on" this situation apart from My help? You talk to Me about it, but not to hear My wisdom or to release it to Me. I'm waiting to help you, but I won't allow you to cheapen Me to a checkmark on your list to fulfill an obligation of prayer. I know this situation is waking you in the night with anxiety, interfering with your ability to concentrate and causing an overall agitation in your mood. Listen closely, these symptoms are a classic pattern of behavior that manifests when... My children try to do My job!
You've got to know I am not mad at you and I am for you, but until you take a risk and trust Me...you simply won't know. My grace will meet you where you are, My truth will guide you in what you need to do and My love will stay with you until you cross the finish line! What saddens Me the most is to watch you struggle in your finite ability and limited resources while you reject My infinite ability and unlimited resources! As much as I hate to watch you suffer, I know I have to let you come to the end of yourself. But it's at your end where I begin...you will find Me there when you call out for Me. I love you child~God
LMM (Eph 3:16-20, James 1:3-5, Jer 33:3) #GodisForyou #Grace #Sufficiency #Unlimited #Truth #Wisdom #Resource #Infinite #ChristianInsightForLife www.facebook.com/ChristianInsightForLife
You've got to know I am not mad at you and I am for you, but until you take a risk and trust Me...you simply won't know. My grace will meet you where you are, My truth will guide you in what you need to do and My love will stay with you until you cross the finish line! What saddens Me the most is to watch you struggle in your finite ability and limited resources while you reject My infinite ability and unlimited resources! As much as I hate to watch you suffer, I know I have to let you come to the end of yourself. But it's at your end where I begin...you will find Me there when you call out for Me. I love you child~God
LMM (Eph 3:16-20, James 1:3-5, Jer 33:3) #GodisForyou #Grace #Sufficiency #Unlimited #Truth #Wisdom #Resource #Infinite #ChristianInsightForLife www.facebook.com/ChristianInsightForLife
Stop trying to do God's job…
Stop trying to do God's job…you will lose your mind! You're trying to fix impossible situations with human solutions! God doesn't need your solutions to make things happen...He needs your availability to make things happen through you. Are you available? LMM (Jn 15:5, 14:27, Phil 4:13) #Available#ditchyourplans #GodisForyou #Situations #StopTryingtodoGodsjob #ChristianInsightForLife
We do not have to grope in the dark...
Don't let delay obstruct your view...
Don't let delay obstruct your view of God's truth...He's not forgotten you! He's getting things ready, you just can't see them from where you are! LMM (2 Cor 5:7) #delay #holdon #walkbyfaith #believe #ChristianInsightForLife
Put your hope in God...
We're to work with other people, use our intellect and maximize our resources, but our hope in God's power is what sustains us to move forward...not man's wisdom. LMM #Hope #MoveForward#TrustGod #Resources #Maximize #Sustain #Power#ChristianInsigh tForLife
Some days...
Some days discouragement chases you down, doubt messes with your mind and despair tries to steal your future! Some days are part of life-none of us are exempt, but thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ we are promised to overcome the...some days!!! LMM (1 Cor 15:57, Rom 8:37) #somedays #overcome #victory #future #ChristianInsightForLife
Life impacts us-how we respond...defines us!
Life impacts us-how we respond...defines us! Be strong in the Lord and His mighty power. Put on the armor of God and be defined by Him; stand firm against the schemes of the enemy! God's power is perfected in your weaknesses! LMM (Eph 6:10, 2 Cor 12:9) #BeDefined #ArmorofGod #strong #standfirm#ChristianInsightForLife www.fCebook.com/ChristianInsightForLife
Monday, April 20, 2015
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Trials will come-no person is exempt. Embrace them to move through them... God will use what was intended to derail you as a means to develop you! Don't run from these trials-you will forfeit the future God planned for you! ~LMM #persevere#GodisForyou #trials #plans #develop #embrace #trials www.facebook.com/ChristianInsightForLife
Thursday, April 16, 2015
God will fight your battle...will you let Him?
God said, "go down there and face them and I will fight this battle for
you." He didn't say, "speculate and debate on how I might fight for you
and when you feel comfortable in your decision, go down there and face
them." If we lean into our understanding and try to figure out "how" God
will fight for us, we open the door for our thoughts to be rushed with
fear and we will paralyze our ability to move forward. What God asks of
us most of the time is humanly impossible... whether
it's forgiving horrific abuse, bringing a dead marriage back to life,
having hope in a hopeless situation, receiving favor with those who
oppose you, making a way through when all doors are closed, needing
arrangements for your child's different learning style and believing for
change despite no changes being made and on and on. God fights when we
show up; straight-forward and simple. Some seasons we show up every day
only to go home with no change, but don't give up hope. There's a day
coming when you're going to know...one touch of God's hand wins the
battle, and suddenly, in a nanosecond, your life changes before you!
Don't think yourself out of obeying God and miss Him fighting for you! ~LMM (2 Chron 20:17) #OneTouch #Battles #KeepMoving #FaceyourFear #GodisForyou #ChristianInsightForLife www.facebook.com/ChristianInsighForLife
When despair awakens you in the night...
When despair awakens you in the middle of the night and pounds on your
mind with questions of how you're going to handle all the things that
you don't know how to handle...you don't have to have an answer.
Despair's motive is to steal your hope until you give up; know this, so
you're prepared for the assaults on your mind. Counter each assault with
God's truth; you can't resolve these things, but God can. God is for
you even when you don't "feel" like He is; hold onto this truth
to sustain despair's open warfare on your mind. Remember, God doesn't
need your help to make things happen, He needs your trust so He can work
through you to make things happen. God's making a way-will you release
all the things you can't handle and trust Him? You don't have to know
how He will handle things to believe that He will. ~LMM (Phil 4:19, Rom 8:31, Pr 3:5-6) #Godisforyou #Trust #Hope #Suppliesallyouneed #Godsmakingaway #ChristianInsightForLife www.facebook.com/ChristianInisightForLife
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
When you're having one of those "worst" kind of days...
When you're having one of those "worst" kind of days...agitation
antagonizes your thought patterns, long hours don't seem to make a dent
in the deadline, conflict resolution leaves you more drained than
resolved, doing the right thing hasn't changed you from being treated
the wrong way, sincere intentions are dismissed due to unfair biases,
your risk to be truthful was disingenuously received and distorted, the
new time management plan didn't include unplanned family needs, lack
of sleep is causing concentration issues, exercise was pushed aside to
manage the undone "to do" list from yesterday, junk food is your go-to
for nutritional needs, and the list goes on. Take comfort in knowing you're not alone; none of us are exempt from
these "worst" kind of days, but none of us have to settle for them being
a way of life either.
It's incredible how quickly our emotions can reduce us to feeling devalued, overlooked and without a purpose within a matter of hours, but it happens to all of us. A combination of thought patterns, memory and brain chemistry can take a person's mind on a ride down the highway of hell. These "worst" kind of days could emotionally debilitate a person, if they had to rely on their ability to overcome, but they don't. Thank you Lord, we have a Savior. His Spirit lives in every believer and His transforming power of grace is at work individually and collectively in the Body of Christ to minister to and supply all our needs!
There's not one or any amount of "worst" kind of days that can ever be bigger than God's love or plans for our lives. God's truth and direction promises to never leave us, a peace that surpasses human understanding, and confidence of a good future; no unique situation or person is exempt. However, many exempt themselves from God's good plans with their thought patterns. I'm going to be posting and talking about the ways "all of us” do this and God's answers on how to overcome for the rest of April on my page www.facebook.com/ChristianInsightForLife
I hope you'll join me in comments and questions! ~LMM (Phil 4:7, Jn 14:27, 2 Cor 10:5) #itwastheworst #donewrong #agitated #thoughtpatterns #Lifehurts #unfair #devalued #dismissed #choices #overcomer #future #GodisForyou #Savior #ChristianInsightForLife
It's incredible how quickly our emotions can reduce us to feeling devalued, overlooked and without a purpose within a matter of hours, but it happens to all of us. A combination of thought patterns, memory and brain chemistry can take a person's mind on a ride down the highway of hell. These "worst" kind of days could emotionally debilitate a person, if they had to rely on their ability to overcome, but they don't. Thank you Lord, we have a Savior. His Spirit lives in every believer and His transforming power of grace is at work individually and collectively in the Body of Christ to minister to and supply all our needs!
There's not one or any amount of "worst" kind of days that can ever be bigger than God's love or plans for our lives. God's truth and direction promises to never leave us, a peace that surpasses human understanding, and confidence of a good future; no unique situation or person is exempt. However, many exempt themselves from God's good plans with their thought patterns. I'm going to be posting and talking about the ways "all of us” do this and God's answers on how to overcome for the rest of April on my page www.facebook.com/ChristianInsightForLife
I hope you'll join me in comments and questions! ~LMM (Phil 4:7, Jn 14:27, 2 Cor 10:5) #itwastheworst #donewrong #agitated #thoughtpatterns #Lifehurts #unfair #devalued #dismissed #choices #overcomer #future #GodisForyou #Savior #ChristianInsightForLife
Seasons that darn near kill you...
Seasons that darn near kill you are actually developing the stamina and endurance needed to walk out the dream God whispered to your heart long ago...keep moving friend; you're almost there! ~ LMM (James 1:2-8, Rom 5:3-5) #develop #stamina #endurance #DarnNearKillYou #ChristianInsightForLife
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