To
stay on course...write the vision down plainly so you can see it coming
& going daily & to remind yourself that God's timing is perfect
(Hab 2:2-3). Consistency is the key to having faith constantly (Mk
11:22); you're not exempt from trials, but it does promise God will
bring you through each one (Ps 34:19) while His hope holds on for you
(Heb 6:19)! LMM #writethevisiondown #trials #stayoncourse #constant #consistently #hope #Godholdsonforyou #christianinsightforlife www.facebook.com/christianinsightforlife
Shining God's truth across the world (Mt 5:16). When we lay down who we think we should be...we make room to become who God says we can be-His masterpiece to do the good works He planned long ago (Eph 2:10). Order the new devotional: Christian Insight for Life...for every day www.createspace.com/4222339
Monday, December 29, 2014
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Nothing, nothing, nothing, but the love of Jesus can fix the brokeness in you...
Nothing,
nothing, nothing but the love of Jesus can fix the brokenness in
you...trying to fix the broken parts of your heart with a person, place
or thing leads to despair and dead ends! The love of Jesus heals
hurts, soothes anxious thoughts, uncovers anger, washes away wrongs,
releases forgiveness, affirms purpose, overcomes fear, replaces
depravity with dignity, trades out hopelessness for hope and brings
clarity to your mind and life! Will you let the love of Jesus fix
what's broken in you? LMM (Jn 5:6, Mt 28:18, Isa 9:6) #Jesusheals #fixit #brokenness #Healer #Helper #Hope #ChristianInsightForLife www.facebook.com/christianinsightforlife
Monday, December 22, 2014
God promises a peace...
God
promises a peace that surpasses all understanding & will show you
the path to take in every trial, but you forfeit His peace & miss
the path when you focus more on "what" you're going through than "Who"
is with you! Put your hope in God...not in what you can understand! LMM
(Pr 3:5,6) #trustGod #faith #donotforfeit #peace #path #christianinsightforlife www.facebook.com/christianinsightforlife
Saturday, December 20, 2014
How You Think...Determines the Course of Your Life
Did
you know you have approximately 60,000 thoughts a day-incredible isn't
it? What's more incredible is 54,000 are the same ones! I just released a
365-day devotional on how we think & what God's Word says about it.
I hope you'll order it! #MerryChristmas #renewyourmind #courseinlife #christianinsightforlife www.facebook.com/christianinsightforlife www.createspace.com/5213518
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Christmas isn't always the happiest time of the year for many...
Christmas
isn't always the happiest time of the year for many. If you or someone
you know becomes agitated, anxious or depressed feeling over the
Christmas holidays, there's probably some old hurt that's being stirred
up. If so, please read this; I promise it will help.
Until a person addresses their hurt...they're chained to their past. Addressing hurt is uncomfortable-it takes work. Many ignore hurts, reasoning time has passed & nothing can be done. It's true, time has passed, but the hurt hasn't. An unresolved hurt is as alive as the day it happened, but because it has many layers of life on it, it's not always recognized; this leads people to believe they got over it. Many struggle accepting that someone they trusted hurt them-because really, it makes the hurt feel even worse. But until all of the hurt is brought into the light...all of the person can't heal. Minimizing & dismissing the reality of what happened keeps a person chained to the experience & unable to live in the present. Their thoughts & actions operate from the perspective of past pain which keeps their view of the present obscured. Jesus came to save & heal us, bind up our wounds, free us from captivity & bring us out of darkness!
Bring your hurts into the light; acknowledge who hurt you, what they did to you & how you felt. Many believe forgiving is dismissing the harm, but forgiving means you will no longer carry the harm in your heart. When you forgive, you allow Jesus to emotionally remove the chains that kept you bound to them & the hurt they imposed. Next, give Jesus all the emotions you've been carrying related to injury- empty yourself & purge every last drop! You will be flooded with emotions-it's all those years of denying, holding back, minimizing, trying to prove you were good enough & pushing down tears! This is grief at work the way God designed it. Grief recognizes what was lost, stolen or never given; it validates what you experienced & says you matter & what happened to you mattered! Then the love of Jesus will come in like a flood, filling every part of you that was violated, neglected, ridiculed, bullied, forgotten & overlooked. Until His love floods you, you're left in darkness; a prisoner of your own pain.
Acknowledging hurts, surrendering them to Jesus, forgiving those that imposed harm, then grieving is the only way to complete healing. People who refuse this process will go through life with wounds in their heart & never experience the full promises of God. They will impose their hurt on others & always feel cheated because only Jesus can give back what was taken, given away or never received. Jesus is your anchor of hope for your soul-firm & secure! Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Nothing, no person or situation can separate you from God's love; you are more than a conqueror. Will you let the love of Jesus heal you today? Then you can have yourself a very Merry Christmas because the love of Jesus heals! LMM (Isa 61:1-3, Heb 6:19, 2 Cor 3:17, Rom 8:37) #MerryChristmas #Jesusheals #forgive #grieve #conqueror #behealed #christianinsightforlife www.facebook.com/christianinsightforlife
Until a person addresses their hurt...they're chained to their past. Addressing hurt is uncomfortable-it takes work. Many ignore hurts, reasoning time has passed & nothing can be done. It's true, time has passed, but the hurt hasn't. An unresolved hurt is as alive as the day it happened, but because it has many layers of life on it, it's not always recognized; this leads people to believe they got over it. Many struggle accepting that someone they trusted hurt them-because really, it makes the hurt feel even worse. But until all of the hurt is brought into the light...all of the person can't heal. Minimizing & dismissing the reality of what happened keeps a person chained to the experience & unable to live in the present. Their thoughts & actions operate from the perspective of past pain which keeps their view of the present obscured. Jesus came to save & heal us, bind up our wounds, free us from captivity & bring us out of darkness!
Bring your hurts into the light; acknowledge who hurt you, what they did to you & how you felt. Many believe forgiving is dismissing the harm, but forgiving means you will no longer carry the harm in your heart. When you forgive, you allow Jesus to emotionally remove the chains that kept you bound to them & the hurt they imposed. Next, give Jesus all the emotions you've been carrying related to injury- empty yourself & purge every last drop! You will be flooded with emotions-it's all those years of denying, holding back, minimizing, trying to prove you were good enough & pushing down tears! This is grief at work the way God designed it. Grief recognizes what was lost, stolen or never given; it validates what you experienced & says you matter & what happened to you mattered! Then the love of Jesus will come in like a flood, filling every part of you that was violated, neglected, ridiculed, bullied, forgotten & overlooked. Until His love floods you, you're left in darkness; a prisoner of your own pain.
Acknowledging hurts, surrendering them to Jesus, forgiving those that imposed harm, then grieving is the only way to complete healing. People who refuse this process will go through life with wounds in their heart & never experience the full promises of God. They will impose their hurt on others & always feel cheated because only Jesus can give back what was taken, given away or never received. Jesus is your anchor of hope for your soul-firm & secure! Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Nothing, no person or situation can separate you from God's love; you are more than a conqueror. Will you let the love of Jesus heal you today? Then you can have yourself a very Merry Christmas because the love of Jesus heals! LMM (Isa 61:1-3, Heb 6:19, 2 Cor 3:17, Rom 8:37) #MerryChristmas #Jesusheals #forgive #grieve #conqueror #behealed #christianinsightforlife www.facebook.com/christianinsightforlife
The reason we celebrate Christmas is Jesus...
The
reason we celebrate Christmas is Jesus...He heals the hurting, binds up
the wounds of the brokenhearted & gives hope to the hopeless; His
love makes us brand new! He shows up when others don't, holds us when
others won't & reveals what others can't...He has no barriers-He's
unstoppable! He's overcome this world & all the uncertainties we
see; He is peace, hope & joy-we don't have to be afraid! His love is
full of power, makes sin as white as snow & relationship with Him
will change your life...say, "Jesus!" Merry Christmas! LMM (Eph 4:24, Jn
16:33, Isa 1:18) #Jesus #hope #peace #love #joy #MerryChristmas #celebrate #unstoppable #nobarriers #christianinsightforlife www.facebook.com/christianinsightforlife
Friday, December 19, 2014
How to keep it together when life is falling apart...
How to keep it together when life is falling apart...
1) Choose to trust God's Word more than you trust what you feel & see (Jn 16:33).
2) Make a decision to believe God will provide what you need despite the impossible you're facing (Phil 4:19).
3) Let go of what you don't understand & cling to God; He will show you the way to go (Pr 3:5-6).
Blessed are those who have not seen & yet have believed (Jn 20:29); no verdict given by man is final-only God's Word is final (Isa 55:11)! When life is falling apart...put your hope in God; He holds on for you when you can't LMM (Heb 6:19)! #holdon #trustGod #believe #decide #christianinsightforlife www.facebook.com/christianinsightforlife
1) Choose to trust God's Word more than you trust what you feel & see (Jn 16:33).
2) Make a decision to believe God will provide what you need despite the impossible you're facing (Phil 4:19).
3) Let go of what you don't understand & cling to God; He will show you the way to go (Pr 3:5-6).
Blessed are those who have not seen & yet have believed (Jn 20:29); no verdict given by man is final-only God's Word is final (Isa 55:11)! When life is falling apart...put your hope in God; He holds on for you when you can't LMM (Heb 6:19)! #holdon #trustGod #believe #decide #christianinsightforlife www.facebook.com/christianinsightforlife
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