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Date:
Monday December 6th
Meditation Opportunities coming from
Biblegateway.com The Daily Verse
John
10:14-15 (TPT) The Passion Translation
14 “I alone am the Good Shepherd, and
I know those whose hearts are mine, for they recognize me and know me, 15 just as my Father knows my heart
and I know my Father’s heart. I am ready to give my life for the sheep.
Thought Movers, Motivations Touching to the Soul coming from
YouTube.com
Kirk Cameron,
Candace Cameron Bure: Speak Truth in Love | FULL EPISODE |
Nobody (lyrics) ~
Casting Crowns ~ Nobody (featuring Matthew West)
Do It Again |
Official Lyric Video | Elevation Worship
Million Little
Miracles | Elevation Worship & Maverick City
Thinking Out Loud – Journal Thoughts/Prayers / Mind Maze Overflow
When
we believe in anything we easily speak about it, reflect it and allot of times
when we find ourselves caught off guard in someone’s reaction or understanding
of what we believe. Well sometimes we
find ourselves in defense mode and now days more and more it is full on battle
mode before we even get started.
Thankfully
Jesus has allowed my walls to come down and I am not so much on defense as I
get older like I once was. Yes, those
who know me will say, nope my walls are higher than most mountains. However, my walls today are truly different
then the bricks that were once who blocked or triggered who I had to be in
different situations.
So,
listening to this speaking truth, how true it really is to understand happiness
is circumstantial. The depth of Joy and
peace is eternal and if you are not grounded or depending on what you believe in.
Well, it really matters. And we all
believe in something. Prayerfully
everyone is blessed to be surrounded by those who are humble and know Christ
personally and keep you accountable.
However, I know that is not true as well.
Yet
just because you do not have someone on the same path and journey you are on;
it does not mean you cannot have brothers and sisters in Christ to help you
through. Just in prayer, just in
listening, just getting you tapped in, just sitting next to you!
If you sit
back and look where you once were and where you are today. When you realize that you should have never
been able to make it as far as you have.
Not just talent or career; but life itself! Until we recognize who created the ability
for us to be here. Who allows the oxygen
to fill our lungs every single moment of any day? No matter what good, bad or indifferent is
going on. We start to understand why it
is so important to have that one-on-one relationship with Jesus. And by the way it’s a great thing when you
can feel held enough to speak His name.
But its no bodies business who they imagine you are supposed to be.
Yes, we are
all somebody priceless and worth more than anything this world has to give or
take in the eyes of God. But at the same
time, we could be nothing or nobody to the world we live. Maybe we are whatever image we allowed the
world to push our talents and career ambitions into the clouds with. Maybe we just are struggling to believe in
ourselves at all and fight the demons of anxiety and doubt or even
suicide.
Prayerfully I
hope not. We all have low points
throughout our days given. But I pray
that no matter what you feel, who you are, where you are at. You know you are worth so much and someone
needs you.
They need your
smile, your grace, your knowledge, your love!
If you are struggling here and now; please call upon the Lord and if you
are and you are still stuck. Please seek
help be it just someone to talk to or even a professional.
There is no
shame in trying to save yourself. Especially
when you meet Jesus every day right where you are for who you are.
I know in our
current day things are so bad for so many.
But I can assure you I am not some wishful thinker or talker without a
history of broken pieces and being pretty close to flatlined myself in my
journey.
I was not born
into what we call Christianity. I lived
in the world and had it chipping away and taking whatever, it could from a very
early age and I can assure you that even in my youth I tried desperately to
check out because I just had not purpose, had nothing, was nothing if I didn’t
circle up and stay under the influence and hang with those who did it
routinely.
There is
nothing special about me, but I am blessed and one day woke up and called upon
Jesus to come in and show me His will and way and not my own. It took years trust me on that! I was grown when I walked forward and do not
even know why; but then remembered how I walked forward and got baptized as a kid
in a room full of strangers.
The brokenness
of those that are dark and evil minded left many scars on my journey and even I
am sure left my own marks on my children, on my friends, and people I have
connected. And I know for sure not all
of them are those that leave you smiling.
We are all
human, we all have to grow forward the best we can. Prayerfully you, me anyone we connect in
passing or in our places we are blessed to go.
Will keep fighting to shine and grow forward.
Not let
negative win be it from people, places, things, circumstances. We all got to
duck right and go low or fall left at times and just roll with it.
What is your
goals, what is your dreams what is it that you are really good at and what is
it that you are easily taken out of your comfort zone into? Does it happen allot, maybe it’s something
God wants you to grow past and through.
Just remember
the sun always shines bright at some point or another after the storms that pass. Grasp onto that which warms your soul, those
memories and just get up and do what you do again. Jesus will always be enough, but you have
to meet him to know that he truly does give you that deep peace that is
unexplainable. That when you call upon
Him daily you are consumed by what you will never fully know to take credit for. Sure, you can go off and get your doctrine
in theology and really teach what the bible says. But it just means you have been granted the
opportunity to learn to teach and be held at a higher standard. But it makes you no better or less than the
ones who just somehow know in truth with Christ; He is, He was, and He always
will be!
Will a relationship
with Jesus stop life from happening or you getting pounded on and at times still
be so weary you do not know if you can get back up. No…
However, it
fills you with that calm during any storm and sometimes it takes a little while,
but you get back up and know what is does not defined you, the world and your
choices or reactions to it does not define you.
Your circumstances; good or bad do not define you.
Your destiny
and choices you make while you are still allowed one more tomorrow. Define where you will be and how eternity
looks. There is a time and place for
everyone and everything. There is
nothing wasted even when it hurts. We
can add to the fuel and burning up the world and everyone along the way because
we hurt. Or we can choose to be brighter,
bolder in kindness and love. Or we can
just quit and forever be stuck never receiving the love we were created for and
by.
I learned this
yesterday and be it in a group, alone, with your family, friends or
strangers. Just PRAY…
For the good,
for the pad just pray.
@CPardue@NLCC
Praise: "When we begin our prayer, it’s important to address God in a way that
lifts Him up. If we were to be in God’s
presence, we would likely fall on our faces before Him. This is the tie to praise and celebrate Him
and all that he has done in your life. “Humility
is always the proper starting point for powerful prayer.”
Repent: “We are broken, imperfect and
sinful people. We know this and God
certainly knows it. After our praises,
we need to repent and to ask for forgiveness. This isn’t about guilt, shame or groveling. This is about acknowledging our sins and learning
to walk differently as we follow Jesus Christ.”
Ask: “God Teaches us “ask and you shall
receive.” Requests are common part of
prayer. We often pray for family, close friends, ourselves and even our enemies.
We also pray for larger issues such as our city, state, and country. Asking properly follows Praise and Repentance.”
Yield: “Yield refers to deferring to God’s
will for our lives. Even if Jesus fervently
asked not to die on the cross, but his last words were “not my will, but thine be done” Yielding is about us acknowledging
that God’s plan is so much better than ours.”
Thank you
to my brothers and spiritual family and some valuable understanding I received yesterday. And no; Not that we will go to the cross,
but we have to be last to be first and absolutely need to realize selflessness over
selfishness.
I get it we
are all not the same, we all don’t want the same things and we need to make
sure our vision is clear no matter what choices we make. We may not know what the result will be; but
we can own how we react. We do not need
to be gullible and convince anyone of anything including ourselves when it
comes to thinking it is our job to do anything to make anyone change how they
act, speak, or believe. Plant the seeds
of hope, light, beauty and be done with it.
Most importantly step away from those, that are doing things that will ultimately harm them
or do harm others.
None of
us need to do damage to anyone or take from anyone to have worth in this world. Just unfortunately many do think that way
and some even make games out of it.
Anyway, thank
you Jesus for this day that I have been given and made it through. Your will not my own. Cause you know I am a
hot mess, and I would be right in the frying pan trying to serve up my own heart’s
desires. May your love and will flow
through these veins as long as I am given and more importantly may your will
fill up all I am connected in their hearts, their choices, they abilities in thanksgiving,
in peace, in harmony and the abundant mercy and grace. For all that flows
through this soul. May I never stop
counting my miracles in every breath I am given.
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