Struggling

Philippians 4:6-8 #4
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things



I was thinking how so much bad news i here in the newspaper or to say online news , Even the Tv News and sometimes we get so focus on these things and it effects our minds to negative thinking
next thing it effect other peoples lives we are close to .
Sometimes we struggle with sin and which is another issue in our lives because of the things of this world surely effects our live . I Found peace in the verse whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.
Think on the word of God which is lovely and pure and then your thoughts are in a very good place . The word of God says we are in the world but not of this world and God made a way for us to follow him if we would just give him a chance too.

Jeremiah 29:11 says For i know the thoughts that i think towards you, says the lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil , to give you a future and a hope."



Quote for today

Hope in God's promises, therefore, is not a wishful longing but a faith-filled confidence for the future. It is simply impossible to trust one of God's promises and not anticipate its coming true. To know God is to trust Him. And to trust God is to trust His promises. And to trust God's promises is to be sure of their fulfillment. This assurance concerning the future, anchored in God's promises, is what the Bible calls "hope."



Scott Hafemann
PRAYER


Dear Lord help us to fix our eyes on you and to focus our attention what is lovely and pure
and help us to know you will see us though are struggles and give us strength to face our struggles and to give them to you in Jesus name Amen

Change

If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the alien, the fatherless or the widow
and do not shed innocent blood in this place,
and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm,
then I will let you live in this place,
in the land I gave your forefathers for ever and ever"
Jeremiah 7:5-7 (NIV)



Nothing paralyzes our lives like the attitude that things can never change. We need to remind ourselves that God can change things. Outlook determines outcome. If we see only the problems, we will be defeated; but if we see the possibilities in the problems, we can have victory.
Author: Warren Wiersbe



THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

Change can happen if we want to change and God knows we can change because he is the Father who cares about us and able to far that we can imagine . The Devil will tell us we cant change but with God all things are possible . The fact is we can all do better if we let God be God in our lives .Our Savior Jesus Christ made a way for us if we just let him .

I love that quotation. I've seen it attributed to Martin Luther King, Jr., but I think when he said it, he was quoting someone else. It doesn't really matter who said it. We all live off the achievements and great thoughts that have gone before us.

The three sentences in the quotation are a prayer for change. It speaks to us on every level of business, of society, and of self-improvement.

"We ain't what we ought to be." - This simple statement signifies that we know what we are with our strengths and weaknesses. It's the first step in training. Before we begin setting goals for improvement, we must first assess who and what we are. It also lets us and others know that we expect to do better and it holds us up in comparison to a goal for that achievement. Maybe not an exact goal, but one that tells us we always need to be doing something that would make our jesus proud.


Change Your Thinking...Change Your Life
by Joyce Meyer
The longer I live the more I realize how strong a connection exists between our thoughts and our words. I honestly believe that this connection is one of the most important things we can learn in our lives.

So many people’s problems are rooted in their way of thinking, which can actually produce a lot of the problems they experience.

How does that happen?

Well, a negative mind produces negative words and, consequently, a negative life. Our words can actually become traps that cause us to continue our cycle of negative thoughts and actions.

Yes, we’re all tempted to speak negatively, but we don’t have to give in to that temptation.

To turn our words around, we need to start thinking about what we’re thinking about, and then make some real changes.

Let me show you how.

The Trap of Negative Thinking
Because I allowed many years of negative thinking and speaking in my life, I became an extremely negative, sour person. My philosophy became “if you don’t expect anything good to happen, then you won’t be disappointed when it doesn’t.”

Have you ever felt that way?

Because I had encountered so many disappointments, I was afraid to believe that anything good could happen to me. I had developed a terribly negative outlook on everything.

If I had continued to believe those lies about never getting over my past, I never would’ve gotten over my past.

New Thoughts, New Possibilities
With God’s help I am continually reminded that my past doesn’t have to control my future. I don’t need God’s help in my life to give up; I need His help to keep going!

I now know how important it is for me to understand the fact that my life would not have gotten straightened out until my mouth did…

And since the two are linked, my mouth wasn’t going to get straightened out until my mind did.

Changing your words and thoughts is definitely not an easy thing to do, but with God’s help all things are possible.

Be Patient with Yourself
We have to choose to think and speak positively. It doesn’t come naturally—and it doesn’t happen overnight. In fact, it takes a lot of practice.

There will be days when you have setbacks, but just get back up, dust yourself off, and start again.

When a baby is learning to walk, he falls many, many times before he gains the confidence to walk. Failing from time to time—which you will do—doesn’t mean you’re a failure. It simply means that you don’t do everything right all the time.

Well, neither does anyone else.

If you’ve been consumed with negative thinking and speaking, the pathway to your freedom begins when you face the problem without making excuses for it.

Be patient with yourself. As you change your thinking, your words will change and so will your life!


PRAYER

Father help us to change and mold us in the way you want us to be, I pray that you Transform our minds our thoughts and our life and give us to strength to want to change in Jesus name Amen

We will overcome by the word of our Testimony

john 8:14

Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.



THOUGHTS FOR TODAY



I just shared my Testimony at a church group for Recovery in which i go , but when i read John 8:14 it reminded me of Jesus when he answered, Even if i do bear witness myself , my testimony is true, for i know where i came

When it mention i knew where i came it ring a bell in my mind because i had shared all the garbage in my passed which is so hard to do in front of people but the bible also God's Word tells us to confess our faults to each other so we may be healed. (James 5:16)



All though i was Re-living the passed but it was very healing to me because we are knew Creatures in Christ Jesus .



“He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power. Though youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly, yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.” Isaiah 40:29-31



God has giving me the strength to get in front of people to share my life story in 30 minutes which is hard to do but i can say it was moving to others and it helps others to know they do not have to be afraid to share

your Testimony if your in a safe place .

I remember when i lived the Bar life i had many parties i would go to did all kind of things iam not proud of, but I do remember most of the times in the Bars i would go Home alone , There was a very deep feeling alone and when i was with someone they did not understand me .When i am around God's people

and sharing , there is compassion and understanding and prayers are lifted up , Mostly there is support.

When this life is over the bible says And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.” Revelation 21:4



QUOTE FOR TODAY

To what end is pain? I do not clearly know. But I have noticed that when one who has not suffered draws near to one in pain, there is rarely much power to help. There is not the understanding that leaves the suffering thing comforted, though perhaps not a word was spoken.
What if every stroke of pain, or hour of weariness or loneliness, or any other trial of flesh or spirit, could carry us a pulsebeat nearer some other life, some life for which the ministry of prayer is needed; would it not be worthwhile to suffer? Ten thousand times yes. And surely it must be so, for the further we are drawn into the fellowship of Calvary with our dear Lord, the tenderer we are toward others, the closer alongside does our spirit lie with them that are in bonds; as being ourselves also in the body. God never wastes His children's pain.
~Amy Charmichael



We will overcome
By the blood of the Lamb
And the word of our testimony
Everyone overcome

PRAYER

Dear Lord thank you that all your children are in this together . the pain the suffering the hurts , Habbits , the Addictions , You help your people to help others and to be strong and without you lord we are nothing , Thank you for your love and grace and power because with God all things are possible Amen

Do not lose Heart

2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal





Just a thought i took this photo some days back from my BedRoom Window and it was a site to see how God can really paint a beautiful picture of his Creation ...The colors where so nice to see ...although we do not fix our eyes on things we do not see in the spiritual world
its a blessings to see what we can see in the creation of God

Just how much blessing it will be someday when the things we do not see will be a greater blessing in our life and all the Rewards that God has for his children who believe in him .


Sometimes problems come and surround us and sometimes it is good to take a look at something to catch our eyes such as the beautiful photo i took of this picture of God's handi -work and remember he is in control of my situration Stay FOCUSED, For The Earth Is Longing To SEE My GLORY!...Stay FOCUSED, And It Will Be SEEN! Says The LORD Of The Host.

God is still in control, I am just Grateful God is in Control not me
He surely knows far more than i do and creates events in my life that i can far more dream of.


may you have a bless day

prayer.....God help us in Jesus name to see the light and smell the good side of life instead of the busy life we see everyday ...Help us to know what is important which is you in our live in Jesus name Amen

God brought him back

“It is appointed unto men once to die; and then cometh the judgment”

(Hebrews 9:27).




THOUGHTS FOR TODAY


ITS STRANGE HOW WE MEET PEOPLE SOMETIMES , I DO NOT BELIEVE NOTHING IS BY ACCIDENT.
I MET THIS GUY WHO SAID HE WAS 33 YEARS OLD HE WAS SITTING OUT SIDE LATE ONE NIGHT AND I HAPPENED TO PASS BY HIM AND WE HAD A CHAT AND I NOTICE HIS HAND WAS
PARALYED AND HE TOLD ME HE WAS PARALYED FROM HIS RIGHT SIDE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HIS FEET. I ASK THE MAN WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND HE SAID HE WAS SHOT NOT JUST ONCE BUT THREE TIMES IN DIFFRENT TIMES IN HIS LIFE , I STARTED TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS ON A DEEPER LEVEL BEING I WAS A CHRISTIAN BUT FIRST I SAID WHAT DO YOUR TATTOOS SAY , HE MENTION THEY ARE
SIGNS WHEN I WAS IN THE STREET GANGS , YOU SEE MY MOM AND FATHER HAD ABANDONED HIM, WHEN HE WAS A KID AND NEVER PAID MUCH ATTENTION TO HIM AND HE WAS IN THE GANG TO GET THE ATTENTION HE NEEDED WHEN HE WAS A KID ,HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WAS SO MUCH INVOLVED IN DRUGS AND ALCOHAL ... I WAS IMPRESS HOW HUMBLE HE SEEMS AND NOT SO ANGRY BUT AS I POOR OUT MORE QUESTIONS I SAID (SHOT THREE TIMES ?)
HE SAID YES AND THE LAST TIME HE WAS SHOT AND DIED FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
I ASK HIM WHAT DID HE EXPERIENCED FOR THOSE 30 MINUTES OF BEING DEAD AND HE SHARED DARKNESS , TORTURE, PEOPLE SCREAMING , I SEEM MOVIES ON THIS THROUGH CHRISTIAN TV BUT NOW IAM FACE TO FACE WITH A GUY WHO TOLD ME FACE TO FACE ...I SAID TO HIM THEN WHAT HAPPENED? HE SAID HE SAW A LIGHT AND I ASK HIM WAS IT GOD AND HE SAID YES AND HE SAID GOD SEES EVERYTHING WE DO
HE SAID GOD IS LIGHT , ALL LIGHT AND HE TOLD ME TO GO BACK AND HE WOKE UP .

I TOLD HIM HE WAS A MIRACLE THAT HE IS ALIVE AND THAT GOD GAVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE TO LIVE AGAIN , HE AGREED BUT HE WAS STRUGGLING TO SERVE GOD BUT I CAN TELL GOD HAS A PLAN FOR HIS LIFE ...HE DID NOT EVEN HAD TO TELL ME THAT . THIS MAN TOLD ME AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM THAT HIS MOM AND DAD ARE VERY CLOSE TO HIM NOW AND I SAID I WAS GLAD FOR HIM ..SOMETIMES TRAGIC SITURATIONS TURN THE EVENTS OF PEOPLE MINDS TO A NEW DIRECTION BUT SADLEY IN THIS MANS CASE HE HAD TO BE SHOT THREE TIMES ....GOD SAID IT IS APPOINTED FOR MAN ONCE TO DIE THEN AFTER THAT THE JUDEMENT ..HOW TRUE BECAUSE THERE WILL BE SOMETHING AFTER THIS LIFE IS OVER ,HELL OR HEAVEN AND WE NEED TO BE READY TO MEET YOUR MAKER ...THIS REALLY WOKE ME UP EVEN AS A CHRISTIAN BECAUSE ITS REALITY, GOD LOVED THAT GUY SO MUCH TO GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE IN THIS EVIL WORLD I BELIEVE TO MAKE A DIFFRENCE EVEN THOUGH HE STRUGGLES RIGHT NOW
BUT HE ALSO HAS A PLAN FOR HIM AND FOR YOU ......I HOPE WE DONT WAIT TILL WE ARE SHOT THREE TIMES .


1 Corinthians 2 :9 "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him"


And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

—Matthew 10:28



I WAS VERY GLAD TO MEET THIS GUY AND I ENCOURAGED HIM TO SEEK GOD MORE IN HIS LIFE
BUT IAM SURE HE WILL .



QUOTE ABOUT HELL

This does not mean that God will be completely absent from hell. He is and will remain omnipresent (Ps. 139:7-8). To be separated from the Lord and cast into hell does not mean that a person will finally be free of God. That person will remain eternally accountable to Him. He will remain Lord over the person’s existence. But in hell, a person will be forever separated from God in His kindness, mercy, grace, and goodness. He will be consigned to deal with Him in His holy wrath.



Tom Ascol






QUOTE ABOUT HEAVEN



Blessed be God! There shall be no sorrow in heaven. There shall not be one single tear shed within the courts above. There shall be no more disease and weakness and decay; the coffin, and the funeral, and the grave, and the dark-black mourning shall be things unknown. Our faces shall no more be pale and sad; no more shall we go out from the company of those we love and be parted asunder – that word, farewell, shall never be heard again. There shall be no anxious thought about tomorrow to mar and spoil our enjoyment, no sharp and cutting words to wound our souls; our wants will have come to a perpetual end, and all around us shall be harmony and love.

RYER


PRAYER

DEAR LORD AS I SPOKEN OF THIS GUY I PRAY YOU DRAW HIM CLOSER TO YOU BY YOUR SPIRIT
BUT I ALSO PRAY FOR US TO ALWAYS BE READY AND TURN TO YOU FOR YOU CARE FOR US AND DIED FOR US ....
BUT YOU ALSO DID NOT MAKE US AS A ROBOT BUT FREEDOM TO MAKE A CHOICE AND HELP US TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR SON IN JESUS NAME AMEN

The Steps of a Good Man

DO NOT REJOICE OVER ME, MY EMEMY, WHEN I FALL, I WILL ARISE :
WHEN I SIT IN DARKNESS, THE LORD WILL BE MY LIGHT TO ME.
MICAH 7:7


THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

Sometimes the Devil or your Enemies can be against you or you fall in to sin
ever get those days that it seems so dark with addictions and frustrations ?
I have and i had many as a child of God but the bible says in Psalms 37:23-24 The steps of a good man are ordered by the lord,and he delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down ,for the Lord
upholds him with his hand.

I think we sometimes do not realized how much the lord loves us though he fall, he shall utterly cast down,The lord upholds him with his hand , What more truth is that ,He died on the cross for you so no matter what you do you can always come back to the loving hands of the lord .

Job kept his faith in hard times and Job had many reasons to give up as a human but Job loved God ...Even Job wife said in Job 2:9 Then his wife said to him , Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse
God and die .

God says to you ..You are a Giants and you can overcome your battles of this life trust him .
because even when life and circumstances seems out of control God knows what he is doing because he is still the same yesterday to day and forever Hebrews 13:8 ...
The Enemy's strategy is to discouraged you in this time we are living in , Do not believe the lies ..
Believe what the word of God says about you .



QUOTE FOR TODAY




A man can no more take in a supply of grace for the future than he can eat enough for the next six months, or take sufficient air into his lungs at one time to sustain life for a week. We must draw upon God's boundless store of grace from day to day, as we need it.



D.L. Moody

POEM


Dear lord you came through for me
You came through when i was about to turn the wrong direction
you saved me through the life of distruction.
you came through for me Jesus when Nobody elese cared.

Im blessed to have eyes to read your words of wisdom
The times i get off track, you showed me the ways to your everlasting paths.

I dont deserve to be blessed. When i see what you have done for me
i know im blessed. I must confess Im sorry for running away from you.
You came through for me. Its only in you Jesus i make it another day

In my lonely times of darkeness the battle belongs to you
my insides are craving do to other things .
Your love is so worth lovin,because you came through.
Im a soldier of the light
you came through.



Isaiah 43:1
But now, this is what the LORD says— he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.


Good_news
Prayer

Dear Lord help us to face another day as you have and help us know in the real dark days and helpless moments we face your grace is there to pick us up thank you lord for the cross in jesus name amen

Don't let Depression take control

1 Corinthians 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.



THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

Race car driving champion Bill Vukovich won the infamous Indianapolis 500 race two times, a record of success few others have achieved. When asked about the secret of his success in the race, Vukovich simply replied, “There’s no secret. You just press the accelerator to the floor and steer left.”

Sometimes we have a tendency to complicate things when it comes to serving the Lord. But like race car driving, there’s really no secret, just move forward and finish the race! The only thing I would change about Bill’s advice is steer RIGHT!!

Are you struggling with confusion, discouragement or anxiety about things of the Lord? God is not a God of confusion, discourage...Sometimes in the worst times in our life God is working all things together for our good . Remember He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Matthew 5:45 (New King James Version) We are in the world but not of this world . God cares for his chosen people your life is in his hands because he knows we are nothing but dust. When your feeling down always remember this: The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, ‘The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!’ The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him. So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord. (Lamentations 3:19-26) (Also read Lamentations 1:1-6; Psalm 137; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10) In this text, Jeremiah calls us to a renewed life at the beginning of each new day: “But this I call to mind: and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:21-23, NRSV).

YOUR ARE IN A RACE

Defeat! He lay there silently, a tear dropped from his eye, "
There's no sense running anymore- three strikes and I'm out- why try?"
The will to rise has disappeared, all hope had fled away,
So far behind, so error prone, closer all the way.


"I've lost, so what's the use", he thought "I'll live with my disgrace."
But then he thought about his dad who soon he'd have to face.
Get up, and echo sounded low, get up and take your place.
You were not meant for failure here, so get up and win the race.
With Borrowed will, "Get up!", It said, "You haven't lost at all,
For winning is not more than this, to rise each time you fall."


So he rose to win once more, and with new commitment he resolved to win
Or lose, at least he wouldn't quit.
So far behind the others now, the most he'd ever been,
Still he gave it all he had, and ran as though to win.
Three times he'd fallen stumbling, three times he rose again.
To far behind to hope to win, he still ran to the end.
ment or anxiety! Let’s get back to the basics today. God created us, loves us unconditionally and wants to free us from all our entanglements that we may be holy as He is holy, that we may be able to love Him with all our heart, soul, strength and mind and love our neighbor as ourselves! We’re in this together, for the win! Remember God is in control of your life and will help you though .Sometimes in the worst siturations of our life God is working all things for good .



QUOTE

God sometimes permits Satan to assail His dear children, the more to strengthen them in His spiritual graces, and to confirm them more fully in the assurance of His love and their salvation.

For as a city which has been once besieged and not sacked will ever after be more strong to hold out if it be assaulted by the like danger.... so those who are besieged and assaulted by their spiritual enemies will ever after more carefully arm themselves against them with the graces of God's Spirit, that they may not be overcome nor foiled by them.

—George Downame



PRAYER



Dear lord help us when we feel low and down and wanting to give up ..Help us know you love us and have reason to help us in the dark ....Help us to know you will work things out in our life and that you are in fully control Amen