We all have a story, But Who's writing it? For me what I want people to say about me after I'm not here, tends to control what I do now. I don't know about you, but when I try to control the now, I miss out on a lot of opportunities, and 9 times out 0f 10 mess up. A year ago before I went to Ecuador, I encountered a new view on story writing, In a simple 5 letter acronym
L.G.W.Y.S.
Let God Write Your Story.
That was a shock to me, until I heard that I didn't understand that I had been denying God control.
It has been a life change to apply this to my life. It requires my All my trust, In His provision, in His promises,
That He knows what He's doing, That when I don't understand, I can let go, and Know God's got it, And be at peace.
Proverbs 3:5&6 say: "Trust in the Lord with ALL you heart; Lean NOT on your own understanding. In ALL your ways acknowledge Him, and He WILL keep Your paths straight."
Philippians 4:19
One last question:
When people read or see your story, What do you want them to take away from their experience?
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
By The Numbers
Hard things happen to everyone. some of those times In my life I have asked "God WHY???!!!" "God, I don't understand... I don't get it... God, where were You?" so what are some of the things that helped me deal with those "1 days?" as Josh put it...
About 2 years ago I had a close relative end up in the hospital from what the doctors said was a "heart attack" who ended up passing away less than 4 days later.
I asked God all sorts of questions like "God Why did you take the only person who could speak Your truth to my non-believing relatives? "God I can't see what good is going to come from this"
God's words came back to me in reply:
"And the peace of God, which transcends ALL understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; (6)in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."
at the time there was one other verse I was directed to which at the time I didn't understand:
1st Timothy 4:11-16
You know, the other thing I should mention is when I got the call about my relative passing away is the very first song on the radio after the call that I heard was "Blessed be Your Name."
and there are many more. if you would like more verses we'd LOVE to give ya'll some please comment and let us know.
a couple of verses you should read yourself Romans 8:28 & Philipians 4:19
About 2 years ago I had a close relative end up in the hospital from what the doctors said was a "heart attack" who ended up passing away less than 4 days later.
I asked God all sorts of questions like "God Why did you take the only person who could speak Your truth to my non-believing relatives? "God I can't see what good is going to come from this"
God's words came back to me in reply:
"And the peace of God, which transcends ALL understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; (6)in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."
at the time there was one other verse I was directed to which at the time I didn't understand:
1st Timothy 4:11-16
You know, the other thing I should mention is when I got the call about my relative passing away is the very first song on the radio after the call that I heard was "Blessed be Your Name."
and there are many more. if you would like more verses we'd LOVE to give ya'll some please comment and let us know.
a couple of verses you should read yourself Romans 8:28 & Philipians 4:19
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Beyond my UnBelief: The Power Of Prayer
Prayer is the power, the "energy" Drink as it were, for all those who are in Christ.
In Ephesians 6:18-20 Paul gives us A look at prayer. Paul give us a guide to prayer:
"Prayer is the energy that enables the Christian soldier to wear the armor (Ephesians 5) and wield the sword. We cannot fight the battle in our own power, no matter how strong or talented we may think we are....Paul tells us how to pray if we would defeat Satan.
Pray always.
Pray w/ all prayer: prayer supplication, intercession, thanksgiving.
Pray in the Spirit. The Bible formula is that we pray to the Father, through the Son, and in the Spirit.
Pray with your eyes open. "on the alert" Nehemiah defeated the enemy by watching and praying.
Keep on praying.
Pray for all the saints. don't quit!
the bible says:
"wherever 2 or more or gathered in the lord's name He is there..."
when we pray we should pray in the will of God, which means we ask and ultimately It's God's choice, we have to learn and accept that and be content.
"I Believe... Help my UNbelief..."
many times when our prayers don't get answered the way we want and we accuse God of ________(Fill in the blank). the counter to this is "Trust in the Lord w/all your heart and lean NOT on your own understanding." God Will make it clear to us IN HIS time.
In Ephesians 6:18-20 Paul gives us A look at prayer. Paul give us a guide to prayer:
"Prayer is the energy that enables the Christian soldier to wear the armor (Ephesians 5) and wield the sword. We cannot fight the battle in our own power, no matter how strong or talented we may think we are....Paul tells us how to pray if we would defeat Satan.
Pray always.
Pray w/ all prayer: prayer supplication, intercession, thanksgiving.
Pray in the Spirit. The Bible formula is that we pray to the Father, through the Son, and in the Spirit.
Pray with your eyes open. "on the alert" Nehemiah defeated the enemy by watching and praying.
Keep on praying.
Pray for all the saints. don't quit!
the bible says:
"wherever 2 or more or gathered in the lord's name He is there..."
when we pray we should pray in the will of God, which means we ask and ultimately It's God's choice, we have to learn and accept that and be content.
"I Believe... Help my UNbelief..."
many times when our prayers don't get answered the way we want and we accuse God of ________(Fill in the blank). the counter to this is "Trust in the Lord w/all your heart and lean NOT on your own understanding." God Will make it clear to us IN HIS time.
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