My God My Everything

As with any journey it’s always nicer to travel with others.  Traveling companions provide fellowship, guidance, joy, learning opportunities and protection along the way.  God has provided traveling companions for us on our journey of life.  Each has a specific purpose and are gifts meant to make our adventures the best they can possibly be. God’s Holy Spirit As Believer’s His Holy Spirit dwells within us to comfort, guide, convict and lead us through this journey so that our lives will reflect Christ.  He is our moral compass and will always direct our path in ways that honor God if we choose to follow Him.  The more we rely on…

Now that you have a little better understanding of what it means to be Royalty in God’s eyes you have a decision to make.  Do you accept the title along with the responsibilities and blessings that come with being a Daughter of the King? The bible teaches us to weigh the costs involved before making such an eternal decision.  The pathway of following Jesus isn’t always easy.  There will be trials, temptations and tests but there will also be moments of victory, exceeding joy and unsurpassing peace.  God has promised to never leave you nor forsake you and as a believer He has provided His Holy Spirit to live within…

Fear not! I have redeemed you and called you by name. You are mine. (Isaiah 43:1) Did you know that you are Royalty?  Not only are you Royalty but you have been placed in your exact circumstances for such a time as this.  God determined the times set for us and the exact places that we should live. (Acts 17:26)  Your current location is part of God’s plan for your destiny. Fill in the blanks with your name and embrace your Royal Identity. John 1: 12  ________ is God’s daughter.  “But _____ received Him, and to _____ He gave the right to become God’s daughter, because _____ believes in His name.”…

“And the angel said unto them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.” – Luke 2:10-12 The Bible shares the Royal Records and Lineage of our Savior Jesus Christ. From the creation of the world God determined that Jesus would be born to save the world from sin; making a way for our relationship with God to be restored.…

The second word that I was given on my journey to take my thoughts captive was Edit. Many times I have found myself saying, “Delete,” whenever a wrong thought has entered my mind. It’s quite helpful and brings my mind back to attention; to truly think about what I’m thinking about, rather than mindlessly letting it wander. Using the bible teaching in Luke 11:24-27 of the person who has swept their house (mind) clean of evil spirits (wrong thoughts) we find that just getting rid of them is not enough. We need to fill that space with right thoughts; the mind of Christ and to do that we need to…

The bible says that we are to have a ready mind. That means that we are to have minds that are open to the will of God for us, whatever that may be. When we are facing God’s will for our lives we can choose to respond negatively or positively. Negativism means to think about the outcome of situations with a mindset that you are expecting the worst. Being positive means to think with the mindset that I’m going to ask God and believe for the best; but more than anything I want God’s perfect will. “If things don’t turn out the way I want them to, I’ll survive, because…

The hardest part of being set free from something is acknowledging that you have a problem. I don’t like to admit that I have problems but God has such a loving way of revealing areas that I need to work on that I can’t help but be humbled and willing to comply. I have always thought of myself as a positive person, but today as I was reading a scenario in the Battlefield of the Mind I thought, “That’s me.” The author was describing a very negative attitude. Ouch! She shared her struggle with being negative and once she faced the truth she said, “I’m a negative person and I…

One of the lessons in the Battlefield of the Mind was to learn to become the kind of person who plans things but who doesn’t fall apart if that plan does not work out. My plan was to water my plants and flowers in my yard and began with a leak in the hose. The garden wand that I usually use had been switched out for a different sprayer that I didn’t like. So I turned off the water and switched sprayers. The hose connection still leaked. Thoughts of, “why did he mess with my hoses,” came to mind and I again shut off the water to re-adjust the connection.…

I was thinking of the battlefield of the mind and taking our thoughts captive last night when the idea of our thoughts being like emails came to mind. Everyday several emails make their way in to my account. I have to sort through them and decide what to do with them. There are a lot of junk emails that are quickly deleted and sent to the trash without even being opened. Other emails are sorted and saved. Those that are sorted and saved are important for many different reasons and meet a certain criteria in order to be kept. The same should happen with our thoughts. Philippians 4:8 reads: Finally,…