Day 86: Deeper

Beyond just a relationship God, you are the very being that I have to have to be alive. It isn't normal for a person to walk around in this life without you. Continue to remind us that you are the reason we are alive. In Jesus name. Amen.

Day 84 & 85: Hello November!

So this month will be a great month, I know it. First of all we all choose how our mood will be each day, no matter what our circumstances scream at us. Reactions is all it boils down to. November is full of opportunity to give of ourselves, and step slowly away from it's all about me right now. It is so easy to get caught up in what we feel, think, know, realize, want, dream, have, all that stuff is hard to ignore when there is so much going on. We all have something to give out time to, work, school, husbands, wifes, children, moms, dads, family, people we work with, and then we have to take into consideration God. He is still yearning for out attention despite our crazy lifes. It is our choice to what we devote our time to, choose him. During the day spend a few minutes just reflecting on what he has given to us. What he has promised. What he knows. What he has already done. Wow it might take longer than a few minutes, but the time is not the issue here, it is the motive, the behing the scenes attempt that we make at striving towards a God that loves us. We are all trying so hard to please others, I do it probably every day. Just wanting people to notice you, ya it's kind of ridiculous, but I admit that it is a waste of time. I will never get enough praise from people, but I know where I can get my encouragement. God has alot to say to me everyday, what if I miss something! So I will give of myself, in my busy day to listen to his voice. Maybe he will lead me to bless someone else today, but I never want to be in a place that I am so selfish I cannot help but see my own stuff, I want to see others the way God sees them, desperate for Him. Today let your heart be broken before God, give him those unnecessary things that are just extra weight you do not need. He said cast your cares on Him!

Day 74: Rejoice

Lord you rejoice over me with singing, while I am going throughout my day, while I am sleeping, when I am praying inside, when I am talking to people, when I am at school, while I am just sitting. You are truely my heart's desire, there is nothing that could every even put a dent to wedge a space between us, not death or life or the little things inbetween. It's you that I love. Your singing, your songs of freedom that come up inside of me. Continue Lord to strengthen me by your spirit, speaking words of wisdom through your word and your promises. In Jesus name, amen.

Day 72: Security

When the world around us screams, "You have to live like I do, you must believe like I do, you shouldn't worry about pleasing God, you should be insecure about your body, it's ok to sleep with someone before you are married, who cares." My ears just hurt to listen to all the voices that tell me what to do, Lord you are my authority, your word is my security. What you say matters, what you encouraged me to do when the world was trying to pull me down, changed my life. I hear some people's obsession with the things of this world it breaks my heart. Release my hands God of anything that I may be holding onto that would hurt if you asked me to let it go. I have nothing without you, no possesion can ever give me true joy. Lord, remind those who are reading right now to surrender all the important things in their life, may you be first priority. For you said if we seek first, not second, your kingdom, the things of the word, then all these things would be added to us. Thank you Lord for reminding us that it's you we are really living for, no matter what the world says. In Jesus name, amen.