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Awards!

This morning I am sitting in the cafeteria of the school where Gracie my eight year old attends.  I am waiting for awards day to begin.  They have an awards day every nine weeks to celebrate perfect attendance, grade improvements and exceptional reading.  Gracie and a lot of other kids from our church will be getting some of these awards and they are all very excited!

It is good for all us to remember that as we live life here on this earth that we are getting a grade.  The Bible says that God’s eyes are going back and forth across the lands looking for someone/anyone who is being faithful and living in obedience.  Let’s remember that all of us are still in school and there is much to learn!  What can you learn today?  How can you use what you have learned to show God obedience and show others His glory?  Let’s get busy and grow our lives today!

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Powerful Emotions!

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img000057Emotions are powerful things!  I am going to tell you something you know, but seldom really think about:  You can control your emotions or your emotions will control you.  Some of the emotions that we experience in life are negative and they seek to dominate and control us.  Fear, anger, frustration, lust and discouragement will turn you into a slave, if you are not careful.  These negative emotions eat at us, steal our joy and rob us of our peace.  Negative emotions are like a cancer, they seek to destroy everything they can.

God wants you to have positive emotions such as love, joy and peace!  Jesus Christ came and died on the cross, so that you could have love, joy and peace!  The Holy Spirit is active and alive right now, so that you can have love, joy and peace!  Don’t let the devil and the negative emotions of this life keep you from having, experiencing and living in all of the amazing power that God has for you.

You will have challenges and you will face hard and difficult times, but stay positive, trust God and you will discover that your courage and confidence in Him, will empower you to think, feel, act and experience victory – no matter what the circumstances!  Emotions do not have to be a bad thing.  We just have to learn how to use our emotions, rather than have them use us.

Here are a few things that you can do today to deal with your emotions:  1.)  Take some time to pray!  Just talk to God and tell Him what is going on in your life and how you feel.  He will not be surprised or caught off guard.  2.)  Make some time to listen!  Open your heart and mind and listen for what the Spirit of God is saying to you.  (The Bible is always a good resource in listening!)  3.)  Refocus your life!  Take what you have said to God and what God has said to you and get your life into alignment with Him!

God is who He says He is and you can trust in Him!

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Repentance Equals Change!

The message of Jesus was very simple:  REPENT!  To repent means to change – we cannot stay the same!  Jesus was not telling us to change for change sake.  Jesus challenges us to change because He knows things and can see things that you and I cannot!  Jesus knows that our lives can and should be better.  Jesus knows the great things that God has in store for those that love Him.  Jesus knows the change that you need to make and the great difference the change will make in your life!

Change is a good thing, especially when it is the right change!  We are resistant to change because we tend to think in a negative way about change.  Not all change is negative.  And a lot of the change that we look at as negative is not really negative – it’s just hard!  Just because it is hard does not make it a bad thing, especially if it is going to lead to good things!  The key is to make sure that we are not changing just for change sake!

Everyone of us have some changes that need to be made in our lives.  You know what I am talking about – you have been thinking about and fighting against some changes that you have been needing to make for a while now.  Take a few moment right now to stop and pray.  Just talk to God and ask Him to reveal to you the areas of your life that need to be worked on and worked out!  Now take just a little more time to do what needs to be done!  See – that was not so bad after all – was it?