Understanding our make up as a human being is what helped me in the beginning to be able to make changes that had a positive impact on my life. Once I was able to understand myself better I was equipped with the knowledge that I needed to fight against myself for a better self and …
He is patient
As I was reading in Luke chapter 13 :4-16 this morning it reminded me of the kindness of Jesus and how patient he is with us. When He told the parable of the fig tree and then the story of the women bent over for 18 years it encouraged me so much. It spoke to …
Take control of your feelings
I woke up this morning on the wrong side of the bed as people say. I felt irritable and short tempered as soon as I opened my eyes. Nothing had happened to make me feel that way. I had not had a bad dream or anything. It amazes me how our feelings work. If I …
Fight for your life
The way to fight the enemy for our life is to do the exact opposite of the way that he is trying to attack you. Everything about the enemy is a lie, wrong, and/or bad. It is what will keep us from a happy, peaceful, and satisfying life if we do it. We have to …
What is your viewpoint?
Our outlook of things has a lot to do with our happiness. How we perceive things can be the difference between enjoying life or being miserable. If we are looking for something to happen and each day we wake up thinking that this may be the day that it happens then we have something to …
It’s time to move forward
Deuteronomy 1:6 The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, You have dwelt long enough on this mountain. As I pondered this scripture it spoke to me in several ways. We think that the Israelites were crazy for what they did but we do the very same things. We stay in vicious cycles of …
Complain and remain
As I was watching a teaching by Joyce Meyer this morning I realized that what I had read in a book that I am reading, a devotional that I am reading, the bible verses that I read this morning and now this teaching, are all on complaining and how it affects us. I believe that …
The Abundant Life 