What Are You Using Your Words For?

Are you using the fruit of your lips to let others know that God loves them and are you surrendering your life so that God's love can slowly freely through you into and onto the lives of those around you?   

WHEN TEMPTED ... Are You Strong Enough To Just Say "No" or Do You Just Go With The Flow Of The Enemy?

Understand, the devil is going to tempt you.   There will be times when you find yourself in situations where the answer will be yes or no.   You will have the divine opportunity to say "yes" to God's will and His way and "no" to the devil's will and his way but thing is, YOU MUST CHOOSE.   The question is, what will you choose?   

 

Sometimes in life, we find ourselves making choices in an effort not to disappoint someone.  However, there will be times when someone will have to be disappointed.  Make sure you are not disappointing God by trying to appease the world.   The world and the world's ways are not of God.   We will be given opportunities to choose who and what we say "yes" to.   Understand, you can say "yes" to the devil but when you do that, you are saying "no" to God.    Your "yes" should always be to God because He placed you here to be His representative in the earth. 

 

"No" is not always going to be easy to say but you have to know when it is the right thing to say.   Remember, you are here living this life because of One (Jesus) and you are living it for the audience of One and that One is God.    He is the very air you breathe and your "yes" should always be to and for Him. 

 

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Joshua 24:15

King James Version

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Are You Waiting On God To Make A Way Where You Just Can't Seem To Find Your Way? Are You Replacing Your Fear By Walking In Hope and Expectation Based On God and His Word?

 Waiting can be hard because along with waiting comes all types of emotions.   In the best case scenario, there should be hope while you wait but sometimes with waiting comes fear, discouragement, and anxiety.   It can be hard to wait on what you don't know.   So we have to learn how to flip the script.   We have to learn how to take fear out of our wait by replacing it with hope and expectation.    We do that by leaning and depending on the Word of God.    Even when you don't know what is about to happen, you have to believe what God said when He said that He would work all things together for our good.    You have to trust His Word that says that He knows the things we have need of and He is faithful and just to provide us with those things.    You have to remember what He said when He said that He knows the plans He has for us and He is faithful and just to bring HIS PLAN to pass. 

I know it is easy to say wait but while you are in the middle of the process of waiting, it can be very hard.    It is hard to stand still and to know that He is God when you are being pushed and pressed on every side.   It is hard to be strong when you feel like the situations that are happening in your life are constantly draining you.   It's hard but when it is hard, you have to remember, in your weakness, God is strong and while you are standing still, HE IS GOD AND YOUR STRENGTH IS IN HIM.  Remember, you are not on this journey alone.    

 

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Isaiah 43:16-19

King James Version

16 Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.

18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Who or What Is Encouraging You In Life To Do What You Do? What Is Triggering Your Emotions and Setting Your Life In Motion?

 When you are encouraged,  you have more hope and you have more courage.   You are inspired with confidence.   What is inspiring you?   What is motivating you to do what you do? Are you being motivated by God and His Word?   Are the words that are coming into your ear gates causing you to be inspired and are the images that are coming into your eye gates causing you to see life God's way?   Are both the words and the images that you are coming to you inspiring you to move forward with God or are they leading you to a place where you are further away from God? 

 

Understand, what you see, what you feel (or what touches you), and what you hear, ALL MATTER.   What you see, feel, and hear ALL trigger emotions that cause you to be in motion.   The question is, where is that motion moving you?   Another question is what emotions are those things triggering within you? 

 

God has a plan for your life and His plan includes you representing Him well.   In essence, His plan for you life is for you to lead others in life closer to Him.   Are you fulfilling that plan?   Are you leading others closer to Him by allowing His light to shine bright through you in this dark world?   There are many emotions that come with life and I pray that you are encouraged and led by the emotions that lead you and others into a closer relationship with God. 

 

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Joshua 1:9

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

Are You Listening To What People Are Saying About You or Are You Remembering What God Has Said About You?

 

Are You Walking In The Fear of Failure or Will You Serve God Unafraid?

 

What Happens When "They" Just Don't Understand? What Happens When The People In Your Life Give Up On You or Stop Communicating With You?

What happens when "they", the people around you, just don't understand?   What happens when "they" give up on you or when "they" stop communicating with you?   Do you get lost in your emotions and your walk with God because of what "they" say and what "they" do?   You have to remember, your walk with God, is based on your relationship with God and not what others say or do.   Not everybody is going to be there for you and not everybody is going to do what God does for you.   You have to always remember, that God said that "HE" will never leave you nor forsake you and it is in "HIM" that you put your belief, hope, and trust. 

 

We want to believe people and we want to trust people BUT we must always let our belief, hope, and trust in God override everything else.   If what people are saying and what people are doing is not in line with what God has said and what He has done, we need to make sure we stay on God's side and not mans.   God has to be our #1.   Our relationship with God is the most important and relevant relationship we have.   When something is relevant, it is meaningful and purposeful.   Our relationship with God is the MOST MEANINGFUL AND PURPOSEFUL relationship we have.   So never let your relationship with anyone else override or come between your bond and your relationship with God. 

 

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Luke 9:5

And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.