You will be kept in perfect peace.

 Isaiah 26:3 “You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is stead fast, because he trusts in you. 4 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord is the rock eternal.”   Trust in the Lord forever for He is the rock eternal.    He is the rock!   When all my hope is in what God has planned.  I have His peace.   It is a constant battle to let go of what we think is best and TRUST GOD knows what is best!   When I let go of my plans and embrace what He is doing, I am kept in perfect peace and my mind is steadfast.     May you too, trust and hope in God alone.   His ways are greater than ours ever could be. 

Is you hope in what you want or what God has planned?

 Ephesians 1:11 “ In Him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will, 12 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of His glory.” 

God has a plan!! His ways are greater than ours.   We often cannot see the forest through the trees, He can!!    I have a plaque on my wall stating, “I remember when I prayed for the things I have now.”   I love this reminder.   Many of my past prayers have been answered , just not in my timing and not as I  requested.   Why should I be anxious about my requests of today?   My hope can be in hoping things turn out the way I want them to.  When my hope is in my plans, anxiety fills my heart anxiously awaiting what I want.   When my hope is in the Lord, I let go of my anxiety about getting things my way, and embrace peace and rest that God is working everything in conformity with the purpose of His will.  Is your hope in Christ alone today?

Every perfect gift is from above

 James 1:17 “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.“

Every good and perfect gift is from above. This reminds me to stop seeking and start trusting.   God is supplying all my needs!! Every perfect gift is from above!! Do not to be anxious for anything, in all things TRUST!!Every perfect gift comes from above!! 

Get up! Pick up your mat and walk!

John 5:6” when Jesus saw him lying there and learned he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” 7 Sir, the invalid replied, “ I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me. “ 8 Then Jesus said to him, Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”

Do you want to get well? Sometimes we can get so comfortable in our sins and illnesses we give up on the hope of getting well.   That's what it was like for me before I quit drinking.  I had plenty of excuses.  I am so thankful that I was able to get up, pick up my mat and walk!  Today don't live in your excuses, live in His Healing!!! Get up!! Pick up your mat and walk!!

Read and reflect

 Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double -edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.  13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.”  

The Word of God, the Bible is our mirror.  When I read and reflect in it daily, my hope increases.   My heart yearns for purity and softness toward His ways.   When I ignore His word, I get a hardened heart and I yearn for my ways, forgetting He is with me always.   Lord let each of us  look toward your word.    Let us enjoy sweet fellowship with you and embrace your ways in our hearts.💕 🙏😇

Break the chain of toxic thinking

 2 Corinthians 10:5

“We demolish arguments and every pretention that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”   Philippians 4:8 “ finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.” 

Proverbs 23:7 “As a man thinks in his heart, so shall he be.”    Take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ!!! When I was in treatment for my alcoholism they taught us that if we let ourselves think of something four times in a row, we will have an action.  To avoid circling the drain, capture the first toxic thought and get rid of it!!! We all have toxic thoughts.  We have a choice to keep thinking of them or stop!  Recognize the first toxic thoughts,  capture it, let it go!!   Think on what is right.  Memorize a Bible verse and when you have the toxic  thought come in intentionally speak the word of God.      The Name of Jesus is also powerful!!! Sometimes when I have a thought that won’t leave me, I break the chain by calling on the name of Jesus.   I may call on His name over and over.  His name is my one word prayer.   There is power in the name of Jesus.  Call on the name of the of Jesus and you will be saved. Let him help you break every chain.

Be present 🎁

 Philippians 3:13 “ Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do:  forgetting, what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14. I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”  Forget what is in the past and look forward.   Five minutes a go, is just as over as 50 years ago!!   We can’t change conversations by redoing them in our heads.   Let the past lie, pick up what you can do now.   We can do all things through Christ who gives us strength!!! I have let myself be debilitated by rehearsing the past instead of living in my present, be fully present as your present to yourself today.