Empowering Thought

God is here right now, right here, in this moment with you!

When my husband drives me I always see things I have never seen before on the same route. I have discovered that there are sights to take in along the way and beautiful smells of the flowers near the countryside as we drive especially in this season. Why haven’t I noticed all the beauty around me? This is probably the last thing on my mind and possibly yours when you are on the way.

The spiritual comparison I want to draw is learning to enjoy the journey of life. Take a moment and smell the roses on the way and don’t focus only on taking out the thorns.

You can get so caught up in waiting for life you end up being focused on what you are reaching for and end up missing out on all the other sights on the way. There are things the Heavenly Father wants to show you and share with you along the way.

Will you take a moment today and take in all that is around you being open to the fact that God can use anything and everything to speak to your heart.

Take a deep breath and gently breath out. Stay in the moment you are in right now.

 Power Thought

“The Word became flesh and lived among us”

John 1:14 (NRSV)

“Be still and know that I am God!

Psalm 46:10 ( NLT)

Empowering Thought:  “I have decided to stick to love. Hate is too great a burden to bear”   – Martin Luther King Jr.

Why are people so unhappy, unsatisfied and miserable? Yet we live in a day and time where there is so much choice and you can have things immediately!

The world lies to us and this is nothing new. I have decided to choose the eternal unchanging truths of God’s word. God was here before I got here and will be here when I’m long gone.

I believe in the principle of the seed. Everything that God started He starts with a seed, it is a process and every process has a beginning, middle and an end.

You and I have the power of choice or the free will to choose how we will travel in this life, what we will allow in our life and what we will not allow. The power of choice is the most powerful thing given to humanity by God. You cannot control events but you can control how you will react or respond to anything. Response is a much more carefully thought out plan that comes from your heart, however when you react it is usually ‘off the top of your head’ in the moment.

I want to encourage you; whatever decisions that are in front of you this week, this month and any choice that you have to make remember you have the power of choice!

Think On This:

Deuteronomy 30:15

Daniel 1:8

Empowering Thought: There Is Power In My Choice

‘The choices you make today take you where you go tomorrow’

Your choices are so important and they are never made in isolation, every decision you make doesn’t just touch your life dear friend but it also impacts your family, friends and may I add the next generation.

I don’t think you, like me, have the next generation on your mind when you are making decisions in your life. The laws of sowing and reaping are very real and operational, and come into the equation in consequences and repercussions.

I pray that God guides you in all your decisions today. Be prayerful and intentional about your life choices.

Remain Blessed

Reflect On This:

Joshua 24:15

Galatians 6:7-8

“The righteous choose their friends carefully …

Proverbs 12:26

In the gospel of Luke (Luke 8:49-55) Jesus was on His way to pray for a little girl who was very ill and on the way He stopped to heal the woman with the issue of blood, then He learned that the child had died. When Jesus heard that Jairus’s daughter had died while He was on the way to pray for her, the bible says when He got there He chose only Peter, James and John to go in with Him. This is so powerful as the situation was negative He selected carefully who would go in with Him  to pray for the little girl.

Whoever is travelling up close and personal with you will impact your belief and faith.

Be prayerful and seek wisdom dear fellow traveler on who you allow into your inner circle.

Allow the Spirit of God to guide you in all your friendships and relationships.

Power Thought

Proverbs 17:17

Proverbs 27:17

Whatever you magnify in your life will become true. So the Apostle Paul also encourages us to think on only the ‘honourable, the pure and the good things’ ( Philippians 4:8) in other words only magnify and lift up the Name Of God and His word.

It does not mean you are oblivious to all the negative in and around you but you choose to focus on what is true and the truth of God’s word. The doorway to feelings of anxiety and stress and all the negative emotions is from your thoughts.

Choose to think on the good that you have in your life today. Focus on the family and friends who are there for you. Don’t dwell on the ones who have hurt you or abandoned you. Be selective with what you focus on.

Fix your mind all you know to be true. Stay mentally strong this week.

Focus On

Proverbs 4:23

Philippians 4:6-8

Power Thought

Don’t look back, don’t look around,  only look up!

I returned to the gym after a period of injury so my body was still repairing, I was not as agile and quick as I used to be. While I was on the step machine I looked to my left and to my right at the level of the workout of those around me and I began to suddenly feel discouraged. In that moment I heard the spirit of God say to me ‘ Don’t look back, don’t look around you but only keep your eye on Me’.  I immediately changed my focus. It is the same with our spiritual journey the quickest route to discouragement is to start to look at others on the way. But your Heavenly Father is reminding you today to narrow your focus, look at God, look at what He has done and what will do and just keep stepping.

The only way you get to any destination is to continue to put one foot in front of the other and keep going at whatever pace is comfortable for you.

That’s how I also work out now I only look ahead and upwards and I’m learning to do the same on my spiritual journey.

Words To Keep You Going

Psalm 121:1-2 MSG

I look up to the mountains; does my strength come from mountains? No, my strength comes from God, who made heaven, and earth, and mountains.

Hebrews 12:1-2

I Am Prepared And Ready For My God ………

“Winter is a season of recovery and preparation”

– Paul Theroux

As we approach  the end of March and also officially usher in the spring season, my favourite time of the year not only because I’m born in March but it reminds me that whatever spiritual seeds I have planted will also start to blossom in this season.

As the clocks spring forward, are you prepared spiritually for the season change?

As a little girl of 10 I learned to live by the Girl Guide motto “Be Prepared”. Being prepared  means that you are always ready to cope with any and everything that is coming or comes your way.

Today, this week prepare your heart, do your part and do your best and wait expectantly for what the Lord is bringing to your life.

Remember that preparation positions you on the success road.

Enjoy Spring

Check These Scriptures

Joshua 1:1

Proverbs 6:6-8