JESUS IS THE ANSWER June 12, 2015

I realized that I have believed a false truth: That the evil in this world is so perverse, that goodness can no longer exist. That Christians no longer have a voice in making laws in this country. Afraid to speak up in fear of being sued for offending someone. I have asked God to forgive me for believing that a Christian president can bring justice back to our nation. The truth is: Man is not the answer, the Man of God - Jesus, is the answer.

BACK ON GOD'S PLAN FOR ME - June 11, 2015

Ephesians 2:8-10   (ERV)     "You did not save yourselves; it was a gift from God. 9 You are not saved by the things you have done, so there is nothing to boast about. 10 God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us new people so that we would spend our lives doing the good things he had already planned for us to do."

I AM BEING TRANSFORMED - June 10, 2015

This statement revealed to me that I have a mandate from God:   "God's mandate for man was to have dominion over the earth.  Not just to consume the earth, but to make it beautiful".    What have I done to make this world a better place?    Our culture is the way it is today because I dropped the ball.    My priorities have been me - not the world.    God has passed before me the faces of those I did not witness to, because  I was too busy with me and my little community of family and friends.  On May 19, 2015 I surrendered all to Jesus.  

TOTAL SURRENDER  5/19/15

I have asked God to show me His Will for my life.    On this date, He showed it to me:  SHARE JESUS.     He put the desire  to go to the "Story Telling" workshop.     This is where I discovered I did have a testimony.     It is centered around the verse John 3:16, where Jesus witnesses to Nicodemus.    Jesus is my example for sharing the Gospel with others.

I have known God's Will for many years, but I was not willing to take that final step - SURRENDER.    I have two choices:    God's WAY or my way.   What has stopped me from choosing God's Way, was the fact that I knew "I" could not give up the "things of this World".  I now know that turning over my life completely to God, puts all the pressure on Him.   I can't change myself, BUT He can. 

    

A weight has been lifted off of me the moment I surrendered all to Jesus.    I know that this is the only way for me to be used by God, and to fulfill my purpose for being put on this Earth.  I want to "seek first the kingdom of God".   God never gave up on me.   He patiently waited.   The turning point was realizing that I don't have to do anything but SURRENDER.    I CHOOSE JESUS!       

SCRIPTURE GOD GAVE ME TODAY

Hebrews 10:32-38
v32 Remember the early days when you first received the light of God’s truth. Then you were strong, even when you had a hard struggle and suffered much. v33 People laughed at you, put you to shame and beat you. At other times you stood side by side with those who suffered like this. v34 You had pity for them who were in prison. You were full of joy, even when people took your things away from you. You knew that you had better things in heaven that will last and always be yours. v35 So do not stop having your confidence in the truth for this will bring you a great reward. Your trust in it will bring you a great reward. v36 You need to continue, so that when you have done what God wants, you will receive what he has promised. v37 For in just a very little while, ‘He who is coming will come and will not delay. v38 The person who does what is right because he trusts in God, will live. If he holds back from doing right, he will not please me."

I have prayed and prayed for God to help me have a closer walk with Him.   The answer came in an on-line Bible Study entitled "What Happens When Women Walk in Faith".    I read the introduction to the book, and knew that God was using Lysa TerKeurst's  book to give me the confidence to "conquer the GIANTS in my "Promised Land".

The above scripture was in the book.  This scripture reminds me that  I must "remember the early days" ..... when God was there:   the day our son died  ...........  the day I was told I had bi-polar disorder ..... when God called me to be a special education teacher ......  when the demands of the job was more than I could bear ........ and NOW ............HE IS HERE!

CONTINUE TO HUMBLE ME, LORD

Father,

I have been wandering in the wilderness for fourteen years.   During this time, I chose to do things my way - not Yours.   My "way" took me farther away from You.   

All these years I have been making spiritual decisions before consulting you first.   These decisions were based on what "I" thought "I" could do successfully in order to get praise from others. PRIDE ......  Continue to humble me, Lord.