Category Archives: encouragement

Cracking the Code

I really want to please God, but sometimes I have a hard time knowing what His will is.  I used to think it was like  a secret code, hidden, something that I had to “figure out”. While the bible does … Continue reading

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Training your brain to take action

Yesterday we talked about training your brain to wait on God.  To, “don’t just do something, sit there” until you know what God is telling you to do.  The other side of that coin is knowing what God has told … Continue reading

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Training your brain to wait

“But these things I plan won’t happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, do not despair, for these things will surely come to pass. Just be patient! They … Continue reading

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Voluntary Brain Washing

When I have a thought that is not a “keeper” , maybe it’s a lie from the enemy of our souls or maybe it’s my own insecurity talking, I have to decide whether to keep thinking it  or throw it … Continue reading

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Training your brain

Yay! I’m back!!!    I’ve had a frozen shoulder  for a couple of months now, and typing has been an exercise in pain tolerance.     I’ve barely been able to answer email, for a social butterfly like myself, it’s been barely … Continue reading

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Talk about frustrating…

It’s sooo frustrating to be stuck in the blame-you  and justify-me mode of life.  Blaming someone else for “making” you act a certain way or say something you shouldn’t to justify yourself.   I know that I’m in need of … Continue reading

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Every problem you want to solve…

“Every problem you want to solve, condition you want to improve and wrong you want to right begins with you.  If you want to change the world, first change yourself. “  John Maxwell As I’ve shared on previous posts, John … Continue reading

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Feel the power

I Laugh at all His Jokes Part  3 You know there’s real power in  contrition.  Because my thoughts, feelings and actions are really the only things within my control, a sense of power and then incredible hope come when I … Continue reading

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I laugh at all his jokes…the power of contrition

The printing of the NIV study bible that I have introduces Psalm 51 by saying.. “For the Director of Music.  A psalm of David.  When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba. ” Psalm … Continue reading

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I laugh at all his jokes….

So, as I shared earlier….God was telling me to:  1) focus on fixing myself and let him fix Barry  and 2) use the tools already given me in His word. I had been willing to use  these relationship tools in … Continue reading

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