We all look at our plate sometimes and wonder: Can I handle it? We ask ourselves: Can I do this? Let me encourage you today: You can handle it. We serve a God that will never give us more than we can bear. His Word tell us that He will never allow us to be tempted beyond what we can handle. There is always a way out (I Corinthians 10:13). You can handle it. There is always a way to push through. There is always an open door. There is always a way. You just have to open your eyes to see it.One way to see it is to remain positive. Negativity…
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It Is What It Is
Have you ever found yourself in a situation or dealing with someone and you find yourself questioning what it is? You feel a certain way, but you’re not sure if you’re right. You think you see something within them, but you won’t let yourself believe it. It’s easy to make excuses, justify, or reason why it couldn’t be what it feels like it is. Well, I’m coming to understand that most of the time: It is what it is. We have a hard time accepting the things that we see in people that differ from us. For instance, it can be hard to believe that someone could take advantage of…
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We All Need Healing
You need healing. I need healing. We all need healing. So many of our issues are a result of unhealed wounds. Recently, our pastor discussed how The Word heals us. God’s Word heals us and so often we don’t even realize how badly we need healing. Other times we do realize it, but instead of confessing we attempt to conceal and cover. We attempt to cover up, but that’s the exact opposite of what we need to do. We actually need to expose it and get it out. We conceal when we really need to reveal. We surely don’t need to talk to everyone about our inner struggles, but…
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Awareness Precedes Maturity
Awareness precedes maturity, and maturity is a process. Before we are able to mature in an area, we must be made aware that our current state is insufficient. We have to know better before we can do better, and even when we know better it takes time to act on what we have learned. We have to be intentional to grow and change the way we’ve always done things. In order to change, we have to make an intentional decision that we are no longer going to do things the way we’ve been doing them. This in itself is tough. It takes humility to say: I can do better. It’s…
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Reject the lies of Satan
Have you ever dealt with someone who lied to you & lied so well that you didn’t even recognize it until after you’d already been deceived? Well, as good as that person was they have absolutely nothing on Satan. Satan is a master deceiver; the father of lies; the truth is not in him (John 8:44). In order for us to enjoy the abundant life that Christ died for us to live, it is imperative for us to be able to identify & reject the lies of Satan. Satan is a liar, deceiver, and destroyer of all that is of God. He is a tempter and He longs to see us disobey God…
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LIFE: When Nothing Is Easy
We all have those times when it feels like everything is a fight. Things that were once easy are now challenging us. What do you do when nothing is easy? Get back to basics. It’s easy to over-complicate things by over-thinking the issue when the answer is right in front of us. Often times it’s us, other times we may face difficult times with no apparent wrongdoing. There are times in life when nothing is easy with no explanation. Really, there is a reason, we just have to take a step back to see it. God has a purpose for everything in our lives. Everything. I’m reminded of the…
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LIFE: Get Up & Show Up
So much of our success in life depends on us simply being able to get up & show up. We think we have to know everything, but we don’t- we just need to get up & show up. We think we have to have it all together, which we never will- we just need to get up & show up. We even think we need to feel like doing the right thing which is certainly flawed thinking. We cannot spend our entire lives following our feelings around. We have to do what we have to do. Easy to say, I know, but this is the mentality that we need to…
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Don’t Be Petty: Stay Focused
We’re too easily distracted by issues that don’t even matter. We have to grow to a place of realizing that some things are just not that important. Don’t be petty. Use your energy wisely, focusing on issues that really do matter. If we don’t grow beyond focusing on petty matters then unfortunately we won’t accomplish very much with our lives. If we spend all of our time on petty issues how can we devote ourselves to worthy matters? How can we live the lives that God has called us to live if we fuss and fight over insignificant issues? Don’t be petty. Overlooking petty issues requires maturity, patience, and spiritual…
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Learn To Be Content
We always want more. We’re always searching, working, and praying for something more. We think to ourselves: If I had that then I’d be happy. The truth is: Until we learn how to be content we will never be happy. Contentment must be learned and I’m learning that contentment is priceless. When we are content we’re peaceful, joyful, thankful, and enjoyable. When we aren’t, we’re irritable, we’re anxious, worried, and on edge. We think it’s because of a circumstance or a situation, but really it’s us- we aren’t satisfied. We’re the reason we’re not at rest. We’re discontent. We must learn to be content. “Not that I speak in respect of…
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Preparation Precedes Success
So often we strive for things that we aren’t even prepared for. We think we want something, but we have no idea how to even handle it. We should spend more time preparing ourselves than we do striving to get it. Preparation Precedes Success. The Lord has given me glimpses of things to come in my life, and at the same time He slowed me down, assuring me that I don’t have to strive to try and make it all happen. Instead of striving, we must focus on bettering ourselves today so we will be prepared to handle what will come tomorrow. So often we overlook the needs of today…
