ATTITUDE

Does God care about my attitude as long as I still do what he asks?

Scripture To Consider:

Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.

Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 2:1-5

Big T's Thought To Ponder:

According to the Webster, the word "attitude" means "an internal position or feeling with regard to something else." Other descriptors: "disposition, feeling, mood, opinion, sentiment, temper, tone, perspective, frame of mind, outlook, view, or morale."

As a former Jet Mechanic, I know that airplane pilots often use "attitude" to describe their horizontal relationship with the runway then they land. If their attitude is not aligned properly, the plane will make contact with the ground at the wrong angle and it will cause them to crash.

So it is safe to say that our attitude is our inward disposition toward other things outside of self, such as a person or a circumstances. Just like an airplane, attitude hits the radar whenever you must deal with something other than yourself.

God’s word tells us that when we come to know and trust Jesus Christ, we become a new creation and a part of the new you is the development of a new attitude... our attitude is to become Christ like. Scripture tells us above, that our attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.

"You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

Ephesians 4:22-24

Bad Attitude:

It's impossible not to see a bad attitude because it is typically on display for all to see in out outwardly demeanor. This can be in our words or actions, such a negativeness, criticalness, rebellion, defiance, impatience, uncooperative, discouragement, independence, arrogance, self-centeredness, rudeness...

As Christians we are instructed to lose these examples of bad attitudes. However, keep in mind, attitudes are inner dispositions of the heart and mind — they are the hidden intentions which will eventually serve as the basis for our actions. In reality, no one else really knows the thoughts of your heart, except you and God! Attitude is something that only you and God can work out — a change which must take place inwardly.

Good Attitude:

My Aunt Lela used to say "your attitude determines your altitude" and she was so right! According to scripture, our attitude toward life, our circumstances and especially toward other people should always be through the lens of Christ Jesus and in alignment with the Word of God.

It's impossible not to see a good attitude because it generally wreaks of positivity, encouragement, love, humility, teachable, cooperative, considerate, selfless, loyal, persevering and so on. Sound like anyone you know?

In the book of Galatians we find the instruction of our Almighty Savior for what a good attitude looks like: "

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Galatians 5:22-23

God's Truth - Promises - Challenges:

To God — Our attitude should be reverence, submission, love, trust, humbleness, obedience, worshipful, and prayerful.

(Psa. 111:10, Mark 12:30, John 14:15, Jas. 4:7, 1 Sam. 15:23)

To Our Brother and Sisters — Our attitude should be love, forgiveness, consideration, caring, encouragement, kindness, humility, unselfishness, respectful, and impartial.

(John 13:34-35, 15:12, Rom. 12:10, 13:10, 15:7, Jas. 2:9, Eph. 4:2, 4:32, Col. 3:16, 1 Thes. 5:11, Heb. 3:13, 1 Cor. 13:4-8).

To Our Trials — Our attitude should be patience, thankfulness, persevering, believing.

(Rom. 8:28, Gal. 1:9)

To Our Church — Our attitude should be generous, authentic, respectful, faithful, cooperative, helpful, willingness, dependable, participating, encouraging.

(1 Cor. 10:32, 1 Cor. 14:12, Heb. 2:12)

To Service— Our attitude should be faithfulness, responsibleness, obedience, cooperation, endurance. (Luke 16:10, 1 Cor. 4:2)

To Unfairness — Our attitude should be patience, humility, confident in God’s justice. (Rom. 12:19, Luke 18:7)

To Disappointment or Tragedy — Our attitude should be humility, submission to God, prayerful, confidence in God’s fairness. (Psa. 62:5, Jer. 17:5, Deut. 32:4, Job 13:15, Rom. 8:28)

To the Lost — Our attitude should be compassionate, forgiving, encouraging, helpful, reconciling them to God. (2 Cor. 5:18, 2 Pet. 3:9, Matt. 18:11-14)

To Sin — Our attitude should be uncompromising, unaccepting, intolerant, unsympathetic, yet compassionate and reconciliatory for the repentant. (Matt. 18:8-9, Gal. 6:1)

To Success — Our attitude should be humble, grateful, God-glorifying, not self-exalting or forgetful to God. (Jas. 4:6, 10, Prov. 16:18)

To Misunderstanding — Our attitude should be peacemaking, reconciliatory, patient, forgiving. (Col. 3:13, Matt. 5:9, Phil. 2:14)

Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude - Soar High Today For Jesus!

DISCIPLINE

Why is God punishing me? Doesn't He love me?

Scripture To Consider:

Joyful are those you discipline, Lord, those you teach with your instructions.

Psalm 94:12

[God said,] "My child, don't make light of the Lord's discipline, and don't give up when He corrects you. For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He punishes each one He accepts as His child."

Hebrews 12:5-6

My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of His reproof, for the Lord reproves Him whom He loves, as a father the son in whom He delights.

Proverbs 3:11-12

Big T's Thought To Ponder:

God disciplines us for our own good, similar to why we discipline our own children. Sometimes God has to get our attention and brings affliction or troubles into our lives to teach us something valuable, something to help us grow and find our way back to Him.

To test our faith, to correct us; to guide us along the lighted path He has provided us in order to give us His wisdom and train us up for the next thing or place He will call us in order that we can "walk in the good works that He has prepared before hand", it says in Ephesians 2:10.

It's really ironic that this mornings subject is about discipline and the affliction that God allows into our life, as this is exactly what my pastor talked about last night. He shared with us some timeless principles on the affliction illustrated in the book of Lamentations 3

1. Affliction should be endured with hope in God's deliverance.

2. Affliction is temporary and should be tempered by compassion and love.

3. God does not delight in our affliction.

4. Affliction can come because of injustice that God sees and does not approve of it.

5. Affliction is always in relationship to God's sovereignty.

6. Affliction can ultimately be brought on because of sin.

7. Affliction should accomplish the greater good of turning God's people back to Him.

When I have trials and troubles in my life, I always turn to several Bible truths and promises of God and He has always given me peace and comfort through them. My memorization verses for this week is a pretty good one to start with.

God's Truth - Promises - Instruction:

"Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who has promised is faithful."

Hebrews 10:23

"These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but take courage, I have overcome the world."

John 16:33

"But now, thus says the Lord, your Creator, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel, Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine! When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you; When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you."

Isaiah 43:1-2

"The Lord's loving kindnesses indeed never ceases, For His compassion's never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. "The Lord is my portion, "says my soul, "Therefore I have hope in Him." The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him. Lamentations 3:22-25

"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it more abundantly"

John 10:10

"Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance."

James 1:2-3

In the world we will have afflictions and we should grab hold of them as a means of testing our faith and the blessing of strength and endurance. For God is faithful, He has overcome the world and in Him we have peace; He has redeemed us and we are His own children; He will not allow the troubles of this world overcome us; as He will give us everything we need brand new each morning and He will provide it to us abundantly! - We serve a Mighty Loving God!

Ask God Today How You Are Serving Him?

ONENESS

What does it mean when the Bible talks about a husband and wife being "united into one"?

Scripture To Consider:
The Scriptures say, "A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one."
Ephesians 5:31

Big T's Thought To Ponder:
This is a subject that really had me pondering this morning and what I came to realize is that a successful marriage is impossible without God in it, it just won't work! The key to a successful marriage is a personal relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It isn't until this direct vertical relationship in our life is solid that all the horizontal relationships in our life can become healthy and fruitful.

For more then 16 years, my marriage was all about desires, which would have been fine if they would have been shared desires, wishes and hopes for our life together. Shortly after the honeymoon, they eventually turned into expectations and obligations and when this happened our relationship became all about two "I's".

She wanted things one way and I wanted things another way. It became a debt-debtor relationship where we each felt we owed each other something. Basically, our expectations kept growing and the bar kept getting higher and higher until our so called relationship was no longer a covenant of marriage- it was a performance driven contract and the love that once was, turned into a big bunch of self-centered I, I, I's... Me, Me, Me's... You, You, You's...

What we have learned in our relationship in Jesus, is there is no room for "I", and our marriages are exactly the same way. We are not committed to "the marriage", we are committed to one another. It's relational, it's a covenant, it's about romance and intimacy. It is not compromising, it is not prideful, it is not about "I", or "You", it is about "Us" and "We" - It's a covenant, not a contract.

It is about putting your wives needs and desires before you own. It is about relational flexibility and investing into each other, while growing in Christ oneness. Our marriages were designed to be as three- a husband, a wife and Jesus Christ to be the glue that holds it all together, all working in union and harmony with each other.

Here are (5) relational flexibilities that I have found that are great oneness builders:

1. Stretch your comfort zones. Be willing to go beyond normal for you and do something your mate wants to do that might not be your favorite thing. It illustrates that you're doing it just for your spouse because you care. As we stretch our comfort zone, we'll grow and actually expand our own personal limits.

2. Flex your attitude. Christian God-Centered marriages are all about serving and pleasing each other. Focus on your "partner" role. Developing a servantship attitude is one of the healthiest things we can do for our marriage.

3. Expect the unexpected. A healthy marriage is committed to Jesus Christ, individually and together. That's what Two for One represents. God wants us to take our marriage further than we can dream. Ephesians 3:20 speaks of His being able to do for us "more than all we ask or imagine." Be open to following where He leads us. Unexpected paths lead to unimaginable blessings and I can personally attest to this!

4. Do something unplanned and spontaneous together. It will keep the freshness and excitement in your marriage. If neither of you are spur-of-the-moment people, take turns planning a surprise date for the other. This doesn't have to be expensive, it is the simple pleasures in life that we so often overlook. Sunrises and Sunsets are a good start!

5. Balance your "expecter." Strive for the happy medium between having your expectations for your mate too high and settling for mediocrity. Challenge your mate without demanding perfection. This is a biggy for me- a covenant not a contract!


God's Truth - Promise - Challenge:
"So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father."
Colossians 3:12-17

"and said, 'FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH'? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
Matthew 19:5-6

AND NOW ABIDE FAITH, HOPE, LOVE, THESE THREE; BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE.

COMPARISONS

How can I stop comparing myself to others?

Scripture To Consider:
Believers who are poor have something to boast about, for God has honored them. And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field. The hot sun rises and the grass withers; the little flower droops and falls, and its beauty fades away. In the same way, the rich will fade away with all of their achievements.
James 1:9-11

Big T's Thought To Ponder:
I think to understand the verse that James has shared with us we have to look at the root of "proud" vs. "humble". As Christians, we are called to lose pride and find humility.

What is prideful? Webster says: arrogant superiority; haughty; self-dignity or value; self-respect; an excessive high opinion of oneself.

What is humble? Webster says: meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude or spirit; not arrogant of prideful; submissive respect; unpretentious or lowly.

My understanding of pride is an inwardly expression in all our actions and in our communications with others. Without sounding prideful, which for me is impossible, I consider myself a former expert on the subject. Wow, now that sounds prideful! Why does pride come so easily to us and humility so difficult?

On the other hand, I consider myself a novice when it comes to humility. It seems to me that humble would be an exact opposite to pride and outwardly centered in our actions and communications with others- someone that is willing to put others before themselves in most every circumstance. Why is humility so difficult for us to obtain?

The funny thing is that I have actually heard people describe themselves as humble and thought to myself, "that was a very prideful description of humble". It is pretty obvious that pride and humility are on opposite spectrum's, just as the world and the Kingdom are separated by eternity.

It is only my opinion, but I believe that we have to look to the perfect source for humility, because humility is an elusive trait that can only come from one source. Where pridefulness of the world is plentiful for the taking, humility isn't something we can train ourselves up in. It comes from knowing the perfect and flawless example of humility - Jesus Christ the Lord and Savior of the world.

Humility isn't a circumstance. Although what happens in life can humble us, circumstances by themselves don't create true humility. Humility isn't what happens to us, but what we are becoming and being transformed into. It isn't comprised by what surrounds us, but by what emerges within us. A poor, uneducated person can be proud while a respected, wealthy person may be humble. Humility is an attitude of the heart, affected by circumstances but not defined by them.

I once heard or read a wonderful statement of wisdom that stuck with me regarding humility: "As Christians, we are proud people pursuing humility continually by the grace of God... This is so true!

You know what I realized after (48) years, but not until the moment in time that God divinely allowed me to see it- we don't have to compare ourselves to others if we know who we are in Christ Jesus. Once God has revealed this to us, we no longer have the desire to be like someone else or have what someone else has. We are content, satisfied, fulfilled, and made complete in Christ. We are transformed and blessed with an outwardly desire to put others before ourselves. Pride begins to fade away with the world and humility begins to form its perfect place within us and in preparation for things unseen.

We no longer desire to be conformed by the things we see in the world - pride, greed, self-centeredness, arrogance, independence, but instead we are made to be Christ-centered by setting our minds on the things of above and through the renewing of our minds we are transformed for His greater purpose and glory.

We are children of the King and He has created us as His Masterpiece and Workmanship. God created us independently unique of each other and without comparison! All God asks of us is that we walk in who He created us to be and invest and sow the gifts He blessed us with, into the lives of others who have also been Divinely Created as our brothers and sisters in Christ.

WOW! I love God...

God's Truths, Promises & Instruction:
"For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world."
1 John 2:16

"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."
Romans 12:2

"You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE; Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time."
1Peter 5:4-6

"This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you."
John 15:12

WISDOM

How Can I be more receptive to God's wisdom?

Scripture To Consider:
If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.
James 1:15

Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true wisdom. All who obey His commandments will grow in wisdom.
Psalm 111:10

Big T's Thought To Ponder:
I have been writing this daily devotions for several months now and found myself growing frustrated because I started over complicating what God intended this to be about, the simple love for sharing with others, my perspective of His beautiful and magnificent word; and encouraging others through the challenging life lessons and personal experiences God has blessed me through His testimony and my witness for the past (48) years.

Last Friday God revealed something pretty cool to me as I began to write a devotion about "Remembering" - remembering all of what God has done for us. As I typically have in the past, I pulled resources from the Internet of other perspectives around the world to get my creativity flowing, I began to punch out a witty devotion for the day. Over the last few days I realized that this couldn't be further from what God had originally called me to do that morning God simply said to me to "write"! Write from your heart!

God ask me to share from my heart, my perspective, from the wisdom, testimony, experiences, tribulations and troubles that He has blessed me with, not from the perspective of others, but from His perspective through me. And so with that said this is what our wonderful savior put on my heart this morning:

I love the simplistic instruction that James gives us in the scripture above and it gives me great confidence knowing that God works and gives His wisdom so freely to just ordinary men like you and I. We don't have to be Bible scholars to have and to share the wisdom and understanding of God, we just have to ask for it and be bold enough to stand confident in Christ!

I look at the men and women that Jesus hung around with and the biblical characters of scripture whom who our Father God has used over thousands of years, most of them were just regular John Doe's with regular day-to-day problems in which God decided to do amazing things with and through.

If you need wisdom, ask Him for it!

The way I see it, as Christians we have two basic instructions: Read the Word of God in order to deepen our relationship and walk with Jesus Christ our personal Redeemer and Savior; and through prayer, knocking seeking and asking God who gives generously to all of us, apply the simple instruction of the Living Word of God to our lives.

Reading the Word... Asking God for the wisdom to Apply the Word to our lives! Applying the knowledge that God reveals to us through His Word to our day-to-day actions and attitude is truly the key to life and to an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.

James goes on to give some more simple wisdom and basic instruction, he warns us in verse 1:22-25, that if we hear the Word and do not apply it, the Word is useless for shaping our lives. Knowing the Bible without acting on that knowledge will not help us make godly decisions. But if we can be hearers and doers of the Word, giving it feet and putting the Word of God into action in our lives, we will be blessed beyond measure.

How do we prepare for this? This is my thought:

1. Jesus said, “What is impossible with men is possible with God”. Rely on God’s help and the work of the Holy Spirit to succeed. It is all in the trusting, not by the trying of our own strength - Be Confident In Christ!

Luke 18:27

2. “Devote yourselves to prayer”. Pray for wisdom, guidance, success and His perfect will for your life. Our Savior loves us and His greatest joy is when we take time to spend time talking with Him and sharing from our hearts. No matter what it is, just keep it real - Invest Yourself In Christ, He Invested in you!
Colossians 4:2

3. “For the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous”. Obey God’s Word, simple instruction and Divine plan for your life. The best teachers are doers, put action to the knowledge He has blessed you with and allow Him to guide you through life - God Guides!
Romans 2:13

4. “Remember this: the person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously”. Commit to become familiar with the Bible in order to equip yourself with His simple instructions in order that we can use them to apply to problems, opportunities, or the difficult the decisions we face each day. The results will be worth your time and effort so be bold and courageous - Be Sold-Out and All-In for Jesus!
2 Corinthians 9:6

God's Truth & Promises:

Cry out of insight, and ask for understanding. Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures. Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord, and you will gain knowledge of God.

Proverbs 2:3-5

God Guides And Is The Giver Of Wisdom - Just Ask!

COINCIDENCE

Is God really in control , or are the events of my life just coincidence?

Scripture To Consider:
"I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship."
Exodus 31:3

"Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit".
1 Corinthians 12:4-8

"Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith."
Romans 12:6

"There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.
But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift."

"Therefore it says,"WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN."

"Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things."

"And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ."

"As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love."
Ephesians 4:4-16

"So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the utility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;
and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness."

"But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth."

"Therefore, laying aside falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE of you WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we are members of one another. BE ANGRY, AND yet DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity. He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need."

"Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption."

"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you."
Ephesians 4:17-32

"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them."
Ephesians 2:10


Big T's Thought To Ponder:
There are No Such Thing as Coincidences! Does any of the truth in the common thread of God's Divine and sovereign Word above sound like it was by accident that we were given specific instruction and purpose for our life? It no accident, or coincidence that you reading this devotional, you were driven here for a reason.

I believe there are no such thing as coincidence, but simply God's Divine Intervention and perfectly preordained plan for each of our lives. He has equipped each of us with specific and independently unique spiritual gifts that He has called us to use in each others life for His glory and greater goodness. As we come together in oneness and common union through the Spirit of God which indwells us and takes up residence within us at the time He calls us and we make a decision to trust and believe in the Almighty Jesus Christ be cause we come to the realization that we were not intended to do life in this fallen, broken, deteriorating world, but our Father has prepared a light for our path, given us the perfect example through Jesus Christ and preordained the good works that He prepared before hand, before He breathed out our DNA and knitted us in our mothers womb!

Coincidence? I ponder not!

God has a purpose for your life. You know it... You can feel it... You were led here by that feeling, by the desire to do more with your life than what you are presently doing. You know and feel, within your soul, that there is more to life than getting up each morning and going to a job that leaves you feeling empty at the end of the week.

You believe that there has to be more to life than working everyday, coming home just to get ready for work the next day so you can start all over again, repeating basically the same thing every day. It's endless and not what your were created to do, you have a meaningful purpose for life just as I now realize I have as well - we all do!

Well, I'm here to tell you that there is more to life. God has created you in His image. He wouldn't have wasted His time on creating something that was useless and we know He doesn't make junk. You, my friend, are very useful; you are incredible and most of you don't even know it, yet!

The world and the things in it can never satisfy the divine calling for what and who God created us to be - we are children of God; we are in complete opposition with the world, a world in which there is not peace to be found, there is only trouble, corruption and wickedness. We were created by Him and for Him by His Divine blueprint for our lives... He wants to do a supernatural extreme makeover in your life and in mine - Jesus overcame the world, He is where we find our peace, He was the One that came to bring life and to bring it abundantly!

We were created for such a time as this and we are all being called to surrender of "self"; to be sold-out for Christ Jesus our Savior, by knowing Him through spending time in His Word; to be submissive to the guidance and direction of the Holy Spirit; to realize our greater purpose through the discovery, development and deployment of the spiritual gifts which we have been equipped and blessed and then to walk in complete obedience and in oneness with the Spirit of God.

God has already done all the work, now live in who you are in Christ... practice His presence... be willing to utilize the gifts that He has blessed you for His greater glory and honor. Trust that you really are His "Masterpiece or Workmanship" and live out what he is called you to do and know that you will always have all you need to do all He ask of you! The plan for our lives is ordained, preplanned and executed blueprint, a done deal - now walk according to what He has already prepared for us to do!


God's Truths & Promises:
"Made Alive in Christ and you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience."

"Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ by grace you have been saved, and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus."

"For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them."

"Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "Uncircumcision" by the so-called "Circumcision," which is performed in the flesh by human hands remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

"But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity."

"AND HE CAME AND PREACHED PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE FAR AWAY, AND PEACE TO THOSE WHO WERE NEAR; for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

"So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

TO GOD BE THE GLORY!