Psalm 51:10-11
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.”
The word “create” in this verse is the same one used in Genesis 1:1 and refers only to what God can do. David was asking that his heart be renewed, restored, and transformed. God is the only source of such a renewal. If we really want to take hold of our emotions we have to realize that it is God who is going to restore, renew and transform us. We can’t get this from any one other person or source, we must lean on God to allow the Holy Spirit to work within us and create a clean heart.
Let’s say this prayer,
“Heavenly Father I come before you humbly today and ask that you create in me a clean heart and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Take away my past hurts, my past fears, my past pain and my past failures and help me to walk in Your path and plan you have for me. Thank you Lord for you presence and for you never leaving me or forsaking me. O Lord I praise you for it today and it is in Jesus name. Amen”
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Today I will be master of my emotions Part 3
1 Thessalonians 4:18
“Therefore encourage each other with these words.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”
Today I am going to let you in on a little secret. If you truly want to change your mood from bad to good, encourage someone. Make it real, but find something to compliment and encourage someone on. It does not have to be that hard, if you truly notice something about someone like their shoes, their hair if they are having a good hair day (sorry married to a stylist), their outfit, etc. Then truly compliment them and don’t make it fake. Make sure you are genuinely complimenting someone or just let someone know that God has plans for them, plans for a hope and a future.
My challenge to you today is be encouraging to someone today.
“Therefore encourage each other with these words.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”
Today I am going to let you in on a little secret. If you truly want to change your mood from bad to good, encourage someone. Make it real, but find something to compliment and encourage someone on. It does not have to be that hard, if you truly notice something about someone like their shoes, their hair if they are having a good hair day (sorry married to a stylist), their outfit, etc. Then truly compliment them and don’t make it fake. Make sure you are genuinely complimenting someone or just let someone know that God has plans for them, plans for a hope and a future.
My challenge to you today is be encouraging to someone today.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Today I will be master of my emotions Part 2
Galatians 5:22-23
“But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things.”
Jesus said, “By their fruit you will recognize them.” How is your fruit? If you were to literally take a fruit temperature check how would you do? I think that is what we need to realize is we need to posses these fruits of the Holy Spirit and this is how we will be recognized in Heaven. I know that my worst fear is to get to Heaven and have Jesus say, “I never knew you.”
So today say this prayer with me:
“Father in heaven, please help me to produce the fruits of the spirit, guide me in my ways and make my paths straight. Let me always be directed by love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Help me to reflect Your image inside me when I speak to other people. I thank You for it, in Jesus name.”
“But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things.”
Jesus said, “By their fruit you will recognize them.” How is your fruit? If you were to literally take a fruit temperature check how would you do? I think that is what we need to realize is we need to posses these fruits of the Holy Spirit and this is how we will be recognized in Heaven. I know that my worst fear is to get to Heaven and have Jesus say, “I never knew you.”
So today say this prayer with me:
“Father in heaven, please help me to produce the fruits of the spirit, guide me in my ways and make my paths straight. Let me always be directed by love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Help me to reflect Your image inside me when I speak to other people. I thank You for it, in Jesus name.”
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Today I will be master of my emotions
2 Timothy 1:7
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
Each day you have a choice on how you want to be. Are you going to be happy or sad? You should not waste a minute worrying about things that never come to pass. I have heard so much fear and doubt about today’s and all the news has been feeding us. Know we operate in Gods economy and the word says that He did not give us the spirit of fear. This scripture also talks to us differently in the Message, it says, “God does not want us to be shy with His gifts but bold and loving and sensible.” So, remember today to be bold and to have self-control to share the gifts God has given you.
Today be bold through Him!
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
Each day you have a choice on how you want to be. Are you going to be happy or sad? You should not waste a minute worrying about things that never come to pass. I have heard so much fear and doubt about today’s and all the news has been feeding us. Know we operate in Gods economy and the word says that He did not give us the spirit of fear. This scripture also talks to us differently in the Message, it says, “God does not want us to be shy with His gifts but bold and loving and sensible.” So, remember today to be bold and to have self-control to share the gifts God has given you.
Today be bold through Him!
Monday, February 23, 2009
I will live this day as if it is my last Part 4
Romans 8:37
“Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.”
Be completely encouraged today to know that you are more than a conqueror, you are completely victorious, and be convinced that nothing, I mean nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable can come between you and God’s love for you. Does that not fire you up?
Today know that you can overcome procrastination with action, bury doubt with faith, destroy fear with confidence and change your bad day into a glorious day!!!
Know that today nothing can separate you from Gods Love!!!
“Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.”
Be completely encouraged today to know that you are more than a conqueror, you are completely victorious, and be convinced that nothing, I mean nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable can come between you and God’s love for you. Does that not fire you up?
Today know that you can overcome procrastination with action, bury doubt with faith, destroy fear with confidence and change your bad day into a glorious day!!!
Know that today nothing can separate you from Gods Love!!!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
I will live this day as if it is my last Part 3
Matt 6:11
“Give us today our daily bread”
Our daily bread is Gods word. The Bible is the living, breathing word of God. I heard a quote from Jentzen Franklin saying, “When you read the word, the word reads you.” It is so true, whenever I am going through something or just need to hear from God, I will be reading the word and that is when he speaks to me. God communicates to us in several different ways and he will never contradict His word. If you are ever in question to what He is saying you can back it up with the word.
Today pick up your Bible and get into the word and see the living and breathing scriptures start speaking to you.
“Give us today our daily bread”
Our daily bread is Gods word. The Bible is the living, breathing word of God. I heard a quote from Jentzen Franklin saying, “When you read the word, the word reads you.” It is so true, whenever I am going through something or just need to hear from God, I will be reading the word and that is when he speaks to me. God communicates to us in several different ways and he will never contradict His word. If you are ever in question to what He is saying you can back it up with the word.
Today pick up your Bible and get into the word and see the living and breathing scriptures start speaking to you.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
I will live this day as if it is my last Part 2
Luke 23:43
Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”
This exact scripture changed my life forever. I still remember reading it shortly after watching the movie The Passion of the Christ on 2/26/04. Stacey and I were driving to New Orleans to stay the night and then going on to Dallas. We stopped and purchased our first Bible. And I was curious as to how accurate the movie was to the Bible, so I started reading while driving. I read Matthew, Mark, and then Luke on the crucifixion, and this verse I started literally crying and saying to myself “how could someone love us that much?” And it was at that moment I committed my life to Christ and never looked back!! Jesus was on the Cross and dying and praying to His Father to forgive the people who put him up there, “for they do not know what they are doing” in verse 34. Then it says two criminals hung there with him. One hurled insults at him and one rebuked the other and then in verse 42 he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” How could he love someone that much?
At that moment I realized it was not only the criminal He loved and He also loved me. He died for me and He died for you.
So be encouraged today to know that Jesus died on the cross for YOU!
Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”
This exact scripture changed my life forever. I still remember reading it shortly after watching the movie The Passion of the Christ on 2/26/04. Stacey and I were driving to New Orleans to stay the night and then going on to Dallas. We stopped and purchased our first Bible. And I was curious as to how accurate the movie was to the Bible, so I started reading while driving. I read Matthew, Mark, and then Luke on the crucifixion, and this verse I started literally crying and saying to myself “how could someone love us that much?” And it was at that moment I committed my life to Christ and never looked back!! Jesus was on the Cross and dying and praying to His Father to forgive the people who put him up there, “for they do not know what they are doing” in verse 34. Then it says two criminals hung there with him. One hurled insults at him and one rebuked the other and then in verse 42 he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” How could he love someone that much?
At that moment I realized it was not only the criminal He loved and He also loved me. He died for me and He died for you.
So be encouraged today to know that Jesus died on the cross for YOU!
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