Today Is FEARLESS FRIDAY....
Yesterday night i was overwhelmed by my day and probably ( i can better say i know!!) of myself.....My week was a battle ( struggle) in myself to slain my flesh!! Yes i am on a journey at S.U.M " The Mind of Christ experiment "
Yes i see the works of my flesh......irritation...getting angry to easily.....being impatient.....feeling frustrated by my kids..why??
Is it this what is talked about yesterday as the theme of TT
I think sometimes it takes us a lifetime to realize we are truly entitled to very little. Entitlement mentality leads to expectations. Unmet expectations lead to disappointment which leads further down the slippery slope to frustration, anger, bitterness…..
Sometimes we can become overwhelmed with our current circumstances and forget the riches right before our eyes. I have found one sure fire way to pull your entitlement mind into proper perspective, God’s perspective.
SERVE
Take a look around in your own corner of the world. You will find so many not only in need physically but many who are struggling spiritually in worse, much worse situations than your own. So, today I am thankful the Lord has allowed me to serve others. To be the arms and heart of Jesus.
Today I am thankful for the riches right before my eyes.
I am entitled to death and hell. But I have been given a free gift of an awesome life right now and life in heaven.
How amazing is that?
What are the riches right before your eyes?
Be Blessed, Lynn
To bring my mind in proper perspective is to achive ( work on) a servant heart!! So true ( a "light bulb" is going on while reading this...) I was wondering why i can serve with endless patient my elderly patients at work...and why i get frequently impatient at home...??!!
Oke at home i can show my "uglyface" more safely...lol between my loveones than at my workplace my mind is reasoning!!
I notice this "expectation thing" and getting disappointed in relationship to my family members......I see God started to work already at my heart in my relationship with my husband....when things nearly went "out of hand" some years ago......
So now i need to work things out in my relationship with my kids! ( Thank You Lord for this "light bulb"...)
So what are the riches in front of my eyes??
- My Life now healthy , i believe the physical setbacks on the moment is to appreciate my healthy body more conciousely and stirred to take care better for it..be fit in Jesus Spiritually and physically.....
- To be able to read,share and think about God's word
- The gift of my kids to learn to serve them
- The gift of my husband to learn to serve him and to grow together in Christ to serve Him with our lifes........
- The gift of my work to love on the elderly and to serve them.Pray i be more an open channel and witness for the lord when i work with them.
- I have a roof above my head and food on our table
- Last but not least richeness in front of me is the oppurtunities to buildup friendships and relationships with other christians through the internet
This last brings me on what is today FEARLESS FRIDAY!!
A day where bloggers commit to pray for eachother.The home of this is at "FREE SPIRIT HAVEN" Thanks Angela for doing this and your standing in the gap with your prayers.
I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loose in heaven. Again I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in My name, there am I with them. Matthew 18:18-20
“They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for them. They are confident and fearless and can face their foes triumphantly.” ~ Psalm 112:7-8 NLT
"Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14 NLT
AMEN AMEN to those verses who are the verses for this day to encourage us to be FEARLESS on our Journey!!
While writing i remember my prayer/reflecting post last tuesday :
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. ~Psalm 51:17
Refiners Fire
There are times in our lives where we are in the refiner's fire. There's nothing in it that's comfortable, but the showers of His soothing rain brings comfort and peace in the midst of the drilling and dealing.The Good news is,you will come out refined and refreshed if you hang in there.....He will not allow you to go through anything that He knows you can not handle....
Let it burn!
Preciouse Lord burn all of what needs to be burned away in this " earth vessel" o You.Our savior,our redeemer, our healer, our friend !
We humbly come before your throne...with the request s of our own and the request of our blogfriends, our family members......All the persons who come on our way and touched our heart to lift them up in prayer.....
We need You Lord Jesus...to save,to heal and to redeem out of the hands of the evil one...
Break down...what needs to be broken down.....
and
restore what need to be restored...
Your Kingdom come,
Your will be done father.....on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Amen.
Romans 12!