Be Faithful

Hearing God's voice is as simple as: 1.               Quieting yourself down, 2.              Fixing your eyes on Jesus, 3.              Tuning to spontaneity (spontaneous thoughts) 4.              Writing down what you hear -Mark Virkler

"If you have a leaky faucet in your house so you cut the lawn, take the garbage out and sweep the driveway, it won't solve the leak. Doing the wrong thing faster, better or with kingdom values will not solve the problem. Trying to solve an inside problem by working outside is just a dumb idea.  Happiness is an inside job! If you are unhappy on the inside nothing you do on the outside will solve it . People are often under the illusion that they will be happy when; they get married, pay off their debt, get their degree, win that competition, have children, write that book or move to a certain city etc...But the truth is that internal problems can not be fixed with external solutions. Many marriages are destroyed by this illusion; Johnny doesn't make me happy. After 15 years of marriage Mary still doesn't turn me on. NO ONE can make you happy! It is humanly impossible to make someone happy. Whenever we make our happiness the responsibility of a person, accomplishment o...

Jesus said, "In this world you will have trouble," Faith-shaking trouble; when darkness covers and almost snuffs out our fire. "But take heart! I have overcome the world."  - John 16:33 There are 2 overlapping realities - the troubled world and the peace of being in the presence of Jesus Christ. He promised us this peace, but he also promised us trouble... Individually, these 2 realities are not very good theologies: "Bad things happen but that's how life is," "God can do anything and therefore I will never suffer!" Instead, we need to combine the 2 and know that although there will be troubling times in life, we can have the confidence that Jesus is an overcoming Savior. "We have this hope as an anchor to the soul, firm and secure, it enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf" - Hebrews 6:19 - 20 Jesus becomes our middle man so that we can be close to God....

As I was thinking to myself and talking to God about how things are tough in certain areas of my life right now, and thinking that perhaps I should write in my new journal, God prodded me to write here instead. Maybe there's someone out there who can relate, or maybe somebody will lift me up in some much needed prayer, or maybe God knows that this is easier than writing it out by hand... regardless of what the reason, I'm here now. I feel like I'm constantly being attacked in certain areas of my life over and over, like waves crashing against the shore. I'm quite proud of the progress I've made in dealing with stressful situations and I've been digging my heels into His unfailing love to keep me from being swept away with the tide. God is my rock and His Word keeps me grounded. Thank You Daddy. By all standards of the college, elementary school, and my own, I am not doing well in my placement. I am working as a student EA in a public school. Without gettin...

I have been seeking acceptance from the opposite sex for as long as I can remember having raging hormones (so lets say 12 or 13?). I felt as though the only way I could prove to others that I was worth loving was if I was in a relationship. (OBVIOUSLY I have something to offer otherwise I wouldn't have a boyfriend, right?! hah ya ok then) I've had more boyfriends than I can count on my hands and feet, and many of them I compromised my values for; offering myself sexually to get that sense of belonging and security that I had never really had because of things that happened in my childhood. I traded sex-related things for snuggles, because I felt like that was the only way I could convince others to love me, even if it was just for a night... what lies! Christmases have often been hard for me because my family is so dysfunctional, and this past Christmas has been no exception. It was a little different this time though because I was born again in 2010 at a conference that my [n...