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Book Review: Anything: The Prayer That Unlocked By God and My soul

Posted on July 28, 2013 | Leave a comment

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I found this book to be very thought provoking.  Jennie Allen takes us on her journey when she prays the prayer that she is willing to do anything for God. And as Jennie then starts to do anything for God, God becomes real to her and her life is transformed. I would highly recommend this book for someone who is looking for a closer spiritual walk with God. 

This book has made me think about how I have been living my life and if I am willing to do anything for God.  I have a nice home, family, possessions and many other things that make my life easy and comfortable.  

Here are a few quotes that I found my pondering through out the days as I read this book.

Every sin, at its root, is based on something we do not fully believe about God. 

To risk is to willing place your life in the hand of an unseen God and an unknown future, then to watch him come through.  He starts to get real when you live like that.

The only exercise that works 100 percent of the time to draw one close to the real God is risk.

Risk is daring and hard. I am not a risk taking person. Ask anyone of my friends are family.  I like to be safe and comfortable. However, it appears that safe and comfortable is not the way to draw close to God. I do want to draw close to God.   Am I willing to take a risk……are you?  

 

 

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Am I Resentful?

Posted on June 27, 2012 | Leave a comment
     ……. whether it’s the annoying fly interrupting my needed nap, the thoughtless words spoken by a trusted friend, the new ding in my twelve-year-old car, or the old hurt that generates fresh pain, resentment never helps the situation—never serves a redemptive purpose. Like the devil, it only steals, kills and destroys.  Scotty Smith
Am I a resentful person?  To be honest I would have to answer that question with a “yes”.  Things happen every day that I do not think should be happening to me.  I become resentful and angry.  But the real question is what do I do with that resentment.  Do I let it harbor in my heart taking it out on others?  Do I carry it around with  negative words and thoughts?  It is true all this resentment only leads to killing and destruction….killing and destroying relationship with God and others.
My prayer today is to be kind, compassionate and forgiving of others.  Can I do it?  Yes, I can with God’s help.
The godless in heart harbor resentment.Job 36:13 
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.Eph. 4:31-32

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How Do Others Experience Me?

Posted on June 16, 2012 | Leave a comment

The other day my dear sweet husband asked me to move my daughter’s car.  I will admit that I was a little irritated….I was in the middle of drinking my morning coffee and reading the newspaper.  As I was getting into my daughter’s car, he asked me if I was mad at him.  (I was not really mad….just irritated that I had to leave my morning coffee and paper.)  So, I said, “No, why do you ask?”  Well, his response is that I looked mad.

I hate to think that I wear my emotions and thoughts so easily on my face.  I do not want to be thought of as a grouchy, irritated, mad person.

This morning I came across this prayer.

  Lord Jesus, as someone chosen in you before the world began, holy in you, and dearly loved by you, help me stay aware of how others experience me. Convict me when I come across as a minefield of irritability, a self-righteous porcupine, or a rigid control-meister. I don’t want to be the kind of person who makes others feel the need to tiptoe around or avoid me. Through the resources of the gospel, help me to see, own, and deal with the ways I love poorly. Scotty Smith

Much to think upon today…….

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Something To Think About Today

Posted on June 5, 2012 | Leave a comment

“If you don’t feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because you have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Your soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great.” (Hunger for God, p. 23)

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To Trust or Not To Trust

Posted on January 18, 2012 | Leave a comment

For me it is very hard to trust people.  It seems that they are always saying that they are going to do something and then they do not do it.  Many times people will say they will do something and I only half way believe that they will follow through.  Then when they do I am pleasantly surprised.  The sad part about all this that I think it makes it hard to trust in God.  I do not know why this is so – maybe because man is made in the image of God and so if we are in God’s image and man is not trustworthy then maybe God is not trustworthy.  I know, I know. There is a flaw in that kind of thinking.  So as I was reading today, I came across this blog talking about trust and I think it helped me understand the concept of trusting God.

This is why it is hard to trust. We can trust Him to do anything, all things, great things. However, He doesn’t always do our thing…… He won’t take away every pain. He allows many things for reasons beyond my understanding. Yet, when circumstances seem like more than we can bear, He leans in and whispers, “Here’s my Hand. Through the pain and suffering, hold tight. I’m not going anywhere.”And He doesn’t. That I can trust.  – Cherish the Call Blog

“Our thing”… am I wanting to be in control of God causing me to falter in my trust in Him.  Am I trusting God for the wrong thing – that is to make my life a comfortable life with no hardships?  There is much to think over here…..so my prayer today is for God to help me to know that He is here – right beside me all the time no matter what and to help me trust Him more and more each minute of the day.


 

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