from Joyce Meyer
These are fighting words:
The words in II Chronicles 20:6-11 are fighting words! If we listen to what the Lord is saying to us through them, we will learn something that will change our battle plan forever and give us victory after victory.
After starting his prayer by acknowledging how great, awesome, powerful and wonderful the Lord is, Jehoshaphat then began relating specific mighty acts God had performed in the past to protect his people and uphold the promises he had made to them. And in finally presenting his request, he expressed his confidence that God would handle the problem. Jehoshaphat said in so many words, "Oh, by the way, our enemies are coming against us to try and take away the possession that you gave us for our inheritance. I just thought I would mention this little problem But you are so great; I know you already have it all under control."
When we do ask God for help, we should remember that he hears us the first time we ask Him for something. We do not need to spend our prayer time asking Him for the same things over and over. We may keep talking to Him about our needs until we have assurance in our hearts that we have a break though, but we do not have to do that to move God.
God has a plan for our deliverance from every situation, even before those situations present themselves. He knows what we need before we ask Him. God is not surprised when the enemy attacks, and He is not in heaven wringing his hands, trying to figure out what to do. Our job is to focus on Him and his mighty power, worshipping Him and praising Him for the manifestation of His solution and listening for a word or direction from Him. He always has a winning battle plan!
Amen!!!
Love to all
Karen
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
well, my life has settled down a bit
things are just rolling along now - Carla is home getting back to normal......she is driving herself around - losing weight - looking good - feeling almost back to normal.
Pop is doing great
Jake is doing great - loving Karate and school...............we took him to the Leeland concert last week - he was so excited! Mr. Robert is a great friend of Leeland's family - so he got Jake backstage and Jake got to meet the band - that was the tip of the cake for Jake - he was beyond excited.
My hubby is working hard..........we don't get to see very much of him - but we love the weekends with him - he is a great man!
I'm pretty much just volunteering at Jake's school twice a week - keeping tabs on what he is doing and how he is doing. Meeting lots of parents and making new friends. I love his school. I'm also going to the gym 4 times a week and doing weight watchers....I'm also doing a bible study on Tuesday nights, church on Wednesday nights and choir on Thursday nights - so, I stay extremely busy....however, I do miss my job............and the people at Elevator Repair service - they are great!!! But, I know that I'm doing the right thing by being home and being accessible for my in laws and being home for Jake.
I'm also very excited about the fall season! This is my absolute favorite time of year - from October through January - I LOVE IT! My house is decorated for fall - and I'm jonesing to put up my tree already!!!!! Can't wait to start baking and making holiday cookies, pies, cakes.....etc. Why do I always start Weight watchers in the FALL!!!!! LOL
My devotion today from Joyce Meyers was too good to pass up sharing with you - hope you enjoy.
Think as God Thinks:
Provers 23:7 teaches us that we become what we think. Indeed, "where the mind goes, the man follows". One of the first principles believers must learn if we intend to walk in real victory is that our minds must be renewed according to the word of God. We must learn to think like God.
Sadly we believe many things that simply are not true. For example, some people believe they have no worth and value because people have said they do not or have treated them in a way that made them feel worthless and devalued. However, the Bible makes clear that we are so valuable to God that he sent his only son, Jesus Christ, to die and suffer in our place in order that we might be redeemed from our sins and have an intimate relationship with him.
As we learn to think as God thinks, we exchange depression and hopelessness for joyful expectation. We believe God has a wonderful future planned for us, no matter what our past has been like. WE believe God wants to bless us.
When we have negative thoughts, we end up with negative results. But, positive thoughts open the door for God to work in our lives. If we think we are unable to do certain things, we will be rendered unable - even though God's word says that we can do anything god asks us to do because of his ability in us (see Philippians 4:13) Our thoughts are that powerful.
We must all change our way of thinking before our lives will change. Romans 12:2 says we are not to conform to the world and it's ways, but we are to completely renew our minds and attitudes so we can prove for ourselves the good and perfect will of God. In other words, God has good plans for us, but we will not experience them if we cling to old ways of thinking.
We must cast down wrong thinking and replace it with thinking that God approves of. The mind is the battlefield on which our war with Satan is won or lost. Satan is a liar and a deceiver. His lies become our reality only when we believe them. Stop allowing your mind to be a garbage dump for Satan's trash and instead, make it available for God's ideas. Then you will enjoy a life worth living and have the testimony of bearing good fruit for God's glory!
Amen!!!
Have a blessed day - love each of you
Karen
Pop is doing great
Jake is doing great - loving Karate and school...............we took him to the Leeland concert last week - he was so excited! Mr. Robert is a great friend of Leeland's family - so he got Jake backstage and Jake got to meet the band - that was the tip of the cake for Jake - he was beyond excited.
My hubby is working hard..........we don't get to see very much of him - but we love the weekends with him - he is a great man!
I'm pretty much just volunteering at Jake's school twice a week - keeping tabs on what he is doing and how he is doing. Meeting lots of parents and making new friends. I love his school. I'm also going to the gym 4 times a week and doing weight watchers....I'm also doing a bible study on Tuesday nights, church on Wednesday nights and choir on Thursday nights - so, I stay extremely busy....however, I do miss my job............and the people at Elevator Repair service - they are great!!! But, I know that I'm doing the right thing by being home and being accessible for my in laws and being home for Jake.
I'm also very excited about the fall season! This is my absolute favorite time of year - from October through January - I LOVE IT! My house is decorated for fall - and I'm jonesing to put up my tree already!!!!! Can't wait to start baking and making holiday cookies, pies, cakes.....etc. Why do I always start Weight watchers in the FALL!!!!! LOL
My devotion today from Joyce Meyers was too good to pass up sharing with you - hope you enjoy.
Think as God Thinks:
Provers 23:7 teaches us that we become what we think. Indeed, "where the mind goes, the man follows". One of the first principles believers must learn if we intend to walk in real victory is that our minds must be renewed according to the word of God. We must learn to think like God.
Sadly we believe many things that simply are not true. For example, some people believe they have no worth and value because people have said they do not or have treated them in a way that made them feel worthless and devalued. However, the Bible makes clear that we are so valuable to God that he sent his only son, Jesus Christ, to die and suffer in our place in order that we might be redeemed from our sins and have an intimate relationship with him.
As we learn to think as God thinks, we exchange depression and hopelessness for joyful expectation. We believe God has a wonderful future planned for us, no matter what our past has been like. WE believe God wants to bless us.
When we have negative thoughts, we end up with negative results. But, positive thoughts open the door for God to work in our lives. If we think we are unable to do certain things, we will be rendered unable - even though God's word says that we can do anything god asks us to do because of his ability in us (see Philippians 4:13) Our thoughts are that powerful.
We must all change our way of thinking before our lives will change. Romans 12:2 says we are not to conform to the world and it's ways, but we are to completely renew our minds and attitudes so we can prove for ourselves the good and perfect will of God. In other words, God has good plans for us, but we will not experience them if we cling to old ways of thinking.
We must cast down wrong thinking and replace it with thinking that God approves of. The mind is the battlefield on which our war with Satan is won or lost. Satan is a liar and a deceiver. His lies become our reality only when we believe them. Stop allowing your mind to be a garbage dump for Satan's trash and instead, make it available for God's ideas. Then you will enjoy a life worth living and have the testimony of bearing good fruit for God's glory!
Amen!!!
Have a blessed day - love each of you
Karen
Friday, October 2, 2009
Oh my goodness - it's been a while since I blogged!!!
I hadn't realized that it has been so long since I updated this thing!!!! My life is so busy - it's amazing that I get through the days without just falling into bed at night (which sometimes I do just that!).
Carla is back at her house!!!!!!! We moved her last Saturday. She had been doing things for herself mostly and it was time for her to get back into her own environment and start claiming her life back. She was VERY apprehensive at first because she wasn't sure she wanted to go back into the room that she had spent so much of her time sick as a dog!!! I kept telling her that the room didn't make her sick - she had to move past that and get back in there and claim her life back. She and I went over to the house and cleaned her room - washed her clothes and moved some stuff around. Then Saturday - Deniese and Paulette met us there and finished cleaning and getting stuff back to normal for her. We put a small refrig in her room for better access to drinks and small snacks and then Deniese bought her a recliner in order for her to be able to prop her feet up while staying in her room (she lives with roommates - so we needed the chair for her room). She still can't drive - so we are still doing some small things for her like taking her to the doctor and getting groceries for her - but overall - she is being self sufficient....
I'm happy to report that she is doing great!!!!! And yes, Suzy - with my transparency - I was doing a happy dance! It's been tough having someone in my house for 5 weeks. I didn't mind at all taking care of her - but once she was on her feet - I was ready for some "me" time. She is aware of this - so when she reads it - she won't faint from shock! LOL. My life is so busy - it was hard for me to balance being home to make sure she was ok - to running all the errands and volunteering that I do - but we survived and we made it and she is almost back to normal.
She is currently on ONE steroid!!!! She will probably stay on that until they determine what actually caused this disease. If they take her off before time - it could potentially come back - which we do not want! She has lost 40 pounds of fluid - can you believe!!! She is almost back to normal and she is so excited about that. She should be able to start getting back to church now - which she has missed so much - bless her heart - almost 6 months she has been so sick - but I think that she is going to try and go this Sunday to the early service. God is good! - AMEN.
She will go back next week for another round of blood work - if they are pleased then we will move forward and continue to heal - if they see foreign proteins - then they are going to want to go ahead and do the bone marrow extraction. She is in agreement with them - but obviously doesn't want to do that - so we are believing that when she goes back in - they will not see any foreign proteins in her blood and the extraction will not be necessary. they are just baffled as to what brought this on and are determined to find it. Your bone marrow is what produces the blood cells and they are thinking something in her bone marrow is causing it - however, God is in control and we believe his report - amen? By his stripes we are healed - regardless of what Man has to say - we stand on God's word.
I'll keep you posted on Carla.
All else is great. Jake is doing well in school. I'm volunteering two days a week at the school and he is loving seeing me in the hallways. He is always pointing at me and telling his friends "that's my mom". I know in a couple of years - he will be dodging the halls if he sees me - running the other direction.....LOL. He is also loving Karate!!!! You should see him doing his moves - cracks me right up - but he is retaining the knowledge - so I know it's something that he enjoys - otherwise - he would be playing the drums and air guitar during the whole 30 minute session.
My bible study on Tuesday nights at 1st Baptist in Humble is going great. I'm learning a lot and enjoying studying the book of John. Meeting a bunch of new ladies and creating new friendships.
Other than that - my life is just busy.....not necessarily exciting - just busy. I have Monday and Friday nights at home with my hubby - other than that - we see each other in passing......but, it's all good.....he goes to bed early during the week because he gets up at 4:00 AM - and I'm usually getting home from bible study, church and choir practice about 9:30.......weekends are precious as that is when we get to spend time together.
Ok - hope everyone has a blessed day and a great weekend. Oh yeah - please be in prayer for the Curl family in our church. One of ladies in our church lost her husband this week - funeral is Saturday. She has two children.....it's a very sad situation.
Love to all.
Karen
Carla is back at her house!!!!!!! We moved her last Saturday. She had been doing things for herself mostly and it was time for her to get back into her own environment and start claiming her life back. She was VERY apprehensive at first because she wasn't sure she wanted to go back into the room that she had spent so much of her time sick as a dog!!! I kept telling her that the room didn't make her sick - she had to move past that and get back in there and claim her life back. She and I went over to the house and cleaned her room - washed her clothes and moved some stuff around. Then Saturday - Deniese and Paulette met us there and finished cleaning and getting stuff back to normal for her. We put a small refrig in her room for better access to drinks and small snacks and then Deniese bought her a recliner in order for her to be able to prop her feet up while staying in her room (she lives with roommates - so we needed the chair for her room). She still can't drive - so we are still doing some small things for her like taking her to the doctor and getting groceries for her - but overall - she is being self sufficient....
I'm happy to report that she is doing great!!!!! And yes, Suzy - with my transparency - I was doing a happy dance! It's been tough having someone in my house for 5 weeks. I didn't mind at all taking care of her - but once she was on her feet - I was ready for some "me" time. She is aware of this - so when she reads it - she won't faint from shock! LOL. My life is so busy - it was hard for me to balance being home to make sure she was ok - to running all the errands and volunteering that I do - but we survived and we made it and she is almost back to normal.
She is currently on ONE steroid!!!! She will probably stay on that until they determine what actually caused this disease. If they take her off before time - it could potentially come back - which we do not want! She has lost 40 pounds of fluid - can you believe!!! She is almost back to normal and she is so excited about that. She should be able to start getting back to church now - which she has missed so much - bless her heart - almost 6 months she has been so sick - but I think that she is going to try and go this Sunday to the early service. God is good! - AMEN.
She will go back next week for another round of blood work - if they are pleased then we will move forward and continue to heal - if they see foreign proteins - then they are going to want to go ahead and do the bone marrow extraction. She is in agreement with them - but obviously doesn't want to do that - so we are believing that when she goes back in - they will not see any foreign proteins in her blood and the extraction will not be necessary. they are just baffled as to what brought this on and are determined to find it. Your bone marrow is what produces the blood cells and they are thinking something in her bone marrow is causing it - however, God is in control and we believe his report - amen? By his stripes we are healed - regardless of what Man has to say - we stand on God's word.
I'll keep you posted on Carla.
All else is great. Jake is doing well in school. I'm volunteering two days a week at the school and he is loving seeing me in the hallways. He is always pointing at me and telling his friends "that's my mom". I know in a couple of years - he will be dodging the halls if he sees me - running the other direction.....LOL. He is also loving Karate!!!! You should see him doing his moves - cracks me right up - but he is retaining the knowledge - so I know it's something that he enjoys - otherwise - he would be playing the drums and air guitar during the whole 30 minute session.
My bible study on Tuesday nights at 1st Baptist in Humble is going great. I'm learning a lot and enjoying studying the book of John. Meeting a bunch of new ladies and creating new friendships.
Other than that - my life is just busy.....not necessarily exciting - just busy. I have Monday and Friday nights at home with my hubby - other than that - we see each other in passing......but, it's all good.....he goes to bed early during the week because he gets up at 4:00 AM - and I'm usually getting home from bible study, church and choir practice about 9:30.......weekends are precious as that is when we get to spend time together.
Ok - hope everyone has a blessed day and a great weekend. Oh yeah - please be in prayer for the Curl family in our church. One of ladies in our church lost her husband this week - funeral is Saturday. She has two children.....it's a very sad situation.
Love to all.
Karen
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