NO DIGGING-NO VICTORY!

2 KINGS 3:16 2 Kings 3

¹⁶ and he said, “This is what the Lord says: I will fill this valley with pools of water.

¹⁷ For this is what the Lord says: You will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley will be filled with water, and you, your cattle and your other animals will drink.

¹⁸ This is an easy thing in the eyes of the Lord; he will also deliver Moab into your hands.

¹⁹ You will overthrow every fortified city and every major town. You will cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones.”

²⁰ The next morning, about the time for offering the sacrifice, there it was—water flowing from the direction of Edom! And the land was filled with water.

Dig a ditch so God can fill it!  

That is a clear lesson from this passage. 

 Our God specializes in FILLING things which are EMPTY. 

 Small Groups and or Bible studies are so important friends because we empty ourselves of the cares of this world, and make room for God to fill us! 

Your personal devotions are times when you are "digging a ditch" for God to fill. Like digging ditches, bible study, prayer or ministry can be hard work and for some new territory. As you dig, the ditch looks empty. By faith and obedience God will eventually fill your ditch with the water you need for your circumstance!

 We empty ourselves of the flesh and then the Spirit comes to life like a rushing river, filling the valley of our souls!  And God gets all the glory when He uses emptiness to fulfill His will in overflowing ways!

Are you in a crisis that has left you dry? Are you facing any battles? Are you thirsty for JUST more!

Then Get digging friends we must prepare for God to bless! 

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Lesson from the word:

After seeking a word from the Lord, Elisha commanded that ditches be dug in the dry valley in preparation for the miracle that God would give.

 Early the next morning water poured in from the east and the ditches were all filled to overflowing.

               What can be learned from this miracle?

First, sometimes God requires us to make preparation for receiving a miracle/blessing. 

 Second, making preparation may not be easy. Bible study can take time.They had to dig ditches in a bone-dry valley.

 Third, God may ask you to do some thing that you consider beneath your ability. Elite fighting men were asked to become common ditch diggers.

Finally, as in many other miracles, the miracle was limited to the depth of the preparation.

 The water filled every ditch that had been dug. God is not limited by us, but there are times that He will go no further than we are willing to go.

*What small thing is God asking of you in preparation for him to fill?

* Does it seem too hard? 

*Have you thought it beneath your status to do as He has    asked? 

*Have you stopped digging too soon?

*Listen! Is that the sound of rushing water?

 Pick up your shovel and dig your ditch.

 Joy comes in the morning along with the victory!

Pick up that shovel friends and Join a study this fall! 

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 Online classes start SEPT 28

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A RUNNER'S ROADBLOCK

Today I want to take a minute to share a personal road block in my life.

Remember our life is a journey and many times we find ourselves off course.

I take full responsibility for my actions back in my college days. I do not blame anyone for my past sin or mistakes. But what I DO know is God has taken all my SHAME and replaced with HONOR! 

A runners toe is called a black toenail because of its UGLY appearance. This is so common among runners and first noticed as bleeding under the toenail. The healing comes when the blood under the toe works its way out--and while the healing takes place, the area under the toenail is the perfect environment for infection if not cared for properly.

Like stated on the page below, a runners toe is cause by repeated pressure and constant friction. When enough damage occurs the toenail turns black and falls off.! 

The PRESSURES of this life and possibly our past mistakes can cause an irritation in our personal journey causing us to back off,  possibly turn black and cold due to the bleeding in our soul and eventually we fall off the path God intended for us to run. 

Remember the healing of a runner toes comes when the blood under the toe works it way out. 

I would like to take a moment and share a personal story that comes from a GREAT place of pain in my past.

I only share my past today because I care about other women today that are allowing their past to bleed under the surface due to repeated pressure and constant friction! Friends, the enemy knows how to keep the past bleeding in your soul.

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This is a true running story friends

My black toe nail fell off, infection was cleared and a NEW nail was born! 

The new toe nail is clean, healthy and beautiful!

What a parallel right?

I love that God teaches me with crazy visuals!

When I was training for the Chicago marathon I had to take a few weeks off  for my black toe nail to heal. It was a very gross/ugly time but during this time I was reminded of my ugly past and this is how the lesson came about.

Take a moment today and open your bibles to ISAIAH 61;3-4,7  this verse is also listed below from page 145 of the Run study.

 This verse reminds us that instead of our shame Gods people through healing will receive a double portion! 

This verse promises us that Gods splendor will be noticed in our lives and we will have a crown of beauty instead of a heap of black ashes. God is all about rebuilding, renewing and restoring! 

Take a moment today and save this verse on your phone, make it your screen saver or write it on an index card and remind yourself of what God intends to do with those ashes! 

Below you will see my story. I am going to let you read from the pages of the book. 

I felt God couldn’t love me now friends, I was desperate.

 My bitterness toward God numbed my conscience and helped pave the way for rejecting many of my personal convictions. I had a stone cold heart.

Life at one time became a wild party full of temporary moments of  college happiness. The deeper I sank into this lifestyle, the more desperate I felt. 

 It wasn’t long before I found myself sitting in an abortion clinic up at MSU realizing I’d made a terrible mess of my life.

Not once but twice

My life had no sense of purpose or direction. I was a looser in college with no hope.

I decided to live the next five years in complete denial.

Well, the denial was the bleeding, friction and constant pressure of the black toenail! 

My desire to "feel" good and "forget" caught up with me.

I tried for so long to:

DENY the facts 

DENY the impact

DENY the act

 Page 145 of the study will explain in more detail how we all tend to deny our personal ashes.

Pages 147-149 will teach you how to take the steps toward receiving your crown of beauty! 

The steps are listed in the pages below. God wants to allow the past to fall off. However we need to remember the past and the act and bring it out of the darkness and covered by his light and blood.

FEELINGS are unreliable

 the action steps I share will help you gain freedom and forgiveness. 

Truth will change your heart! 

Our stories take on a new meaning in Christ! 

I love this verse:

2 Corinthians 5:17 

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a NEW creation; the old is gone, the NEW has come!

The old toe nail is gone and the NEW grows back! 

Take a deep breath with me! 

I know we can become weary in our daily runs.

 I pray the passage in ISAIAH encourages you today. 

Remember If you take the "I" our of RUIN you are left with RUN! 

Lets get rid of our "I" today, which is our focus on our own selves instead of RUNNING with Jesus! 

He wants to bring a whole NEW HOPE and a NEW FUTURE! 

Again, I pray you take my story with grace. It has been hard recently publishing a book and having friends and family see my past but my heart is for many to understand His splendor and grace! so I am not afraid to share and grateful for my calling to work with women on a daily basis! 

Take time today and RUN

If you're interested in more lessons and further applications please grab a copy of RUN today. If you click the link on the right you can grab a FREE E book today.

Otherwise email me today for a discounted copy of RUN

heather@hbministries.com

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Winning the spiritual Race does not depend upon how fast you Run; it is determined by how you Run. There is a right way and wrong way to Run. Having an organized Training plan is your only chance to make it to the Finish Line. This book study will become a personal Training manual. Run will give you instructions and resources that will equip you to win the Race. The Christian life is often described as a Race – one designed by God. In it, we are called to fulfill His purposes for us. We need to be in spiritual shape. Trying to run a marathon is very different from Training to run a marathon. Let’s get fit – we can’t quit when the going gets rough. We can go through all the religious stunts, but unless there is a desire to Train to be like Jesus, few make it and many fall to defeat. A great factor in success is consistency. We may start out in front, leading, but if we do not stay consistent, we become entangled in the affairs of this life. God has called you to Run the Race set before you! Fall on your knees through this study and embrace your Race! It’s possible to Run the entire Race, and even cross the Finish Line, only to realize you have been disqualified because you did not Run in such a way. Life is not a game with no lasting consequences. The way we Run has eternal consequences. Lace up, friend; you have a Race to win!

FUN IDEAS FOR STUDYING IN THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER.

A GOD OF SECOND CHANCES

I speak to my people continually. You can find Me in each moment when you have the eyes that desire to see and ears to hear. 

The Run study my friends is designed to help you with:

Training Tip # 3 KEEP YOUR EYES ON JESUS

The study/journal is to help each person sharpen their spiritual eyesight and hearing. In other words discover your race plan and His presence within each mile. He wants our lives to increase not just in opportunity but more importantly in maturity. 

 Whenever growth comes it will create a STRETCH in our lives. 

When we learn to RUN in such a way we create stretch. 

The stretch exposes what often is hidden. Allow God to stretch you because then you are increasingly released to become the one He created you to be. 

Start stretching today so you can allow Him to pull and stimulate His presence in your life. He will meet you during your present mile, He will lift you off the side of the road and place you back in the race. He wants you to find your security in knowing Him. 

Today I encourage you friends to RUN towards God.

 Below is a sweet text I received from a friend that took a step just by having the desire to get back in the race. The desire alone stirred the presence of God to show up in her current mile. Honestly, she was on the side of the road during this mile. God gently picked her up and placed her back on the track.

 I am honored that God chose to use RUN to speak to her and help her back on her feet. God has a divinely prepared track and that is called, Gods will for your life. 

We do not make up our own route to run. We do not find our own way to the finish line. God has a prepared track and race chosen for you to run. Before you even entered the race, before you were even born--God planned the path you should take. With infinite wisdom He laid it all out.

Jeremiah 1:5 " Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you: I have appointed you a prophet to the nations"

We run a sense of destiny. Everywhere we run, we arrive by divine appointment. A sovereign reason, a divine purpose. For everything that happens in our lives God has prepared beforehand. 

Today friends you are running into a day specifically designed by God. 

Thanks Stella for sharing your Run with us. I am so excited to hear how God lifted you and put you back on track! 

I had to screen shot so a few sentences will repeat! 

If you're interested in your second chance or feel that you need help getting back on track then maybe God will speak and stretch you through the RUN book study. 

On the right of today's blog at the top you will see the Run book. Click and order a copy today. Please email me if you took this step so that I can pray as God begins to place you back in your race! I would love to come alongside your miles! 

Run in such a way,

How to Run your race while grieving the loss of a child (you tube 20min teaching included)

Today's post is powerful!

Thank you Jen for Teaching us how to endure during one of life's hardest miles, a family tragedy.

 Together we can get up close and personal in the RUN workbook as we zoom in on Jen's story. 

Jen's story will teach us a solid training tip on how to run during the hardest mile.

Tip2: RUN WITH ENDURANCE THE RACE SET BEFORE YOU!

JEN LASHBROOK

Her mile marker can be found on page 130-133 in the book.

If you do not have the book you still will be encouraged in a powerful way! This is for everyone.

TIP # 2

LETS GET STARTED TOGETHER, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO RUN ALONG SIDE YOU! 

Please look for the link below for today's powerful, reality shaking truth. 

Thanks again for all those celebrating RUNS release with me! I will post this weekend all the pictures and smiles so we can share in each others excitement to start running Gods race.

If you have a copy of Run please grab your book, I have a few teaching tips for you to jot down today as we look at a training tip to help us run that race well. If you do not have a copy of Run, ORDER A COPY TODAY or just sit back with a cup of tea or coffee and listen, then decide if you want to Run your race better! 

Heather Baxter Online Teaching for today  ok, this is funny,  my husband just  said "its a 22 minute teaching? WOW, thats a TV show without commercials!"  I promise they will not be all this long.

Main Teaching point: To Run with Endurance in the race set before us we must let the power and love of  God ENDURE within our lives. Endure means to under go, go through, live through, encounter and experience. 
God promises will help you endure! 

1 Peter 1:25 
 All people are like grass, and all their glory is like flowers of the field, the grass withers and the flowers fall But the Word of the Lord ENDURES forever
Thanks for joining me in today's teaching! 

Blessings,

Jen, I love you! Keep running. I know it can be hard but together we will encourage and push each other into Gods presence. Thank you for sharing and teaching us about Gods faithfulness.

RUN BOOK RELEASE

RUN BOOK RELEASE

Order your copy today

I am so very excited to share RUN with you! 

This has been a dream in the making. My first book study/journal created just for you! 

So many plans in the making for this study but my prayer is for God to lead and I will follow.

Please view video at the end of this post with more thoughts of encouragement I have for you and the race we can run together! 

My desire is to RUN with you in the race God has chosen for you. 

God desires for us to live close to Him and delight in all He has planned out, mile by mile. The journey is arduous at time and we can feel very weak. Often we walk dragging our feet feeling the heaviness of life. 

All God desires is for you to show up at His starting line. When we learn to cling to His path we will have strength and direction. Some miles may be very difficult and the scenery dull at the moment but God teaches us to stay persistent, learn discipline and remain committed. 

Allow God to show up in your race and bless you with sparkling suprises during the hardest miles. Stay in the race that He has selected for you. It is truly the ONLY way to run. 

Hebrew 12:1-2 teaches us to:

* Lay aside the weight, issues, the bulk and the sin that entangles us and tries to trip us.

* Run with ENDURANCE the race set before us

*Keep your eyes on Jesus

Run, will teach you all about your race. In this packed full book you will find tips and lessons to help you RUN your race and WIN! 

Grab a copy today and lets lace up together and run this race together.

After you grab your copy please email me at 

Heather@hbministries.com 

Subject:Run innercircle

I would love for you to join an innercircle running group. A safe place to run out those hard miles and learn how to Win in this life.

Life keeps us busy so this fall my plan is to meet with you weekly in the cozyness of our homes. 

We can all find time to read during the week and then meet up for just an hour. I will have weekly videos for you and many more FREEBIES! 

God created us to Run in such a way! 

I would love to run beside you along the pathway that tends to be largely unappreciated and often despised. However, I trust with a bit of encouragement you will choose the better thing.

 Do not miss your blessing, choose today to learn a bit each day and concentrate on trusting Him, in return the balk and weight will loose its foothold withing you. Allow God to teach you through this study and when you allow him to direct your steps in this race, you are set free to enjoy and find all that was and is prepared for you! 

You can purchase a copy from the links below

Westbow/Zondervan bookstore

AMAZON

I would love to personally visit your church or women's group! 

email me today: Heather@hbministries.com

Enjoy a word today! 

SPRING RECIPES

I always change my style of dishes when the spring hits! Many of you asked for the receipe for the salads that I posted last week!

Before I share last weeks yummy salads give this simple, gluten-free, delicious yummy soup a try. Serve a tuna melt with it and top with fresh tomato and of course avacado! Even the colors match the soup box! I altered the soup a tad by adding fresh cilantro and this weekly meal is a keeper!

PESTO CUCUMBER SALAD AND SESEME ASIAN GINGER SALAD

I always eat more salads in the summer and i love to have containers packed with easy and refreshing meals.

CUCUMBER PESTO 

Yummy, fresh, light and auper healthy!

2 cucmbers sliced

 Handful of grape Tomatoes

Pesto

toss it all together and let chill

easy peasy friends!

ASIAN CHOPPED SALAD

start with this kit

Purchase Taylor Farms salad kit from Costco! Best thing to always have. I usually purchase two for the week.

The kit has savory green cabbage, carrots, celery, and green onions all finished with almonds, crisp wonton noodles and tangy yet sesame ginger dressing, you'll think you're at your favorite Asian restaurant.

I like to add feesh strawberrys on top!

This is also good inside any sandwhich wraps or on top of triscuts!

Enjoy friends, 

ITALIAN ORZO SOUP

ITALIAN ORZO SPINACH SOUP

This delicious Italian Orzo Spinach Soup is simple, flavorful, and so comforting. ENJOY!

PREP: 5 MINS COOK: 25 MINS TOTAL: 30 MINS

INGREDIENTS:

2 tablespoons olive oil1 small white onion, peeled and diced1 cup diced carrots1 cup diced celery3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced6 cups chicken or vegetable stock1 (14-ounce) can fire-roasted diced tomatoes1 1/2 cups (about 8 ounces) DeLallo whole wheat orzo pasta, or other whole wheat pasta1/2 teaspoon dried thyme1/4 teaspoon dried oregano1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary4 cups loosely-packed spinachsalt and black pepper

DIRECTIONS:

Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute for 4 minutes, until soft. Add carrots, celery and garlic and saute for an additional 3 minutes. Add chicken stock, tomatoes, orzo (pasta), thyme, oregano, rosemary and stir to combine. Bring soup to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is al dente.

Stir in the spinach and cook for 1-2 minutes until it is bright green and wilted. Season with salt and black pepper to taste 

GRAB SOME HOMEMADE FRESH ITALIAN BREAD!

UNAFFECTED and REDIRECTED

This is a study specifically for those needing to learn how to enjoy life and not be affected by people or circumstances, this can be really hard so I promise these tools will help.

I highly suggest you purchase a notebook/journal or create a page in the EVER NOTE APP to work out today's session.

I will be supplying more daily worksheets for you to workout on your own. I feel its important to GIVE you tools to personalize.

Lets get started today friends, God will meet you where you meet Him. 

Look up psalm 16:11 (write/type this on top page of today's entry)

When we learn to love other the way Christ loves us, we will begin to understand unconditional love. This unconditional love will bring a supernatural joy into your heart and life. This joy is a smile of the soul that is unaffected by people or circumstances. 

1. We cant wait for everything to be right to be joyful that may never      happen. Look up 1 Thessalonians 5:16 and Philippians 4:4.
    What command is given here?


2. READ John 14:4,5,10 and 11. and Psalm 16:11

3 God promises a heavenly joy, a sweet delight but this joy is not        cheap. what will it cost us Romans 12:1?

PALMS UP LIVING: DO THIS EXERCISE TODAY

Raise your palms up and take your particular situation and raise your hands up and say "Yes, Lord, I accept it, I submit it, I will walk in your path and follow your voice and trust you with the consequences"

4. Life is often full of STRESS, CONFLICTS and ANXIETY. Why    do these rob us of our joy? Read Psalm 16:11


5. Often we rob ourselves of this joy how do we do this?
    Read Psalm 51:1-2


6. What circumstance or person in your life ins stealing you from 
     the Joy of the Lord? 

Read Nehemiah 8:10 how can we experience joy even if this circumstance or the people do not change?

now look up 2 Corinthians 12:9-10


PUT THIS IN YOUR TOOL BOX:

Even tho you have dismal days, try these 3 points to keep the joy of the Lord in life on difficult days

* Get your eyes OFF the Circumstance, Get busy

* Live one day at a time...Do not worry about tomorrow

*Count your blessings and jot them down 

Read Isaiah 26:3 and Psalm 1:2 this will help with the activity above 

So many times in life we measure the hurdles and fix our eyes on them all day long. we then begin to measure the height of the next jump and in doing so we glance occasionally at the Lord to make sure He is aware of it all. Keep you eyes more on the lord and not the hurdle.

Draw a picture of a hurdle and then draw a picture of a cloud floating above the hurdle. NOW put a stick person on the cloud above that hurdle. Remember your hurdle from a heavenly perspective!

JOY IS THE FLAG THAT IS FLOWN FROM THE CASTLE OF YOUR HEART WHEN THE KING IS IN RESIDENCE.

Is Christ home in your heart? Are you maintaining a close relationship with him? Remember Happiness depends on the happenings and JOY depends on our relationship with Christ.

Its your choice YOU can HAVE JOY if you want it! 

End reading James 4:17


Keep growing friends, sometimes a few  bad pieces of fruit in our life tries to corrupt the whole field. Well stand up today and claim that field and toss the bad fruit out!  

Blessings friends! 

MY INTERNAL BATTLE

( I apologize ahead of time for the inconsistent use of capital letters and lower. I'm on my note 3 and this is something that frustrates me...so for sake of time let my phone have its way today! Sorry)

"BEAR WITH EACH OTHER AND FORGIVE ONE ANOTHER IF ANY IF YOU HAS A GRIEVANCE AGAINST SOMEONE. FORGIVE AS THE LORD FORGAVE YOU."
COLOSSIANS 3:13

MANY PEOPLE TODAY HAVE INTERNAL BATTLES WITH LEARNING TO LOVE THOSE WHO HAVE HURT OR OFFENDED THEM IN THE PAST AND EVEN NOW.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN HURT YOU KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.

JESUS IS TELLING US IN THE VERSE ABOVE TO LOVE OUR ENEMIES!

YET MANY OF US HAVE THIS LITTLE VOICE IN OUR MINDS SAYING "YOU CANNOT LOVE THAT PERSON BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE"

THE SITUATION IS TOO HORRIFIC

SEXUAL ABUSE
ADULTERY
PHYSICAL ABUSE
MURDER
INSECURITIES FROM OUR PAST
REJECTION FROM PARENTS
ADOPTION(can be a huge struggle for many when they become adults)

THIS LIST CAN GO ON. I HAVE EXPERIENCED AN ITEM ON THIS LIST AND I KNOW  MANY THAT HAVE SUFFERED FROM SOMETHING ON THIS  LIST AS WELL.

 SOME PEOPLE TODAY ARE STILL RIDDLED WITH SELF HATRED AND SO VERY HUNGRY AND THIRSTY FOR AFFIRMATION.

OK NOW LET'S PUSH PAUSE ON THE FEELINGS THAT MAY BE COMING UP INSIDE YOU REGARDING  YOUR  PARTICULAR HURT.

WE NEED TO TAKE NOTE ON A FEW THINGS.
REMEMBER WE CANNOT FIX ANYONE BUT WE CAN LEARN TO FORGIVE AND THAT IS WHERE THE FREEDOM WILL BE FOUND. WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH OUR PAST SO WE CAN EXPERIENCE FREEDOM.

At the end of today's teaching devotional an activity will await you!
Write and reflect on the truth. I encourage you to grab some paper and a pen. Better yet a journal if you have one!

God wants us to learn to LOVE  from afar and learn to release their offense to the cross.

We are in the season of lent and many are fasting or possibly giving up meat on Friday's.

During your fast ask God to reveal and help you with your past.

 YOUR FAST WILL CREATE SPIRITUAL  RESULTS WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR PAST TO THE CROSS.

We need to trust in the power of the cross and for God to reveal their wrong to them.
 PUT prayers behind that fast.

FACT:
 Many people today go through the rituals of fasting or giving up yet they never gave up their hurt to the one that can Heal and restore.

God will teach us how to forgive and move on.

The power of the Easter season is truly miraculous.

I have seen one of my closest family members burned by another person's sin. When a person is wounded they HURT. I have seen this person learn to love and GIVE despite the wrong that they suffered.

MATTHEW 5:44 STATES
" I TELL YOU: LOVE YOUR ENEMIES AND PRAY FOR THOSE WHO PERSECUTE YOU"

I PROMISE THAT IF YOU TURN THIS LENT SEASON INTO A TIME FOR FASTING AND PURSUING THE HEALING IN ORDER TO EXTEND LOVE BACK YOU WILL EXPERIENCE YOUR PERSONAL RESURRECTION.

THE FACT THAT YOUR MARRIAGE DIED DOES NOT MEAN GOD CANNOT AND WILL NOT RESURRECT YOUR LIFE.

THE FACT THAT YOU NEVER MET YOUR BIOLOGICAL PARENTS DOES NOT MEAN THAT GOD WILL NOT RESURRECT AND BLESS YOUR CURRENT LIFE.

THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABUSED AND TORMENTED DOES NOT MEAN THAT GOD WILL NOT RESTORE AND RESURRECT THAT BLEEDING HEART.

THE FACT THAT YOUR HUSBAND CHEATED ON YOU DOES NOT MEAN THAT GOD WILL NOT RESURRECT YOUR MARRIAGE.

CHRIST WENT TO THE CROSS FOR YOU AND YOU SHALL EXPERIENCE A NEW POSITION AND A NEW PERSPECTIVE THAT WILL PERMANENTLY CHANGE AND IMPROVE HOW YOU VIEW LIFE.
READ ABOVE TWO MORE TIMES PLEASE

A RESURRECTED OUTLOOK BEGINS IN YOUR MIND AND WE NEED TO GET OUR MIND INTO THE TRUTH, THE POWER IS IN THE PROMISES.

TAKE THE 4 STEPS BELOW AND LEARN TO LOVE PAST THE HURT

OPEN YOUR BIBLE TO COLOSSIANS 3:1-14

A PRESCRIPTION FOR YOUR WOUND

1. REMEMBER YOUR IDENTITY
 THIS EASTER SEASON: WHAT IS YOUR POSITION IN CHRIST. IT ALL STARTS HERE.
 GO WRITE OUT COLOSSIANS 3:1

2. RENEW YOUR THOUGHT LIFE
WE MUST FOCUS OUR MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE, WE MUST RISE ABOVE THE HURT AND GET ON THE NEXT CLOUD ABOVE IT. (YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING DOWN AT THAT HURT WITH A HIGHER PERSPECTIVE) KINDA LIKE CHRIST DID WHILE HANGING ON THE CROSS SHAKING HIS HEAD SAYING" FORGIVE THEM, THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY ARE DOING"

3. RECOGNIZE YOUR PAST AS DEAD
 COLOSSIANS 3:3-7 WRITE OUT, CHANGE DOES NOT HAPPEN IF YOU MAINTAIN OLD THOUGHT PATTERNS.

4. RELEASE PAST HABITS DUE TO THE HURT
WRITE OUT COLOSSIANS 3: 8-11
TAKE OFF THE OLD, JUST LIKE GETTING RID OF OLD UNDIES, OR WHITE DINGY T-SHIRTS OR SOCKS WITH HOLES IN THEM. THROW THE PAST AWAY.

5 REPLACE WITH NEW HABITS
 COLOSSIANS 3: 12-14
PLEASE WRITE OUT
GET RID OF THE OLD ONLY TO SUBSTITUTE WITH NEW.

during the season of lent and "giving up" ask the Lord what you need to give up and replace with a new habit!

The freedom and victory will come through the power of Christ!

Jesus ensures us victory by providing the resources we need by removing the hindrance and stripping the enemy of his own devices.

Remember religion and traditions are dead but the power of Christ through a relationship is real!

HOW ARE YOU EXPERIENCING CHRIST THIS EASTER SEASON?

WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION AND YOUR PAST WITH THE ONE WHO CAME FOR YOU HE LOVES YOU AND IS WAITING FOR YOU TO RUN TO HIM,
HE WILL QUENCH YOUR THIRST AND EVERY PAST INSECURITY.

Dear lord,thank you for not giving up on me. HELP ME TO LOVE THOSE WHO HAVE HURT ME AND TEACH ME TO LEARN HOW TO SEEK TOOLS TO RESTORE. I WANT TO HONOR YOU AND THOSE AROUND ME.

PS. DAD, if your reading today's blog, I know it's not easy to visit Florida again. But I am thankful that you have learned and continue to learn to put your past behind you. God loves you and may this be a great vacation with NEW memories! I love you xo

Today's blogging spot:
I love fresh basil candles and the quiet of the morning!