Verses And Sayings About God's Path For You

“We do not take spiritual life seriously if we do not set aside some time to be with God and listen to Him.” - Henri Nouwen

“The central point for the discipline of simplicity is to seek the Kingdom of God and the righteousness of His Kingdom first, and then everything will come in its proper order.” - Richard Foster | CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINES

“You will not receive the life you seek by the acquisition of more. Why? Because treasure does not come in acquiring more, but in desiring less.” - GK Chesterton 

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Jeremiah 33:3 New International Version (NIV)

3 ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’

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Matthew 6:33-The Message 

"What I’m trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God’s giving. People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met."

 I have set the Lord continually before me; 

Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9 Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will dwell securely. 10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay. 11 You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever. 

-Psalm 16:8-11 NASB

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Top 10-By: Dallas Willard

1. Buy things for their usefulness rather than their status. 

2. Reject anything that is producing an addiction in you.

 3. Develop a habit of giving things away. 

4. Refuse to be propagandized by the custodians of modern gadgetry. 

5. Learn to enjoy things without owning them. 

6. Develop a deeper appreciation for the creation. 

7. Look with a healthy skepticism at all “buy now, pay later” schemes. 

8. Obey Jesus’ instructions about plain, honest speech. 

9. Reject anything that breeds the oppression of others. 

10. Shun anything that distracts you from seeking first the kingdom of God

Reminding Myself

Reminding myself I am strong.
Reminding myself I can do it.
Reminding myself I will get through it.
Reminding myself there will be a break soon.
Reminding myself there is Hope.
Reminding myself I know what I am doing and that I am not a failure.
Reminding myself that there is a reason for this.
Reminding myself all the things that I know.
Reminding myself that it will get better.
Reminding myself there are worse things out there.
Reminding myself to love but be loud as well.
Reminding myself that I am not alone because God is by my side all the way.


Why am I reminding myself of all these things? So I can get through the hardest things
in life. It's sad when you have to keep reminding yourself these things over and over
everyday. It wears you out mentally but it needs to be done some days just to get by.

Do You See That Women?-A Poem

Do You See That Women?

Do you see a women or a girl?
When you look at me, which
one do you see? Do you see a
girl?

A girl that feels alone and lost?
A girl that feels like crying almost
every day? A girl that is stubborn
and no one can break her? A girl
that is quite because she has nothing
to say?

Do you see that or do you see a women?
A women that is strong no matter her
life situation? A women that fights for
the people she loves? A women that is
very independent? A women that loves
to be challenged? A women that follows
God whole-heartly?

Do you see one of those or something
else? Do you see a sinful women trying
to follow God with all her heart because
she is so in love with Him? She wants to
make Him happy and no one else. She
was meant to be a princess but she is a
servant first. She has someone who would
die for her and He did just that.

Do you see a women that is forgiven and
full of Grace? Do you see a women full of
Peace? Full of Joy? Full of Compassion?
Do you see a Love that is never-ending?
That is this women in Love with Christ.



Written By: Tiffney Wilson

Written On: June 20th, 2018

A God Pleasing Prayer

         Dear Daddy,

               

          I don't know what I would do if I didn't pray to you every night. You are the only one holding me together through all of this. I do need to speak up more. Why do I listen to people? Is this another people pleasing lesson? I just feel like I hide in a mode of pleasing people like if they want me to be someone or do something else I am in that mode. I also feel never happy with just being me when I am in a big group or "important" situations. How can that stop now? It is keeping me from living the life I want to live. How can I change that? I want to be a God Pleaser, not a people pleaser. Help me change.

In Christ's name,

Amen

Hope for the Hopeless-Part 2

           This entry is a part 2 entry to another one that I just wrote and I will get it done today. The sermon from my church today really got to me in all areas of my life. A 30 year old really needed to hear that message when things feel like they are not going her way. Relationships are broken and confusing. Jobs is just wearying her down and seems like there is no more hope for what is going on there with a child. She doesn't want to give up on any child but this child is getting to be too much. The sermon just hit me in all ways today. I needed that encouragement and reminder that there is still hope in the broken things.
          I don't want to say a lot about where I am working because I don't want to get in trouble. When you have a child that just breaks out his craziness and there is no way teachers can stop him, you just need hope in that situation for the little boy and for everyone involved in his life. Friday is the day that he just broke lose and it made me and the other teacher cry because there is nothing we could do. We have done everything we thought of. I mean I cried to my mom on my break Friday and I didn't eat until suppertime last night because I just wasn't hungry. This little boy seems like a hopeless cause but he is smart and he can be when he wants to be. There is hope for him. I have seen little by little of it. It is just getting him to stay that way and use it for the good and not bad. It has came to the point where I just need to remember that God has Hope for that little boy in the long run and me while I am dealing with him right now.
            If that is not a reason to have or get Hope, I need it in my personal life too. I need it for certain relationships/friendships to be fixed or to where we can at least talk again. I need it to where a family will take the time to get to know me and not just know of me by what people have said about me. I change and I have every season of my life. I want them to understand that. I need it where I know that I won't be alone forever. I need it to get through the situation I am in right now. I should have never given up or said I did and now I see that. To get over the hard part of it and then back to where it can be fixed. I need it to know that when everything is calmed back down that things will be okay. I need Hope in a friendship that I really just care about. There are no other words for it.
          I also need Hope for my life's dream to come true. I don't want to work with other people's children all my life. I want some of my own. I need that Hope that I will get to have it when the time is right. I need to know that things will work out just right. I am trying to have the Hope in that that I need and I have been trying since I was a little girl or at least since high school. It is getting harder everyday as I get older because it seems like nothing is changing. It actually seems like things are getting worse for me in that department. Yet one of the quotes that I heard today was that "things had to get worse before they can get better" so maybe that is what God is doing in my life right now. You won't know that it is a "blessing" until you don't know what you would do without it. Right? That sentence can go in a few different ways.
            As you can tell, I just need Hope back in my life. Period. I copied the verses we went over today in church because that is a good story to remember. In the time of waiting, when Jesus is not coming or working, or that's what we think, Jesus always as something better for us in the long run. I have a lot of things that are "dead" in my life right now or it feels that way but I pray that Jesus will bring them back to life in some way. Better then they ever were before. For some, it might take a miracle but I know it can happen. :) To me, yeah, in the story it was a friend of Jesus' that Himself brought back to life but in our lives it doesn't have to be a person. It could even be a situation or time or thing. We are all hopeless in some thing but God can use that thing for our better good. We just need to have HOPE. I know after the sermon today that Hope has a whole new meaning for me because of the things I am going through right now. God knew I needed a new meaning behind it and He gave it to me.

My Own Meaning:

Hope-"When all seems lost, there is one Person we can count on to turn the bad for the better. "

Hope for the Hopeless-Part 1

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John 11 New International Version (NIV)

The Death of Lazarus

11 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.)3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”

4 When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, 7 and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”

8 “But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are going back?”

9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light. 10 It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”

11 After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”

12 His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” 13 Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.

14 So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15 and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

16 Then Thomas (also known as Didymus[a]) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”

Jesus Comforts the Sisters of Lazarus

17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles[b] from Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother.20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.

21 “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”

23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

24 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God,who is to come into the world.”

28 After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” 29 When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. 31 When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.

32 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked.

“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.

35 Jesus wept.

36 Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”

37 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind manhave kept this man from dying?”

Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead

38 Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. 39 “Take away the stone,” he said.

“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”

40 Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”

41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”

43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.

Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”

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Quotes From the Pastor During the Sermon:

"Hope-It might have to get worse before it gets better."

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"God's delays are not God's denials."

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"If you quit with the Lord too soon, the miracle won't come."

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"God sees our tears. God is touched by our tears."

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"It's not weakness to shed a tear, it's human."

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"You have to get loud at times."

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Part 2 is coming. You can't read Part 2 without reading these verses and quotes. 

My Break From Facebook

          I know it has been almost a week from my Facebook break but I still felt like I needed to write a little bit about what it was like to break from it. Let me tell you, "It was not as hard as I thought it would be." I did kind of slack off and started getting on by the end of the week but for me that was still okay. I learned something from that little break off of Facebook. First, you have to know something about me and it is kind of sad. I live by myself and I don't hang out much because I am tight on money. Because of those two things, I have Facebook up on my computer all the time that I am at home. Grant, I also had a lot to do that week but I saw what I could get done when Facebook wasn't always up on my computer.
          My apartment was being checked by the apartment's insurance company so I had to take the time and clean it just a little bit during the week when usually I wait for the weekend to do that. Cleaning my apartment kept me busy and off of Facebook. I also took the time to pray a lot more. I know that is sad but it is true. We don't notice when something takes up our time until we test it out. Because I prayed every night, I felt a lot better for the next day and felt like I had the energy to deal with what came my way. If I remember right, I also had a lot going on at work too that kept me busy and off. I also noticed that I usually have it up to just talk to people and that I can do that on the Messenger app on my phone so that is what I did for most of the week.
          To be honest, it lowered my anxiety level way down because I wasn't looking at certain pages or things. I wasn't seeing who was having a baby or who was getting married or who was going on vacation or things like that so I couldn't be jealous or have other feelings towards those things. I also had time to think about certain things without things getting in the way. The strange thing is when I started to look I noticed that certain people weren't posting a lot of things like they were before so it could make you wonder are people doing it just for you. I will also admit that when last weekend came I really wasn't ready to get back on or really cared to.
           Tonight is really the first night, since then, that I have left it up for more then a hour or longer. I think I have really prayed more in the last two weeks then I have for awhile. I think I was getting so lost and wrapped up in the Facebook world that I had no idea what was going on in my real world. That is just one of the ways that the devil can get us side tracked. If I was on, on my "break", it was because I was taking care of some business really fast. It also wasn't a big lost when I couldn't update my status everyday. I think that it was better for me if I didn't because then people wouldn't ask me if I was okay or not. While I don't mind people caring and asking, they seem to ask at the wrong times. I know everyone knows what I am talking about.
           Even in a week's worth, that showed me how people can get so caught up in a Facebook life that they don't have a real life outside of it. I am glad that I did just that week because it just made me realize this much. Made me realize that people do and can get so caught up in Facebook that they don't have a life outside of it. I really feel sorry for the children growing up with it. They are missing out on some amazing things for sure. Maybe when it gets too much for me again, I will try to go without it for two weeks and see what that is like and then so on until I don't even care about it anymore. It would be neat to get to that point again like it was before it came out. LOL! For those of us that remember those days.

Proverbs 31 Women-The Message

Hymn to a Good Wife

10-31 A good woman is hard to find,
    and worth far more than diamonds.
Her husband trusts her without reserve,
    and never has reason to regret it.
Never spiteful, she treats him generously
    all her life long.
She shops around for the best yarns and cottons,
    and enjoys knitting and sewing.
She’s like a trading ship that sails to faraway places
    and brings back exotic surprises.
She’s up before dawn, preparing breakfast
    for her family and organizing her day.
She looks over a field and buys it,
    then, with money she’s put aside, plants a garden.
First thing in the morning, she dresses for work,
    rolls up her sleeves, eager to get started.
She senses the worth of her work,
    is in no hurry to call it quits for the day.
She’s skilled in the crafts of home and hearth,
    diligent in homemaking.
She’s quick to assist anyone in need,
    reaches out to help the poor.
She doesn’t worry about her family when it snows;
    their winter clothes are all mended and ready to wear.
She makes her own clothing,
    and dresses in colorful linens and silks.
Her husband is greatly respected
    when he deliberates with the city fathers.
She designs gowns and sells them,
    brings the sweaters she knits to the dress shops.
Her clothes are well-made and elegant,
    and she always faces tomorrow with a smile.
When she speaks she has something worthwhile to say,
    and she always says it kindly.
She keeps an eye on everyone in her household,
    and keeps them all busy and productive.
Her children respect and bless her;
    her husband joins in with words of praise:
“Many women have done wonderful things,
    but you’ve outclassed them all!”
Charm can mislead and beauty soon fades.
    The woman to be admired and praised
    is the woman who lives in the Fear-of-God.
Give her everything she deserves!
    Festoon her life with praises!

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All the verses or part of verses that are bolded are things that I need and can work on. They are things I need to remember and try to get better at. The one that I need to work on the most is the last one and then maybe all of the other verses will fall into place. 

-I need to get up a little earlier. 
-I need to save my money a little better.
-I need to keep the children that I have throughout the day busy and productive.
-I need to use my words wisely. 
-I need to have more practice organizing my day and week.
-I need to practice more on living in the moment and not to hurry calling its quit for the day. 

Strange how I need to work on all of these areas to become a better women for now and then a wife someday. 

The Topic of Prayer

"Prayer catapults us onto the frontier of the spiritual life. It is original research in unexplored territory. Meditation introduces us to the inner life, fasting is an accompanying means, but it is the discipline of prayer itself that brings us into the deepest and highest work of the human spirit… To pray is to change. Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us." 

- Richard J. Foster | Prayer: Finding Your Heart’s True Home
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"Prayer is the expression of the human heart in conversation with God. The more natural the prayer, the more real He becomes to us… prayer is a conversation between two people who love each other." 

- Rosalind Rinker | Prayer: Conversing With God
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Prayer produces:

- increased PERSPECTIVE of what’s really important.
- increased POWER for our relationship with God and others.
- increased PASSION for God and one another.
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The Jesus Prayer-

"Dear Lord Jesus, Son of God
have mercy on me, a sinner... and thank you for loving me.
Help me to fear not, fret not, and faint not.
Continue to cleanse my mind and purify my heart, and help
me become a man that you can trust, for Your honor and glory.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen."
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The Daily Examen:

1. Acknowledge God’s presence.
2. Count your blessings and give thanks.
3. Ask God to help you look back on the day through His eyes.
4. Pay attention to your emotions.
5. Choose one feature of the day and pray about it.
6. Look forward to the opportunities of tomorrow.
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Prayer of Commitment:

"Lord, I give myself to You, whatever the cost may be. Take every aspect of my life and use me for Your Kingdom to glorify Your name. I'm not here on earth to do my own thing or seek my own fulfillment or my own glory. I'm not here to indulge my desires, to increase my possessions, to impress people, to be popular, to prove I'm somebody important, or to promote myself.
I'm not here even to be relevant or successful by human standards. I'm here to please You. The desire of my heart is to discover what it means to delight in You. I want to have my heart and mind entranced and captivated by the superlative beauty and sweetness of who you are. I'll do anything that You want me to do, go anywhere that You want me to go, and say anything that You want me to say. Father, there isn't any gift that You have for me that I don't want. If you want me to move out of my comfort zone, I’ll follow you. If You want to use me in a way that I'm not used to, I yield myself to that. Today I re-dedicate myself to You. I love You Lord, and I choose to live and minister in Your way. I trust You, Lord, to do that which I cannot do myself. Teach me, guide me, empower me, and reveal yourself through me. 

In Jesus' Name, Amen."
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          The two prayers that are actually prayers were written by the pastor that was preaching this past Saturday night at church. I was going to put some of my own words in but I wanted to get it posted fast so I didn't. I will change them later on for my life. The two prayers I am talking about are: "The Jesus Prayer" and "The Prayer of Commitment".  I also want to write out a prayer on here using "The Daily Examen" later on. One that I can use everyday if needed.

First Half of 2018

            I was going to write about my week break from Facebook but I can do that tomorrow or another time. Right now, I want to talk about the first half of 2018 since it is the 6th month this month. Can't believe it has already been half a year. It has been a hard struggle for me. There has been a lot of changes too fast. I'm not good with changes to start with and I thought I started them all far enough apart but I was wrong. I am struggling in all areas of life. You name it, something is going wrong in that area. Areas like friendships, money, life goals, and other things. I just don't want all of my 2018 to be such a struggle. I don't want to remember my 30th year as a struggle and probably the hardest one yet but the way things are looking for me my 32nd year will be where the good things start if not before then.
           God is working in my life. I know that but I just don't know how or why. It would be nice to have a friend/mentor to help me through all of these crazy things and changes. Yeah, we would have to go back to Jan. but it would be worth it. I have things and stories to share but I am scared to share it with some random person. There are also reasons why I am so scared to share all that I am feeling to one person. I have a lot of people/women that could be my mentor and guide but then I have my reasons not to have just one but I am thinking I just need that one women that will hold me accountable. Someone I can meet face to face every so often and be truly opened with. Yet at the same time, I feel like word will get around to where I don't want it to get around to.
            I mean I do trust the women in my life but you always know someone though someone. When it is about someone or some people and you don't want it to get to that person, it is hard. I thought it would help joining a new women's Bible study and get to meet some new women and I did and I love them all but I still can't share what is really going on in my life with all of them just yet. There have been nights that I wanted to share prayer requests or share what was on my heart but I didn't know how to word it without making things so noticeable. Now I am not blaming anyone, if I am blaming someone it is myself. I don't know why I am letting that hold me back from friendships and things like that.
           It is so hard to be that women where you thought you had everything planned out but then God changes it all on you in no time. It is hard to give up things you have held onto for years like friendships, jobs, and other things just to keep yourself safe. It is really hard when you have to do it by yourself. You have to be strong and keep living your life. It is hard when you have a caring and compassionate heart but other people don't. It is hard when you want so much at this age and you know you are not getting any of it because it isn't time and because you have messed up in the past so bad. It is hard doing things with yourself without any guidance at all.
           It is hard when you have to go to one stressful thing straight to another stressful thing. It could be a child at your work one day and then a friend outside of work the next day. You could be dealing with the same two for over some time but then another thing decide to get on broad with those two things. I am sick this weekend probably because I have been stressing out about a lot of things lately and trying to make it on my own. I have a feeling that if I keep going through this year by myself it won't get any easier. I have messed up in so many ways this year, I have felt like and it is only the 6th month. Trying to do it by myself and trying to figure things out are not easy. Yes, I might look happy or at least okay on the outside but on the inside I am dying by stress. If that is a thing. I don't get my life right now at all. I am so lost and so confused and so much of that is because of myself, I think.
          I'll be okay. There is no need to be alarmed but just know that I don't share my true feelings easy or in a big group. I don't know if I am burnt out in my field or just where I am in life right now. I don't know how to make it to where I can enjoy life and be able to live like I am living now on my own. I will be honest too that the thought of marriage has been through my mind so many times and I am sick of it. I am sick of seeing these happily married people and especially the Christ focused ones when that is what I want right now. Yet I feel like I am striving for it but I'll never get there. I want to know more about it and how to get ready for it. That has always been a dream of mine. I was the odd one that always dreamed and planned my wedding. It has always been a desire of my heart. I am even starting to think that marriage is my dream and goal in life along with raising a family and being a stay at home mom. Yet, I feel like no guys will even give me a chance to get there because I am so "old" style. 
            I know what I am doing right now is probably not a good way to start that because it shows guys that I am so insecure about myself right now but in a way I have the right to be. I have the right to show or write out, in this case, my emotions and thoughts. I just wish someone would come along side me and tell me that they understand and that their story was almost like mine, if not like it. I don't know why it is so strong on my heart to share this like this but it is. Maybe something will come out of it or maybe not? If you want to know how the first half of my 2018 is going, there you go. Just hope and pray I can make it through the rest of the year and that things will get better for me.