Restore Me to Health

           I found these verse this morning in my devo. by Sarah Young. I couldn't believe how perfect they fit my life right now. I'm doing this entry because I want to remember these verses to look back on when I need reminded of the healing and hope in Christ. 



Jeremiah 30:17

"But I will restore you to health
    and heal your wounds,’
declares the Lord,
‘because you are called an outcast,
    Zion for whom no one cares."

            This verse helps me with my anxiety. I thought about it when I read it in my devo. book. "Restore you to health and heal your wounds" got to me because I need to be heal of my anxiety to where I can live a regular life and without being on the meds. the drs. give you. I also liked this verse because of the wounds it talks about. I know it doesn't talk about the hurting wounds on your skin but the wounds inside of me and my heart. The wounds that other people made like old friends and even the ones I made myself but thinking negative things about myself. 

             I have also felt like an outcast a lot of times because of my wounds and strange health. My anxiety has made me felt like no one cares for me in the past. I would get into moments where I just felt that way. I really can't explain it but it happens especially when I change my meds. to try new ones. This is just a good reminder that I can call on the Lord because He does care for me, the outcast at times or whenever I feel like that. He can and will heal my wounds and restore me in Him, which is way better then before. 

     

Ephesians 3:20 (NKJV)

"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us."


               Then there is also this verse that was in the devo. This verse has always been a favorite of mine. It just reminds me that if I think big, God can think bigger. God has better and bigger plans for me then I could ever think of. I might not see where I am going right now but I know and believe that God is teaching me things to handle bigger and better things in the future. It might be hard now but this verse reminds me that it is the good kind of pain and I will look back at these moments and thank Him for them or that is my hope at least. It is only bigger and better if we let God use His Power in and through us. We cannot do the bigger and better thing on our own. If we try to do it on our own, we will fail, but with God, we never fail. 
                It is just fun to think about or at least try to think about what God has in store for us. If we think something is so great now on this earth, then what does He have for us in Heaven. Or if we like the moment in our life that we are in now, what bigger and better plans does He have for us down the road? It makes us aware of God's Hope and Presence in a way because we just can't want to see what He will do next in our lives. We hope that it is something better then where we are right now. 



Luke 18:2,7

" He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.............. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?"


                 These two verses made me read all of Chapter 18 or the first story in it at least and it was very interesting in the eyes of someone that was thinking about Hope through God's Presence. It showed me that if I was persistent enough that my prayers and/or request will get answer. Now we have to remember that they might not get answered the way we want them to be but when He does answer them that way, it is just another thing to be grateful for and knowing that we are blessed for it. In the chapter, this women kept persisting the judge to let her step away from the person that was being mean to her and he wouldn't for some time but the women never gave up asking. She kept asking until the judge saw that she wasn't going to stop asking. The judge answered not because he feared God or people but because he got sick of the women asking.
                  The women kept crying out to that judge until he answered her. Isn't that the same way with prayer for us? Don't we cry out for things, hoping that God will hear us enough to answer our most desperate need or want. God will answer our prayers in the way that brings us, His Chosen Ones, justice or that is best for us. It might not be the way we see it but as always we know that God's way is always the better way.  The word "Justice" means: due process, integrity, right, truth, consideration, reasonableness, or evenness. Put those words in the place of the word "justice" in the verse and see if it makes more sense to you.

"And will God not bring about Truth for His Chosen Ones."

"And will God not bring about right for His Chosen Ones."

"And will God not bring about integrity for His Chosen Ones."

"And will God not bring about reasonableness for His Chosen Ones."



Luke 11:10 (AMP)

"For everyone who [a]keeps on asking [persistently], receives; and he who keeps on seeking [persistently], finds; and to him who keeps on knocking [persistently], the door will be opened."


                   Then there is this verse that is a famous one if you grew up in the church. I did it a different version though so you could see the togetherness with the other verses. It especially goes with the last verse and chapter above. If we keep doing these things (asking, seeking, knocking) then we will find, receive, and the door will be open to us. I love how this version puts the word "persistently" in {} to remind us of that.


Summary


                All these verses go together in one simple way and that is why I love them together and am writing them out like this. When you really read the verses, you will really see the connection. The first one is about the healing and restoration that you want from God. The three that follows are how you get it. The main way, seems like, is to ask and talk to God over and over. In other words, persistently. God will give you the Hope that you need to get through things if you just keep asking and it will get better with that Hope.
              These verses are a process that is gone through every day of our lives or at least it is for me. I keep asking for things in my life and then hope that He could do more with it. Sometimes I will see that He is doing more without me in certain situations and I am upset at first but when I see that person happy with life then I am happy for them. It really should start with the backwards then the way I have it, with the last verse first and then up from there and that is another way to look at it too. It can start that way because you have to pray and ask about it before God can heal and restore you but either way is fine, as long as you get the idea.

God, You Are My Guiding Light

God, You are My Guiding Light.
You tell me where to go and lead
me on that right path. It might be
hard along the way but with You,
that's no problem. You help me
when I am confused. I can turn to
You for help anytime of the day.


God, You guide me in the way
You want me to go. If I get off track,
You don't mind because You will
Help me get back on the right one.
I can always count on You to be
there when I need to find my way
through hard or easy things. You
will always lead me to the way
that is everlasting.


God, You are the Light in my life.
It is You that shines through my life
so people can see who You really are.
It is You that gets all the glory
Throughout my life. You are the Light
because You want to be seen and not
hid away. You want people to know You
and serve You. The only way to do that
is if You are seen through my life. It
is the outward world that You shine to.


God, You are My Guiding Light.
You guide me in the way You want
me to go. There might be some bumps
along the way but You are beside me
to help me with those bumps and to
get back on the road smoothly. I can
turn to You for help anytime of the
day. God, You are My Guiding Light
and I want you to guide me through
this life. I want to live it so I will bring
Glory to You.


God, You are the Light in my Life.
Sometimes people wonder why I am
so different and happy even through the
hard and painful times. They wonder
what I have in my life that is different
then theirs and I tell them that it is You.
I tell them that You guide me through
everything and that this might be hard
right now, You will get me through it.
At the end of this hard tunnel, there
is a bright light shining just for me.


God, You are my Guiding Light.
For that, I am thankful because
without that I have no idea where I
would be right now. I can say, for
sure, that I am where I am suppose
to be because I know You have
guided me here for now and this
moment.



Written By: Tiffney Wilson


Written On: June 11th, 2017

Your Bones are Rotting

Proverbs 14:30New International Version (NIV)

30 A heart at peace gives life to the body,
    but envy rots the bones.

         
           The next few paragraphs below are not written by me. They are written by an author that works for Proverbs 31 Ministries. The paragraphs are from one of the devos. that was written awhile back. The devo. is called "Coming Apart at the Seems". The link is at the bottom of this entry you can click on it or if it doesn't work, then copy and paste it on top.

            Our key verse in Proverbs reflects this well, “A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.” This verse may seem pretty straightforward. Envy keeps you from experiencing peace. While this is true, a dig into the original Hebrew language gives us even a more vivid snapshot of its intended meaning.

            Envy here doesn’t just mean that initial, “Must be nice” thought that dances through our minds when we spy the blessings of others. It means “passionate and zealous jealousy.” This indicates our emotions are involved. Our hearts go through the ringer as we spend energy dwelling on the increasingly envious feelings that come from seeing someone else who seems to have a better life than we do.

              And the word “rots” means decays. It brings about not just a rotten state — like fruit that is starting to spoil — it ushers in death. In this verse, that means the figurative death of one’s very strength of life. However, let’s not just dwell on the dreary picture painted here. What about the other half of this verse?

             The heart that is at peace literally means one that is sound, wholesome, healthy and cured. So, the way to have a healthy heart emotionally and spiritually is to keep envy at bay.

             We do this by switching our thinking and fighting against the “poor me” mentality. We may not be rich, but do we have a roof over our heads? We may not dine out at expensive restaurants, but did God provide enough to eat today? Our bodies may not be supermodel fit, but are we still alive and able to move, serve or at least pray for others? Thankfulness chases envy away and settles our hearts in God’s perfect peace.

             So the next time we are tempted to come apart at the “seems” while staring at the pics on our phone, let’s log off for a moment — or a week! — and start counting our many blessings. May we be grateful to God for what we do have, and stop wanting someone else’s life. Then, we’ll discover that true contentment isn’t having what you want. It is wanting nothing more than what you already have.

- See more at: http://proverbs31.org/devotions/devo/coming-apart-at-the-seems/#sthash.N7olnOSq.dpuf

Who is the Holy Spirit?

-Acts 2:32-33, 37-38


-John 16:7
         -Holy Spirit is a person.
                 -Helper
                 -Comforter
                 -Advocate
                 -Strengthener
           -different versions of a person or who a person can be


-John 14:16-17
        -"In us"
        -"with us"


-John 14:12
         -"Empowering us"


-The Holy Spirit is the root for everything.

-Romans 8:11
         -8:2, 6, 11, 13, 14, 26
         -I like verses 6 and 26.


-8:6 talks about how we should set our mind on the Holy Spirit because it is there we get life and peace.


-John Bunyan
        -a poem
        -1628-1688-birth and death


-John 14:25-26
         -16:13-15
******-"God is guiding us."


-John 15:26-27
-Acts 1:8
      ****** -"God, the Spirit, Reveling God, Son."


-"He is a person who we can relate to personally."


-Postive Responses about the Holy Spirit
           -Gal. 5:16
           -Gal. 5:18
           -Gal. 5:25
           -Eph. 5:18



-Negative Response to the Holy Spirit
           -Acts 5:3
           -Eph. 4:30
           -Isa. 63:10
           -1 Thess. 4:5 and 5:25


******-"We yield by trusting power and obeying lead."

Me Without You

"I'd be packin' my bags when I need to stay

I'd be chasin' every breeze that blows my way
I'd be building my kingdom just to watch it fade away
It's true

That's me without you."- "Me Without You": by TobyMac          

            I'm using a song title and some song lyrics from TobyMac because they fit my life perfectly right now. TobyMac never fails me when it comes to the meaning of his songs. He has always been one of my favorites and always will be. I will explain what each of the song lyrics mean to me. Even though, the song is mostly repeated, it has meaning behind it for those who will listen. I was just looking at the lyrics this morning and noticed that they are all the same. For some reason, while listening to it, that never dawned on me. The part the really gets me is the course.
           I think He meant for it to. He meant for people to hear the course over and over because that is the most important part and needed to be repeated. I copied it from a website and part it on the top of this entry in bigger letters because I wanted it altogether for people to read. Now I will take it apart piece by piece. "I'd be packin' my bags when I need to stay" is really a good one because that is how I feel at times in my life. I feel like I just need to pack up and move on. This is not the first time this song got to me with it meanings. The first time was when I first moved to AR and things were so hard and just not going right. It was then that I really wanted to pack up and go back home but here I am 6 years later still in AR so I stayed.
          Lately though, it is a whole other meaning for me. I have been thinking about changing churches the last few months because of some situations I have been in and am in right now. There isn't packing that needs to be done but I do feel like moving on to another church. Then I got to thinking about that this past weekend because of talks I had with friends and with God, even, and I'm thinking that I just need to stay because if I go it is like running away from what is hard and I can't do that in life every time things get that way. "I'd be chasin' every breeze that blows my way" means almost the same thing too. It just means that I am chasing every good thing or every thing that I think is good and easy and not really doing the Will of God or not really where God wants me whether it is easy or hard. It is easy to pack up or chase every breeze especially if it is every good and easy breeze but sometimes God doesn't want us to do that. He wants us to stay where we are and make an effort and if that doesn't work, just humbling give it over to Him and see what He does with the situation. As humans, we tend to like easy, but God made us for the challenging times because He will be with us all the way.
            Staying where it is hard too, will humble us if we let it, there is no doubt about that. I know that the situation I am in right now and will continue to stay in and with will humble me straight back to God where I needed to be in the first place. "I'd be building my kingdom just to watch it fade" is really want is getting me right now in the mist of everything. I honestly think I am trying too hard and I should just leave everything alone right now. I think I got too caught up with where my other friends were in life that I was trying to get there too and in a hurry like within the next few months but it won't happen that way for me if God doesn't want it to whether I do it by myself or with God. I don't have the timing, God does. It is hard to remember that sometimes but when you do it is worth it. I just think I wanted to build my own kingdom in my own time and it doesn't work that way.
            If I built my own kingdom, aka, family or anything, on my own time and that means finding a husband or hurrying up the process then it will fade later on in life and I don't want that at all. I want God to be at the center of it and bring us together when it is time for the both of us, not just one of us.   Building your own kingdom, whatever it may be, is not a smart idea because we all know, if we are Christians, that only God's plans prevail and ours never does. We can't stand on our own strength and rules because if we do, or kingdom will fade, just like it says in the song. We are nothing without God. It is all true that is us without God. I will also say here, that God wants to be part of our lives, He loves us enough to care about every little thing in our lives if we just let Him. He will build on top of every little things. That I truly believe. He will build His Kingdom off of the most annoying and sadness person if we just let Him. He can turn that person around and make them happy and caring.
             He can take our dumbest mistakes and turn them around for the good for us and/or even for the people we meant for them to be for, we just did it at the wrong time or in the wrong way. He can build, even, on those dumb mistakes. The person that did the mistake can learn from it or the person that is receiving the mistake can learn from it but the lesson might be different then we thought it would be because God had another plan for it. Let me summarize it for you. If we live our life by packing up our things when things get too hard, if we chased every breeze that blows our way just because it is easy, if we build our own kingdom just because we can't wait on God, we won't have much of a life to live at all. To be honest, it would make us so stressed and crazy that we might do things we would regret later on in life.
            God knows we mess up that is why He sent His Son Jesus to die for our sins but we have to be careful at the same time because we just keep messing up when we know it is wrong, just because God made a way for us. So don't go packing when He tells you to stay, don't go chasing every easy breeze that comes your way, and don't build your own kingdom because God knows what He is doing every step of the way. He has you where He does for a purpose. He wants to challenge you to help you grow in Him. He wants to be a part of your life by helping you build a Kingdom for Him to be a part of. That is the Loving and Caring God we serve!

I Can't........When........

I can't support when I'm not giving the chance.


I can't help when I'm not giving anything specific to do.


I can't encourage when I don't have anyone around me.


I can't have empathy when I don't have the whole story.


I can't change when no one will give me the chance to.


I can't open up when I am scared or don't know the person at all.


I can't live when all I feel is loneliness around and inside me.


I can't show that I care when I don't have anything to care about.


I can't feel complete when I'm just sitting around with none of these in my life.


Just give me a chance. Don't be harsh, just try to understand what's going on
with me. Why drop me like a bomb? Let's forget about her and move on.


I can't tell you how I got where I am today when you judge me. It hasn't been
an easy path at all for me.


I can't go fast right to success when people take the time to know me. I am
slow but I will get there because I am determined.


I can't be taken seriously when I look young then I really am.

Confession of Sins

Psalm 32:1-7New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 32

Of David. A maskil.[a]

1 Blessed is the one
    whose transgressions are forgiven,
    whose sins are covered.
2 Blessed is the one
    whose sin the Lord does not count against them
    and in whose spirit is no deceit.

3 When I kept silent,
    my bones wasted away
    through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night
    your hand was heavy on me;
my strength was sapped
    as in the heat of summer.[b]

5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you
    and did not cover up my iniquity.
I said, “I will confess
    my transgressions to the Lord.”
And you forgave
    the guilt of my sin.

⁶ Therefore let all the faithful pray to you
    while you may be found;
surely the rising of the mighty waters
    will not reach them.
⁷ You are my hiding place;
    you will protect me from trouble
    and surround me with songs of deliverance.

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-Why pray for forgiveness? Isn't it already ours? 

-2 ways of religion 

         -legal way of religion

               -means going to Heaven or Hell

         -Relationship way of religion

                -Sin will affect the relationship outlook. 

                -Eph. 4:30 -" And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption."

-Real spiritual meaning of marriage is to understand the relationship with God and church.

-God sees us as a righteous person in Him after we ask for forgiveness.

-"We are blessed because of what He did at the cross, Not because we have thing."

-Jer. 6:15 -

         "Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?

    No, they have no shame at all;
    they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
    they will be brought down when I punish them,”
says the Lord."

-There is a healthy shame and guilt.

          -Scared to confess sin but needs to run to God and confess sin anyway, not away from Him. Makes it easier because God understands.

               -Matthew 6:12 - "And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our         debtors."

-Jesus is our True High Priest so yes we have to confess to Him. A priest.

-1 Peter 2:9 - "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession,that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light."

-Sin could have consequences.

          -Teach me through the consequences so I can use them for you.