Retrain Your Life...

Well.

I was jotting the post that I had lost into my notebook. Then I heard in my heart, "Keep it in your notebook" ... so I said in shock... "Oh... ok" ~Maybe some things are meant only for our own selves for the moment. It truly was a gift to my heart... and when it is time... I will share it with all of you. Whether it be in book form... or blog form... it will one day be shared.

I made it through a three day work week this week. My desire is to get back to work full time... but for now... my body and I are truly grateful for only having to go in for three days. They have worked it out so that I work Sunday and Monday, then two days off... then work on Thursday and then two more days off. It allows for a good rest time for my ankle which still is being a pain in my backside... *LOL. I am asking for some heavy duty prayers... I would like to be back to work full time by next month. The full time cake decorator is going on vacation for 16 days... and I would like to be up to the challenge of working full time at that time.

I have really changed the way I do things physically. I have noticed that when my ankle is feeling ok... I even change the way I walk... as to avoid anything that could cause it pain. I have been more aware of taking better care of myself... in all aspects. Sometimes I think it takes a big jolt of uncertainty to bring us back to where we should be in life. I have had alot of jolts... *LOL... you would think I would have learned more by now! I have, for most of my life, set my own self on the back burner. I have always been the type of person that would rather see others have their needs met before mine. I am thinking that now it is time to take care of me. It is really a slow learning process to learn just exactly what needs to be done.

I have also learned lately that I need to retrain my brain to be alert to the things that my mouth says. Let me explain this a little more. (In a minute)

I have a church that I have ties to. I don't attend like I would want or like I should. I have alot of friends that go there. I guess you could say it is the church I most feel "at home" in when I go. It is the only church I have ever felt that way about... and that says alot... because it is a small little church. The presence of God is very real there... and that is what makes the difference. Lately, my church has been right here on my computer. I take a day that I am at home, and I watch one of the Jesse Duplantis broadcasts. I spend alot of time reading my bible... and I read alot of other blogs that encourage and uphold the love of Jesus and the word of God. Reading the posts of others have been a great source of encouragement to me.

The other day... when I lost my post... ((It was SO good!))... I realized that I need to retrain my brain and mouth. The power of life and death are in our words. We can cross cancel everything that we think is good without even realizing it. For instance... if you say something like "I'm afraid to get cancer one day... because my mom and grandma had it." You let satan know that you fear something... and he thrives on fear. You also "allow" the possibility of getting cancer into your body by saying that it runs in your family. You are... in a way... letting satan know that you have given up the fight... because your are "probably going to get it anyway".

I think I would retrain myself to say... "I am believing and having faith that no cancer will ever enter my body." I believe that if we speak life and words of hope and faith... we will have life and health... and whatever else! It is like when people say "Your stupid" all the time... if you hear that long enough... eventually you start to believe it. It is kind of like a verbal abuse. So why not speak goodness and hopefulness and things that bring life and healing!!

I have been very careful as to how I word things. I have also tried to keep myself founded in the word of God... moreso now than ever before in my life. Time is running out people! Why not take advantage of ALL of the blessings that God wants us to have. Why should we have to suffer through the drudgery of this earth? Make each day hope filled. The battle of good an evil is very turbulent right now. Satan is struggling to get as many souls as he can. He doesn't want God to have ANY of them. It is time now... to live for God. Choose life. Choose it here on earth...and live it... so that we can have an eternal life as well with those who have gone on before us... and with the Lord himself!

How do you choose life more abundant? How do you receive an eternal inheritance with the King of Kings? Through Jesus Christ. Who is Jesus Christ? Well... he is the Son of God. He came to this earth to teach us the difference between good and evil. He was crucified on a cross... and suffered a horrid death. Do you know why he died like that? So that we can be saved.

If we believe that Jesus is the Son of God, who died so that our sins can be forgiven, and we confess our sins to him... he will forgive us. If we ask him to come into our lives and forgive us... he will. We have to turn from our old ways... and live our lives according to God's word (the bible). We have to trust and have faith that those words are true... and God will be faithful to us... and we will become his children... and have an inheritance in the kingdom of God (heaven)... and we will spend eternity with the Lord... instead of perishing (dying)... we will have a life everlasting.

So think about it... will ya? It is really easy to become a child of God. All you have to do... is ask. If I had not yet asked Jesus to come into my heart and be my Lord and savior... these are some of the things I would like to know about...


1. GOD'S PLAN - Peace and Eternal Life

God loves you and wants you to experience His peace and eternal life. The BIBLE says..."For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16

2. MAN'S PROBLEM - Separation

Being at peace with God is not automatic because you by nature are separated from God. The BIBLE says... "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23

3. GOD'S REMEDY - The Cross

God's love bridges the gap of separation between God and you. When Jesus Christ died on the Cross and rose from the grave, He paid the penalty for your sins. The BIBLE says... "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree (cross), so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed." 1 Peter 2:24

4. MAN'S RESPONSE - Receive Christ

You cross the bridge into God's family when you receive Christ by personal invitation. The BIBLE says... "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God..." John 1:12

SEVEN STEPS TO SALVATION
Men still cry, "What must I do to be saved?" The Bible provides a clear answer.

BELIEVE: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16). "Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned" (Mark 16:16).

RECEIVE: "He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God" (John 1:11,12).

ACKNOWLEDGE: (YOUR SIN) "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). "...God, have mercy on me, a sinner." (Luke 18:13).

REPENT: (OF YOUR SIN) "...But unless you repent, you too will all perish." (Luke 13:3). "Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord." (Acts 3:19).

CONFESS: (YOUR SIN) "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9). "If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:9).

FORSAKE: (YOUR SIN) "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the evil man his thoughts. Let him return unto the Lord...for he will abundantly pardon" (Isaiah 55:7).

WASH AWAY: (YOUR SIN) "And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name." (Acts 22:16)

Jesse Duplantis has such a way with words (God's words through him)... far beyond anything I could ever come close to... this link takes you to his site... right to the page where he asks you if you know Jesus... http://www.jdm.org/jesus.htm#prayer

I am copying and pasting from his site to mine... the following is the prayer of salvation that is on Jesse Duplantis' site...

"Lord Jesus, I know that I need You. I've done things my own way up until now, and I realize that I need your love and forgiveness in my life. I believe that You died for my sins on the cross, and I ask you to forgive me of my sins. I don't want to live the way I have been living. I want to turn away from this old life and live right before You.

"I am trusting You and I am making a decision to follow You, Jesus. So, I ask You to come into my life and make a change in my heart right now. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you for dying for me and for being there, right now, for me. I accept You as my Lord and Savior! I accept that your Word is true and I will begin to follow you from this moment forward! Thank you for coming into my life. Thank you for receiving me into your family, God! In Jesus' name I pray, Amen."

I would love to see you in heaven! Be blessed... and know that God loves you! (And so do I!!)