You are a winner!

Forget what negative people have to say! Just remember what God says about you. You are victorious!

Take care of your heart

God will cling to and favor those who have a clean heart/mind/soul.

1 Samuel 16:7

Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart

Here in this scripture mentioned above God is calling us to fully examine ourselves from the inside out. It is easy to put on masks and hide things we don’t want to deal with. The challenging part is dealing with those things we tend to suppress. We tend to clean up what others can see so that we are presentable. When in reality our inner being is a mess. This actually hinders us from reaching our full potential. Just because we choose to ignore things that we suppress for a time in order to look presentable does not mean they are gone. Some thing or some one will trigger them and they will come up and show an ugly side of us that we never intended to show. That is what God is concerned with He wants us to deal with the issues that bother us and are unlike Him.

God is particularly concerned with your heart because it is where you hide your most personal thoughts. It’s your secret place. Here you can put A LOT. You will begin to act out what you place in your heart.

Its time to clean it up! If God is to reside within our hearts it should be clean,pure, inviting, open, willing, and ready to receive what it is He has for us. It is our duty to do our best to keep the heart clean for God. Of course we will need His help because we can’t do it on our own. Although the big decision is ours to first let go of those yucky things.

Ask yourself these questions.

Is my heart prepared for the King?

Is any part of my heart off limits?

What things have I hidden in  my heart?

 

New chapter

How can you see the brightness of the future by looking behind you?

“Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭3:13-14‬ ‭

Many of us spend time dwelling on things that shouldn’t have our attention very long. We keep going over the same things time after time. The enemy loves to get us lingering among negative things that prevent us from moving forward. We begin picking things we want to take from situations instead of seeing things for what they truly are.

By going into the past and digging up things and dwelling on them it hinders our ability to progress and move forward. Not saying its an easy task to let go. Simply because it is not! However it must be done in some situations. We need to take our hands off helpless situations and turn them over to God who is the way maker and allow Him to move. God can and will help you with these seemingly difficult tasks if you surrender them to Him.

If you’re struggling with past things and are ready to move forward in peace say this prayer:

God,

I am having trouble moving forward. Help me deal with my past so that I can move forward in you. I am tired of dwelling on things that cannot change. Help me to see myself through Your eyes. Help me to realize the potential and purpose in my life. Highlight the qualities in me that honor you. Makeover the qualities that are not like you. I am ready to step into the future that you have for me. Let your will be done in my life. In Jesus’ name Amen!