Chapter 21: Lord, Comfort me in Times of Trouble

Heeeelloooo pretty ladies!! And Happy Spring!  Can you believe we're almost done?!  Just 9 more chapters to go.  This book has been a blessing in terms of showing me what I should pray for and teaching me about God's promises.  While many of the chapters may not apply to us directly in the season that we are in, they're definitely good to bookmark for the future when we come across challenges. 

Chapter 21 is like that for me.  Bad times will come to each of us (and I'm confident that we have already experienced some in our 20-something years of life).  James 1:2 NKJ says "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials"... so that when lets us know that just a matter of time.  What a great reminder this chapter was in that beyond the dark clouds there's a place of peace.  No matter what God is ready and available to comfort us and to help us.  I love verses 3 and 4 of James 1, which lets us know that the tough times produces patience and patience is having its perfect work within us during these times. 

If you're going through a tough situation right now, know that God has not forgotten you and He is there to comfort you and will see you through.  If all is roses right now, still arm yourself with the word of God for when the tough times come. I know that's what I need to focus on. 

Love you all XOXOX

~Lety

Lord Let Me Free From Negative Emotions Capt 20

“…All things are possible to anyone who believes and obeys God….But we have to pray” This chapter has just spoken to me because I have been in position where there is so much going in on in my life that I have not time to pray and I just feel as if God has forsaken me at that moment. But I always forget is that God works best when we are in hard situations and still pray, because as humans we tend to shown away from his face, isolate ourselves, be discouraged and depressed. Look at it this way: if we have a friend that we cannot talk to in the hard moments then that friend is not a friend to us therefore you need to change that. The same applies to God, he is our friend of friends, the one who no matter how much the world hates and forsakes us will always be there, and if we are not able to talk to God then who will we talk to? Then that means that God is not our friend. I always tell myself if I can’t change my friends then I must change my friends. One thing that Stormie spoke about is being content in the state that you are in life. I think that in my entire life there was only one situation where I felt uncomfortable with a situation I was in. I found myself complaining about not being able to graduate soon and constantly looked at my people I graduated high school and the position they were in and I always compared myself to others specially my close friends. After I realized that my complaints only delayed me from reaching my goals and I had to accept that God does things his own way and that if I continue on that path I was going to block away so many blessings in my life. Every time I thought that this is it I am going to graduate this year or next semester something always came up and I never did. As soon as I let God finish what he has started and said LET THY WILL BE DONE ONTO MY LIFE, I didn’t have to move a finger things just fell onto places like it was nothing. I am now graduating in May, the thing was I wasn’t even certain that I was going to graduate, but then later everything started happening opposite of what my mind believed. I believe it happened that way because I had accepted it and learned to live comfortably in that position, therefore God turn the tables for me. Stormie gives us 7 ways to get free from negative emotions and without noticing sometimes we do actually carry those traits. I for example my struggle is when I get irritated which I noticed it is a VERY BAD habit and even my reverend is telling me to change. I know I don’t get mad but  when I am irritated I don’t care who  you are you will get a SHARP MOUTH response from me specially if you say the wrong thing to me. And one thing a lot of people have told is that “... If Lucia is upset everyone gets upset” that is one of the examples Stormie said in the chapter. So I will be working one these steps:

1. Refuse to be anxious because anxiety shows that we don’t trust that God can take care of us. We just need to pray about.

2. Refuse to be ruled by anger because it opens doors to sin and the devil. It shuts off all God has for us therefore we need to flee from it if we want all that He has for us to flow.

3. Refuse to be dissatisfied because it makes us miserable.

4. Refuse to be envious because it makes your life miserable.

5. Refuse to be depressed because God doesn’t want us to accept this as a way of life.

6. Refuse to be bitter because it takes hold of our lives and cuts off the blessings of God.

7. Refuse to be hopeless because it is death to our souls.

So I will ask you guys to just keep me on your prayers I know it may sound silly but I really want to work on that and I know that prayers can help.

Sorry for the delay and Stay Blessed Ladies Love Y’all.

Chapter 19: Lord Deliver Me From Every Evil Work

     Reading this chapter, the overall message I received was that you can never do anything on your own, whether it be overcoming obstacles, being delivered from addictions/strongholds/soul-ties or anything else, you need God's strength. Whatever it may be, I should always bring it up to God first.We may think we're strong enough to do certain things, but that feeling has a source, which is God and that was the point of His son dying for us; Galatians 1:4 says Jesus "gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father". Now why would we try to do something on our own when there is one who's job is specifically to help us through it?
       God wants us free from anything that will distract our path towards or distance our relationship with Him. He's jealous for our love and paid the ultimate sacrifice to ensure that we belonged to Him wholeheartedly, why not honor Him for His sacrifice with a simple prayer for deliverance. I never really thought about it but its really as simple as recognizing what you need to be free from, and praying to God that He releases you from it (with faith of course). Its always good to have an accountability partner however, to make sure you remember to pray for that particular thing youre struggling with and also to pray for and with you; there's strength in numbers! The prayer at the end of the chapter spoke volumes to me and it was a bit of a wake-up call for certain apprehensive feelings I have been experiencing recently. I ask that you all please pray for my deliverance from certain obstacles Im facing at the moment, as I will surely be praying for you. I love you all dearly, have a great rest of the week. xox
   

   

PRAYER REQUEST

My lovely sisters ,
I seek your help in prayers. Lately i get nervous about every little thing , my heart beats when i even get a phone call . This is not me at all . Everyone that knows me know i am  very confident , not shy ,and speaks up freely . I have a set of interviews coming up and i want you all to extend your hand for me in prayer to conquer any spirit of nervousness and fear and equip me with confidence and wisdom to  claim these jobs if it by the will of  God.  The devil is a liar. Thank you all in advance . Hope you all are having a great week.  God Bless y'all.

Chapter 18: Lord, Give Me Wisdom To Make Right Decisions

Hey Ladies, i hope we are doing well and this new month promises to be e bright one for everyone as begin and live everyday with God.

I found this chapter very relevant because we need wisdom in everything that we do. As Stormie says, in order to get wisdom we must ask it from the giver of all wisdom. Sometimes our ego as humans leads us to believe that we know more than we actually do but in reality, like Stormie realized, only God is all knowing. The phrase that i most identified with and determined to pay more attention to in my own life is "it's easier to see lack of wisdom in others than it is to see it in ourselves" I don't know about other people but there are so many times that i watch movies and i end up yelling at a character on the screen not to do something because looking from the outside in i see what the outcome of their actions will be. Unfortunately they do not know that i exist or that am there and therefor can not head to my warnings. This same scene i imagine is what God sees when he yells at us not to make certain decisions because he is all knowing and sees the outcome of every decision even before we make them. But unlike the characters that i yell at in movies, we as Christians know that God exists and is always trying to warn us and direct us in the decisions that we make but we can not see the decisions that he wants us to make if we do not ask Him for wisdom and the spirit of discernment. As this book has truly taught us so far, the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom so in order to have wisdom we must FIRST Fear God before we can acquire wisdom.

My prayer is that God will help us everyday live our lives in fear of Him and that we will seek His wisdom in everything that we do and do it all by His guidance and not based on our sight.

Truly Blessed and Loved Beloveds!

Putting Into Practice What We've Learned

Hey loves,

I thought this was a great post on putting into practice the Word that we have heard...  Very beneficial for what we do with this book and blog and even the Word we receive at church, etc..

http://purposedriven.com/blogs/dailyhope/index.html?contentid=12484