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Encouraging yourself

Sometimes this seems like an impossible thing to do. We want everyone around us to be in tune with how well we are doing or how nice we look or whatever.

Sometimes we just have to listen to that still, small voice inside of us and encourage ourself. Holy Spirit is that still, small voice and we have to let it speak louder and be the voice that we listen to and not the other voice that keeps telling us that you are nothing, you are worthless, no one really cares about you!!! Lies, lies, lies!!

Learn to chase those stinkin lies away!! Wow, I’m so outta my comfort zone right now,  that I have to do that lots. Then it just becomes second nature.

Even if someone treats you badly. Really, if you didn’t do anything wrong to them, then the issue just might be them, and not you!! We don’t have to take other people’s shame and guilt on!!

It’s so freeing to realize these things. Sometimes people would like to project their own issues on you!! Well we really don’t have to deal with their stuff!!

1 Samuel 30:6 is about David encouraging himself in the Lord. Different versions say it different ways, but he had many things coming against him and had to learn how to encourage himself in the Lord.

I have to do some things this morning, get up in front of people, the enemy would like to tell me that I can’t do this, but I will say, ” Yes, I will encourage myself in the Lord, and I WILL do what God wants me to do!! ”

Yesterday I had to do it too, even while I’m writing this, I have to do it! We just have to listen to the voice of truth!!

Don’t give in to those lies❤

Listen to encouraging words❤

Sometimes people are too beat down themselves, to encourage us, so we have to encourage them, along with encouraging ourselves!!❤

The more we lift up others, the more we will be lifted up, even if we don’t see it for a while!!❤

Pay it forward!❤

Be blessed today and don’t give up!!❤

See you soon❤

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Finding the gold…

This is what I love to do!! I can’t say that I always do it perfectly but it is my goal to find the gold and pull it out of whoever I am around.

I want to show Jesus to a cruel world that doesn’t understand who HE is. I am someone that needs lots of encouragement to keep going so I figure lots of others do too!!

Some people have only heard lies about themselves and we need to help them know the truth about who they really are. Sometimes we can speak what someone is into existence.

I somehow got this video the other day about a young man that was only 19 and dropped out of college because he wanted to be an entrepreneur and he didn’t feel like his professor  really knew how to teach him to do that.

Actually, the young man was right. He wrote a book and it went viral. He now has a Self Publishing School and helps many many folks write books and publish them in 3 months.

After I watched this, I got so inspired. I know that I have lots of words to help others. I started praying whether I should join his school because I need help in publishing a book.

I wanted to just jump in but I’m not really impulsive about spending money like that. It was around $300 to join. And that much 2 more times. I had a man that popped into HERRIN from France, a young man named Pasgal. Pasgal spoke over me that I would have many best sellers and even help others publish books.

Well how would I help others publish books if I didn’t know how to publish one myself? Prophecy is still real for today. You have to weigh it out and check it out and wait for confirmation, but it is a gift that is still in operation today. In fact, I have had it spoke over me many times that I would write a book.

It happened Sunday night, I got my confirmation. We go to a fellowship in Herrin on Sunday nights and Marty went out to get the car and bring it up to the door. I looked out and saw a guy out there talking to him so I waited.

Finally, the guy came in and I went out. I didn’t even ask for a little while what he said. Then I said, ” Oh, what did Carl say?” Marty said, “Oh! He said that someone was going to ask me for $300 dollars and I was supposed to give it to them!” Bingo!! You can’t make these things up!!

That’s all I needed to know that I was supposed to proceed on with plans!! Sometimes when something is spoken over us like that, we have to have faith to proceed on with walking it out! There is a price to pay sometimes!!

But why wouldn’t God want me to do this? It’s about HIM and not me anyway!! I joined yesterday!!

Books are coming❤

No doubts now❤

Finding the gold in others❤

Don’t give up❤

Get around the right folks❤

See you soon❤

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Enjoy…

Just want to encourage you today to remember to enjoy life. It doesn’t matter what you are dealing with, find little nuggets along the way. Life isn’t meant to be just endured, it’s meant for fulfillment and pleasure along the way.

If we are finding ourselves in a place where we aren’t enjoying life, it might be time to check out what we are doing. Are we letting someone else steal our joy? Are we letting bitternesss or unforgiveness steal our joy?? Are we being stubborn or unteachable about something or someone?

We can’t have lots of things going on inside and really enjoy life, we have to throw them overboard!! Yes!! Gotta get rid of excess baggage!!

I’m so excited right now because I am a people person and getting to know lots of new people. It’s so fun because it ends up being such a small world. Someone from here ends up knowing someone from there and what it all boils down to is that we are all connected in one way or another.

Life can be fun and we can enjoy!! There is always that opposition coming along trying to stop us! It can sneak up from nowhere!! In fact, it’s so funny… I actually wrote this a couple of days ago and decided that I wanted to put a song on here. Well, I played around trying to figure out how to get it on here and ended up not posting the page for about 3 days!!

See what I mean?? Opposition!! I started writing a new page this morning and couldn’t think of anything to write about!! Bahaha!!! That’s a lie and a joke!! Almost fell for it and I decided to pick up this post again!!

This week the reality of the way we are really getting to help so many people hit me. Wow!! These middle school children and the things they deal with!! Tugs at your heart. Some don’t want to go home. I’m so happy to get to love on them. Then the adults we have the honor of ministering to and praying for… I have to say I ENJOY doing this, it’s what I was created for.

I hope you can find good things about life today!! I get to meet 3 friends for lunch today, move a young friend’s things to a storage building, that we got in a home for girls that have been sex trafficked, see 2 grandchildren for a couple of hours, and have a date night with my man!!

That’s a fun day after a busy week!! I hope life is treating you well!! Remember to enjoy!! Remember to take care of you in the middle of other things!! I mean really do that!!!

Smell the roses🌹

Include Jesus and prayer❤

Help others❤

Keep moving forward❤

Throw baggage overboard❤

See you soon❤

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Orphan lifestyle…

This is an often not discussed subject. There are many roaming around with this life going on and not realizing it. From childhood hurts and trauma and pain they have learned how to live this way.

By learning Restoring The Foundations and walking people through these prayers we really are learning a new revelation of how this is happening. Many people had such an awful childhood that there was a time they actually divorced their parents or even whole family. This begins the cycle of an orphan lifestyle. Thank God it can be broken.

There is so much divorce going on in families that children figure if Dad doesn’t want our family, why should I? If Mom took off, why can’t I? I’m so excited to be able to be helping out at a place full of middle school age kids. Showing them Gods love and acceptance. I’m thankful to be helping adults also, showing them Gods love and acceptance, with our prayer sessions in our home.

I have to say, that if I hadn’t experienced all of the things I have been through, my heart wouldn’t  be so big for helping others. I’ve said before, we are surely not an island. We have to find SOMEONE that we can trust and talk to about things.

There are people in this world we can trust. If someone hurts you, it’s ok, just get back up and have a little more wisdom and trust again. I am not saying that flippantly, because sometimes people can hurt us worse than we can imagine! I’m just saying, work through it, take the steps you need to take to forgive, grieve it if you have to, and move on!! Don’t stay in that hurt and bitterness forever!! No matter what it is!

I am so happy to be so surrounded by so many people that I can trust right now. I did not do that, God did. I just had to persevere and stay in one place even though it took years to feel this way.

It’s so funny, I was being trained for ministry where I used to live and when I moved here one of the pastors told me that if I moved I was missing my purpose and calling. I knew that God put Marty in my life and that I was supposed to do it. Do you know how many days, months, and years it looked like he was right?

I had to hold on to the promises that God had spoke to Marty and I in the beginning when Marty had the dream and the man he worked with confirmed it. That’s what faith has to do. Persevere and hang onto the promises. Whew it is so exciting and fulfilling and bigger than anything I ever imagined!! Don’t give up!!

Most of it really had nothing to do with me! God literally made it happen! He’s just looking for a broken and contrite spirit that He can work through. Sometimes it only happens through the process!

Do not give up❤

He has a family for you❤

Keep persevering❤

Everyone is special❤

See you soon❤

 

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Turn it around…

Hi!! Every once in a while I start getting hit in my mind with, “What are you writing for? You don’t have anything to say that anyone doesn’t already know!!” Ha! What came to me this morning is, “Turn it around!!”

Im not really able to do that without strength from God, but I can choose what I want to think about anything, right? Well today I choose to turn those crazy lies around!! I can write  if I want, and actually I enjoy it so why not do it?

There have been many things in my life that could have been very hideous if I hadn’t made the decision to turn my thinking around. When you go through different hard things, it’s very easy to get stuck in stinking thinking and get beat down. If you make the decision to SHIFT and turn things around…you can overcome in many ways!!

I don’t think we realize sometimes just how negative we can be. I can remember the day exactly, that I got more determined about overcoming and thinking differently. It’s very easy to fall back and stop doing it too. You have to be intentional about it!! It’s not what our mind will automatically do!!

What I actually did when I started thinking like that the last time was to actually take an online webinar class!! I saw how a young lady was teaching about putting your blogs on Pinterest. Wow, that was something new for me. It opened a whole new world I hadn’t learned about yet. I’ve just tapped into maybe making an ecourse and actually selling stuff…

Im learning a new thing, that’s a turn around from starting to think I’m not doing anyone any good. You get it? That’s what I mean about changing your thinking!! Now it’s all exciting again and I’m plunging into new areas!! That is the way our whole life can be!! Opportunities are endless!!

Can you think of a way you can turn your thinking around? Different opportunities? Different perspectives? Start researching things…get around different surroundings!! I’ve got my thinking cap on now, praying for more creativity from above. Our brains can expand bigger!!

Are there any ways that you are staying too small? Plunge in and think bigger!! Think differently!! Make a difference for other people!! Help others change their mindsets too!! We ALL can use a SHIFT to help us get back on track!!

If this blog helps you in any way can you give me some feed back and tell me different subjects or ideas that you would like to hear? I’m growing, changing, and learning, so any comments are welcome!! I am very thankful for every one of you!!

The Bible says, “Take every thought captive!” That proves that we can do it!!

Start today!❤

Don’t give up❤

Help others too❤

Change our world❤

See you soon❤