ENJOY YOURSELF TODAY!
-Stancil M. Brown
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Saturday, June 29, 2013
June 29, 2013, "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant -Robert Louis Stevenson
Friday, June 28, 2013
June 28, 2013, "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
Be who God called you to be not who the devil tries to convince you you're not.
-Stancil M. Brown
Thursday, June 27, 2013
June 27, 2013, "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
- Champions are willing to walk away from something they desire to protect something else they love. -Dr. Mike Murdock
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
June 24, 2013, "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
When a woman decides to take on a man's role, she is rejecting herself.
-Ida Mae Hammond
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Today From Be in Health...
Be in Health™
We don't have to have it all figured out. The enemy and the world we live in will often put pressure on you to have what you want to do figured out, the right way to do it, and the time frame it is going to take. There is so much value put on performing and performing correctly that it is easy to get swept up in this mindset. This mindset is based on you, and can take away a dependence on God.
God promises that He has good plans for us, to give us hope and a future. (Jer. 29:11) When we get too caught up in our own plans, we remove God from the picture. He promises that as we delight ourselves in Him that He will give us the desires of our heart. (Ps. 37:4) It is our decision to try either try and figure it out on our own, or to trust Him that He will finish the good work He started in us.
We should be responsible with the things God gives us, and managing time correctly and planning ahead have value and importance. But it is important to keep in mind that we only have one day at a time, and to let God lead us one step at a time. He is a good God.
Today, when situations arise where you are under pressure to figure situations out, ask God for His help. He will meet you! We do not have to do this by ourselves. (Phil. 4:13)
We don't have to have it all figured out. The enemy and the world we live in will often put pressure on you to have what you want to do figured out, the right way to do it, and the time frame it is going to take. There is so much value put on performing and performing correctly that it is easy to get swept up in this mindset. This mindset is based on you, and can take away a dependence on God.
God promises that He has good plans for us, to give us hope and a future. (Jer. 29:11) When we get too caught up in our own plans, we remove God from the picture. He promises that as we delight ourselves in Him that He will give us the desires of our heart. (Ps. 37:4) It is our decision to try either try and figure it out on our own, or to trust Him that He will finish the good work He started in us.
We should be responsible with the things God gives us, and managing time correctly and planning ahead have value and importance. But it is important to keep in mind that we only have one day at a time, and to let God lead us one step at a time. He is a good God.
Today, when situations arise where you are under pressure to figure situations out, ask God for His help. He will meet you! We do not have to do this by ourselves. (Phil. 4:13)
Friday, June 21, 2013
June 21, 2013, "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
A man will not be influenced spiritually through sex appeal.
-Ida Mae Hammond
Thursday, June 20, 2013
June 20, 2013, "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
“Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility! Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate! Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness!”
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
June 19, 2013, "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
Outward filth and clutter is indicative of an inward problem.
-Ida Mae Hammond
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
June 18, 2013, "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
"Come early, stay late, work hard, stay physically fit, and you don't have to cheat to win."
-Jeff Lamb
Monday, June 17, 2013
June 17, 2013, "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
The hidden things of God are not discovered until we are treading the path of obedience.
~ Henry Jowett
~ Henry Jowett
Saturday, June 15, 2013
June 15, 2013, "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
Take your burdens, and troubles, and losses, and wrongs, if come they must and will, as your opportunities, knowing that God has girded you for greater things than these.
~ Horace Bushnell
Friday, June 14, 2013
June 14, 2013, "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
True peace is when the soul revolves around its center, Almighty God, craving for nothing but what God continually supplies. Since the soul is large enough to contain the infinite God, nothing less than Himself can satisfy or fill it.
~ Edward B. Pusey
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
June 12, 2013, "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
Monday, June 10, 2013
June 10, 2013, "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
Saturday, June 8, 2013
June 8, 2013, "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.”
Friday, June 7, 2013
Thursday, June 6, 2013
June 6, 2013 "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.”
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
June 5, 2013 "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
“Courage: the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
June 4, 2013, "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Monday, June 3, 2013
Sunday, June 2, 2013
June 2, 2013, "Inspirational Quote of the Day"
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Finding My True Safe Place
This morning, in my quiet time, I realized that I haven't been fair. There are a lot of relationships in my life that have ended poorly. Now don't get me wrong, some of them needed to end, however, it was how they ended that could have been a better reflection of God's love.
I realized I was holding on to so much hurt, that I was trying to create
multiple places of safety in those relationships instead of dealing with the
hurt from the broken ones. Most importantly, I did not deal with the
relationship that mattered most… my broken relationship with my Heavenly
Father.
Over the years, in my creating of
these “safe places”, instead of turning to the Lord, I have blamed the Lord for
the hurt that I received from these safe places. They were not ones that He
ordained, but ones that I created illegally, meaning without His permission. I
was trying to create places with other people because I no longer felt safe
with Him.
How can I not feel safe with the one who
created me, you ask? I never allowed myself to separate the person from their “sin”.
I didn't realize they were “hurt” people too. Unfortunately, the most hurt came
from those in leadership, the ones who were supposed to reflect Father God’s
love to me. Some of the hurt I experienced was so deep that it turned to
bitterness. I figured that they were suppose to be men of God, so my hatred went
past the man and went directly to God. I not only blamed Him for the hurt they
had caused, but myself for allowing me to get hurt- which led me to play the
creator and create what I thought would be a safe place for me. In reality, I
was just connecting with other hurt individuals who either refused to deal with
their hurt or were perishing because they were too blinded to realize that they
were hurt.
Eventually, I would
forgive everyone but the two people who mattered most, myself and God! And with
this unforgiveness, I developed self- hatred because I was mad that I couldn't
fix it! I couldn't undo the hurt that was caused because I failed to realize
that the true source of my hurt wasn't God, and it wasn't me, but the devil! He
was the real enemy! He is the father of lies! It was him that encouraged me to
live in self- hatred, self-pity, and bitterness
towards myself and God because he knew that if he could encourage me to disconnect,
then he could encourage me to self sabotage my destiny.
Self-sabotage? Yes, because to say that "the devil made you
do it" is a lie! However, by saying that you are saying that, you are
saying the devil is more powerful than God. And that is not true. Even the Bible
says that we are presented with two choices “life or death…choose life.”
“I call
heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you
life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and
thy seed may live:” Deuteronomy 30:19
Any and everything that we have done in our lives has not been
forced, but influenced. We have been given the power to make our own choices. The
question is who is influencing you?
I know it is my desire that God would influence all of my
decisions. And now, even in those moments when I feel hurt and want to create a
“safe place” for myself, knowing that HE is my safe place provides me a sense
of comfort in knowing that He will always be by my side.
“God is our refuge and strength, a very
present help in trouble.” - Psalm 46:1
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