Faith Can Move Mountains

Faith Can Move Mountains: Day 41~ Be Efficient with Your Time~ God's Will or... : Welcome to day 41!! God is so good! I have enjoyed learning more and more about the God I serve. These last few weeks have allowed me to g...

Welcome to day 41!! God is so good! I have enjoyed learning more and more about the God I serve. These last few weeks have allowed me to grow deeper in my faith. We are continuing our discussion through Joyce Meyer's book, " 100 Ways to Simplify Your Life." Day 41~ Be Efficient with Your Time~ Our scripture reading comes from Colossians 4:5, " Behave yourselves wisely [ living prudently and with discretion] in your relations with those of the outside world (non-Christians), making the very most of the time and seizing (buying up) the opportunity." To make our life easy, we should consider how we use our time. I am sure we all have heard this saying, " time is money." When we are wasting time on things that we don't really need to do, we are wasting God's precious gift. He has given us new mercies every morning but we are stuck in what happened yesterday. God gives us time to learn how to manage things and to develop relationships ...

Welcome to day 40 devotional reading and reflection through our discuss of Joyce Meyer's book, "100 Ways to Simplify Your Life." We have noticed throughout this book a lot of themes that interlock with each other and there is a reason for it. God is personal therefore our lives our personal. God has boundaries in what is acceptable to be close to him. We need to be careful of what we accept for those in our circles to be close to us. Day 40 ~ Choosing Whose In Your Circle~ Our scripture reading comes from Proverbs 22:24, " Make no friendships with a man given to anger, and with a wrathful man do not associate." Another way we sometimes complicate our lives is by the company we keep. Yes it is stated that we need to be a friend to all and be kind to all those who we meet. The issue lies with those that we allow to take our time that already have a complicated life. If you spend most of your time with those who are negative, angry, or rude, you will soo...

Welcome to day 39 in our devotional reading and reflection through our discussion on Joyce Meyer's book, " 100 Ways to Simplify Your Life." We are going to take a deeper look into Reasoning. Reasoning can be either good or bad, but we have to remember that God does want us to make wise decisions. He also warns us not to always try to figure him out because He is the God who knows all things. Day 39~ Avoid Excessive Reasoning~ Our scripture reading comes from Proverbs 3:5, " Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding." How many of us like to be the problem solver or the one who needs to know all the details of something? I am that person more than I realized! Let's breakdown some definitions like excessive is going beyond what is usual, normal, or proper. The definition behind reasoning is the act or process of drawing conclusions form facts or evidence. W...

Welcome to day 38 with our discussion through Joyce Meyer's book, " 100 ways to simplify your life." The biggest thing that we worry about is our children. I don't have any children of my own, but I feel I am still responsible for all the children I meet. It is so important to realize how special each one is. We are going to look deeper in how not to worry so much over our children that are placed into our lives. Day 38 ~ Don't Worry About Your Children~ Our scripture reading is from Matthew 6:27, " And who of you by worrying and being anxious can add one unit of measure (cubit) to his stature or to the span of his life?" Worrying is like a rocking chair that keeps rocking but you aren't going nowhere. I am not a parent but I have babysat, raised nieces and nephews, and was a daycare teacher for 20 years. It is hard sometimes not to worry about them. My nieces and nephews are my heart ! I would do anything for them. They are back here in N...

Welcome to day 37 as we continue our discussion through our reading of Joyce Meyer's book, " 100 Ways to simplify your life." I pray that each one of you are enjoying this journey with me and that you were able to grow deeper with God in your faith. Day 37~ Stop Doing Things You Don't Do Well~ Our scripture reading comes from Proverbs 3:6, " In all your ways, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths." So many of us struggle in our jobs and our life because we are not focusing on what we are good at. We are just filling in a space for work to receive a paycheck or we are doing things because we were raised to do certain things. Some of us, if we had to sit down and list what are strengths and weaknesses are, couldn't list them. The last four years throughout my college experience, I soon began to understand my strengths and identify my weaknesses. If my comrades where in this room they can list t...

Welcome to day 36 devotional and reflection based on our reading through Joyce Meyer's book " 100 ways to simplify your life. "  I pray that God has made His presence known to you in a special way! Day 36 ~ Be Positive ~ Our scripture reading comes from Ephesians 4: 23, " And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having  a fresh mental and spiritual attitude ]." With so much going on in our world,  being positive is not easily found nor is it encouraged! Throughout the last few days we have seen what negative feelings can do and we have seen how being positive in the mist of a stressful situation can be more beneficial! You want to make a change,  it has to start with you first,  then those around you and soon it catches on! The reporters are stressing how the atmosphere felt as they walked the path with protesters, they felt things were peaceful compared to nights before of heaviness of grief! Let's bring it to another personal perspe...