Breakfast For Your Soul

Friday, January 30, 2009

 
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

[ Galatians 5:1]

Time to Clean House

Good Morning Beloved,

Happy Friday!

Remember the little nursery song:

Clean-up, clean-up
Everybody get some toys.
Clean-up, clean-up
All the little girls and boys.
Clean-up, clean-up
Everybody do your share.
Clean-up, clean-up
Everybody, everywhere.

It is a good place to start as we’re taking inventory of our situation.  Identifying the areas in our lives that need a little ‘tidying up’.  Cleaning up our act so to speak.  Spiritually (that is the first order of business).  Jesus bought our freedom with His own blood.  He placed us in right standing with Almighty God and now we are sons and daughters of God.  We have so many options, but with choices come greater responsibilities.  We are endowed with the power of God by His Spirit, we are loved by God, we have been cleansed by God … we are ready.  We have been given the tools we need to live successful Godly lives, and now we have work to do… internally and externally.  Sitting at the feet of Jesus and soaking in His Word, and then putting into practice what I’ve learned is working on the inside.  Now, I am on the hunt for the excessive, and unecessary in my life on the outside.  Little faith, time, energy and money stealers that must be firmly dealt with.  I am looking over bills, in order to trim the fat off of them.  I noticed a charge on one bill that I don’t even remember agreeing to…. it will be cut.  What is not being used, has got to go.  Clothes not worn, unused stuff, clutter…. gotta go, gotta go, gotta go.  It is amazing how suffocating a cluttered life is.  I watched a talk show many years ago, where the guests had been very wealthy at one time, but gave their money away.  They established foundations and lived simply.  Why?  The wealth had become overwhelming, and they no longer wanted to deal with it.  Now, that has never been my issue, but clutter has.  We are a sentimental family that has a tendency to hold on to things. We are getting better.  I’ve found if it doesn’t come into the house, we don’t have to worry about getting rid of it later.  We have chosen items and services that we really want, and those that we can live without… gotta go… gotta go… gotta go!….. ahhhhhh… freedom….

… that my friend is Good News!

“Shackles”, Mary Mary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRayKxgePQI

“My Soul Is Anchored”, Trin-n-tee 5:7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XOGD9M3Ox0

Don’t Worry -Matthew 6:26,27 12 of 109   It can be easy to let yourself fall into the trap of worrying about money. We must learn to trust that God will take care of us, and provide for us, just as He takes care of the birds

Dynamite -Mark 11:22 13 of 109   The power of God can remove any obstacle that is preventing you from getting to where God wants you to be. Our faith allows God to release His power in our lives, to remove the mountains in our way.

Don’t Open That Door -Genesis 4:7 14 of 109   Temptation may seem harmless, but it will lead to sin, which is not harmless at all. If we confess our sin, we will be forgiven (I John 1:9), but that doesn’t mean that we will escape all of the consequences for our sin. January 20, 2007

Thursday, November 13, 2008

 For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.

(Psalms 139:13-16)

“Fearfully and Wonderfully Made”

That should take care of low self-esteem once and for all.  We are fearfully and wonderfully made … God doesn’t make junk, so when junk happens…. it’s not His fault.

Remember what God said in Genesis.  He called everything He made good.  We may have a few stains and wrinkles here and there.  A couple of dings, maybe a few holes… but our God has made provision for all of that.  When we sin, we have an advocate with the Father— Jesus.  When we feel tired and rundown, we are told that He will renew our strength.  When we feel weighted down by life… He told us to cast all of our cares upon Him, because He cares for us.  When we feel our physical body is caring too much weight… the bible says that our bodies are the temple of God, therefore, we ought to take care of it because it is precious.  It is after all the only one we get down here.  Fearfully and wonderfully made.  When we see fear in the bible, it can mean “terror”, or it can mean “respect”.  When I read that we are “fearfully” made, I take that to mean that great respect and care was used in the process.  We are the only created entity that has been honored to be made in the image and after likeness of God Himself …

Made To Fly -Ephesians 2:10 79 of 101   God has a purpose and a plan for each of us, and in Christ, He has already given us all that we need to fulfill that plan. May 11, 2008