The Position of Power

The Position of Power


TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense”
(Proverbs 19:11, AMP)

TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
Every day, we have opportunities to get upset, be frustrated or get offended. Maybe you had plans that didn’t work out, or someone was rude to you at the office. Maybe you were doing something that should have taken one hour, and it ended up taking three. Life is full of inconveniences, but even though we can’t always control our circumstances, we can control our reaction. I heard somebody say, “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond.”

We should always go out each day with a positive attitude, full of hope and expecting God’s favor. But at the same time, we should recognize that most days are not going to go exactly as we planned. Remember, we were created to live in peace. Peace is our position of power. If you get stressed because you got off schedule or upset because your child wouldn’t eat his breakfast, or frustrated because somebody offended you, you’re are giving away your power. Instead, make the decision to release those offenses and disappointments so you can live in peace and enjoy the day as a blessing God prepared for you!

A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father in heaven, today I release every care, concern, offense and disappointment to You. I choose to keep the peace that You have given me. I look forward to today knowing that You are with me and leading me in victory in Jesus’ name! Amen.

— Joel & Victoria Osteen

Answer the Door to Joy

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Answer the Door

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“...Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning”
(Psalm 30:5, NKJV)

TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
When you wake up each morning, God sends you a special delivery of joy. It’s like it comes knocking at the door of your heart every day. The problem is that some people never answer the door. It’s right there, month after month, year after year saying, “Come on! Let me in! You can be happy! You can cheer up! You can enjoy your life!” The way to answer the door is to get up and choose an attitude of faith and expectancy by declaring that “today is going to be a good day.” When you start the day like that, you are choosing to receive the gift of joy that God sent to you.

Today, make up your mind to answer the door to joy! Get up every morning and say, “Father, thank You for another beautiful day. I’m going to be happy. I’m going to enjoy this day because You are faithful. I’m going to brighten someone else’s life. I am choosing to receive Your gift of joy and passing it on to others because I love You, and I know that I am called for Your purposes!”

A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father, thank You for the gift of joy every single morning. I choose right now to set my focus and heart on You. Help me, by Your Holy Spirit, to put You first each and every day so that I can know Your love and joy in everything I do in Jesus’ name. Amen.

— Joel & Victoria Osteen

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer

This is from Joel & Victoria Osteen's Word of the day...It is so inspiring...

Be Joyful in Hope

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer”
(Romans 12:12, NIV)

TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
God has given you everything you need in order to enjoy your life. Think about that for a minute. What is keeping you from living life to the full? You may not be in the home you want. You may not have the exact job you would like. Maybe you’re single and really want to be married. If you focus on these temporary things, it opens the door to comparison and frustration.

It’s good to have big dreams. It’s good to want to increase. But if you start comparing yourself to others, it opens the door for the enemy to steal your joy. If you don’t learn to be happy where you are, you’ll never get to where you want to be. But if you’ll choose to be happy, refuse self-pity and refuse to complain, then you are sowing good seeds for God to take you where you want to be in your future.

Friend, realize today that God is directing your steps. You have a future and a hope. Take joy in knowing that He is working all things together for your good according to His divine plan. Stay in faith, focus on Him and obey His commands. Soon, you’ll see those new doors open so you can walk boldly into the place of blessing God has in store for you!

A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father, today I choose to put my hope and trust in You. I know that You are working all things together for my good. I refuse self-pity. I refuse to compare. I choose joy and the divine plan You have prepared for me in Jesus’ name! Amen.

— Joel & Victoria Osteen

The world is getting smaller...

Have you noticed as you get older the world gets smaller and younger... Everywhere I turn I find the spaces left for me are tinier and tinier...I don't suppose it could be me growing larger and larger...nahh. The men are definitely getting younger and younger. Where are all the MEN, not boys, but MEN?? Anyone who is in his 40's and a born-again Christian...where are you? Have you been shrunk out by the ever squishing spaces of life too? Man up & show yourselves...

Time to move on from self destructive habits and people...focus on what is truly important...the Lord & me...I have not spent nearly enough time with either in the past year.

2011, you have your work cut out for you...

"Let's roll..." Todd Beamer United Flight 93 09/11/2001

Well, we are nearing the end of a year that defies description. Everything has been life altering to say the least. I have just finished 6 months of work on a live theater show. While I have one more project this year, I no longer need to be in the theater building itself...except for watching others work to entertain me...

I am needing to get back to basics. Weight loss, exercise, better sleep habits, catching up with my non-theater and non-church friends, eliminating the drama of men in my life, and most importantly getting back into and staying in the Word of God.

I am enjoying a small Bible study group that meets every other week. Sometimes it is just the leaders and me...I love that...lot's of me time in the Word & in prayer.

Let's do this thing...let's roll...

It's the Little Things

Why is it the little things in life are what trip us up? We can have death, disaster, all sorts of tragedy happen, but put a mouse in our house...look out! My life has been turned absolutely upside down this past couple of weeks since I discovered an infestation in my apartment. We have tried DCon peanut butter traps, pouches of poison, and numerous prayers for them to just evaporate. I am going on very little sleep at this point. I just want to get back to the safety & serenity I felt in my own home. What really chafes me is that I am paying for this experience! Fortunately I have a resident manager who is somewhat sympathetic & is trying to come up with any solution.

I just need to get the heck out of Dodge...if I had more avaiable funds I would spend a night in a hotel just to get a good day & nights rest...

Life is what happens while you're busy making plans...

I have spent the better part of this year in mourning. Mourning over the loss of a job/income in January, mourning over the thought of losing my father, mourning over weight, and mourning over the actual loss of my father. It's time for life.

I went to my annual family reunion yesterday on a beautiful day here in the Pacific NW on a beautiful rocky river shore. I had with me my dad's side of the family and one good friend. The friend was there just for me...or so I thought... The friend soon bonded with my family and "played" pirates of the mighty Salmon River for most of the day...:) It was the best day I have had in a long time. I did not even have time to stop & realize who was missing. Yet when I stop now to think, I realize it was he who brought us all together. Heaven smiled.

Life goes on...Thank the Good Lord...