If God is for us..........

who can be against us? Have you ever thought about this? As we encounter various trials in our every day lives it is good to remember that God is for us. He is not only a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our paths; He works all things together for good!


Scripture for Today:

Romans 8:28-31
28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. 31What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Prayer for Today:

Father, you have called us for a work that we don't always see the purpose of. Open the eyes of our understanding that we would see with Your eyes and trust that you have the best for us in mind.

Challenge: Are you predestined?

What do I know of Holy?

The closer I get to God the more godly I seem to feel. Makes sense right? Then before you know it I am gliding along on those feelings. Sometimes I get prideful about where I'm at or where I think I'm at. It's subtle at first and then it starts to show up in my reactions to things. My thoughts are more filled with judgement rather than grace. Quick tempered. My outlook starts to turn inward rather than toward God. When I humble myself and pray I'm reminded of His holiness and it quickly brings me to the realization that His thoughts are higher than my thoughts and His ways are higher than my ways. I heard this song on the way in to work today which describes it perfectly.

What Do I Know of Holy?
I made You promises a thousand times
I tried to hear from Heaven
But I talked the whole time
I think I made You too small
I never feared You at all
No If You touched my face would I know You?
Looked into my eyes could I behold You?

(CHORUS)
What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion? Where have I even stood But the shore along Your ocean? Are You fire? Are You fury? Are You sacred? Are You beautiful? What do I know? What do I know of Holy?

I guess I thought that I had figured You out
I knew all the stories and I learned to talk about
How You were mighty to save
Those were only empty words on a page
Then I caught a glimpse of who You might be
The slightest hint of You brought me down to my knees

(CHORUS)
What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?Where have I even stoodvBut the shore along Your ocean? Are You fire? Are You fury?Are You sacred? Are You beautiful? What do I know? What do I know of Holy?

(CHORUS 2)What do I know of Holy? What do I know of wounds that will heal my shame? And a God who gave life "its" name? What do I know of Holy? Of the One who the angels praise?

All creation knows Your name
On earth and heaven above
What do I know of this love?

(CHORUS)
What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion? Where have I even stood But the shore along Your ocean? Are You fire? Are You fury?Are You sacred? Are You beautiful? What do I know? What do I know of Holy? What do I know of Holy? What do I know of Holy?


Scriptures for today:

Isaiah 55: 6& 9
:6 Seek the Lord while He may be found. :9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

2 Corinthians 7:1
1 Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.

My Prayer for today:
Father, I'm desperate for you. Only you can keep me in balance and walking according to your spirit. Help me to have self-control to quiet my soul before you and listen for your voice. Help me to keep my eyes focused on you and your ways that I may be holy as you are holy.

Challenge:
What do you know of Holy?

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Just Balance

Many things come to mind when I think of balance. Yesterday I promised to talk about balance today as Step 2. The more thought I gave to this the more I realized that the true balance needs to come from within. Meaning, balancing our mind, spirit, soul and body. I read a book once about organizing your house called "Organizing From the Inside Out" by Julie Morganstern. You can find more info on the book here. The book talks about dealing with your emotional attachment to things and space in your house. Her concept is to work on those internal drivers before you try to organize your external "stuff". To build on that, she suggests that you approach your organizational efforts to compliment your natural life style.

What does all of this have to do with living a healthy lifestyle? Do you see where I'm going here? In my experience I have found that I needed to work on my inside stuff in order to make true changes in my life style. We can work on all of our bad habits all we want, but if we still have old junk in our heart, mind or even our souls, then the long term changes will most likely not last long. That to me is the true crux of success. Is it well with your soul? Do you need to do some personal house cleaning from the inside out to get to a better balance?

I bet you thought I was going to talk about the balance of carbs, fats and protien. Right? There is tons of information on the Internet or in books that give recommendations on how to balance all of that. Most of us know what good nutrition is from all of the information we've looked into over the years. The issues beyond the scale are not usually talked about because everyone tends to want a quick fix to fit into that special dress or look good for the class reunion, vacation or wedding. I guess the question is, what do you want to end result to be? For me, now that I've been cleaning out some inner cob webs, I want better over all health to enjoy my life with better quality. How about you?