I am so glad it's Friday. This has been a super long week. I did pretty good eating but I didn't get as much exercise as I did last week. I have had a pain shooting down my left leg for quite some time now (okay- over a year) and it's getting worse. I am pretty sure it is coming from my lower back and has to do with my sciatic nerve. I made quite a few trips to my chiropractor but I have resigned myself to the fact that I need to go to an Orthopod.
The devil has really been trying to convince me that I can't make it up the stairs for the vertical dash but I'm not giving up just yet. My new plan (which I'm going to test this weekend I hope) is to try to walk up 5 flights and then make myself rest for 30 seconds...just to catch my breath and get my air and then go up 5 more flights. I already know I'm not winning any race but I so desperately want to get all the way up. We'll see how that goes.
Our study of "The Shack" ended this week and it's made me kind of sad. I have truly enjoyed the conversations that the book provoked our group to have. Gloria did an awesome job of putting the study together and teaching it, Jeanne always had great insight and Kelli did an excellent job of filling in when everyone else caught the flu. I am blessed to be in fellowship with such a great group of ladies. I ask for continued prayer as I prepare for my testimony that is coming up. God is doing powerful things in me and I know He has plans to do powerful things through me.
I hope you all have a blessed weekend.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
We are not who WE say we are
In March 0f 2007- a friend of mine came to me and gave me a piece of paper. She basically told me that she was sick of hearing me say negative stuff about myself and she asked me to read this piece of paper and sign it if I could agree to it. It took me several weeks to be able to sign it. I have asked her permission to share it with you. I hope that it helps you as much as it helped me.
At the top of the paper was this title "Holly is not allowed to call herself a heifer 30 day commitment:"
Psalm 139:14- I will praise You Lord, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made
Psalm 139: 17, 18 - How precious are Your thoughts toward me, Oh God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand..
Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans of welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.
Zephaniah 3:17- The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a Mighty One, a Savior [who saves]! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest [in silent satisfaction] and in His love He will be silent and make no mention [of past sins, or even recall them]; he will exalt over you with singing
Ephesians 2:9 - For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Proverbs 23:7- For as he thinks in his heart, so is he [and so does that man become]
Proverbs 21:23- He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from troubles
Matthew 12:34- ...For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks
Matthew 15:11- Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.
Galatians 3:29 - And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Philippians 4:8 - Finally brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy, mediate on these things.
Romans 15:13- Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
I am the Bride of Christ, I am the temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in me, I am to God the fragrance of Christ, I am blessed beyond the curse, I am saved, healed, restored and forgiven through the blood of Jesus. I will set my mind on things above and renew my mind according to the Word of God so that I can walk in the fullness of all that God has for me. I will cast down every thought that exalts itself against the knowledge of God and I will bring it into captivity to the obedience of Christ. I will give praise and thanks to the One who made me to be unique. I will not make degrading comments about myself. I choose to line up my thinking with the Word of God and believe what God believes about me, being confident that He who has begun a good work in me will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me and I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Because Romans 10:17 states that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God, I know that I need to speak the Word of God out loud so that I can hear it, and then it will resonate in me and build faith and confidence in my heart and spirit.
I, _________ (insert name), commit to speaking the above scriptures and Godly encouragement over myself once per day for 30 days in order to help form a habit of believing the best about myself. I am free to add my own additional scriptures and Godly encouragement.
We have got to start being those who listen to what God say we are and NOT what our past says we are, not what our friends say we are, not what our guilt says we are, not what our weight says we are. I pray that every one who reads this will take an opportunity to examine how you talk ABOUT yourself TO yourself. Do you need to sign this commitment??
At the top of the paper was this title "Holly is not allowed to call herself a heifer 30 day commitment:"
Psalm 139:14- I will praise You Lord, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made
Psalm 139: 17, 18 - How precious are Your thoughts toward me, Oh God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand..
Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans of welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.
Zephaniah 3:17- The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a Mighty One, a Savior [who saves]! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest [in silent satisfaction] and in His love He will be silent and make no mention [of past sins, or even recall them]; he will exalt over you with singing
Ephesians 2:9 - For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Proverbs 23:7- For as he thinks in his heart, so is he [and so does that man become]
Proverbs 21:23- He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from troubles
Matthew 12:34- ...For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks
Matthew 15:11- Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.
Galatians 3:29 - And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Philippians 4:8 - Finally brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy, mediate on these things.
Romans 15:13- Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
I am the Bride of Christ, I am the temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in me, I am to God the fragrance of Christ, I am blessed beyond the curse, I am saved, healed, restored and forgiven through the blood of Jesus. I will set my mind on things above and renew my mind according to the Word of God so that I can walk in the fullness of all that God has for me. I will cast down every thought that exalts itself against the knowledge of God and I will bring it into captivity to the obedience of Christ. I will give praise and thanks to the One who made me to be unique. I will not make degrading comments about myself. I choose to line up my thinking with the Word of God and believe what God believes about me, being confident that He who has begun a good work in me will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me and I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Because Romans 10:17 states that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God, I know that I need to speak the Word of God out loud so that I can hear it, and then it will resonate in me and build faith and confidence in my heart and spirit.
I, _________ (insert name), commit to speaking the above scriptures and Godly encouragement over myself once per day for 30 days in order to help form a habit of believing the best about myself. I am free to add my own additional scriptures and Godly encouragement.
We have got to start being those who listen to what God say we are and NOT what our past says we are, not what our friends say we are, not what our guilt says we are, not what our weight says we are. I pray that every one who reads this will take an opportunity to examine how you talk ABOUT yourself TO yourself. Do you need to sign this commitment??
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Thoughts I Felt Like Sharing
We are called to be the light of the world and NOT a darkness pointer outer
Jesus died so I could be set free from me
Some people don't take care of themselves because they don't even like themselves
Love is not God's occupation- it's who HE is!
Don't live to be functionally dysfunctional
On the narrow path- there is no room for your fleshly baggage
If you ever doubt God's LOVE for you - you will doubt God's word for/to you
All of us are just one JESUS away from hell
When you pray for something- God will give you the course- learn how to use the pressure to gain small victories- that way when you get the prize- you're ready for it
No matter what you are going thorugh- No matter how bad it gets- YOU WIN!!
The devil will invite you to every pity party that he throws- I dare you to not attend
One thing I am not EVER going to do again is NOTHING
Most of us are no longer Fisher's of Men- but have become Keepers of the Aquarium
If you can heal a child- You won't have to rescue an adult
When I get out of bed in the morning - Hell should tremble
Love is not a theory, feeling or a word- It is something you do
If you wait until you feel like doing what's right- you're in trouble --Choose to do what's right and your feelings will catch up to you.
You may be the only Jesus that your neighbor will ever see
Jesus died so I could be set free from me
Some people don't take care of themselves because they don't even like themselves
Love is not God's occupation- it's who HE is!
Don't live to be functionally dysfunctional
On the narrow path- there is no room for your fleshly baggage
If you ever doubt God's LOVE for you - you will doubt God's word for/to you
All of us are just one JESUS away from hell
When you pray for something- God will give you the course- learn how to use the pressure to gain small victories- that way when you get the prize- you're ready for it
No matter what you are going thorugh- No matter how bad it gets- YOU WIN!!
The devil will invite you to every pity party that he throws- I dare you to not attend
One thing I am not EVER going to do again is NOTHING
Most of us are no longer Fisher's of Men- but have become Keepers of the Aquarium
If you can heal a child- You won't have to rescue an adult
When I get out of bed in the morning - Hell should tremble
Love is not a theory, feeling or a word- It is something you do
If you wait until you feel like doing what's right- you're in trouble --Choose to do what's right and your feelings will catch up to you.
You may be the only Jesus that your neighbor will ever see
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Happy 50% off Chocolate Day
I hope everyone had a great Sunday. I worked MediaShout at church today. That is the person who sits in the sound booth and makes sure that the words to the songs and/or the pastor's notes are up on the screen. My Pastor told me right in the middle of service that I was fired. It's a good thing that I am a volunteer and can't really get fired. It's a good thing that I have the best Pastor on the face of the earth and I know that he is a big ol' jokester and was just giving me a hard time.
I did my 30 minutes of Wii today. For those who don't have one..I promise It kicks your butt!! Today was 6 minutes of hula hooping--- whew!! I did 30 minutes of Wii every day this week except Monday and Saturday. I walked 30 minutes in the afternoon on Monday and I helped a friend move yesterday so I got at least 30 min of exercise every day this week. This is the beautiful park where I get the pleasure of walking-now you know why it helps with my anger and frustration-
The one thing that keeps coming back to me to share on this blog is the need to not beat ourselves up. We ALL have done it. Leanna worked all night on Thursday night and then had several meetings that she needed to attend on Friday. By the time she got done with the meetings, she was starving and tired. So..she stopped and got a Quarter Pounder w/cheese and some fries. It was the quickest, easiest way to get fed and it was comforting. When she got up to go to work on Friday night she made the statement that she had better not eat the rest of the night because she had blown it. Why do we do this? Why do we think that just because we eat one thing that isn't the "healthiest" for us that we feel the need to not only jump off the bandwagon but take off running down the street like we are being chased. I was listening to "You on a Diet" by Dr. Oz and I heard him say- It isn't the first cookie that you eat that's the problem- it's the 3rd and the 4th and the 5th. We eat a piece of chocolate or a cookie and think...well -- now we blew it..so I might as well get my fill so that I can start again tomorrow. Have ONE and then make a U turn and get back to eating right and if you have 3...then at the next appropriate moment...make a U turn. Like He said, If you are driving down the road and you miss your turn -your GPS doesn't start berating you and telling you that you are a failure- it just tells you the make a U Turn at the next appropriate time
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