Those things that are hard and seem unbearable, are the very things that break you to move you forward, increase you, strengthen you, make you stronger.

Don’t give up! Keep going! Don’t give up! Keep it moving! Don’t . . . give up!

Joshua 1:7 KJV) – only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest.

Praying in tune with God is not easy, if you don’t know what God wants. If you’re just asking for what you want in prayer, and it’s not His will, you’re just asking. But, there’s nothing wrong with praying for what you want. God said, I will supply all your needs. Therefore, God already knows what your in need of.

Asking for the desires of your heart, are to be prayed for with conviction, believing that you have received them, and you will. BUT, they must be in alignment with God’s will for you.

You can’t pray and ask God for something that doesn’t belong to you. And you can’t manipulate the circumstances to help God to give you what you pray for.

So you ask — how do I know what to pray for? And how do I pray? It’s all in His word, and you have to read it. No one can tell you, and you do it, and it’s done. You have to put in the work yourself, and that takes time. Don’t put a time table or a stop watch on it, that will lead to frustration, which will lead you to quickly give up. Get to know God and His word, just like you get to know a person and their ways.

But, I will tell you this, it has to “truly”, and with all sincerity, come from your heart. Most of all, if you don’t know what to pray for, pray; Matthew 6:9-13 (KJV) – . . .Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Matthew 21:23 (KJV) – and all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Philippians 4:19 (KJV) – but my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Who’s guiding your footsteps? God wants to guide you, if you let him.

Psalm 37:23 (KJV) – the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord; and he delighteth in his way.

What is love? The majority of us don’t truly know what love is. We say; “I love you” out of habit. But do we truly know what love truly is? And do we truly love?

By no means, am I an expert in love, but in God’s word, I have come to know the true meaning of love through his demonstration of “sacrificing” His Son, dying for us.

Sacrifice is the true meaning of love! Those things that we truly do not want to give up, are the very things that hold us back from reaching our true potential, and from receiving God’s goodness. The love He has given to others, for them to give to us.

God loves us in spite of all the wrong we do. His love for us is unconditional. Unlike us, we love with conditions. Most of all, we love when things are going just fine. When things are not going our way, love is not even in the equation. We’re quick to be judgmental and unforgiving, when it should be the opposite. Quick not to judge and quick to be forgiving. We even look for the other person to change first. It’s not on them, it’s on us.

No, we are not God, but we should be “like” Him.

I challenge you, starting this moment, and I accept the challenge myself, not to be quick to judge others, forgive others so that you may be forgiven, and make sacrifices to demonstrate your love.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THE LOVE YOU CAN HAVE BY TAKING THIS CHALLENGE?! DO IT FOR YOURSELF, AND WATCH GOD LOVE YOU THROUGH OTHERS! I CHALLENGE YOU!!! CLICK “LIKE” TO ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE!

Mark 11:26 (KJV) – but if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

John 3:16 (KJV) – for God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

We reach out to one another for the answers to our questions and for guidance.

The answer to our questions are in the Bible, but how often do we go there to find them?

Matthew 6:33 (KJV) – but seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Why are we so discouraged? Why are we so disappointed with people and with things that go on in our lives? It’s simple — it’s because we don’t understand what God is doing in our lives.

We want everyone and everything to adapt to us, our ways, and what we want. We don’t think to change our ways, which stretches you to grow, and to mature.

When we learn what God is doing in our lives, the discouragement fades, the disappointment subsides, and we move forward with joy and a purpose.

Psalm 139:23-24 (KJV) – search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts; and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Think positive and be positive, not negative. Being positive brings prosperity, love, joy, and peace. Being negative brings pain, suffering, torment and anger.

When you are positive it benefits others, but most of all, it benefits you. Negative, benefits noone.

Jeremiah 5:25 (KJV) – your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.

Do you fear man? Do you fear God? Do you do things to make sure you don’t offend man? Do you do things to make sure you don’t offend God? Who controls you? Man Or God?

Man does things to manipulate the circumstances to do what they want you to do, to have their way, to be in control. God is not a manipulator. He gives you free will to do what He ask. And yes, He is in control.

All of your life, you will choose to do what man say, and what God say. Every decision you make is based on something you’ve heard or read.

Make the right choice. Make the right decision. The truth is in God’s word. Accept the consequences for your choices. Either reap the benefits or suffer the consequences.

II Timothy 1:8 (KJV) – for God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but if power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Galatians 1:10 (KJV) – for do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

John 8:32 (KJV) – and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Excerpt from Get It or Get Got. . . When we go through trials, most of us first ask questions like, why me? What did I do to deserve this? But how many times do we ask, what is God trying to tell me through this? Or do we look at it as part of God’s plan for us?

Everyone of us has or is living a life of disappointment, disbelief, amazement, helplessness, and fear, which will be a part of our lives until the day we meet our Heavenly Father . But there is peace, love, joy, laughter, and victory that will be a bigger part of our lives when we trust God. The difference in our circumstances is — how we go through them, which determines our destiny.

Ask our Father to guide your footsteps and He will. He’s waiting for you to ask him. He takes delight in supplying our every need and giving us the desires of our heart.

Romans 8:28 ( KJV) – and we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Philippians 2:13 (KJV) – for it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do his good pleasure.

When we say we’re going to do something, and back it up with a promise, it’s giving the person we promised, assurance that we will do it. But, when we swear to it, that’s without a doubt, we will keep our promise.

Why do we swear at all? Usually it’s because we have put doubt in someones head, from something we said we would do, and didn’t do it. Let us practice daily, to stand to our word. To do what we say. Let your no be no, and your yes be yes.

Matthew 5:34-37 (KJV) – but I say unto you, Swear not at all: neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne: nor by earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.