thankfully it cleared up and the sun came out today. it wasn't as warm as i would have liked it to be, but it was out and felt wonderful.
walked my 1.2 miles again today while hubby ran. did it in 20minutes 26 seconds. shaved 3 minutes off my time from this past tuesday. got some sun too. it's supposed to finally warm up late next week to normal temps, but i will believe it when i see it.
watched "untraceable" tonight. makes you want to fall off the grid and crawl in a hole. good movie though.
hope everyone has a great weekend.
God bless.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
CORRECTION
I have been getting the name of the church we have tried so far wrong. I guess I just kept thinking of the bookstore.
Anyhow, the church's name is NEW LIFE not Lifeway. Just wanted to make that correction.
Have a great day!
Anyhow, the church's name is NEW LIFE not Lifeway. Just wanted to make that correction.
Have a great day!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Bright, Sunny and Warm too!
It is a bright, sunny, warm day today! What a change. It had been so damp and cold it felt more like fall than spring. Unfortunately, today is supposed to be the bright spot in an otherwise cool and damp week.
Hubby ran after work at the park so I walked the path he was running. I ended up walking 1.2 miles (he ran it twice so he went further), but I thought I did pretty good. I did it in about 23 minutes. Not bad. I can't get back on my bike for 3 more weeks (cause of surgery), plus I need some supplies. I need a bike helmet, a new seat and a bike rack for the car. I have no idea how much the bike rack will cost. The helmet and seat are no big deal.
It was nice walking and at a good clip too. Also gave me a chance to get some sun on this pale white skin. I don't know when I will get a chance this week to walk at the park again. Depends on how much it ends up raining. They are forecasting that by this coming monday our high will only be 59 degrees. ugh. I am anxious for summer to get here and stay here.
Am healing well from surgery. Still somewhat sore inside. Sometimes hurts to wear jeans cause of the one incision by my belly button. But other wise, feeling much better. My back has been bothering me a bit, but I think once I am able to exercise more, that will loosen up.
We went to LifeWay again this past Sunday morning. We liked the Sunday morning service better than the saturday night. However, Hubby would like to attend a saturday night service somewhere so he can run on Sunday morning. The races he has entered are on Sunday mornings also. So we will see. We were going to try Grove City Nazarene, but with gas at $4 a gallon now, thats a long way for us to go for church. We may try Vineyard, but haven't decided on that yet. LifeWay is only 15 minutes from us, so.....
Hubby did something very nice for me last week. On tuesday he called from work and wanted to know if I wanted to go out that night for mothers day. I thought he meant for his mom, but he was talking about ME! Even though I am a mom to a dog instead of a kid, he took me out for a nice dinner. I really appreciated him doing that for me. Meant more to me than he will ever know.
I am feeling better everyday. Had a bout of depression last week, but am feeling much better this week. Head is clearer everyday and both sets of parents say I seem more like myself again. The ADD medicine seems to be working ok. I am off the two meds the hospital had me on that just left me feeling drugged up all the time. Am slowly weaning off last one, but should be off of it soon.
Even my migraines are better. Had two right after the surgery, but thats been it for over a month now. I think changing the birth control and the vitamins have really helped. I gave myself my first depo shot last week. It hurt and bruised a little in the thigh, but it seems to be helping the headaches stay away so thats the big thing.
Got out saturday. Had lunch with a friend and then went craft shopping. It was nice to see her and spend some time with her and also have an afternoon out. And it was a decent day weather wise.
Grandma is doing really well. They are talking about letting her go "home" in about 10 days. She'll actually go to our aunts house. It's amazing. A few weeks ago we thought we were going to be going to her funeral soon and then she wakes up and just keeps getting better. Quite a feat for a 93 year old. Do keep her in your prayers though.
Well, I guess thats it for now. Got a box out to my cousin in Iraq today. Hope he and his guys enjoy what we put in it. And that it arrives safely. Keep him in your prayers also. He tour there isn't up until January 2009.
Talk to ya'll later. If its nice, warm and sunny wherever you are, get out and enjoy it!
Hubby ran after work at the park so I walked the path he was running. I ended up walking 1.2 miles (he ran it twice so he went further), but I thought I did pretty good. I did it in about 23 minutes. Not bad. I can't get back on my bike for 3 more weeks (cause of surgery), plus I need some supplies. I need a bike helmet, a new seat and a bike rack for the car. I have no idea how much the bike rack will cost. The helmet and seat are no big deal.
It was nice walking and at a good clip too. Also gave me a chance to get some sun on this pale white skin. I don't know when I will get a chance this week to walk at the park again. Depends on how much it ends up raining. They are forecasting that by this coming monday our high will only be 59 degrees. ugh. I am anxious for summer to get here and stay here.
Am healing well from surgery. Still somewhat sore inside. Sometimes hurts to wear jeans cause of the one incision by my belly button. But other wise, feeling much better. My back has been bothering me a bit, but I think once I am able to exercise more, that will loosen up.
We went to LifeWay again this past Sunday morning. We liked the Sunday morning service better than the saturday night. However, Hubby would like to attend a saturday night service somewhere so he can run on Sunday morning. The races he has entered are on Sunday mornings also. So we will see. We were going to try Grove City Nazarene, but with gas at $4 a gallon now, thats a long way for us to go for church. We may try Vineyard, but haven't decided on that yet. LifeWay is only 15 minutes from us, so.....
Hubby did something very nice for me last week. On tuesday he called from work and wanted to know if I wanted to go out that night for mothers day. I thought he meant for his mom, but he was talking about ME! Even though I am a mom to a dog instead of a kid, he took me out for a nice dinner. I really appreciated him doing that for me. Meant more to me than he will ever know.
I am feeling better everyday. Had a bout of depression last week, but am feeling much better this week. Head is clearer everyday and both sets of parents say I seem more like myself again. The ADD medicine seems to be working ok. I am off the two meds the hospital had me on that just left me feeling drugged up all the time. Am slowly weaning off last one, but should be off of it soon.
Even my migraines are better. Had two right after the surgery, but thats been it for over a month now. I think changing the birth control and the vitamins have really helped. I gave myself my first depo shot last week. It hurt and bruised a little in the thigh, but it seems to be helping the headaches stay away so thats the big thing.
Got out saturday. Had lunch with a friend and then went craft shopping. It was nice to see her and spend some time with her and also have an afternoon out. And it was a decent day weather wise.
Grandma is doing really well. They are talking about letting her go "home" in about 10 days. She'll actually go to our aunts house. It's amazing. A few weeks ago we thought we were going to be going to her funeral soon and then she wakes up and just keeps getting better. Quite a feat for a 93 year old. Do keep her in your prayers though.
Well, I guess thats it for now. Got a box out to my cousin in Iraq today. Hope he and his guys enjoy what we put in it. And that it arrives safely. Keep him in your prayers also. He tour there isn't up until January 2009.
Talk to ya'll later. If its nice, warm and sunny wherever you are, get out and enjoy it!
Friday, May 9, 2008
Cold and Damp
well today is cold and damp and i can't seem to get or keep warm. i hate weather like this. i am wanting to put my plants outside and some of them need replanted, but it's going to be so cool at night this next week, i am afraid they'll die. so i guess i will wait another week or so and see if the warm temps stay warm.
saw my podiatrist today. my fractures in my left foot have pretty well healed. however, my arthritis is worse in both feet. so i am getting new shoe inserts to help with that. they are casting my feet next friday and then i think it takes a couple of weeks for them to be made. hopefully this will help my feet to not hurt so bad. they have been bothering me alot lately, other than the fractures.
am trying to get our mothers day stuff done today. i am also doing my moms birthday, which was 2 weeks ago. so i hope to get her package in the mail yet today. got the gifts wrapped and in the padded envelope, but need cards. i went to my usual hallmark store and they were gone. all closed up. no notice of them having moved or anything. so i will leave early to go get hubby from work and go to the one over that way.
i am doing well on my new meds. saw the shrink yesterday. go back in 4 weeks when he will probably have to up the dosage on my adhd medicine, but other than that, things are getting better.
i am healing well from my surgery, although still sore on the inside. the incisions look good and are healing up nicely. stitches were on the inside, they will dissolve inside, so that was nice and easier too. the meds that my doc gave me seem to be helping with the pain etc i was having, so thats good too. we seem to have figured out the problem. she suspected i was having spasms in my bladder and colon from the fibro, so the meds she called in for me are helping that. it seems to be settling down too. this is the first time i have had my fibro affect my insides like that. my fibro hasn't really bothered me for quite a while. oh well, as hubby says, i always have to be the odd one.
God has been good to us. we got our rebate check this week just when we needed it. He always takes care of us even when we aren't aware of it happening. isn't God wonderful?
well, i guess thats it for this time. i'm starting to get involved in some of my political things, so am looking forward to that too. can't believe it's may already.
Happy Mothers Day to all you mothers out there. May God bless you all.
saw my podiatrist today. my fractures in my left foot have pretty well healed. however, my arthritis is worse in both feet. so i am getting new shoe inserts to help with that. they are casting my feet next friday and then i think it takes a couple of weeks for them to be made. hopefully this will help my feet to not hurt so bad. they have been bothering me alot lately, other than the fractures.
am trying to get our mothers day stuff done today. i am also doing my moms birthday, which was 2 weeks ago. so i hope to get her package in the mail yet today. got the gifts wrapped and in the padded envelope, but need cards. i went to my usual hallmark store and they were gone. all closed up. no notice of them having moved or anything. so i will leave early to go get hubby from work and go to the one over that way.
i am doing well on my new meds. saw the shrink yesterday. go back in 4 weeks when he will probably have to up the dosage on my adhd medicine, but other than that, things are getting better.
i am healing well from my surgery, although still sore on the inside. the incisions look good and are healing up nicely. stitches were on the inside, they will dissolve inside, so that was nice and easier too. the meds that my doc gave me seem to be helping with the pain etc i was having, so thats good too. we seem to have figured out the problem. she suspected i was having spasms in my bladder and colon from the fibro, so the meds she called in for me are helping that. it seems to be settling down too. this is the first time i have had my fibro affect my insides like that. my fibro hasn't really bothered me for quite a while. oh well, as hubby says, i always have to be the odd one.
God has been good to us. we got our rebate check this week just when we needed it. He always takes care of us even when we aren't aware of it happening. isn't God wonderful?
well, i guess thats it for this time. i'm starting to get involved in some of my political things, so am looking forward to that too. can't believe it's may already.
Happy Mothers Day to all you mothers out there. May God bless you all.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Beautiful Day
It sure is a beautiful day outside today. The sun is shinning and it's nicely warm with a small breeze. I will probably go for a walk later.
I am still here. Last week was a hard week. I was still hurting from the surgery and depressed. But am feeling better today. The incisions are healing well and am able to tolerate jeans etc fairly well.
The meds that my shrink put me on seem to be helping. My head seems clearer and I can concentrate a little better. I have tried to read a little, but its just a few pages at a time right now. The hospital had me so doped up there were things I don't remember for about that month that I was on them. And today I drove for the first time in a while.
We haven't been back to New Life yet. I just didn't feel up to it these past two weeks after the surgery, but I am intent on getting there this sunday morning. We want to see what their sunday morning service is like and if it is any different than their saturday night service. Then we will try Grove City Nazarene for a couple of weeks and see what we think. They also have saturday night and Sunday services.
I think hubby would prefer the saturday night services so he has two full days off. He works such a weird schedule that getting up for church on sunday morning isn't really giving him one of his days off. So, we will see what we think.
Am going to try to do some things around the house today. We'll see how much I can get done. My energy is still a little low and not quite where it should be just yet.
Well, I guess thats it for now. Just wanted to write a hello and let everyone know I am still here and ok.
Have a Great Day!
I am still here. Last week was a hard week. I was still hurting from the surgery and depressed. But am feeling better today. The incisions are healing well and am able to tolerate jeans etc fairly well.
The meds that my shrink put me on seem to be helping. My head seems clearer and I can concentrate a little better. I have tried to read a little, but its just a few pages at a time right now. The hospital had me so doped up there were things I don't remember for about that month that I was on them. And today I drove for the first time in a while.
We haven't been back to New Life yet. I just didn't feel up to it these past two weeks after the surgery, but I am intent on getting there this sunday morning. We want to see what their sunday morning service is like and if it is any different than their saturday night service. Then we will try Grove City Nazarene for a couple of weeks and see what we think. They also have saturday night and Sunday services.
I think hubby would prefer the saturday night services so he has two full days off. He works such a weird schedule that getting up for church on sunday morning isn't really giving him one of his days off. So, we will see what we think.
Am going to try to do some things around the house today. We'll see how much I can get done. My energy is still a little low and not quite where it should be just yet.
Well, I guess thats it for now. Just wanted to write a hello and let everyone know I am still here and ok.
Have a Great Day!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
hi
Hi
haven't written for a while. i am still alive. the full effect of my surgery is setting it. i feel like i have been to Marine Corps Boot Camp and done 100 sit-ups or more. i still have the pain that i had before the surgery however.
my doc has given me some medicine that helps somewhat. it dulls the symptoms but they never completely go away. i am trying to get into my family doc sometime this week but can't get them to call back. have left two messages.
had my follow-up visit with my gyn yesterday. we did a few things after that, but i wore out pretty quicky. i was surprised at how quickly. it will take longer than i expected to fully recover fully.
the new meds my shrink gave me seem to be making a difference. my head seems clearer and i can think clearer. so my mind is more ready to go but my body is sitting on the brakes.
God has been good to us though. Hubby still has job even though he has missed alot. they have been very understanding, which we are thankful for.
i guess thats it for now just wanted to say hi and that i was still alive..
love you guys
haven't written for a while. i am still alive. the full effect of my surgery is setting it. i feel like i have been to Marine Corps Boot Camp and done 100 sit-ups or more. i still have the pain that i had before the surgery however.
my doc has given me some medicine that helps somewhat. it dulls the symptoms but they never completely go away. i am trying to get into my family doc sometime this week but can't get them to call back. have left two messages.
had my follow-up visit with my gyn yesterday. we did a few things after that, but i wore out pretty quicky. i was surprised at how quickly. it will take longer than i expected to fully recover fully.
the new meds my shrink gave me seem to be making a difference. my head seems clearer and i can think clearer. so my mind is more ready to go but my body is sitting on the brakes.
God has been good to us though. Hubby still has job even though he has missed alot. they have been very understanding, which we are thankful for.
i guess thats it for now just wanted to say hi and that i was still alive..
love you guys
Thursday, April 24, 2008
TWENTY CANS OF SUCCESS
MY COUNSELOR GAVE THESE TO ME AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE SO GOOD THAT I WOULD SHARE THEM WITH YOU ALL.
TWENTY CANS OF SUCCESS (SUPPOSED TO READ ONE A DAY)
1.WHY SHOULD I SAY I CAN'T WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO GIVES ME STRENGTH?
PHILIPPIANS 4:13 'I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH HIM WHO STRENGTHENS ME'
2.WHY SHOULD I WORRY ABOUT MY NEEDS WHEN I KNOW THAT GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL MY NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY IN CHRIST JESUS?
PHILIPPIANS 4:19 'AND MY GOD WILL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS
RICHES IN GLORY IN CHRIST JESUS.'
3. WHY SHOULD I FEAR WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS GOD HAS NOT GIVEN ME A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER, LOVE, AND A SOUND MIND.
2 TIMOTHY1:7 'FOR GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF TIMIDITY,BUT OF POWER
LOVE AND DISCIPLINE.'
4. WHY SHOULD I LACK FAITH TO LIVE FOR CHRIST WHEN GOD HAS GIVEN ME A MEASURE OF FAITH?
ROMANS 12:3 'FOR THROUGH THE GRACE GIVEN TOME I SAY TO EVERYONE AMONG
YOU NOT TO THINK MORE HIGHLY OF HIMSELF THAN HE OUGHT TO THINK; BUT
TO THINK SO AS TO HAVESOUND JUDGEMENT, AS GOD ALLOTTED TO EACH A
MEASURE OF FAITH'
5.WHY SHOULD I BE WEAK WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE LORD IS THE STRENGTH OF MY LIFE AND THAT I WILL DISPLAY STRENGTH AND TAKE ACTION BECAUSE I KNOW GOD?
PSALM 27:1 ' THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION; WHOM SHALL I FEAR?
THE LORD IS THE DEFENSE OF MY LIFE; WHOM SHALL I DREAD?'
DANIEL 11:32 'BY SMOOTH WORDS HE WILL TURN TO GODLESSNESS THOSE WHO
ACT WICKEDLY TOWARD THE COVENANT, BUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEIR
GOD WILL DISPLAY STRENGTH AND TAKE ACTION'
6. WHY SHOULD I ALLOW SATAN CONTROL OVER MY LIFE WHEN HE THAT IS IN ME IS GREATER THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD?
1JOHN4:4 'YOU ARE FROM GOD, LITTLE CHILDREN, AND HAVE OVERCOME THEM;
BECAUSE GREATER IS HE WHO IS IN THAN HE WHO IS IN THE WORLD.'
7.(TODAYS READING) WHY SHOULDI ACCEPT DEFEAT WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS ALWAYS LEADS IN VICTORY?
-2 CORINTHIANS 2:14 'BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO ALWAYS LEADS US IN
TRIUMPH IN CHRIST, AND MANIFESTS THROUGH US THE SWEET AROMA OF THE
KNOWLEDGE OF HIM IN EVERY PLACE'
8. WHY SHOULD I LACK WISDOM WHEN I KNOW THAT CHRIST BECAME WISDOM IN ME FROM GOD AND GOD GIVES WISDOM TO ME GENEROUSLY WHEN ASK HIM FOR IT?
1 CORINTHIANS 1:30 'BUT BY HIS DOING YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO BECAME
TO US WISDOM FROM GOD, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SANTIFICATION, AND
REDEMPTION.'
JAMES 1:5 'BUT IF ANY OF YOU LACKS WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF GOD, WHO GIVES
TO ALL GENEROUSLYAND WITHOUT REPROACH, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO HIM.'
9. WHY SHOULD I BE DEPRESSED WHEN I HAVE HOPE AND CAN RECALL TO MIND GOD'S LOVING-KINDNESS, COMPASSION AND FAITHFULNESS?
-LAMENTATIONS 3:21-23 'THIS I RECALL TO MY MIND, THEREFORE I HAVE HOPE.
THE LORD'S LOVINGKINDNESSES INDEED NEVER CEASE, FOR HIS COMPASSIONS
NEVER FAIL. THEY ARE NEW EVERY MORNING; GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS.'
10. WHY SHOULD I WORRY AND BE UPSET WHEN I CAN CAST ALL MY ANXIETITES ON CHRIST WHO CARES FOR ME?
-1 PETER 5:7 'CASTING ALL YOUR ANXIETY ON HIM, BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU.'
11. WHY SHOULD I EVER BE IN BONDAGE KNOWING THAT THERE IS FREEDOM WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS?
-2 CORINTHIANS 3:17 'NOW THE LORD IS THE SPIRIT, AND WHERE THE SPIRIT
OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS LIBERTY'
12. WHY SHOULD I FEEL CONDEMNED WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS?
-ROMANS 8:1 'THEREFORE THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO
ARE IN CHRIST JESUS.'
13. WHY SHOULD I FEEL ALONE WHEN JESUS SAID HE IS WITH ME ALWAYS AND HE WILL NEVER LEAVE ME NOR FORSAKE ME?
-MATTHEW 28:20 'TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THAT I COMMANDED YOU;
AND LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS EVEN TO THE END OF THE AGE.'
-HEBREWS 13:5 'MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CHARACTER IS FREE FROM THE LOVE OF
MONEY, BEING CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE; FOR HE HIMSELF HAS SAID
"I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I FORSAKE YOU".'
14.WHY SHOULD I FEEL AS IF I'M CURSED OR HAVE BAD LUCK WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT CHRIST RESCUED ME FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW THAT I MIGHT RECEIVE HIS SPIRIT BY FAITH?
-GALATIANS 3:13-14 'CHRIST REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW,
HAVING BECOME A CURSE FOR US-FOR IT IS WRITTEN "CURSED IS EVERYONE
WHO HANGS ON A TREE"-IN ORDER THAT IN CHRIST JESUS THE BLESSING
OF ABRAHAM MIGHT COME TO THE GENTILES, SO THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE
THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH FAITH'
15. WHY SHOULD I BE UNHAPPY WHEN I, LIKE PAUL, CAN LEARN TO BE CONTENT WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES?
-PHILIPPIANS 4:11 'NOT THAT I SPEAK FROM WANT, FOR I HAVE LEARNED TO BE
CONTENT IN WHATEVER CIRCUMSTANCES I AM.'
16. WHY SHOULD I FEEL WORTHLESS WHEN CHRIST BECAME SIN FOR ME SO THAT I MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTOUSNESS OF GOD?
-2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 'HE MADE HIM WHO KNEW NO SIN TO BE SIN ON OUR BEHALF
SO THAT WE MIGHT BECOME THE RGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM'
17. WHY SHOULD I FEEL HELPLESS IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS WHEN I KNOW THAT IF GOD IS FOR ME, WHO CAN BE AGAINST ME?
-ROMANS 8:31 'WHAT THEN SHALL WE SAY TO THESE THINGS? IF GOD IS FOR US
WHO IS AGAINST US?'
18. WHY SHOULD I BE CONFUSED WHEN GOD IS THE AUTHOR OF PEACE AND HE GIVES ME KNOWLEDGE THROUGH HIS SPIRIT WHO LIVES IN ME?
-1 CORINTHIANS 2:12 'NOW WE HAVE RECEIVED, NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD,
BUT THE SPIRIT WHO IS FROM GOD, SO THAT WE MAY KNOW THE THINGS FREELY
GIVEN TO US BY GOD.'
-1 CORINTHIANS 14:33 'FOR GOD IS NOT A GOD OF CONFUSION BUT OF PEACE, AS
IN ALL THE CHURCHES OF THE SAINTS.'
19. WHY SHOULD I FEEL LIKE A FAILURE WHEN I AM MORE THAN A CONQUEROR THROUGH CHRIST WHO LOVED ME?
-ROMANS 8:37 'BUT IN ALL THESE THINGS WE OVERWHEMINGLY CONQUER
THROUGH HIM WHO LOVED US'.
20. WHY SHOULD I LET THE PRESSURES OF LIFE BOTHER ME WHEN I CAN TAKE COURAGE KNOWING THE JESUS HAS OVERCOME THE WORLD AND IT'S PROBLEMS?
-JOHN 16:33 'THESE THINGS I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU, SO THAT IN ME YOU MAY
HAVE PEACE. IN THE WORLD YOU HAVE TRIBULATION, BUT TAKE COURAGE,
I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD.'
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
TWENTY CANS OF SUCCESS (SUPPOSED TO READ ONE A DAY)
1.WHY SHOULD I SAY I CAN'T WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO GIVES ME STRENGTH?
PHILIPPIANS 4:13 'I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH HIM WHO STRENGTHENS ME'
2.WHY SHOULD I WORRY ABOUT MY NEEDS WHEN I KNOW THAT GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL MY NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY IN CHRIST JESUS?
PHILIPPIANS 4:19 'AND MY GOD WILL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS
RICHES IN GLORY IN CHRIST JESUS.'
3. WHY SHOULD I FEAR WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS GOD HAS NOT GIVEN ME A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER, LOVE, AND A SOUND MIND.
2 TIMOTHY1:7 'FOR GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF TIMIDITY,BUT OF POWER
LOVE AND DISCIPLINE.'
4. WHY SHOULD I LACK FAITH TO LIVE FOR CHRIST WHEN GOD HAS GIVEN ME A MEASURE OF FAITH?
ROMANS 12:3 'FOR THROUGH THE GRACE GIVEN TOME I SAY TO EVERYONE AMONG
YOU NOT TO THINK MORE HIGHLY OF HIMSELF THAN HE OUGHT TO THINK; BUT
TO THINK SO AS TO HAVESOUND JUDGEMENT, AS GOD ALLOTTED TO EACH A
MEASURE OF FAITH'
5.WHY SHOULD I BE WEAK WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE LORD IS THE STRENGTH OF MY LIFE AND THAT I WILL DISPLAY STRENGTH AND TAKE ACTION BECAUSE I KNOW GOD?
PSALM 27:1 ' THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION; WHOM SHALL I FEAR?
THE LORD IS THE DEFENSE OF MY LIFE; WHOM SHALL I DREAD?'
DANIEL 11:32 'BY SMOOTH WORDS HE WILL TURN TO GODLESSNESS THOSE WHO
ACT WICKEDLY TOWARD THE COVENANT, BUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEIR
GOD WILL DISPLAY STRENGTH AND TAKE ACTION'
6. WHY SHOULD I ALLOW SATAN CONTROL OVER MY LIFE WHEN HE THAT IS IN ME IS GREATER THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD?
1JOHN4:4 'YOU ARE FROM GOD, LITTLE CHILDREN, AND HAVE OVERCOME THEM;
BECAUSE GREATER IS HE WHO IS IN THAN HE WHO IS IN THE WORLD.'
7.(TODAYS READING) WHY SHOULDI ACCEPT DEFEAT WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS ALWAYS LEADS IN VICTORY?
-2 CORINTHIANS 2:14 'BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO ALWAYS LEADS US IN
TRIUMPH IN CHRIST, AND MANIFESTS THROUGH US THE SWEET AROMA OF THE
KNOWLEDGE OF HIM IN EVERY PLACE'
8. WHY SHOULD I LACK WISDOM WHEN I KNOW THAT CHRIST BECAME WISDOM IN ME FROM GOD AND GOD GIVES WISDOM TO ME GENEROUSLY WHEN ASK HIM FOR IT?
1 CORINTHIANS 1:30 'BUT BY HIS DOING YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO BECAME
TO US WISDOM FROM GOD, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SANTIFICATION, AND
REDEMPTION.'
JAMES 1:5 'BUT IF ANY OF YOU LACKS WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF GOD, WHO GIVES
TO ALL GENEROUSLYAND WITHOUT REPROACH, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO HIM.'
9. WHY SHOULD I BE DEPRESSED WHEN I HAVE HOPE AND CAN RECALL TO MIND GOD'S LOVING-KINDNESS, COMPASSION AND FAITHFULNESS?
-LAMENTATIONS 3:21-23 'THIS I RECALL TO MY MIND, THEREFORE I HAVE HOPE.
THE LORD'S LOVINGKINDNESSES INDEED NEVER CEASE, FOR HIS COMPASSIONS
NEVER FAIL. THEY ARE NEW EVERY MORNING; GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS.'
10. WHY SHOULD I WORRY AND BE UPSET WHEN I CAN CAST ALL MY ANXIETITES ON CHRIST WHO CARES FOR ME?
-1 PETER 5:7 'CASTING ALL YOUR ANXIETY ON HIM, BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU.'
11. WHY SHOULD I EVER BE IN BONDAGE KNOWING THAT THERE IS FREEDOM WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS?
-2 CORINTHIANS 3:17 'NOW THE LORD IS THE SPIRIT, AND WHERE THE SPIRIT
OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS LIBERTY'
12. WHY SHOULD I FEEL CONDEMNED WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS?
-ROMANS 8:1 'THEREFORE THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO
ARE IN CHRIST JESUS.'
13. WHY SHOULD I FEEL ALONE WHEN JESUS SAID HE IS WITH ME ALWAYS AND HE WILL NEVER LEAVE ME NOR FORSAKE ME?
-MATTHEW 28:20 'TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THAT I COMMANDED YOU;
AND LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS EVEN TO THE END OF THE AGE.'
-HEBREWS 13:5 'MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CHARACTER IS FREE FROM THE LOVE OF
MONEY, BEING CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE; FOR HE HIMSELF HAS SAID
"I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I FORSAKE YOU".'
14.WHY SHOULD I FEEL AS IF I'M CURSED OR HAVE BAD LUCK WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT CHRIST RESCUED ME FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW THAT I MIGHT RECEIVE HIS SPIRIT BY FAITH?
-GALATIANS 3:13-14 'CHRIST REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW,
HAVING BECOME A CURSE FOR US-FOR IT IS WRITTEN "CURSED IS EVERYONE
WHO HANGS ON A TREE"-IN ORDER THAT IN CHRIST JESUS THE BLESSING
OF ABRAHAM MIGHT COME TO THE GENTILES, SO THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE
THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH FAITH'
15. WHY SHOULD I BE UNHAPPY WHEN I, LIKE PAUL, CAN LEARN TO BE CONTENT WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES?
-PHILIPPIANS 4:11 'NOT THAT I SPEAK FROM WANT, FOR I HAVE LEARNED TO BE
CONTENT IN WHATEVER CIRCUMSTANCES I AM.'
16. WHY SHOULD I FEEL WORTHLESS WHEN CHRIST BECAME SIN FOR ME SO THAT I MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTOUSNESS OF GOD?
-2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 'HE MADE HIM WHO KNEW NO SIN TO BE SIN ON OUR BEHALF
SO THAT WE MIGHT BECOME THE RGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM'
17. WHY SHOULD I FEEL HELPLESS IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS WHEN I KNOW THAT IF GOD IS FOR ME, WHO CAN BE AGAINST ME?
-ROMANS 8:31 'WHAT THEN SHALL WE SAY TO THESE THINGS? IF GOD IS FOR US
WHO IS AGAINST US?'
18. WHY SHOULD I BE CONFUSED WHEN GOD IS THE AUTHOR OF PEACE AND HE GIVES ME KNOWLEDGE THROUGH HIS SPIRIT WHO LIVES IN ME?
-1 CORINTHIANS 2:12 'NOW WE HAVE RECEIVED, NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD,
BUT THE SPIRIT WHO IS FROM GOD, SO THAT WE MAY KNOW THE THINGS FREELY
GIVEN TO US BY GOD.'
-1 CORINTHIANS 14:33 'FOR GOD IS NOT A GOD OF CONFUSION BUT OF PEACE, AS
IN ALL THE CHURCHES OF THE SAINTS.'
19. WHY SHOULD I FEEL LIKE A FAILURE WHEN I AM MORE THAN A CONQUEROR THROUGH CHRIST WHO LOVED ME?
-ROMANS 8:37 'BUT IN ALL THESE THINGS WE OVERWHEMINGLY CONQUER
THROUGH HIM WHO LOVED US'.
20. WHY SHOULD I LET THE PRESSURES OF LIFE BOTHER ME WHEN I CAN TAKE COURAGE KNOWING THE JESUS HAS OVERCOME THE WORLD AND IT'S PROBLEMS?
-JOHN 16:33 'THESE THINGS I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU, SO THAT IN ME YOU MAY
HAVE PEACE. IN THE WORLD YOU HAVE TRIBULATION, BUT TAKE COURAGE,
I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD.'
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
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