The Joy of Living a Surrendered Life!

In the book Imitation of Christ, Thomas A' kempis says "it is great wisdom and perfection to think nothing of ourselves." Jesus Himself says "if you want to be great in my kingdom you must become a servant of all." In another place He said that we must become like children in our faith and attitude.

I Die Daily

The idea of dying daily is that I must daily put my ego in subjection to God's authority. That part of me that loves to be seen, heard and recognized must be put in submission. God must rule my heart. My actions and desires must be generated and controlled by the need to be a blessing to others. I must be a source of encouragement and light.

A More Excellent Way

An ego-less life is a life in which I am free to perform more excellently. As I live a life surrendered to God, I become free from the burden of trying to impress others to find my self worth, I am complete in Him. I now seek to excel to be the best person I can be so that I can be of better service to humanity. I am propelled by a desire to live a more excellent way.

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Lead Me to the Rock that is Higher than I

The Psalmist David knew what trouble was; He had to run for his life. Saul wanted him dead. Rage and jealousy had put Saul in a fit. People loved David more than Saul. David made him feel small and humiliated. David was stealing his shine and he will not have it. He wanted sweet revenge. He had the power and the authority to do just that, so David had to run. This story is told so often. We wonder, why Lord? Why did this happen to me? What have I done wrong? The fact is, this is life. We win some and we lose some. The comfort we have is that we can go to our God. When we feel abused, refused or excluded we can go to him as David did. He will be to us a strong tower a shield and our protector. David said when he felt overwhelmed he will go to God who stands like a solid strong protective rock. A rock that is higher than him and that when life overwhelms him, he will trust in that rock. Today, Jesus is our rock and our shelter, our s...

You are Special In case you might have forgotten, I just wanted to remind you that you are one of a kind, God's chosen, fearfully and wonderfully created. It does not matter how you feel, how you look, what your circumstances are, these things do not define YOU. What defines you is who or what you think about yourself. So today, I want to encourage you to push through negative thoughts and feelings and believe the truth of your uniqueness. You are not only fearfully and wonderfully made as God said, you are also strong because He has promised to be your strength and shield. So today, I encourage you to know that you are somebody loving, kind, full of warmth, smart and beautiful. 'Your past is history' Your past is history. It does not have to determine your destiny because God himself has already determined it. So many people live and die without knowing that they are special, that they are somebody and that they are unique, important, loved, wanted and appreciated. Today ...

Inspiration by Kathleen Nestor

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