Merry Christmas

Today is the day we celebrate the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ. As you celebrate with friends and family please be sure to include Jesus! After all He is the reason for the season! I pray for God’s blessings to be on you today and every day. Have a very Merry Christmas!

Attitude is a Decision

“To have a good attitude is my decision.

 

2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. 3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. 4A froward heart shall depart from me:

Psalm 101:2-4a  

Victory Decision

 

I cannot control what others do or say, but I can control my response to all situations. Therefore, like David, I make a conscious decision to have a good attitude.

Attitude is a Decision

“To have a good attitude is my decision.

 

2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. 3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. 4A froward heart shall depart from me:

Psalm 101:2-4a  

Victory Decision

 

I cannot control what others do or say, but I can control my response to all situations. Therefore, like David, I make a conscious decision to have a good attitude.

Positive Attitude

“You can have a Positive Faith Attitude.

 

2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Romans 12:2

13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Philippians 4:13

 

Victory Action

 

God’s Word is the source of positive faith attitude. Therefore, I will renew my mind each day in God’s Word.

I Believe God

“The first report is not the last report.

 1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. 2Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,  3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. 4And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 5Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. 6And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

II Kings 20:1-6

35While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further? 36As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. 38And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. 39And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. 40And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. 41And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. 42aAnd straightway the damsel arose, and walked;

Mark 5:35-36, 38-42a

 Victory Decision

I choose to believe the Word of God over my circumstances. By leaning on God’s mercy, trusting His Word, and standing on His promises, my circumstances can change.

Commitment

The pieces never fit until you commit.

 

24Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

 Matthew 16:24-25 

Victory Action

If I am useable, God will use me. Therefore, I purpose in my heart this day to be 100% available to Him.

 

All Things New

“Make it work from here.

 

 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

I John 1:9

17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

II Corinthians 5:17-19

Victory Action 

Today, I will remind myself that I am starting fresh with a clean slate, knowing that even if I do blow it, by God’s help I just start over.

Forgiveness

“When God forgives, He forgets.

12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

Hebrews 8:12

    12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Psalms 103:12

  25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

Isaiah 43:25

  

Victory Decision 

Starting today, my past no longer exists. If God can forget it then so can I.

The Image of God

You were created in the image and likeness of God regardless of what you see in the mirror.”

26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.   Genesis 1:26

 14bFor I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  Psalms 139: 14b

 

Victory Action 

Every time I look in the mirror, I will say, “I am created in God’s image.”

God Loves You!

“Even though you’ve missed it, God still loves you. 

4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:  7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:4-7

Victory Action

 Today I will walk with the assurance that no matter what I may have done in the past, God still loves me.