A new year, a new decade, a new season and chapter are here. We have a clean slate. What will we do with it? We have desires, hopes, and dreams. What will come of this year? That depends a great deal on our motivation and our perception. We can accomplish and achieve much more than we think is possible. Don't get stuck in the same rut of mindset that you have had before.
"Things will never change."
"This is never going to end."
"That is not going to happen."
"I can't do that."
We spend too much time mired in negativity. We focus on the impossible rather than the possible. It is just like Vivian says in Pretty Woman, "The bad stuff is easier to believe." Why? Why is it so much easier to believe the bad stuff? We have a great God. He is beyond amazing, really. Nothing is too impossible for Him and we are created in His image. We need to stop looking into our own mirror and see ourselves from God's perspective.
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"I will give thanks to you because I have been so amazingly and miraculously made. Your works are miraculous, and my soul is fully aware of this." ~ Psalm 139:14 (GNT)
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"But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God." ~ John 1:12 (NLT)
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"Since we are his children, we will possess the blessings he keeps for his people, and we will also possess with Christ what God has kept for him; for if we share Christ's suffering, we will also share his glory." ~ Romans 8:17 (GNT)
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"so that it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that I live now, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me." Galatians 2:20 (GNT)
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"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." ~ 1 Peter 2:9 (NIV)
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"Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect." ~ Romans 12:2 (NLT)
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"Don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and who was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourselves but to God;" ~ 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (GNT)
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"7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity or cowardice or fear, but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of sound judgment and personal discipline [abilities that result in a calm, well-balanced mind and self-control]." ~ 2 Timothy 1:7 (AMP)
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"37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors and gain an overwhelming victory through Him who loved us [so much that He died for us]." ~ Romans 8:37 (AMP)
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"But thanks be to God, who always leads us in Christ's triumphal procession and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place." ~ 2 Corinthians 2:14 (CSB)
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"There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit." ~ Romans 8:1 (NKJV)
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"And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns." ~ Philippians 1:6 (NLT)
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"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." ~ Romans 8:28 (NASB)
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[*NOTE: The first scripture above was my own reference. The rest came from a list at EverydayServant.com.]
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So, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and pray about what you want to accomplish and God would have you to do, according to His will. Once you receive the answer: Move. (*That is my word for the year.😉) Follow what you feel Him leading you to do.
If you don't feel that you got an answer, then Move. Sometimes He is waiting to see what we will do and how obedient we will be. Sometimes there are tests and He is silent. Other times, He is just waiting for US to do OUR part and He can't steer a parked car.
I saw something a long time ago on Pinterest that I cannot seem to find now. It was a quote or Bible journaling that was something like,
"The answer to your plans is yes until God says no."
The point was that sometimes we spend too much time waiting for Him to answer when we should be in motion, plotting and pursuing action.
💓So, let's get our plans together and get moving! It's going to be a great year! 😃
Many blessings to each of you! God has something fabulous planned and waiting for you!
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