Thought of Day-10/30/2009

Todays Word is:

Faith is taking that first step,

even if you don't see the whole staircase.

Martin Luther King

Live life on the bottom step and miss

a world of opportunities.

Climb higher and fly with

the eagles.

Life's a climb,

that can bring great expectations.

If you hang out on the bottom floor,

how will you know what you truly can do?

To run this race, to move on in

your journey, you must keep one foot

in front of the other.

Dig in deep and enjoy the climb...

Thought of the Day-10/29/2009

Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast

- you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.

Eddie Cantor 1892-1964

What I most miss about my childhood is the simpleness.

No bills to pay, no responsibilities.

It seemed to be less, have it your way folks,

it was more about working together as a

community and less me, me, me.

Even on my mothers job there was

a sense of oneness among the worker's.

Frequently taking up collections to help

offset a sickness of a co-worker, a loss of a co-worker,

a life changing event of a co-worker.

Today, a lot of people seem to be fixated

on microwave living. Anything that takes

more than 4 minutes and 30 seconds to

do, we don't want to make the effort.

We are a drive through community

looking for the easy way out of every way of life.

I challenge you to go back to the mentality of

a child. Back to the newness of everyday.

Back to the enjoyment of life and exploration.

I challenge you to prepare dinner with your family.

To go to Big Momma's house for a family dinner on

a day that is not a holiday.

To stop and smell the roses. To meet your

neighbors. To develop community.

Thought of the day-10/28/2009

The Word of the Day is:

Transition

- process of change:

a process or period in which something undergoes

a change and passes from one state, stage, form, …

Life is a series of stages. A series of transitions from

one part to another. There are different

valleys and mountains along the way. At some moments

we are soaring and climbing, then at others we hit

a plateau, then there are those bad moments

when things seem to drop off into an abyss.

It is the moment of the abyss that I want to speak to today.

What keeps one from falling into the abyss and others soaring?

The only way to truly combat transitions, though they be good

or bad is to stay centered on JESUS.

One must be armed for battle, with the WORD of God.

So if you are falling into the abyss or having trouble climbing out...

Check in with the Word,,, there you will find your strength

for the transition.

Thought of the Day-10/27/2009

The verse for the day is:

Every wise woman buildeth her house:

but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. Proverbs 14:1

These hands were made to serve. These hands were

made to heal. These hands were made to build up.

These hands were made to pray.

What are you using your hands for?

Are you tearing down, or building up?

They say idle hands are the devils

playground.

When you use your hands ladies and gentlemen

to buildeth your house. You are creating a

foundation for future generations. What are you

showing younger brothers and sisters in Christ

in your building?

Are you adding to the kingdom or are you

decreasing the numbers?

Thought of the Day-10/26/2009

The verse of the day-

I will meditate on your precepts and have respect to your ways [the paths of life marked out by your law]. I will delight myself in your statutes; I will not forget your word. Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live; and I will observe your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.Psalm 119:15-18 (Amp)

Psalm 119 is on of my favorites. We are raised by our parents,

grandparents, church leaders, teachers, friends. Raised by them

according to a belief system. The belief system that

I was raised on is still around, but mostly

ingrained in those that are of my generation and older.

I say all that because, we know what we are taught.

I was taught the word of God and to be in

fellowship with other believer's. We can

follow the precepts, thoughts and instructions

of parents, grandparents, church leaders, teachers

and friends or we can follow the precepts of God.

Some people in our immediate group might be in line with the

precepts of God and some might not be. You can

test and see the truth by meditating on the word. If you are

in the word and of the word you will know the difference.

I hope you enjoy Psalm 119, I believe it is

foundational.

Thought of the Day-10/23/2009

The word for Friday is:

Contribute

to be an important factor in; help to cause

What type of contribution are you making to your community?

Are you sucking the community dry? Or

are you giving something of significance to

make a difference in someone else's life.

As a teenager I struggled with self worth.

As a suvivor of abuse, I struggled with self image.

As a child, ackward, skinny and tall, I struggled with

self image.

How did I get over? One special mentor,

one special teacher, one consistent church leader

at a time. They made me feel important,

they made a contribution in my life.

A contribution that can only be paid in full

by my giving back to my community. I have

to live up to the examples they set before me.

I remember dreaming as a child, it happened

frequently so that I could escape the

here and now. I would dream about

when I was married and how I would have the

faithfulness and strength of Vryle and Jack Brown.

The love and compassion for people that Phil and Minnie Smith

share.

Seeing them live their lives before me, made me

who I am today.

I pay it forward...

I make a contribution of good, not because I have too

but because I must... I am an important

factor in someone's life...

I have self worth, a good self image...

A Contribution...

Thought of the Day-10/22/2009

The word for Thursday is:

Blended

to mix a substance with another substance

so that the two do not readily separate,

to mix with other people or things without being conspicuous,

I have always been raised in a blended family.

Living with my grandparents at different times,

with a single mother, with being raised by the

village, church, loving neighbors

and teachers.

That is what I considered blended, so many people in the

mix that everyone was family.

My brothers and sisters are what some

would consider a half sister or a half brother

as we have the same mother, but different fathers.

Then I have recently aquired what one would call

a step-mother, step-sisters, and

step-nephew and nieces. I don't

believe in halves or steps,

either you are in or you are out.

No half people and no steps as if it is

a climb to be in relationship with my family.

I have always had and felt the hand of God on my life.

As simple and natural to me as the air I breathe.

But to really be blended with the Lord

takes time, work , effort and a

willingness on the part of the person.

To be so blended, in tune with the Lord

that no devil, no situation, nor circumstance

can't readily separate you from that presence.

Takes time, work, effort, willingness

and a committment.

One can't be mixed so well with

the Lord Most high and live the

way we live. We can't treat people

any old kind of way, we can't cheat on

our taxes or separate family and

call ourselves blended with the Lord.

Do you have a relationship

with the Father that no one can

readily separate?

Are you blended?

Thought of the Day-10/21/2009

Todays Word for Wednesday is:

Purified

make something pure:

to rid something of harmful, inferior,

or unwanted contaminants,

or get rid of harmful, inferior,

or unwanted contaminants

This word touches home with me today and

reaches deep within.

When I go to the altar or into a state of prayer

the purpose is to make a petition to the Lord.

A request to be rid of something that is harmful

to ourselves.

HHMMMM... interesting. An unwanted contaminant

has taken power, residence in me. That could

cover a multitude of areas:

gossip, backbiting, fried Pastor,

fried Husband, fried Wife,

not being the person you are

called to be on your job, not being a good example

to others in your atmosphere, or something more simple or complex.

Are you entertaining a contaminant?

How do I purge these contaminants from my system?

Through prayer and petition to the Lord.

Through fasting, to going into your prayer

closet, or upon the altar.

A simply put as turning away from that wicked way!

Once you give those contaminants away,

don't infest your body with them again.

Keep your focus and your temple

pure.

Daily washing yourself with the word.

Thought of the Day-10/20/2009

The Word of the Day is:

Atmosphere

mood or tone: a prevailing emotional tone or attitude,

especially one associated with a specific place or time

How easily am I affected these days by this weather?

All too easy my friends. Living in Missouri all my life

and not knowing any difference, one would think

that it would not affect me after all these years.

But I must say that my mood yesterday was

so much sunnier than today.

I have also tried my best today to keep my mouth shut,

but I do believe that changes the natural flow of things

and who I am.

So what atmosphere, prevailing tone do I want to reflect.

So if I am to have a prevailing tone, a predominant, most frequent

tone, I choose to have one of Jesus.

A tone of Faith, love and peace.

Jesus is Love and I want to be love.

I want a consistent, frequent, predominant tone

that reflects Christ to everyone. Not just those I

chose, but those God chooses.

I pray that you desire with me to change the atmosphere

to not allow this Missouri weather, Missouri people, Missouri drivers, Missouri Supervisors

to change the nature of who you are in Christ.

Thought of the Day-10/19/2009

The word for today is Expectancy

Definition:

1. excited anticipation: excited awareness that something is about to happen

As a child I remember different periods of expectancy. Easter of course, Christmas,

probably the most popular time of all. But the expectancy of

a child with those two celebrations is somewhat surrounded

by half-truths provided by parents.

The Easter Bunny and Santa Claus.

Now I have no intention to debate any one's belief as far as those two are

concerned. However, I do want to mention the

expectancy factor.

The excitement, the joy, the anticipation that is to come.

Oh how it would be like to be, to have that childlike

excitement in relationship to Our heavenly Father

and the Word...

Is your adrenaline pumping, are you sitting on the edge of

your seat in anticipation? This is not something you

have to wait on, you don't have to go to sleep

then get up in the morning waiting for that gift.

The gift of Our Heavenly Father is available

each and every moment. Maybe that is why we

as a people take it for granted. We think that

our treasure will always be there.

Expectancy, what are you waiting on...

What are you looking for...

Where is your excitement and passion?

Thought of the Day-10/16/2009

The Word for today is:

Center

- focus of attention:

the point that is the focus of attention

or interest the issue at the center

- influential place or organization:

a place, area, or group of people exerting control

or influence over somebody or something else

Are you focused today on past miss-takes? Are you

looking to the future, but stuck on your miss-happs.

Where is your center, your focus?

If we live in the past, if we focus on the past,

we can't look or move to the future.

Don't put your joy in this world.

But if you need a reminder, I am here to tell you

that Jesus is the Center of my Joy.

My faith, my hope, my peace,

radiates out from the Center,

the source of all.

Jesus...

If you turn your eyes off your situation

and onto the all the love

in your life, what peace you

would find.

1. My health and strength

2. The pain in my legs from working out

letting me know I am alive

3. Thank you that I have legs to move Lord

4. Thank you that I have eyes to see the

wonderful beauty you created

5. Thank you for my parents Lord

6. Thank you for my life Lord

I could go on and on for

Jesus is my Center...

Thought of the Day-10/15/2009

The Word for Today is:

Anxious

The definition:

feeling nervous: worried or afraid, especially about something that is going to happen or might happen
- eager: wanting to do something very much, or in a tense or uneasy way
- producing anxiety: producing feelings of nervousness or agitation

I have degrees of anxiety. Mostly dealing with crowds and being comfortable

in my surroundings. All stemming from being a child and

not feeling the love, security and safety

that every child deserves.

As an adult I do not go into the mall, at least not unprepared.

And never will you catch me there walking the halls alone.

So I was feeling nervous, worried and insecure about what

might happen, the fear of the unknown.

How do I reconcile this?

Be anxious for nothing,

but in everything by prayer

and supplication

with thanksgiving

let your requests be made known to God. Phil 4:6

So this is how I find peace, I pray, and give

all glory to God.

So the next time you are in a situation of Anxiety

pull out Phillipians 4:6 and begin to pray:

Be anxious for nothing but in everything by

prayer and supplication with thanksgiving

let your requests be made known to God.

Thought of the Day-10/14/2009

The Word for today:

Prescription

When I go to the doctor and something is troubling me,

I receive most times a prescription that is designed to

correct whatever is out of whack, out of balance

in my body.

A prescription is:
- written order for medicine: a written order issued by a physician or other qualified practitioner that authorizes
- prescribed medicine: a drug or other medication prescribed by a physician or other qualified practitioner

So I already know that some of you are intuitive and can see where I am headed.

The bible is a prescription: designed by God, a written order

issued by him, the qualified practitioner.

It provides us instructions to follow, much like the pill

bottle, It gives us a print out of interactions we should

and should not have while taking the prescription.

There are answers in times of sorrow,

times of great joy,

times of pain and suffering,

times of renew and revival.

It gives us things to avoid and instructions

for staying on the path.

God has given you a prescription.

Have you taken your medicine today...?

Thought of the Day-October 13th, 2009

Define:

The word of the day is Define.

- state something: to state or describe something exactly
- characterize somebody or something: to identify somebody or something by a distinctive characteristic quality or feature
- show something clearly: to show something clearly, especially in shape or outline

As I was meeting with the Ministerial Team of my church

last night, this word kept ringing in my mind.

How do I define myself? How do others define me?

Do I need a license, a stamp of approval to define Angela?

None of those three questions are important. None of those three

questions matter one bit. Why?

Because I have already received a stamp of approval.

God has approved me... God has given me his stamp..

God has assigned and predestined what my training

will be and what valleys I will experience

and what mountains I will climb.

I so thank the Lord for His plan for my life,

for choosing how I will fulfill my days

seeking and serving the kingdom.

It is not my will, not my past, not my present that

defines who I am,

What does define me is whose I am.!

A child of the Most High God.

Something no man, no woman, no mountain,

no trial, no tribulation, no trauma and no drama

can take from me.

What does define me? That I am....

a child of the Most High God.

Thought of the Day-October 1st-9th, 2009

Attacks

Attacks come in all shapes and sizes. How we react comes in all shapes and

sizes as well. Attacks are sometimes the same old story, but

with a twist.

For example, how many times has my health been attacked,

always an illness that is treatable,but not curable,

only for me to come out stronger. Sure originally when

I was first attacked with my health years ago, it was the boo hoo,

woo is me tactic, but now I grow stronger with each

adversity. And this last time I was even empowered.

How so you ask? I found out that if I continue

on my path of wellness then I can improve my own health,

thus decreasing the amount of medication that I will

need to take.

Now how awesome is that. So the devil can't use my health

to get me off the path. He has tried to divide my house

and create division in my marriage,

with a temporary battle, but those times

are becoming less and less because we recognize

more so how silly we as woman and man can be in the

flesh.

So Attacks come in different shapes and different sizes.

My current battle, which has been turned over to the Lord

just now to deal with, is one of major foolishness.

Dealing with a man or woman caught up in their flesh

is an Attack...

Though my friends are attacking me unjustly once again,

I will not fall into my flesh in return. I will seek to serve

the Lord regardless. The good thing is that, I serve God,

not man. Man rushes to judgement, and women

stab you in the back, whispering in mans ear.

All in the flesh... all the while calling you FRIEND.

What can you do? FOCUS on JESUS.

Allow the Lord to be your FIRST FOCUS

Take heart that God hears/sees you

Talk to the Lord daily

Apply what the Lord tells you

Care about people

Kindly treat them as you would like

That is what my attack stands for...

Wishing you well...