365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...WELCOME TO NOVEMBER...WOW!

I am a bit behind as you know...due to device issues so the focus on the 5th was STAND STRONG DURING ADVERSITY. Put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground. ~Ephesians 6:13 During times of adversity and difficulty is when we grow. God uses these times as a teaching tool...experience is the best teacher. Just by remaining faithful an to STAND STRONG DURING ADVERSITY will allow God to promote me to new levels of victory and live the abundant life He has promised me when it is my season. Awesome! To the very best of my God given ability...I will pass every test and STAND STRONG DURING ADVERSITY!

30 Thoughts For Victorious Living is a small booklet by Joel Osteen

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...WELCOME TO NOVEMBER...WOW!

Yesterday my laptop would not allow me to post anything. Now I owe you and myself 2 posts...smiles. I will only do one tonight. At the moment it is behaving but I don't know for how long. The Focus of day number 4 of the 30 Thoughts For Victorious Living focused on SPEAK WHAT YOU SEEK. Declare what is to be. ~Isaiah 45:21 I need this desperately! Sometimes it feels like my head is going to burst with knowledge. I am trying my best to create, with God's help of course, a compartment for each and every thing I have learned during my journey. The wonderful thing is I will be able to go back and refresh my mind by rereading the posts. If I am going to live a life of victory...as I have posted before...I must speak positive words of faith. I need to also be able to back that faith up with God's Word. Learning to be an over comer in the face of adversity is not always easy but I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (and so can you.) ~Philippians 4:13 I thank God for His Word and His knowledge and I thank the Holy Spirit who will help me retain it all and be a doer of the Word and not just a hearer. I will SPEAK WHAT I SEEK.

30 Thoughts For Victorious Living is a small booklet by Joel Osteen

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...WELCOME TO NOVEMBER...WOW!

Day 3 of the 30 Thoughts For Victorious Living focused on MAKE A PLAN. Commit to the Lord whatever you do and your plans will succeed. 
~Proverbs 16:3 I definitely need to MAKE A PLAN! As I have said before, those who fail to plan, plan to fail. Its not that I don't MAKE A PLAN, in fact, I make a lot of them. I do however have a hard time sticking to the plan or completing the plan. Help me Lord! Proverbs 4:25 says, "Keep your eyes fixed straight ahead. Don't look to the left and don't look to the right." That means to cut all the distractions. I am always getting distracted...often distracting myself...sigh. I will work on that...self motivation. Do you need to MAKE A PLAN? Make a plan today that will lead you to your God given destiny...it may not be the perfect plan...but with God's guidance we will arrive.  

30 Thoughts For Victorious Living is a small booklet by Joel Osteen

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...WELCOME TO NOVEMBER...WOW!

What a wonderful sunny and warm day today was. A blessing for November. I am so THANKFUL! It is always great to be THANKFUL for all things great and small. God often shows us FAVOR and because it is something small we may dismiss it or fail to notice it at all. I am so THANKFUL that God showed me FAVOR at the market today. Almost everything I purchased today was on sale. Because of that I was able to buy almost twice as much. I was even able to carry it...smiles. It was a bit heavy though and I am still tired, therefore I am writing a short but heartfelt post tonight. More about my challenge of reading 30 Thoughts For Victorious Living tomorrow. Good night...God bless.

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...WELCOME TO NOVEMBER...WOW!

Today's focus on 30 Thoughts For Victorious Living was to DEVELOP A VISION OF VICTORY. Behold I am doing a new thing! Can you not perceive it? ~Isaiah 43:19 Can you imagine...God is seeking those who DEVELOP A VISION OF VICTORY just so He can do something new and wonderful in their lives! I am in...Sign me up! I want to live each day filled with faith and expectancy...Joel's words, not mine...but I am embracing them as my own in my heart. I have to let go of the old and stop looking back. No regrets. God puts are transgressions as far as the East is from the West and remembers them no more when we ask for forgiveness. Only our flesh hangs on to the past, sometimes just to pacify itself other times to make us weak and vulnerable . Now with the help of the Holy Spirit...I will DEVELOP A VISION OF VICTORY! 

30 Thoughts For Victorious Living is a small booklet by Joel Osteen

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...WELCOME TO NOVEMBER...WOW!

Yesterday I mentioned I would be reading a booklet titled "30 Thoughts For Victorious Living" through the month of November. My word for the day will become words...time is winding down so I am kicking it up a notch or two...after all time is of the essence now. Day 1 of my my 30 thoughts focused on...THINK THE WAY GOD THINKS. No man has ever seen, nor even imagined the wonderful things God has in store for those who love the Lord. ~I Corinthians 2:9 To THINK THE WAY GOD THINKS takes a lot of effort and assistance from the Holy Spirit. To THINK LIKE GOD THINKS doesn't just mean to THINK LIKE GOD THINKS when it come to decision making and thinking before you speak. To THINK LIKE GOD THINKS means to not think negative, to not think poorly of yourself, to not think defeat. God has so much in store for us with opportunities, good health, financial blessings, and in our everyday lives. Like the Bible says, "The path of the righteous grows brighter, and brighter, and brighter." Joel Osteen says "Think increase, think big, think expansive! Start expecting the unexpected and look at life through your eyes of faith." I tend to think small but I will learn to THINK LIKE GOD THINKS! I will learn to think bigger! Better to aim high and miss the mark...than to aim low and make it.

30 Thoughts For Victorious Living is a small booklet by Joel Osteen

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...WELCOME TO NOVEMBER...WOW!

Believe it or not...its NOVEMBER! I welcome you to the 11th month of the year. Wow...it is amazing to me that it is NOVEMBER already. All year I have been trying to read a small book called 3o Thoughts For Victorious Living by Pastor Joel Osteen. In this past 10 months, for some reason or another, I have been unsuccessful. I will be reading it this month by Gods grace. NOVEMBER has 30 days so it is perfect. I allowed myself to get caught up in the day I started vs the 30 days I am supposed to read it, and then there were the days I forgot or neglected to do so. NOVEMBER is the month I will read it for 30 days straight. I am also going to focus on healing...my own. I find myself coping with pains that Jesus died on the cross to deliver me from. Big or small things, we were healed by His stripes. Nothing is to hard for God. I have some other goals in mind for NOVEMBER as well. More on those later. Have a great NOVEMBER...a blessed new month. A big thank you to everyone who has been on this journey with me since the start and also to those who joined me along the way. Each one of you are very special to me and I appreciate you all so much. Have faith, have hope, and be filled with joy. A new year...a new beginning is almost here.