Dominant pictures in your mind determine the direction of your life

Dominant pictures in your mind determine the direction of your life 

They say a picture is worth a 1000 words, and a picture is a powerful thing. It ignites the mind and it can change emotions and create reactions. Your mind is a studio; it develops and displays pictures at your command. Our minds have two functions: the memory and the imagination.

The memory develops and displays events from your past, what has been while the imagination develops and pre-plays events from your future. My past is over and I am glad that God forgave me and he says in Psalms 103:11 that as the heavens are high above the earth so great is His mercy towards those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

That gives me such peace because I have done some nasty things in my past when I knew not God! Not only does God not remember my past, but He tells me that there is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. God paints a picture for us to see what our future looks like. Paul says he presses on towards the mark, what is that mark?

That's the picture God has painted for us to gaze at and press on towards! Now the devil has no fear of your past as a believer but he is scared of your potential and your future. He uses pictures from your past to paralyze your present and to keep you from your future. Do not allow the enemy to keep hosting exhibitions with pictures of your past in your mind.

The dominant pictures in your mind determine the direction of your life. Do not be a part of such displays; keep away from memories that destroy you. God is doing a new thing in your life. You have a great future ahead of you and that intimidates the devil and he will try all he can to make sure you do not get where God is taking you. Remember, you have a studio in your mind.

Develop and display pictures from your memory that only remind you of Gods faithfulness as you use your imagination to paint and display pictures of of the great future that God has for you. Use your imagination to paint pictures of the great future that God has in store for you. Use your imagination to paint pictures of the great future that God has in store for you. 

Philippians 3:13-14 (AMP)
(13)I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, (14) I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward

How to deal with loneliness

Have you ever been lonely in a crowd? Have you ever been perfectly content all alone? Me too. And I have also suffered from loneliness.
Loneliness is a complex mental and emotional phenomenon that has at its base a powerful emotion that has survival value for children. All of us have experienced some degree of abandonment, if only for a short time, and remember the painful and scary feeling that goes along with it.
Whenever we are reminded of this feeling or anticipate it in the future, we get a twinge of abandonment distress that we experience as loneliness. This can happen among a crowd of friends or even after making love. It can be pretty confusing and can put you off your game if you don’t know what’s going on.
Here are some tips for recognizing loneliness for what it is and dealing with it in the healthiest ways.

1. Realize that loneliness is a feeling, not a fact. When you are feeling lonely, it is because something has triggered a memory of that feeling, not because you are in fact, isolated and alone. The brain is designed to pay attention to pain and danger, and that includes painful scary feelings; therefore loneliness gets our attention.
But then the brain tries to make sense of the feeling. Why am I feeling this way? Is it because nobody loves me? Because I am a loser? Because they are all mean? Theories about why you are feeling lonely can become confused with facts. Then it becomes a bigger problem so just realize that you are having this feeling and accept it without over reacting.

2. Reach out because loneliness is painful and can confuse you into thinking that you are a loser, an outcast. You might react by withdrawing into yourself, your thoughts, and your lonely feelings and this is not helpful. At its best, anticipation of loneliness might motivate us to reach out and cultivate friendships, which is the healthiest thing to do if you are sad and alone. When you are a child, and your sadness causes you to cry, you may evoke a comforting response from others. If you’re an adult, not so much.

3. Notice your self deflating thoughts.  We often create self centered stories to explain our feelings when we are young, it is not unusual for children to assume that there is something wrong with them if they are not happy. If they are lonely and sad, children may assume other people don’t like them when this is rarely the case.
Victims of bullying may well have fans and friends, but they often aren’t aware of it because the shame and loneliness get more attention. Habitual assumptions about social status continue into adulthood and if you are looking for evidence that the world sucks, you can always find it.
4. Make a plan to fight the mental and emotional habits of loneliness. If you realize you are dealing with an emotional habit, you can make a plan to deal with loneliness. Since healthy interaction with friends is good, make some effort to reach out to others, to initiate conversation and face time even when your loneliness and depression are telling you not to. Yes, it is work, but it is worthwhile, just like exercising is worthwhile even when you are feeling tired or lazy.
5. Focus on the needs and feelings of others, the less attention on your lonely thoughts and feelings. I can walk down the street thinking about myself, my loneliness and the hopelessness of it all, staring at the sidewalk and sighing to myself. Or I can walk down the street grateful for the diversity of people I get to share the sidewalk with, silently wishing them good health and good fortune, and smiling at each person I meet. The latter is more fun, even though I sometimes have to remind myself to do it on purpose.
6. Find others like you. Now days there are more tools than ever before to find out where the knitters, hikers or kiteboarders are congregating so that you can get together with those who share your interests. This makes it much easier to identify groups with which you will have something in common, a natural basis for beginning a friendship.
7. Always show up when meeting up with others. You don’t have to run for president of the knitters society at your first meeting. But you do have to show up. I have been telling others to practice yoga for 20 years and promising I would do it myself for just as long, but except for the occasional coincidental yoga offering at a retreat, I didn’t take the trouble of finding a class I could attend regularly until a month ago. Now I am enjoying it and it wasn’t that hard. I have put a reminder in my phone to resign from the procrastinator’s society.
8. Be curious, but don’t expect perfection or applause. Each time you show up is an experiment, a micro adventure in social bonding. If you are curious about and interested in others, they will be attracted to you because you are giving them attention. So you will get attention in return. Curiosity about others also takes your focus away from those painful feelings that tend to make you hide and sulk.
9. Kindness goes a long way. “There’s nobody here but us chickens.” This is one of my favorite lines from The Lazy Man’s Guide to Enlightenment by Thaddeus Golas. Underneath the impressive facades of the high fliers are the same set of emotions we all are born with. Celebrities suffer from stage fright and depression too.
You have the power to offer loving kindness and generosity of spirit to all you come into contact with. It isn’t instinctual to be kind to strangers or people who scare you. But it is a choice. It is a choice that Jesus and Ghandi used intentionally. And in the long run it is a winning choice. The alternative, being mean or stingy with those you don’t know well, can get you a reputation as a Scrooge.
10. Be persistent even if a particular group does seem to be a dead end for you, try another. AA and AlAnon recommend that everyone try six different groups to find one that suits you best. If you are persistent, challenging the assumptions and feelings that tell you to give up and resign yourself to a life of loneliness, and showing up and being curious and kind to others and more and more groups, the odds are in your favor.

And once you have a friend or two, nourish those friendships with time and attention. Don’t be too cautious about whether you are giving more than you are getting at first. If you make more friends and some of them are takers, you can choose to spend more time with the friends who reward your friendship.

SIGNS YOU COULD BE HAVING FEAR OF COMMITMENT:

SIGNS YOU COULD BE HAVING FEAR OF COMMITMENT:
1. You relate best on virtual relationships not on real face to face relationships. You have many chatmates who make you feel close but you keep them at a distance, no meeting face to face.
2. You attract good suitors to yourself then chase them away, finding an excuse why it can't work.
3. You admire other married couples and those in good relationships but still claim love is dead.
4. You allow the pain an ex caused you to keep you from venturing into new love, suspicion based on past hurt.
5. You want the benefits of a relationship/ marriage but without making the person giving you those benefits your official lover/ spouse.
6. Even when you make it official you want to keep it a secret just incase you two break up.
7. You have a good person in your life; you get jealous and scared at the thought of that person loving someone else but you still don't make the person officially yours. You refuse to seal the deal and don't want that person to seal the deal with another.
8. You enjoy more pleasuring yourself sexually than the chemistry between you and another to the point that you can live without a sexual connection with a real person.
9. You have sex buddies who meet your sexual needs; but love and intimacy, genuine bonds is out of the question.
10. You silently rejoice when relationships and marriages collapse because you feel it confirms your notion that love is dead, such news make you feel safe you are not in a relationship.
11. You want a baby but not a partner to raise that baby with.
12. You have built walls around you to chase away people claiming you don't want to make your heart vulnerable. You cannot love and not be vulnerable.
13. Real love comes your way, you love the person back but out of misplaced fears you can't take the next step.
14. You keep looking at all the many chances to find true love you wasted, all the good suitors who came your way in your singlehood that you let slip away and you don't know why you chased them if not because of the fear of actually being in love.
15. You've been single for so long that you've become used to loneliness and being alone that the thought of letting someone in no matter how good they are scares you.
16. Your past relationahip/ relationships messed up because of you or your ex made you feel you were to blame or you were not good enough and so you feel inaquate and with low self-esteem. You feel rusty, that you will commit and mess up again.
17. Your parent's marriage was a complete disaster and so you fear any real relationship leading to marriage; scared of hurting and being stressed like your mother/ father.
18. You have been misused, abused and cheated on that you now settle for casual flings and you run away from serious suitors because you don't know how serious love looks like, scared because in serious love the stakes are too high.
19. You have built a glossy, independent world around your job, profession, financial success, academics and fun; and despite you desiring love you don't know how to start, how to be vulnerable. A professional in career but an amateur in love. You are scared to depend on someone and potentially put your singlehood empire at risk.
20. Sex has brought you pain, either through rape or feelings of being used and so you feel committing will introduce sex into your fragile life and sex is something you dread.
21. You have secrets in your past you are ashamed of and committing to someone means revealing them so you keep off getting yourself in situations of love that will force you to reveal your true self including your past.
22. You commit to someone good and then you break up with the person, then want the person back. You are half-way in, half-way out, doubting your readiness.

Give your Heart to someone who will give you more

MORE TO THIS:
No matter how great someone's sex is and how good he/she gives it to you in bed; in the end you will want more. When you climax you will realize that the excitement before the climax and the activities to the climax don't last long- just a few minutes or hours at most and your body wants no sex for awhile but deep inside you need something more, something lasting.

No matter how expensive the venues a person takes you; they might excite you for a period of time, it will feel good walking into luxury hotels, flying in jets and fine dining; but soon you will want more, the places will lose their allure no matter their big names and prestige.
No matter how rich the gifts someone gives you: diamond rings, gold and silver jewellery; there will come a time when your taste for these highly esteemed and prized gifts will wither, they won't wow you anymore, you will realize they are just shinny minerals from under the earth hyped up in value by humans and you will want more.
No matter how big, sexy or curvy a woman's ass, hips and boobs are; there will come a time a man will want more, looking at her body parts will not be enough. The boobs and ass are just flesh that excite for a while but he will wish for more from a woman, more substance.
No matter how successful or good looking a man is; a time will come when a woman will want more. His charm and looks will excite her for a season, it can make good moments of chemistry but she will get bored and eventually want more.
A person who tries to impress you with money can be thrilling at first, you get what you want paid for or bought for you. But soon you get bored and want more especially when you can also make your own money, you wonder don't I deserve more than this?
That more that we seek for is love and companionship. We have an inner cry to connect with another person, a lover, a lover who understands and connects with us. That is why sex alone is not the test of love and so many chase after sex and feel empty or complicate their lives despite such great episodes of ecstacy. That is why a humble couple who never go to fancy places on fancy cars can still be so happy in love. That is why a woman who may never wear expensive jewellery can still live a life so rich in love. That is why as some men bother chasing after boobs, ass and hips another man can remain faithful to his one and only woman. That is why as other women fall for men who are the talk of town, another woman is building a love republic with her simple man away from the crowd.
In matters relationship, too many of us are chasing after fleeting and secondary things: sex, prestige, a rich lifestyle, image; and yet the primary thing our heart calls for and needs is companionship, a true oneness with another being, a lover who is also a friend, someone to talk to and be there, someone to grow old with, someone to really know you, someone to be free with, someone to love and be loved by. For it is in love and companionship that makes all the secondary things have meaning.
Your heart is calling for more, give it to someone who will give you more. Secondary without the primary will leave you empty and bored!

What I Want in My Man

WHAT WOMEN WANT IN THEIR MEN:

1. "Clarity"
Women love clarity, a woman wants to know where she stands in a man's life. Some women are bold enough to ask "What are we? Are we friends, friends with benefits, dating, courting? Do you love me, do you like me? Who am I to you?" Whereas some women keep quiet in the grey area but are frustrated inside. So much power is vested on the man, he is the one who proposes hence many times the woman is guessing where are they heading? She is scared to ask and come off as pushy resulting to repelling the man, all she needs is clarity. Though sometimes before a man gives clarity he also needs clarity.

2. "Vision"
A woman loves a man with a vision, a man with something to live for. She wants to know what future is he working towards so that his vision can merge with her vision. A woman sure of herself wants a man with goals not a man who will take her nowhere.
3. "Confidence"
Confidence is not being cocky. It is looking at a woman without being intimidated by her, holding her waist like he is sure of himself, entering a room with presence, speaking with resolve and power, kissing without fear, standing up and not cowing down.
4. "Exclusivity"
A woman loves being treated good by the man in her life, but this treatment is only special when she is the only one receiving it: his flirting, his kisses, his quality time, his intimacy, his undivided focus.
5. "Conversation leadership"
A woman loves a man who takes charge of conversations, a man who will initiate topics, who will make effort to text and call. She wants to feel his active presence.
6. "Pursuit"
A woman loves to be treated like a Queen, a treasure. She will work on making herself beautiful and attractive so that he will notice and hunt her. Even when they are an official couple or married for years, she still wants to be pursued. She measures her attractiveness by how much he thirsts after her. Even in matters sex, his pursuit makes her feel more sexy.
7. "Inquisitiveness"
A woman loves it when the man asks her questions that show interest, there is so much a woman wishes to reveal about herself if the man just shows interest. Women are like novels, novels read when the right questions are asked. Her thoughts are a library, her heart a deep well longing to be discovered. One of the greatest question a woman can be asked is "How was your day?"
8. "Contained sexuality"
Women love a sexual man but not a man who is all about sex. A sexual man will talk about something serious and come off as sexy but a pervert will constantly push the sex agenda and be a turn off. A sexual man who is in control of his sexual urges and who engages those urges with no other woman is a major turn on. This man knows he is sexy but doesn't let it get to his head, he will look at the woman with sexual eyes or talk to her with his male voice and arouse her effortlessly.
9. "Defense"
Eventhough a woman can protect herself, she wants a man who will be her Commando, her one man army. A man who will defend her from herself when she is beating herself down, defend her from himself and the hurt he may cause and defend her from attacks of others. She wants a man who will not shy from speaking out when her name is tarnished, a man who will roar when other men try to come between them.
10. "Sensitivity"
A woman loves a man intouch with his feelings, one who will say it when he is in love with her, one who will tell her when he is not OK, one who will let her hold him when he breaks down, one who will say it when he is lost, angry, tired or happy. Men have emotions too. Be considerate of her feelings.
11. "Creativity"
Creativity shows a man is going out of his way to please the woman. She will love it when their dates look well thought out and planned, when he overwhelms her with his brilliance and decorates her life in original ways that make her moments spent with him memorable.
12. "Suspence"
In as much as women love clarity, they love when the man has an element of surprise, when he constantly seems one step ahead, crafting something to make her smile. Spontaneity thrills a relationship/ marriage. Man, don't be predictable, women love mystery but don't prolong it; keep her on the edge but not too long on the edge that she falls into boredom.
13. "Passion"
Romance makes the blood boil, a woman needs a kick in her heart. Women love to be desired, undressing eyes that look with want and hands that touch the right way and places. The words spoken to her should have warmth and the advances made to her should have fire.
14. "Attentiveness"
A woman loves talking, but as she talks she wants the man to listen and remember what she says, for him to look at her not the TV, newspaper or phone. The moment she notices his listening is only symbolic not actual, that he really doesn't care, she will become economical with her words believing she is a bother. No man serious about his lady will want to make her feel like a bother. Listen.
15. "Consistency"
So you are good to her, but your good should not be seasonal. Too many women get excited by the man only for him to disappear or grow cold then suddenly come up hot and exciting again when it's convenient or when he wants something from her. Inconsistency is confusing, consistency shows what you have for her is genuine and not a game.
16. "Honesty"
A woman values honesty no matter how painful. Tell her if you are not ready to take the relationship to the next level, if you don't have money, if you are stuck, if you have done a mistake, if you had a child with another before her; be honest and she will find a way. She can handle the truth, secrets in the name of protecting her just shows you don't trust her or you don't find her mature enough.
17. "Manly authority"
A woman loves when the man gives an opinion. Eventhough it's her decision to make, she will share her situation to get his backing, blessing or input. She loves it when the man speaks to her life. She loves it when she is weak or sees herself as defeated and he inspires life back into her like a coach who sees her potential. But this manly authority shouldn't be misused. Never should he dictate, abuse or dominate her but always he must build her with his words.
18. "A dose of ego"
Ego in the right measure is a good thing. A man must have some pride, things that are beneath him which he cannot do. He shouldn't whine or be a cry baby. He should compliment her but not worship her or constantly glorify her as if her loving him is doing him a favor, as if she is a Queen loving a poor peasant. Some men worship women with boyish and over dramatized compliments which only make the woman feel uncomfortable. Act like a man who knows how great he is, a King who deserves his Queen. This "She's out of my league/ I feel unworthy" is for immature boys.
19. "Reliability"
A woman loves a man who says what he means and means what he says, a man who if he gives her his word she can take it to the bank, a man she can depend on and who does what he says he will do.

writivism 2015

God i Thank you for the opportunuty to represent kenya at writivism 2015 in Darlesalaam

http://writivism.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/2015-writivism-creative-writing-workshop-selected-writers/


The workshops will be led by Dilman Dila (Kampala), Zukiswa Wanner and Anne Ayeta Wangusa (Dar es Salaam), Yewande Omotoso and Saaleha Idrees Bamjee (Johannesburg), Dami Ajayi (Lagos) and Donald Molosi and Lauri Kubuitsile (Gaborone). Selected writers from the above pool will be assigned mentors from our 32-strong list of established African writers who have donated their time and skill to guide and support emerging writers based on the continent. This process shall produce flash fiction to be published in print and online media and stories to be entered for the 2015 Writivism Short Story Prize.
Without further ado, below are the successful writers:
Kampala
1. Sydney Mugerwa
2. Saba El Lazim
3. Margaret Muthee
4. Lilian Akampurira Aujo
5. Harriet Anena
6. Anne Kirya
7. Emily Achieng
8. Charlotte Bossa
9. Nabimanya Praise
10. Emmanuel Ssebagala
11. Jacky Kemigisa
12. Paul Kisakye
13. Emmanuel Anyole
Dar es Salaam
1. Jacqueline Njambi
2. Maimouna Jallow
3. Sima Mitta
4. Emma Kimani
5. Sarah Bonareri
6. Wairimu Muriithi
7. Valerie Bah
8. Regina Asinde
9. Magunga Williams
10. Robert Munuku
11. Peter Ngila

Bad Company Corrupts Good Character

Bad Company corrupts good character

Do not be misled: "Bad Company Corrupts Good Character."
1 Corinthians 15:33

 Have you ever tried to light a fire with wet or green logs? It is quite a task and practically impossible because the logs will not support combustion. You can even try to boost the process by pouring petrol on to them and once you light the fire it will seem like all is well but after some time, the fire will start to smoke and eventually the fire will go out.

The same thing will happen to a red hot burning log if you place it in the midst of wet or green logs. It will soon lose its fire and smoke out because the logs around it are not supporting and fueling the fire.

What would happen then if you take a wet or green log and place it right in the midst of a bunch of red hot burning logs? It will have no choice but to burn like the rest of them because the logs around it are fueling the fire and the fire will affect it.

What kind of log are you and who do you hang out with? Well your company will greatly determine how that works out. If you have been a wet log and you are praying for a revival and change then as you pray for the fire of God to hit you, start hanging around dry logs that are red hot for God.

If you want to be a prayer warrior then hang around people that are prayer warriors because they will challenge and encourage you to pray. If you want to grow in the word then hang around people who read discuss quote and live the word.

The fire of God that is burning in them will rub off on to you and every time the fire in you attempts to go out, they will re ignite you. If on the other hand you are red hot for God, then do not think that you are too anointed to go at it alone.

Even you pluck yourself from the community of other red hot believers and you join the company of wet logs because sooner or later, your fire will go out. You cannot do it alone! If you have to, take a couple of fiery logs with you.

So, what company are you keeping? Are you going to stay with the wet logs or are you joining the dry red hot logs for Jesus? The choice is yours. Bad company corrupts good character!

SUPREMACY SNATCH _ Synopsis

SUPREMACY SNATCH

Synopsis

. The story is based on Mara River as a venue for romance and sacrifices. Thayu Forest is a holy and evil place where bad and good sacrifices are made. There is a mixture of sad rapes and happy romantic moments for the two couples. Askander has pledged to do anything that will make him the leader of all the communities in the region. Hon. Alfayo is out to terminate Askander to retain the Top Position, their wives join to form First Ladies First project that takes care of Thayu Forest Community members as their two leaders fight to win the upcoming 2013 general elections... Dreams take over and reveal hidden iniquities that shock the dreamers when they wake up. Women in the region develop their project and form The Regional Women Leaders, a body that is governing all the women and helping men and women that are needy. The struggle for power is fuelled by Kamakura the Chief Medicine Man of Thayu Forest Community. He advices Askander to rape a young child as a source of power. However, he is forced to rape two old sick women when rapes his own daughter. This leads to death of old lady Number Four of the FLF project compelling Hon. Alfayo to open his closet and let out the skeletons of how he was advised to rape his own wife thrice. Waringo did not bear with her husband’s assaults. She runs away to her father’s house where she is sent back to her husband. She runs away to find new life and love in another community. The elections are postponed and on the Christmas Day, the women call for a meeting with the two leaders. Each leader makes a narration that brings the community members to understand their leadership and give women a chance to rule.

Responsibility is the price of Greatness

The angel of the Lord appears to Gideon with the good news that he is the one to deliver Israel from the hands of the Midianites. Gideon is full of excuses why he cannot be that man. His clan is the weakest one in Manasseh and everyone in his family is more important than him. Gideon is focused on his present state and all he can see is limitations in his life. In fact if you ask him, God is to blame for all this.

He says if the Lord is for us, then why are all this things happening to us? He says they have heard the stories of how God performed miracles but that was a very long time ago. God on the other hand is not looking at Gideon's current state; He is looking at Gideon's potential. Who are you blaming for your misfortunes? We live in a culture where few are ready to take responsibility.

We are always passing the buck to someone else. Even in marriage it is the same story. It is always your husband's fault, or it is always your wife's fault! It was Winston Churchill who said "Responsibility is the price of greatness!" Like Gideon, God sees you as a mighty man/ woman of valour! That's because he can see the potential that He put in you when He created you.

The sad thing is that many of us go to the grave with that potential still in us un exploited because we guard it with some of the best excuses we can come up with. People can slow you down or even put roadblocks on the path to your potential but the truth of the matter is that you are the only one who can stop yourself from reaching it.

What does the bible say about you? You are either living that, or your life is full of excuses! Like Gideon, chose to stand on the word of God and as you act on it, greatness will ooze from within you!

Gods Gifts in Us

Gods Gifts in Us

God has placed a gift in each one of us. We are to use these gifts to improve lives. We are not to hide our gifts from the world. Rather we are to take risks, share them, offer them to others, and most especially, offer them to God. By our baptism, He has entrusted to each of us a portion of His “possessions,” a share in His divine life (2 Peter 1:4). He has given us talents and responsibilities, according to the measure of our faith (Romans 12:3, 8).
Sometimes when we think of offering gifts to God we think in the context of ministries at Church, such as giving our musical abilities for the choir or our time to serve on a committee or as an altar server. But in reality, any and all of our gifts can be used to serve God. He has called us to be trusted servants; fellow workers (1 Corinthians 3:9), using our talents to serve one another and His kingdom as good stewards of His grace (1 Peter 4:10).
God has graciously blessed us all with so many gifts and talents .Usually, they are things that come so naturally to us that we do not see them as extra special. But in reality, not everyone can do certain things as easily as you can. We are to make good use of our gifts: God calls every person and offers talents to all, at the same time entrusting each one with a mission to carry out. It would be foolish to presume that these gifts are an entitlement, just as failing to use them would mean failing to achieve our purpose in life.
Our gifts are responsibilities to God and to humanity. We are to be happy with the gifts that we have, refuse to hide them with fear and jealousy but make them profitable by sharing. What God has given us is multiplied in its giving! It is a treasure made to be spent, invested and shared with all. We are encouraged to be active and entrepreneurial with our gifts.
Compiled by Jacqueline Kamau
Jacqueline.kamau@gmail.com            jacquelinewords.blogspot.com

Prayer Against Rejection

Lord Jesus Christ,.
I believe that You are the Son of God and the only way to God. You died on the cross for my sins, and You rose again from the dead. I repent of all my sins, and I forgive every other person, as I would have God forgive me. I forgive all those who have rejected me and hurt me and failed to show me love, Lord, and I trust You to forgive me.
I believe, Lord, that You do accept me. Right now, because of what You did for me on the cross, I am accepted. I am highly favored. I am the object of Your special care. You really love me. You want me. Your Father is my Father. Heaven is my home. I am a member of the family of God, the best family in the universe. I am accepted. Thank You!! Thank You!!
One more thing, Lord. I accept myself the way You made me. I am Your workmanship, and I thank You for what You have done. I believe that you have begun a good work in me and You will carry it on to completion.
And now, Lord, I proclaim my release from any dark, evil spirit that took advantage of the wounds in my life. I release my spirit to rejoice in You. In Your precious name, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, Yeshua THE Messiah, Amen.

Heavenly Father,
I have been lonely and unfulfilled, and I acknowledge it. I long to "dwell in your house" (Ps. 84:4), to be part of a spiritual family of committed believers. If there are any barriers in me, I ask You to remove them. Guide me to a group where this longing of mine can be fulfilled, and help me to make the needed commitment to them. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Scriptures

Jer. 30: 17 (promise of restoration & health) For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

Matt. 8: 17 (healing wounds) That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself
took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

Isa. 53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him
stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

Ps. 23 (made whole, restoration)
'The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3He resoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Ps. 147:2-3 (deliverance & restoration of the soul) 2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

Matt. 3: I 0 (make a clean sweep)
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Heb. 4: 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Heb. 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Heb. 4: 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Ps. 129:4 (three fold cord not easily broken) The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Ps.2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

Ps.31:1-3,15
In thee, 0 Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. 2Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defense to save me. 3For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

Ps.71:5-7,13
For thou art my hope, 0 Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth. By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

Ps. 84:4 (loneliness & unfulfillment)
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

John 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

Greatness of God’s Power

Greatness of God’s Power
If you’re going to reach the fullness of your destiny, if you’re going to overcome challenges and see the greatness of God’s power, you have to have even now faith—knowing that when you don’t see a way, He can still make a way.

what i believe

I love all people, and I am loved by all people.
I prosper in everything I put my hand to. I have prosperity in all areas of my life – spiritually, financially, mentally, and socially.
All my children have lots of Christian friends, and God has set aside a Christian wife or husband for each of them.
All my household are blessed in their deeds: we’re blessed when we come in and when we go out.
I take good care of my body. I eat right, I look good, I feel good, and I weigh what God wants me to weigh.
I operate in all the gifts of the Holy Spirit, which are tongues and interpretation of tongues, the working of miracles, discerning of spirits, the word of faith, the word of knowledge, the word of wisdom, healings, and prophecy.
I know God’s voice, and I always obey what He tells me.
The love of God has been shed abroad in my heart by the Holy Ghost.
I do all my work excellently and with great prudence – making the most of all of my time.
I am creative because the Holy Spirit lives in me.
I love to pray. I love to praise and worship God.
I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. I will speak forth the righteousness of God all the day long.
I have humbled myself, and God has exalted me.
I am a giver. It is more blessed to give than to receive. I love to give! I have plenty of money to give away all the time.
I cast all my care on the Lord for He cares for me.
I don’t give the devil a foothold in my life. I resist the devil, and he has to flee from me.
I don’t have a spirit of fear, but of power and love and a sound mind.
I am not afraid of the faces of man. I am not afraid of the anger of man.
I am a new creature in Christ: old things have passed away, behold, all things are new.
I have died and have been raised with Christ and am now seated in heavenly places.
I am dead to sin and alive unto righteousness.
I am a doer of the Word. I meditate on the Word all the day long.
I am not passive about anything, but I deal with all things in my life immediately.
I do not judge my brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus after the flesh. I am a spiritual man and am judged by no one.
I take every thought captive unto the obedience of Jesus Christ, casting down every imagination, and every high and lofty thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.
I am a responsible person. I enjoy responsibility, and I rise to every responsibility in Jesus.
I have been set free. I am free to love, to worship, to trust with no fear of rejection or of being hurt.
I have compassion and understanding for all people.
I catch the devil in all of his deceitful lies. I cast them down and choose rather to believe the Word of God.
I am anointed of God for ministry. Hallelujah!
Work is good. I enjoy work. Glory!
I have a teachable spirit.
I do not think more highly of myself than I ought to in the flesh.
Pain cannot successfully come against my body because Jesus bore all my pain.
I am a teacher of the Word.
I lay hands on the sick, and they recover.
I do what I say I will do, and I get where I am going on time.
I don’t hurry and rush; I do one thing at a time.
God opens my mouth, and no man can shut it. God shuts my mouth, and no man can open it.
The law of kindness is in my tongue. Gentleness is in my touch. Mercy and compassion is in my hearing.
As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he; therefore, all of my thoughts are positive.
I do not allow the devil to use my spirit as a garbage dump by meditating on negative things that he offers me.
I am a believer not a doubter.
No weapon that is formed against me shall prosper, but every tongue that rises against me in judgment, I shall show to be in the wrong.
I am slow to speak, quick to hear, and slow to anger.
I cast out devils and demons; nothing deadly can hurt me.
I never bind a sister or brother with the words of my mouth.
I am always a positive encouragement. I edify and build up; I never tear down or destroy.
I will cry to God Most High Who performs on my behalf and rewards me.
My son has a sweet personality, and he is not rebellious.
I don’t speak negative things.
My children love to pray and study the Word. They openly and boldly praise God.
My children make right choices according to the Word of God.
I am an obedient wife, and no rebellion operates in me.
My husband is wise. He is the king and priest of our home. He makes Godly decisions.
I use my time wisely. All of my prayer and study time is wisely spent.
I walk in the spirit all of the time.
All that I own is paid for. I owe no man anything except to love him in Christ.
I love to bless people and spread the Gospel.
I am an intercessor.
I receive speaking engagements in person, by phone, and/or by mail every day.
My daughter operates in Godly wisdom and discipline, and she is full of energy.
I never get tired or grow weary when I study the Word, pray, minister, or praise God; but I am alert and full of energy. And as I study, I become more alert and more energized.
I will study the Word of God. I will pray.
I do not hate or walk in unforgiveness.
I do not fear. I am not guilty.

Be thankful

The difference between those who are able to rise above their adversities and those who get stuck in them is their attitude. A key to enjoying life is to find something every day to be thankful for!

Feeling Rejected?

Feeling Rejected?
Here is a message from God for you
"So many are in prison because they won't accept themselves. So many are so gifted and talented, but they won't express themselves because they fear rejection. They fear man. They fear what people will think. I want to love My people, but they hold Me at arms length and won't let Me really love them because they have been hurt by others. They fear I will reject them because of their weaknesses—like people have—but I will never reject them. Tell them I love them. Ask them to stop trying so hard to be acceptable to Me and to realize I accept them where they are. Tell them I don't want perfect performance from them. I want them to love Me and to let Me love them."