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What inspires you?

1/25/2015

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Not by might nor by power, but by MySpirit. . .                                                                             Zechariah 4:6

Hello Friend,

          This morning I invite you to get comfy in your favorite chair and have a virtual cup of coffee with me.  Now let’s just take a few deep breaths and let our bodies relax.  I find that if I want to write, I must create an atmosphere in which I feel the Spirit of God present with me.  I cannot write without inspiration.  I have tried to write cold.  That is what I call those times when I am facing a deadline for a sermon or talk and I try with all my might and power to create.  I think thoughts that don’t link together.  And the words fall flat—dead on the page.  Inspire means to be in spirit.  Sometimes when I am inspired, I finish writing and look at the page amazed.  I think, “Wow, that is good!”  My ego starts to enlarge and then I quickly realize that it wasn’t my words on the page: I was just a vessel being used by God.

          So this morning as you sit in your chair sipping coffee, ask yourself, “What inspires me?”  What atmosphere or activity brings you closer to Spirit?  Do you do this often enough?  Why or why not?  Perhaps music allows you to transcend to another realm?  Or drawing? Or, even a walk on the beach taking in salty air and admiring the seagulls and listening to the rhythm of the tide.   For everyone it will be a little different.  In order to write, I must be still and receptive.  No disruptions of any kind.  And the words come.  And a quiet joy and satisfaction fills my soul.  I long for you to find this fulfillment.  Won’t you seek inspiration this week?  Take time to be holy.

                                              enJoy your life,   Linda

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Think about what you are thinking about!

1/18/2015

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Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.                                                                   James 4:8

Hello Friend,

          This week’s devotion is a follow-up on last week’s message regarding the dual aspects of being.  Scripture calls this concept being double-minded.  The New Living Bible states that “double-minded people have their loyalty divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.”  A part of you, the silent witness, knows the Truth and urges right action. Your roommate, that voice in your head that won’t shut up, keeps you confused and leads you to be governed by your sensual nature and to obey the impulses of the flesh—the  urges of your carnal nature.  No wonder we feel unstable.  Joyce Meyer writes, “Although I was a Christian, I was having trouble because I had not learned to control my thoughts. . . One thing the Lord told me when he began to teach me about the battlefield of the mind became a major turning point for me.  He said, “Think about what you are thinking about.”  As I began to do so, it was not long before I began to see why I was having so much trouble in my life.  My mind was a mess.”   Friends, are you having trouble with a roaming mind?  Are racing thoughts destroying your peace of mind?  We can learn to focus our thoughts on the higher things.  And right thinking leads to right actions. You and I can gain victory over these strongholds of our minds. 

          With Christ, all things are possible.  Peace can be mine,                                                                                                                  Linda

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Listen to your true source of Wisdom

1/11/2015

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But be doers of the Word [obey the message], and not merely listeners to it, betraying yourselves [into deception by reasoning contrary to the truth].                                   James 1:22

Hello Friend,

          This week contains a difficult concept to grasp.  I’ll do my best to explain it:   There are two distinct aspects of your inner being.  The first is you; often called the silent witness—much like you’re watching a movie on a screen. The other is what you watch—the drama.  You, as the witness, listen to the part of you that never shuts up. You are the observer of those thoughts.  Your mind generates all kinds of crazy nonsense, and you have the choice to let those thoughts control your moods and actions or to break those strongholds of your mind.  That is why today’s scripture tells us to be doers of the Word. What we hear (our thoughts) often tell us to do the most unchristian things.  Our thoughts tempt us to follow through with actions that bear hurtful consequences. But Jesus says, “You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free" (John 8:32).  This verse does not say, “Your thoughts are true.”  It says, “You, the silent witness of your thoughts, know the truth, and this truth will set you free” from wrong actions based on fickle feelings.  My suggestion is that this week you meditate on this concept.  Practice listening to your thoughts and know that the hearer of those thoughts in your head is the Christlike part of you that knows the truth.  True freedom comes with just observing those thoughts and then doing what you know to be the will of God.  Stick with this practice even if it seems difficult; you will be so glad that you gained control over your wandering mind.                               Learning to discern the truth, Linda

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January 11th, 2015

1/11/2015

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