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How are you?

1/30/2018

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There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens -- Ecclesiastes 3:1

The Word In Motion
 "How are you?"  A question that has become a greeting not a conversation. We all ask this question of each other, but are we just doing it out of courtesy or really wanting to know.  A lot of the time it is asked in the store or at church before or after service, events and such...we ask it as we pass by...stopping sometimes but still focused on service is going to start, or I have to get home, or I have to finish.

We are in such a hurried world. The available time to sit and listen to each other is becoming less and less. Texting is the go to. "It is quicker to text, I don't have time to talk." Which in its self is great. cause we can still at least let others know we are still out there, but that only last for a moment. When we see people we care about our time schedule is so tight, we only have time to ask "How are you..Oh, I have to go now" We talk about needing to have relationships and such but our lives don't slow down.


I have come to a serious place in my life where I have to slow down. I don't have a choice. It put me in a position of realizing how fast life is out there. We have less and less time. Just getting time with family is even hard.

When God put me in this position of Stop or you will Die, I saw the world and friends speeding by and I am stopped at the stop light unable to move, sometimes not even able to wave as people go by. They yell out "How are you" and I try to share but they are gone before I can even say "Okay".

It has made me realize, how in my own life I had been so busy and missed opportunities to just stop and say "hi" ask "How are you" and listen with intent to hear. 
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In this place of quiet reflection, I realize that life is short. It is not about quantity it is about quality. Its not about time, it is about love. God's love.

Everyone of us has relationships
that God put into our lives for a purpose. Don't let life get so busy you miss the opportunities to love on the relationships God has made you responsible for.

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The Joy of Lord is MY STRENGTH!!

1/17/2018

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The Living Word: Nehemiah 8:10 b
"...Don’t be dejected and sad,
for the Joy of the Lord is your strength!"
 

The Word In Motion:
The Definition of Strength
 state of being strong, endurance, power of resisting attack, force of an army
ability to deal with problems in a determined and effective way, 
ability that makes one effective or useful.

Now...take one of the definitions that fits your situation
and put it in the place of the word STRENGTH. 

The Joy of the Lord is my _________________

​​Example
: The Joy of the Lord is my endurance.

His joy is my ability to endure
His joy is my ability to resist
His joy is my ability to be effective in this world..

WOW!  His joy, HIS JOY,
changes our perspectives and enhances our abilities. It give us the strength to endure. 
What do you need right now in your circumstances. Ask for His Joy to fill you and give you strength to endure, or resist, or to be effective.

This joy is a gift. He is offering it to you. All you have to do is receive. 
What activates this gift or the batteries it needs is... Praise and Trust.


Paul in Philippians states: Rejoice in the Lord at all times.
Isaiah states: put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.
David states: God is his strength, I trust Him always and  my heart is full of JOY!

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 
Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4 (NIV)


Joy isn't just happiness - It is the substance of contentment. It is trust in the knowledge, no the fact that God is ever-present, in control of all things, faithful, never grows weary, and He understands better than anyone else what is going on in our lives.

He is hope and He is joy.

Let His Joy flow through you now. Let your soul rejoice in Him.
HE IS YOUR STRENGTH!
 your moral strength
your character strength 
your inner strength

The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving. Ps 28:7
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