Stop Wasting Your Time

There are many things I could substitute that will increase my time and help me gain productivity..

Do you have things that are robbing you of time? Thoughts that cloud you day abs cause you to have sleepless nights?

Here are a few things to think about, there are 5 things we need to stop wasting time on.

1. Being As Busy As A Bee. I am busy and always on the go, I used to have a little time in my day for any extras. At least, that’s how it used to be. I have tools, tips, and strategies that help me schedule time every day to not be too busy. Have you ever dedicated time in your day for yourself? If you haven’t you need to.

Just 30 minutes a day can make all the difference. Stop wasting time by telling yourself you are too busy.

Light candles, lie down, clear your mind, take a bubble bath, or just meditate.

2. Just Stop With The Drama. I cannot stress that enough. Stay away from drama. Don’t allow toxic people to have a place in your life. It’s not worth it. Speak positive affirmations, talk about your bless. Life has so much to offer us,

Struggle does not equate to failure or a bad life. Keep people in your life who love and support, and encourage you.

If you have people in your life who are toxic, who don’t motivate you, or are constantly bringing you down, let them go. The more you focus on something the more of it gets attracted to your life.

3. Leave The Past Where It Belongs – In The Past. We all change, and that is a good thing. You are not the same person you were ten years ago or even last year. Continue to grow and evolve, so let go of the past and continue to look forward and move on.

There’s a reason the windshield of a car is so big and the rearview mirror is so small.

Learn from your experiences. Don’t beat yourself up for mistakes you have mad in the past. Your future can and will be different if you are open to it.

You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must mak it

Charles Buxton

4. Stop Wasting Time Not Enjoying Life. Don’t live you life hating it. You are hear for a reason. People always say live your life to the fullest, it’s not a cliche at all. It is so true. It is important to stop wasting time on things that don’t matter. Things that don’t fulfill you.

Life is far to short to waste your time on doing unnecessary things you hate.

You only have one life, so live it well. Tomorrow is not guaranteed. Follow your heart, it knows the way.

5. Stop Complaining. Be Grateful. There are so many people who spend their lives complaining about everything. It irritates the daylights out of me. It’s to hot, their job sucks, their neighbors are annoying, a co-worker is too happy, their car is junk, their back, legs, and toes hurt. But you know what’s fine? Nothing!

These kind of people just have a way of dragging down your mood, sucking the happiness out of you,

If you happen to be someone who complains about ever, trust me, you are doing yourself no favors. Complaining will get you nowhere, and the only person your hurting is you.

Minutes are worth more than money. Spend them wisely.

Thomas P. Murphy

Think Ahead…

There are some of the things I have stopped wasting time on. Our world is fast-paced and often seems to slip by with us barely noticing. Don’t miss out on the good stuff around you.

There’s no need to wait for Friday in order to look forward to the weekend. You should be looking forward to something every single day.

Life is a very precious thing. I appreciate every second given to me.

On your final day, you can look back and be grateful for a life well-lived or look back with regret.

You Are Responsible For You And Your Life

Your decisions on how you live your life will take you to where you will end up.

What’s A Stronghold

A Stronghold I’d a spiritual and personal battle that constantly takes place mentally, emotionally, and/or physically. A stronghold will direct your mind into thinking that you don’t have the power to overcome a situation that is displeasing to God.

The war that’s going on around up is Spiritual. Satan and his demons are masters at deceiving the mind, leaving you to think you’re imprisoned by this stronghold. This is what we have to cover our minds and know how to use the authority of God had given us to war against the enemies of God.

It’s impossible to overcome these strongholds without the power of God. To those of us who are born again… we have the power invested in us by God Almighty to cast down these strongholds in Jesus Name.

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalted itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.

Are You An Over-thinker? How To Get Out Of Your Head

Many of are plagued by worry or easily fixate on certain thoughts

Do you ever find you can’t sleep because the same thought is circulating round and round in your head? Do you replay past situations over and over again, plagued by “what if’s” or spend a lot of time worrying about at event in the future- even an insignificant or imagined one? You might be a over-thinker.

Simply put, it’s the act of giving a thought to much time and attention. When does analyzing become more harmful than helpful?

So, why do we over-think? We can over-think situations that are both actual and hypothetical. For many people it’s all about social situations: “why did I say that?” “What Will everyone think of me?” But overthinking can creep into any part of our lives.

Often it about things that haven’t even happened yet. Many people start to overthink in the guise of preparing for a situation. While this is normal and can be helpful, it’s when this preparation turns obsessive that they can find themselves in the unhelpful overthinking phase.

It can also happen in The absence of other stimulation or distractions. The fact is that when our minds are idle, it’s most likely to obsess about topics that you wouldn’t be considering if we were doing something engaging. Nighttime seems to be the culprit.

When Overanalyzes Affects Wellbeing

While fixation can be a good thing to drive you towards an end goal, if you find that you are often fixated on small and insignificant things in your life, leading to heightened feeling of stress and anxiety, perhaps it is time to step back and re-assess what it is that is causing you to over analyze.

The first sign is simply turning a thought into a worry or stressor until it becomes an unhealthy fixation, “analysis paralysis isa known state of mind within the psychological profession -as your mind fixates on a thought or specific subject, the bigger it seems the worse you feel, often leaving you feeling paralyzed by those emotions and unable to act or move past them.

In other words, just thinking about something a lot isn’t necessarily going to solve the problem. Overthinking often means dwelling on it so much, and going around in so many circles, that you’re unable to take action.

I tend to overthink about my son, every night like clock work, I start thinking of him being over 2000 miles away, and being by himself. It’s not that I don’t think he can take care of himself. I know he can. But it still bothers me, I try and tell myself he’s an adult and he’s fine. But my brain just circles back to the same worry. I have lost many night’s sleep over him. I have gone over every scenario in my mind of what could happen.

If something like this is a common occurrence, it can have a negative impact on our wellbeing and mental health.

Finding yourself unable to stop playing imagined situations over and over again can lead to trouble sleeping and difficulties concentrating on the situation you’re actually in. This in turn can cause irritability, more stress and more anxiety.

Whether anxiety is the cause of or the effect of its hard to know. Like the chicken and the egg scenario, it an be hard to know which came first.

How To Get Out Of Your Head

First and foremost, you need to recognize when a thought pattern isn’t serving you. Simply telling a close friend or family member might help you recognize this behavior, then you can take practical action to resolve whatever was troubling you, rather than continuing to fret about it.

Often distracting yourself with a favorite hobby or you doing some exercise. I listen to Bible scriptures when I begin to overthink about my son in the nighttime hours, until I drift off to sleep. But if you overthink during the day you can try focusing on the last five repetitions at the gym, knitting, painting, reading a book, or learn or plat an instrument that takes a lot of concentration, pushing unnecessary self-destructive thoughts out of your head,

Don’t forget to exercise some self-care and be kind to yourself. It’s not your fault and overthinking can be unlearned by just being a little more mindful. The premise behind mindfulness is not overthinking.

The idea is that while mindfulness makes us concentrate on everyday things like eating, and breathing, we don’t need to exhaust our brains by thinking about these aspects of life, as they are part of something we’ve been doing since the moment we were born. Simply slowing your mind down if you find yourself in a overthinking frenzy, and focus on just breathing can be a really helpful exercise.

Practicing mindfulness can lead to you trusting and using your gut instinct more, instead of constantly over-analyzing and becoming a person of action instead. When we’re preoccupied with assessing, dissecting, and observing everything around us, we occupy the mind with unnecessary clutter, making it less creative and therefore able to find solutions.

Try writing down your thoughts and worries it may help you feel more in control. When we write things down, they feel more manageable. Journaling can be a way of scheduling “worry time” a dedicated time each day that we devote entirely to worrying.

Once your thoughts are written down, make sure you do something that’s going to divert your attention elsewhere. You can come back to them later, at a scheduled time- without it taking your entire day.

Sometimes a little outside perspective is necessary. ‘If overthinking is having a bog impact on your mental health, it’s helpful to speak to a therapist who can help you with tools and techniques for managing it.

What Does Faith Accomplish In A Person?

Faith can turn things around in the darkest of nights. Do You Believe?

Besides hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that might be a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So, your offspring be.”

Romans 4:18

Humbly speaking Abraham had no reason to believe in hope at all, but in the midst of his hopelessness he believed God with a living hope and rejoiced as I’d he had already received Isaac.

We have no use for hope and faith when everything appears to be bright and hopeful, as far as man’s view of things is concerned, “for why does one still hope for what he sees?” (Romans 8:24).

Believe In Hope!

But when our human reasoning is confronted with a high, thick, impenetrable wall of difficulties and the future looks gloomy and dark, then Faith finds a way, and the light shines through. That’s when it is significant believe in hope.

It is too much for people when things go against them. They become disappointed, discouraged, and worn out. They think abs speak in this spirit and are a burden to themselves and their fellow men.

Paul and several with him possessed the Spirit of faith, and in this Spirit they spoke edifying, encouraging, and comforting words. When Paul was a prisoner in Rome, he exhorted the Philippians to rejoice in the Lord always.

The more active we are in serving God, the more active Satan becomes trying to weaken and hinder us from carrying out the works of the Lord with joy. He comes on the day of adversity and paints everything black for us. But hope that shines through a living faith cannot be darkened. Faith considers the day of adversity to be a day of success, because it becomes a day of salvation.

As long as faith has not gained a firm footing in our life, we are thrown back and forth by our deceptive feelings because of unrest and anxiety, and it’s difficult for us to believe in hope. Sometimes things look bright, then suddenly everything looks dark again. However, if we become discouraged and despondent, satan has won the battle. “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). “A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones” (Proverbs 17:22).

Faith Says “It Is Possible!“

Whenever human reasoning says, “it is impossible.” Faith us unreserved trust in God who lives us and who can do everything. His name is wonderful, and He performs wonders. Though a mother might forget her ow child, He cannot forget us (Isaiah 49:15).

Laziness and indifference are foreign to faith. We are to fight against everything that wants us to hinder us from attaining to the hope we look forward to with joy. He answers our prayers according to the need and longing in our heart. If we believe, we will also see and experience God’s glory

Developing The Fruit Of The Spirit

There’s only one way to develop the fruit of the spirit.

The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such there is no law

Galatians 5:22-23

Not With Our Own Strength.

Many questions, upon being converted and reading about the fruit of the spirit that they are called to, try and polish up their lives so that more of the fruit listed above comes forth. They labor in strive in their own strength to develop the fruit of the Spirit, But that doesn’t get them very far. Maybe they come to achieve a little more love, a little more goodness, a little more patience, but there comes a point where they far short, or where they just, “can’t bear it anymore.”

The fruit of the spirit is the fruit of God work in our own lives when we are obedient to the Holy Spirit, not the fruit of our own strength, and produces “all joy and peace” (Romans 15:13). “All lowliness and gentleness with long suffering” (Ephesians 4:2). For the fruit of the spirit and all goodness, righteousness, and truth (Ephesians 5:9). Rampant with all night, according to His glorious power, for all patience and long-suffering with joy (Colossians 1:11). That’s the abundant fruit bearing can only occur when we are strengthened with all might by the power of the Holy Spirit, and Hence is referred to as the fruit of the spirit.

How To Develop The Fruit Of The Spirit?

We must be born again, born of the spirit, if we are going to see the kingdom of God, that kingdom that consists of power, righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. All that we can accomplish in our own strength and determination will fall short by comparison. Someone who is born of the spirit has the power of the spirit at work in them to change how they are. They no longer have to live according to their human nature – Their impatience, their pride, their lack of goodness and gentleness, etc, but have power from heaven to help them live a life pleasing to God.

The fruit of the spirit is contrasted with the work on the flash.

Now the work of the flesh is evident, Which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanliness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contention, jealousy, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murder, drunkenness, rivalries, and the like; which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in times past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God

Galatians 5:19-21

The fruit of the spirit, as opposed to the work of the flesh mentioned above, is manifested in those who walk according to the Spirit: “ how do you say then walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16). “And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the spirit let us also walk in the spirit” (Galatians 5: 24-25). To “walk in the spirit “ can sound a bit mystical. How do we walk in the spirit so that the work in the flesh no longer comes forth in her life, but rather the fruit of the Spirit.

How Do We WalkIn The Spirit?

Jesus says in John 6:63, “ The words that I speak to you are spirit and they are life.” To walk in the spirit you must walk in obedience. Jesus‘s words, which He Himself says our spirit by the power of the Holy Spirit. But then we cannot continue to live in such a way that we fulfill the lust of the flesh with its passions and desires. Such a life is possible for every Christian by the power of the Holy Spirit. Tomorrow

It is written in Romans 8:13, “For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.” I understand from this verse that it is by the spirit we are put to death that deeds of the body, And not our own strength. We also read that we cannot continue to live according to the flesh or we will die, spiritually. Such an understanding produces a godly fear in us, so that we go boldly to the throne of grace to receive mercy and grace to help in the time of need – in the time of temptation.

In addition, we read that it is we who are to put to death the deeds of the body, by the spirit. It is not a work that God has ordained to take places in our lives independent of our will and obedience. It is a work that we must consciously choose and give ourselves to. Then read of the spirit will come forth in our lives, and we will experience an ever increasing abundance of life – the life of the Spirit.

What It Means To Be A Daughter Of God And Why It Matters.

I thought since it’s “Mother Day” I would write about something more precise today.

God is your Father and you are His daughter. But what does it mean to be a daughter of God? Why is being a daughter of God significant? Does your life reflect your identity as God’s daughter?

Throughout scripture God demonstrates that He clearly loves His Children- those He has both created and called.

It is a enormous honor for us to be considered daughters of God. No other creature in the universe has this opportunity. We are His children, His daughters.

As His child you are the unique right to go before Him and ask for anything we need. As His beloved daughters, we can be assured that we are welcome in His presence at any time.

Regardless of the situations we may find ourselves in, God opens His arms and allows us to approach His throne and bring before Him whatever concerns us in that moment

Just as a good earthly father invites his children to come to Him with their hurts and sorrows, so our Heavenly Father invites us, His beloved daughters, to lay our burdens down at His feet.

What It Means To Be A Daughter Of God?

It means you are deeply loved, beautifully cherished, and truly belong. It means you are His, and you have all the benefits of being His. It means your loved, recklessly, relentlessly, and redemptively.

As A Daughter Of God, You Are Loved By Him.

The Apostle John writes about this amazing love the Father has for us and how it’s demonstrated by he fact that He calls us His children. But more than that God demonstrated His incredible love for us by sending His Son to walk our roads and live a sinless life that we could not. He ultimately gave His Son as a sacrifice on our behalf.

John 3:16,says “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Som, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”

As A Daughter Of God, You Belong To Him

One of my favorite books in the Bible is Hosea. In it God illustrates His love for His people through the life of the prophet.

At the time, Israel had wandered far from God’s call. And much of Hosea is spent describing God’s pain over the sinful and wicked ways of His people.

In the first chapter. Hosea’s wife bore a third child. Go’s commanded then to name their son Lo-ammi, which means “not my people.”

This was to demonstrate that He would no longer call Israel His people.

But in verse 10, God promises that in the future, then would be called “children of the living God.”

No matter what we have done, when we come to Christ we become daughters of living God.

We are no longer considered “not His people,” but through the Cross, we are declared His children and we belong to Him.

In fact, more that 40 times in Scripture you can read God’s beautiful declaration that we are His. The original verses are spoke over the nation of Israel, and through Christ’s sacrifice we are a,k welcomed as His own.

To be considered not simply friends of God, but daughters and heirs is a high honor indeed.

When the world seeks to drag us down and such the hope out of our hearts, we can be reminded that the One who created and sustains the Universe calls us His daughters. His children, His heirs.

What Do The Four Horses Of The Apocalypse Represent?

Much has been written about the four horses of the apocalypse. Painting depicting the four horsemen of the apocalypse have been created. This is a intriguing topic for many people.

Unfortunately, much of the information on the internet about this is false information. Some claim the four horsemen are a myth. Such claims reveal a great lack of misunderstanding of Biblical prophecy. Consequently, some claim the four horsemen of the apocalypse can be found in the book of Ezekiel and Zechariah in addition to the book of Revelation.

Four Horses In Ezekiel

Some claim the four horsemen of the apocalypse can be found in the prophetic book of Ezekiel. A search of the book reveals that horses are mentioned sixteen times in twelve verses in the book of Ezekiel: (17:15; 23:6; 12, 29, 23; 26:7, 10, 11; 37:14; 38:4, 15, 39:20). But never are they described as “four horses” nor are they ever described as being of various colors.

This is an important point as we will discover when we look at the book of Revelation. This means it is an error to claim the four horsemen of the apocalypse are described in the book of Ezekiel.

Four Horses In Zechariah

However, four horses are mentioned in the book of Zechariah (Zechariah 1:8-11), Zechariah 1:7 tells us that the prop his writing and in verse 8 he says,

I saw at night, and behold a man was riding on a red horse, and he was standing among the myrtle trees which were in the ravine, with red, sorrel and white horses behind him

Zechariah 1:8

Notice that the prophet does not mention the color of all four horses. He only mentions the color of three horses: red, sorrel, and white. These horses appear again in Zechariah 6, it should be noted that “sorrel“ refers to a mixture of red and white.

Now in Zechariah 6:1-6 four chariots are mentioned and each chariot is pulled by a group of horses, which are of different colors. The first horses are red and the others are black, white, or dappled (Spotted). Then verse 5 explains these roses are the “four spirits of heaven.” Finally, verse 6 says that the black horses went north and the red horses went south. Verse 7 explains that the black and red horses patrolled the earth.

Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse – Revelation

The term of the “four horsemen of the apocalypse” is only properly found in the book of Revelation. That is, since the book of Revelation is the only book in the Bible that is actually called “The Apocalypse OF John,” “the four horsemen of the apocalypse” does not refer to the horses in any other book of the Bible. These four horses are only mentioned in the book of Revelation.

The White Horse

Therefore, we should say the four horsemen of the apocalypse are found in the apocalypse are found in Revelation 6:1-8. The first horse, the white horse is described in verses 1 and 2.

Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, “Come.” And I looked and behold a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

Revelation 6:1-2

Verse 4 explains that the meaning of the color white represents peace. That is the color white symbolizes a time of peace due to the antichrist’s control over the earth. This corresponds to the first 3.5 years of the seven-year tribulation.

The Red Horse

The red horse is the second horse and it is described in Revel6:3-4. The passage says,

When He broke the second seal, I heard the second creature saying, “Come.’ And another, a red horse, went out and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and than men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.

Revelation 6:3-4

Verse 4 explains the color red. It represents killing or blood. This is a description of what will happen during the last 3.5 years of the tribulation period.

The Black Horse

The third horse is black. It is described in Revelation 6:5-6. The passage says,

When He broke the third seal, I heard the third Living creature say “Come.” I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, abs three 1 quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.”

Revelation 6:5-6

Just as we have recovered in the previous verses, the following verse, verse 6 explains the meaning of the symbol. Black represents famine. This will also happen during the last 3.5 years of the tribulation period.

The Ashen Horse

The fourth house is ashen. It is described in Revelation 6:7-8. The passage says,

When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying “Come.” I looked and behold, a ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death, and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

Revelation 6:7-8

Ashen symbolizes death. The color ashen is a pale greenish gray, which represents decay. Revelation verse 6-19 reveal that death will characterize the last half of the tribulation.

The four horsemen of the apocalypse can only be found in the book of Revelation since the Greek title of the book is the “Apocalypse of John.” No other book in the Bible is titled “The Apocalypse.” In this book the four horsemen represent general conditions that will e it’s during the tribulation. White symbolizes victory or peace during the first half of the tribulation. The other horses symbolize killing or blood, famine, and death during the last half of the tribulation.

All through scripture God warns us that if we do not obey His commands there will be pain, suffering and death. Whether people heed this advice or not. It will come to pass.