Do You Have Godfidence?

Even though we know God has been good to us in the past, sometimes we struggle with faith and confidence hat He will still be good to us in the future.

I have been worrying about an up-coming surgery that may turn into two. I have a mass in my throat called a “Schwannomas Tumor in my neck that is right neck to my carotid artery. I have had a overwhelming thought of the doctor nicking carotid artery and me bleeding to death.

But that’s the time I have to have Godfidence. I know deep down that God has this, he has never failed yet.

We need to fix our eyes on Jesus and have confidence in his word. We must see that our problems are nothing in Comparison to God. God can do anything. He can change our circumstances in an instant. After all he has taken my cancer away.

Just as Jesus said “with God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26.) No matter how bad the situation is God can turn it around. We have to believe God can fix anything. I know I wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for Him.

Have faith or believe that God will act in a right, proper and effective way.

King David wrote in Psalm 27; “Light, space, zest -that’s God. So with Him on my side I’m fearless afraid of no one or nothing. When vandal hordes ride down ready to eat me alive, those bullies and toughs fall on their faces. When I am besieged, I’m calm as a baby. When All Hell breaks loose, I am calm and collective.”

I’m asking God for one thing; to live with Him in His house my whole life long. I’ll contemplate His beauty; I’ll study at His feet.

That’s the only quiet, secure place in a noisy world, the perfect getaway for from the buzz of traffic.

God holds my head and shoulders above all who try to pull me down. I’m headed for His place to offer anthems that will raise the roof. Already I’m sings God’s songs; I’m making music for God.

Listen, God, I’m calling at the top of my lungs; “Be good to me! Answer me!” When my whole heart whispered, “Seek God,” my whole being replied, “I’m seeking Him!” Don’t hide from me now!

God has always been right here for me; don’t turn your back on me now. Don’t throw me out. My mother abandoned with, but God took me in.

Point me down your highway, God direct m along a well lighted street; show my enemies who’s side you’re on. Don’t throw me too the dogs, those liars we are out to get me, filling the air with deceits and threats.

Stay will God. Take heart. Don’t quit.

How To Have Godfidence

Read God’s Word, read the scriptures that show us the faithfulness of God.

Spending time in worship so our focus shifts from our problems to the promises of God.

Pray our fears out loud.

Share your struggles with believing friends and family do they can encourage you to pray. That they may pray for you.

Remember that our confidence doesn’t come from people or things but from being a royal child of the Most High God.

Remember our worth is not determined by other’s perceptions of us but by the Godfidence that we have in the one who delights in us.

Ways To Make Yourself Mentally Stronger

How often do let our emotions take us over. Your angry, so your going take it out on someone. Do we think screaming and crying will help? We’re sad or someone hurt us, so we’re going to have a pity-party and make ourselves feel worse.

Here are some ways to make you mentally stronger.

  • Practice Labeling Your Emotions. Putting a name to your feeling decreases their intensity. So, whether you’re feeling angry, sad, anxious or scared, acknowledge it at least to yourself. Also, pay attention to the way those emotions affect your choices. When you’re feeling anxious you may be less inclined to take risks. When you’re excited you may be more impulsive. Increasing your awareness of your emotions can decrease the chances that you’ll make irrational decisions based on your emotions only.
  • Establish Healthy Ways To Deal With Uncomfortable Emotions.
  • Naming your emotions is only part of the battle-you also need skills to regulate your emotions. Think about your current coping skills. Do you eat when you’re nervous? Do you drink to calm yourself down! Do you fly off the handle when your angry? Those common strategies at make you feel better in the moment but they will make you feel worse over the long-term. Keep in mind what helps one person won’t necessarily work for you need to find what helps you deal with your emotions best. You may have to experiment with different coping skills to find out what works for me. Reading, deep breathing, exercising, spending time in nature are just a few strategies that could help. For me it’s reading and going on nature walks.

  • Identify And Replace Unhealthy Thought Patterns. The way you think affects how you feel and how you behave. Thinking things like “I can’t stand this,” or “I’m such an idiot,” robs you of mental strength. Pay attention to your thoughts, notice common themes and patterns. Perhaps you talk yourself out of doing things that feel scary. Or maybe you convince yourself that you have no control over your life. Respond to unproductive and irrational thoughts with something more helpful. So instead of saying, “I’m really going to mess this up,” remind yourself, “This is my chance to shine and I’m going to do my best. Changing those conversations with yourself can be the most powerful thing you could do to change your life.
  • Take Positive Action. The best way to train your brain to think differently is by changing your behavior. Do hard things-and keep doing them when you think you can’t . You’ll prove to yourself that you’re stronger that you think. There’s a quote that says

It’s not who you are that holds you back it’s who you think your not.

Anonymous

This quote I carry in my heart always to remind myself that I am stronger than I think I am. Just do it.

  • Establish health daily habits as we,k. Practice gratitude, exercise, get plenty of sleep, and eat a healthy diet. This will help your brain and your body be at their best. Seek our people who inspire you to be your best. And create an environment that supports your efforts to build a healthy lifestyle.
  • Give Up The Bad Habits That Rob You Of Mental Muscle. All the good habits in the world won’t be affective if you’re doing them a,one side of bad unhealthy habits. It’s like eating donuts while you’re running on a treadmill. Pay attention to your bad habits that rob you of mental strength. Whether you have a pity party or you resent other people’s success, it only takes one or two to keep you stuck in life.
  • Once you become aware of your bad habits, devote energy into replace them with healthier alternatives. Then, you’ll be able to step out of the hamster wheel and actually more forward toward your goals.
  • Become Your Strongest Self. Just like it takes time and practices become physically strong, building mental strength takes dedication as well. But, building mental muscle is the key to feeling your greatest potential.

There Comes A Time When You Have To Stop Crossing Ocean’s For People Who Wouldn’t Even Jump A Puddle For You.

Have you ever heard this quote? I always thought it was accurate. But today I had a check in my spirit.

I was at the grocery store and I ran into a couple who used to be good friends. I hadn’t spoke to them for a few years.

Today I went up to them and asked how they were. Immediately I got the cold shoulder. My thoughts were “ her and I used to go to convention together. I always drove because she was on oxygen and didn’t have a car. We used to go the lunch all the time.

A few years ago I had stopped volunteering for a group, because I was being taken advantage of and felt like I was being disrespected.

She barely said Hi to me today, and this quote came to mind. Thinking she wasn’t worth my time anymore. I would just ignore her. When I was going to my car after checking out. I immediately felt that check.

Do cross oceans for people because we are called to love all people with no conditions attached. Don’t worry whether or not they are worthy. Cross oceans, climb mountains. Life isn’t about what you gain, it’s about what you give. And it changed my mind.

Just because an old friend doesn’t understand how you feel. Don’t change who you are or how you feel.

Still be the amazing person, you always were. And do not change for anyone, no matter the reason. You don’t have to have lunch with them every week, or have deep conversations with them. But be polite with them. Don’t disrespect them just because they disrespected you.

Your Real Friends Are The Ones Who Will Tell You The Truth

Your real friends won’t sugarcoat the truth. They won’t lie to you just to make you feel better. They will tell you the harsh reality of any situation you find yourself in.

I would rather someone tell me the hard truth, instead of telling me a lie. “Say it like it is please.”

Your real friends are going to tell you when you look like a hot mess. They will tell you when your making a huge mistake. And they are fully aware that this could ruin your day, but they are just looking out for you. Those are my kind of friends.

True friends will tell you what you don’t even know. They notice the things that set you off. They notice the people who annoy you and the people who you are drawn to. They notice if you act differently around people, or a partner who isn’t treating you well.

Your real friends are the ones who don’t care about saying something you don’t want to hear.

True friends don’t fake anything, regardless if it hurts your feelings. Why! Because they want you to live your best life. They want you to be happy. And sometimes we can’t tell when we’re falling apart.

Real friends will be the one to tell you when you have lipstick on your teeth, but will be the ones to tell you your partner is not faithful to you.

If they see how someone is treating you, and are blinded by love, they won’t pretend to like him. They won’t pretend it’s okay. They will let you know. They will tell you the truth that you sometimes really don’t want to hear.

But that’s what real friends are for. To pick you up when you fall apart. To lift your spirits when you have to break up with a crappy boyfriend. To buy you Kleenex and watch sad movies. To drink to much wine with you, and have a girls night out.

That’s what real friends are for. To tell you what you already know in your gut, but are scared to admit it.

Tory don’t do things out of spite, they don’t do it out of jealousy. They do it out of pure love for you. They don’t want you to settle with anything in your life. You deserve better.

Your real friends are the ones who have the highest standards for you. And that’s because they love you with their whole hearts. That’s an incredible friendship. Real friends are honest, no matter how much the truth can hurt.

Bad Habits You Must Eliminate If You Want A Happy Life.

A life filled with toxicity is not created by bad luck or circumstance it is created by a cycle of bad habits and a negative mind set. By conditioning and by repeated habits, consciously or unconsciously.

We all have bad habits in our lives that are ruining and hampering the level of growth in our lives and it is never too late to eliminate these habits to improve the quality of life.

Bad habits are continual practices that deteriorate our quality of our lives. It could be mentally, physically or spiritually. With the chaos of life, it is sometimes difficult for us to slow down, critically evaluate and reflect on the habits that we are cloning. Both the good habits and the bad habits and then amend these habits.

These habits could be the little things we do everyday, the truth is that bad habits are hard to break bit it is possible. If you must eliminate these bad habits you’ll need to work on how the gears in your mind, not creating an anchor around the circumstances and people in you life.

Comparison

This is a major spike in negativity, we induce into our lives, we are often too quick to pull down our own unique blinds and usher ourselves to try and be life others “if I was only like her/him.” We are constantly taunted by the light of the other person we fail to realize that we carry so much more.

You have castles inside your bones, coronets in your heart, you are a unique being who has so much value in this world. You deserve to be here, you are loved, please don’t believe anything different. You have magic in your soul, even though to feel broken.

Remembering your unique identity. The timing in your life is perfect. Everything is working for your improvement and your development is good.

Don’t be consumed by what you are not. Live in truth and power.

There will never be another you. That alone makes you wonderful and special.

Your story is valid. It is teaching you something, it has a purpose and you are a living testimony of the purpose.

Negative Beliefs

Our thoughts are keys to our development and improvement, the thoughts we consume are capable of enhancing our lives or putting a stop to our rapid growth and development. Negativity is a bad habit that subtly creeps into our minds, configuring that shades of truth to falsehood.

These negative beliefs can be built from assumptions, challenges, criticisminsecurities, anxiety and fear of the unknown. Constantly harboring negative beliefs is a quick trip to unhappiness.

You cannot begin to change or eliminate bad habits if you don’t recognize them in the first place. The first step to creating any change in life to realize change needs to happen. So start by acknowledging the bad habits.

Negative beliefs are cannibalistic, the more you feed it, the bigger and stronger it grows. People who project negativity typically have low self esteem, they feel bah about themselves and their negativity is simply a reflection of those feelings instead of entertaining and processing these negative thoughts, take change and challenge them.

The mind of a human is capable of anything: you can alter your life to a progressive lane through your thoughts. Rather than ushering in negativity with your words, adopt positive declarations. Instead of saying “I’m behind in life” ask yourself where did the timeline idea come from, and is it valid?

Instead of saying I’m not enough ask yourself who profits off your insecurity and beauty standards?

Instead of saying “I’ll never find love, ask yourself how can I make more room for the love you already have.

Instead of saying “I’m not good enough,” ask yourself how you can be good for myself right now?

Instead of saying “I’m going to fail,” ask yourself since failure in inevitable in life, how can I let it be okay?

We are what we repeatedly do, excellent is not an act but a habit. The routines we continually practice make a huge impact in our lives and most times we fail to employ positive routines to guide our daily activities.

We practice bad habits like checking our phone first thing in the morning, consuming to much sugar, spending to much time on social media, wasteful spending, long term use of pain killers, not drinking water, neglecting our emotions.

Our daily routines kick up your momentum to take charge for the rest of the day.

The quality of your routine and the activities you engulfed in daily outline the quality of your life. Everyday you make choices,you could choose at the beginning of your day as you are waking up to do the thing you know you have to be doing at that moment or the choice to fake back and find comfort in laziness.

Keep Your Head High Up.

Keep Your Head High No Matter What Happens. You’ll Be Alright. If The Moment Hurts, Do Not Fall Victim To Its Pain. Look Ahead. Focus On Dreams. You’ll make it.

So you spilled your cup of coffee on your white shirt before walking into an important meeting. And last night, that text message you sent off never got read, when you were really were counting on a response. and to top off just how great your week has been going, your on the way to get lunch and your check engine light comes on, you had a mechanic look at it over the weekend and he said everything was fine.

Alright the things listed above are hypothetical, however they are absolutely not impossible. You can have those off days. It could be more or less harsh than to spilled coffee or a car issue. Maybe you lose your phone or your keys, maybe you’ll lose a family member of friend. Life happens. But the beautiful thing about it is that, no matter what you go through today or tomorrow or next week or in the next 5 years and so on. You have the power to control your attitude towards it all.

I know it’s superficial to always here “don’t worry, everything will be ok” and “there’s people who have it worse.” You want someone to genuinely understand you and see you as an individual but sometimes it doesn’t work out that way. But, don’t worry, your feelings and emotions and the thing’s you have experienced aren’t overlooked completely. You matter. I might not know who you are or where you are, I want you to know from one human to another who’s been through a lot to another.

Breath because you can. Look in the mirror for a few moments and remind yourself how many things you’ve made it through. And you are still here. You’re strong. I know things don’t go the way you want them to. I can relate. But the way life goes is the way it’s going to go, no matter what, accept it and let go of the fear of what might happen next.

Embrace that you’re more than your anger and sadness and you are definitely much more than dwelling on the past and the things you cannot change.

If you have a bad day, make it better by listening to your favorite music or calling someone you love ( not to complain but to have them lift you up.) Maybe talking to someone if just what you need in that moment.