My child, trust Me today for strength. Believe Me today for joy. I know you’re tired. I see your weariness. I will sustain you. I will raise you up with My righteous right hand. Allow Me to live through you in your weakness.
2 Corinthians 12:10 Nehemiah 8:10 Isaiah 41: 10 Isaiah 50:4
My child, I have called you to love and to serve. You will experience My peace as you allow Me to love others through you. You will have joy as you serve. You will walk in freedom as you fully surrender to Me. Most people fear their loss of freedom if they fully give themselves to Me, but that is the very thing that will allow them to gain it. One of the biggest lies of the evil one is that you must always be in control. Give complete control to Me and watch the enemy flee.
Galatians 5:13&14 James 4:7
My child, I have gifted you with unique gifts. Gifts that only you possess. I have placed My Holy Spirit in you to ignite and use these gifts as you allow Me full access to your heart. The more you surrender to Me, the more you will see these gifts in operation. Just like a snowflake, so are you. There is not another human being exactly like you. Let Me mold you and shape you into My image so you will be a reflection of My glory. Give Me your whole heart so I can shine through you.
Romans 8:29
My child, let go of all the reasonings and questions swirling around in your head. You can’t fix this situation. Release it all to Me and enter into My peace. I did not call you to worry or anxiety, but to faith. Choose to trust Me with this. Believe Me and do not get caught up with the confusion and doubts the enemy tries to throw at you. Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you, not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. John 14:27
My child, look forward and not back. I will show you great and glorious things if you keep your gaze fixed on Me. I am doing something new. I am making the rough roads straight. You will see My hand clear the way and My glory will be seen all around. I am the River in the desert. I am the roadway in the wilderness. I make a way when it looks like there is no way.
“Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new. Now it will spring forth. Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness. Rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:18&19
My child, I am the One who gives you the ability to walk in a manner worthy of Me. It is My Word that performs its work in you. I have called you with a holy calling, not according to your works, but according to My own purpose and grace which I have granted to you. I began this good work in you and I will complete it. I am at work in you for My good pleasure. Walk in a manner pleasing to Me. Be thankful and walk in humility and gentleness with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love. This is what I’ve called you to do.
1 Thes: 2:12 & 13, 2 Tim. 1:9, Phil 1:6, Phil 2:13, Eph. 4:1, Col 1:10
Seek Me above everything else. Seek Me and not just what I can provide for you. I desire your whole heart and your complete surrender. Do not worry or fret about the future. Be strong, and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work.”
2 Chronicles 15: 2 & 7
My child, fear not, for I have called you and placed on you My covenant of peace. You will not be shaken. You are My bride whom I love. Joy and peace are yours for the taking. You only need to walk in Me. My Spirit longs to reveal all that I have for you. All you need to do is receive.
Isaiah 54:10
My child, I alone will be exalted. I alone am to be glorified. Stop regarding man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils, for why should he be esteemed? Worship Me alone. Delight yourself in My Presence. Love Me for who I am, not for what I can provide for you.
Isaiah 2:17 & 22
Ingredient #7 is, you guessed it! EXERCISE! All I can say about this one is find something you love to do and do it. And learn to love some form of resistance training. Use weights or your body weight to build and strengthen your muscles. Increased muscle mass increases your metabolism. Your body will burn more calories and burn them efficiently when you lift weights. You can actually reshape your body by weight training. No need to worry about bulking up. Most women won’t. You can tone your muscles and have a remarkable outcome by resistence training. Start out slowly and with light weights. The more you build up your muscles, the stronger you will get. The stronger you get, the more your metabolism will crank up and turn into a calorie burning machine. Muscles burn more calories than fat does. And if we don’t use them, we’ll eventually lose them.
Do some form of exercise 3 to 4 days a week minimum. Find something you enjoy. Do something you’ll keep doing, not something you dread. Good options are walking, running, biking, hiking, swimming, zumba and dancing. Anything that gets your body moving.
Now here’s some really NEAT tricks for burning more fat. It’s called Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT). NEAT includes all of your physical activity throughout the day, excluding your “formal” workouts such as casual walking, shopping, yard work, housework, standing, pacing and even little things like talking, chewing, changing posture and fidgeting. You can implement more NEAT activity into your life by taking the stairs, stand or pace more, get up more often throughout the day and walk around and stretch, do your own yard work, walk instead of driving short distances.
Earl Loomis said: “We deny our talents and abilities because to acknowledge or confess them would commit us to use them. Don’t deny them please. If you do deny them, you deny your family, yourself, your church, your friends and your community the benefits of the talents that are inside of you.”
There are sees of greatness in each and every one of you.
St. Augustine said: “Man travels hundreds of miles to gaze at the broad expanse of the ocean. He looks in awe at the heavens above and stares in wonderment at the mountains, fields and streams, then passes himself by without a thought. God’s most amazing creation. That is you.”