Question of the week: Feb 16

So. I am going to try something new today.

There are so many projects that go left undone in a household with small children. So, I woke up with an idea (thank you Jesus). I literally heard this= “You can do anything for 15 minutes!” I had read about this idea several places, one being FLYLADY.com, another on SimpleMom.net. I am going to carry around my timer today and set it for 15 minutes. Then I am going to tackle several tasks but only for 15 minutes! Maybe I will finish the task, maybe I won’t but it will be 15 minutes worth that wasn’t done before! Including idle computer time. WOW, that can get away from you fast- huh?

So the Question of the Week is this... Can you do anything for 15 minutes?

I really believe it builds character to do things we do not want to do. I believe we should get into the habit of telling ourselves “no” at LEAST once a day!

I am going to try and implement this this week as my weekly goal.

1 Thes 5: ⁸But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled…

This day will belong to me!!!

Stop Tryin' and Start Dyin'- GUEST BLOGGER: JEN

Hebrews 12:2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

God spoke to me this morning telling me to die, and I questioned it.
Hey wouldn't you, if God spoke very clearly to you telling you to die?
I have been very frustrated with everything lately and the enemy found
a way to get in: I have been trying to get things done with my own strength and not letting God do his work.

So what God spoke to me this
morning was "Stop trying and Start Dying (to yourself)"
Ah, thank you for confirming you're not telling me I'm going to die God!

Sunday I was
convicted, I realized after church I really
wasn't being thankful for some things in my life. So, I started doing it.
Girls guess what?
I have started to change and now everything is changing around me!
(When I change, everything changes)
PRAISE GOD!!!
My son Isaac has done a 180!!!!! I started again praying for my
finances (which I stopped doing, and boy was that a mistake!),
and was able to book some work last night!!!
I just have to remember God is my provider and I need to put all my faith into him and not let it go.

I will continue to die to myself today, and let God work in me like he
has been trying to!!

Holy Spirit Boot Camp: Guest Blogger: Stephanie

Good Morning Ladies!! What a Beautiful chilly day it is!!!

Hebrews 12:7-11
As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never
disciplined by its father? If God doesn't discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all. Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn't we submit even more to the discipline of the
Father of our spirits, and live forever? For our earthly fathers
disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God's discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness. No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it's painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.

For the past 6 months God has been doing a Mighty work in me.
Building character and changing my heart. Ripping out all the ugly and
replacing it with beauty and joy. I can honestly say that I thought
God was never going to change the ugly crippled ungrateful person I
was. But the passage up above is exactly what I had to go through
FIRST!! I had to SUBMIT myself to the King Lord Jesus.
And only then could He make me into the person He designed me to be.
Was it painful..Heck YES....did it suck at times...YEP...and No it wasn't
enjoyable to have to die to certain things that have been birthed in
my heart for 23 years!!
But I made a choice. My choice was to fully give my life to God. I didn't care what I had to do. I didn't care what it meant for me and my life. I would give up EVERYTHING in my life just to have Jesus in my life, because without Him my life is NOTHING.
I want to encourage any of you ladies that might be going through a
rough patch in life or might be giving up something in order to live
in complete FREEDOM in the Kingdom. DON"T GIVE UP!!!!! Please don't!!
The freedom in my heart and the joy of Christ in me is overwhelming!
It was worth every tear and prayer. Who doesn't want a peaceful
harvest??? It wont just be handed to you. You have to work for it!!! A sacrifice.
But sooooooo worth it ladies! I hope this gives Hope to
someone!!!

Love you all very much!!!

A daughter of the Most High