Tag: Joelosteen

Ask God to change you not someone else… trust me it’s amazing! ❤️

November 19th, 2024

Happy Tuesday People! As I’ve said before I read a couple devotions every morning and this morning I liked both and they do go together in a way so wanted to share! I use to chase dreams and people and although you get some good out of it it may only last a short time where when I chase God and it isn’t hard things last! I have learned that if I chase God and learn more and more things come as needed people come as needed and on the other hand things and people leave as needed! When things happen that are sad or hard times I pray and know this is part of life and God always had a plan and I have learned to trust God no matter what and life is much better! We are worthy and you and I have a voice and when we are people pleasers it doesn’t work as people change people are judgmental and sometimes harsh and cold hearted but God never is he is always the same yesterday today and tomorrow and that you can 100% count on! When we rely on God we pray in the beginning for him to change others but once you reach a new level you understand and pray for God to change you yourself and when that happens wow the world changes through you! GOD has been working on me for awhile and I feel it in my heart and soul the changes he pushed toward me and because I’m a stubborn one it took a minute but the beauty of it is …. I got it and I learned that changing me was necessary and every day something else changed or I grew or I help someone else grow and change! My door is always open when you need help listening to God or want to know how to get where I am as it’s not always easy but worth the travel and the adventure along the way is amazing when you follow God and know it’s needed! If what you have been doing isn’t working but you keep doing the same thing over and over guess what it’s time for you to make a change and ask God to work on you trust me you will not regret it and your life will move forward in amazing ways! Don’t ask God to always change someone else to see your ways ask God to change you to become a child of God that he always knew you would and could be… I did and I will never be the same!!! Have the most blessed day … ❤️… I know I AM!!!!!
Know where your foundation is and what it is built upon… GOD!!!!

November 14th, 2024

Happy Thursday People! Foundation … I have found the ultimate foundation and it is my God! I tried most of my life to make it work without God being the foundation and clearly it did not work out well! I had tried so many things and it didn’t work because my foundation wasn’t built right! Once I finally allowed my foundation to be God wow what a difference it made and there is no returning once you have lived with God as your foundation! You can read you can try this person or that person you can try that job or this job but without God being the foundation it only is temporary! No one wants a temporary foundation as we build in hopes that it last forever but on a temporary foundation it doesn’t work! Let God be your foundation and build from there and wherever God leads you it will be the most amazing place to be! Letting God be our foundation doesn’t mean we are perfect doesn’t mean we don’t make mistakes or say or do the wrong things what it means is we are quick to know when we should or shouldn’t do or say something and when we do mess us we are quick to apologize and make it right and then we learn from that mistake! How do you know God is talking to you well I’m not sure how he talks to you but he talks to me in so many ways every day… I get a gut feeling don’t do it or do it or an idea comes across my mind that solves whatever it is I’m trying to do and thoughts will come up every day and I stop and say ahh God that was you! Sometimes when I’m trying to find something after a few minutes of not finding it I stop say God lead me to this and I’m telling you the next thing is ohhhh there it is .. don’t forget to thank God every time he shows up!!! Listen when God speaks don’t shake it off as why did I just think of that .. that’s crazy don’t do it well listen and if you’re unsure stop and pray to God about it! Listen you don’t have to go somewhere to pray you don’t have to shut down the day to pray because I pray so many times a day sometimes it’s just looking up and saying God I need you to help me through this and then proceed on with your day or you leave your office for a minute to take a a walk or a drive and just pray for a few minutes then go back! Yes it’s that simple and it matters and it helps! Never ever forget God is always there you just have to rely on him and trust that talking to God should be your first thought not your last! I hope today brings you joy and answers to prayers that you have been praying about! Have a beautiful day …

… I know I AM!!
The best is yet to come…. be happy and love yourself!!

November 13th, 2024

Happy Wednesday People! The best is yet to come… which I believe 100%! When we are young and growing up we don’t have priorities right but it’s because we are growing and learning and have to figure out life as best we can! When we are young and have young children the days are hectic some days are better than others again we are learning! Then we grow older and learn that God is the only way to live and have the best life! So you see the best is yet to come because once you learn that we need God everything and everyone around you will change as your priorities have changed which include yourself which is amazing! Of course this is my opinion and my life growing up was this! I don’t know about you but I can tell you I wasted too much time trying to make things perfect trying to make everyone else happy trying to find my way but I am happy that I found my way before my final resting stop! Life is so much sweeter and so much better with God in it as things don’t seem so bad even when they are because you have God beside you! I know the best is coming because the older I get the more I Let God lead and the less time I spend worrying about things I cannot change and people who are not supporters because we have God and so many around that do support us! I don’t worry about what I can’t change any more I don’t worry about the people who are not on my side I don’t worry about what others think of me all I do is take one day at a time live my best life for me help as many as I can and do me best I can! Life is short love people who love you with all you have and love people in general for or against you because you only can take care of how you feel and act not someone else! My biggest lesson has been I finally asked God to work on me take out the parts that need gone and grow the parts that need work and he slowly did was it always easy no some were painful changes but once you focus on you and ask God to change you where it’s needed wow what a difference it makes! Don’t worry about the ones who aren’t around for the change or who won’t give you the chance to show them because God knows and he will send the right people for you just be the best you and let God lead and you will be where you are suppose to be with the people you are suppose to be with!! Life is grand go out today hold your head high do the best you can and always try to serve someone else in some way as it makes a difference! Have a blessed day …

… I know I AM!
Give God the praise he deserves through good times and bad times! ❤️

November 11th, 2024

Happy Monday People! Over the years this was true I would only lean on God when things were in turmoil, and I thought my last resource is praying! I have learned it should not be our last resource it should always be our first as that is where I got it wrong! Praying to God first during turmoil will give you direction understanding and peace to move on and let God help with whatever it is!!! I have learned some of my biggest lessons through turmoil and although not easy to get through God was always there and I have learned just stop and pray and let God guide before we do something as sometimes, we make it worse by trying to “fix” it! I fully believe that some of our weakest moments are our biggest lessons and if you go about, it with open eyes and open heart you will see God work in ways you never thought! Even when we go through trials God loves us forgives us and is always there, we just have to reach out to him and let him take over as his way is always the best way no matter what! Don’t let something steal your joy and ruin you day week or even year as I think we all have done that way too many times! It’s time to rejoice in the Lord and pray when trials come but always pray and praise when miracles and movement happen! I have learned to pray daily during good and bad times as God deserves our praise for the happy times as he doesn’t just want to hear from us when something is going on he wants to hear us praise his daily miracles as we are more blessed than we realize some days! Go out today as give praise to God and help someone else through their day! Today is Veterans Day be sure to thank all those who served and are serving as they do it for you, me and everyone! Have a blessed day … ❤️… I know I AM!
Make sure you know your value to God!!! ❤️

November 7th, 2024

Happy Thursday People! Feeling valued could be in so many ways here on this earth but our Heavenly Father is the ultimate! We can try to feel value on earth and through people but in my experience even if we feel value through others sometimes it only last a moment or is abused to some degree not always but sometimes! With our God it is always and never ever drops never stops never decreases as our value is priceless and God never makes mistakes! Make sure you know your value and if you haven’t opened up to God yet to let him lead then you are missing out! I talked with someone last night about patience and this person and myself really never had patience as we are both very impatient or I was but not so much now! I have learned that the value of waiting on God is much more important than whatever it is I’m being impatient about! This person said to me I remember you years ago and you were very impatient I said you are correct 100% but I have learned to be more patient and wait upon the Lord because obviously my plans for my life were not the right way and at some point we learn or we should and when we are a little more patient and wait upon the Lord we get it right the first time and we don’t have to re do it 🙂… if you are struggling please don’t jump and listen to everyone around you as everyone has a different opinion about things and that will sometimes just confuse you and you’re left wondering what to do… pray and keep your faith and believe it with everything you have and God will come through in a big way just make sure you are open minded because what God does to help you may not look like what you thought but he will help in his way which is best so keep your heart eyes and ears open to what God has for you! It is hard for a person who isn’t fully connected to God to understand someone who is as I use to be the one who didn’t understand but wow has God changed my sights and now I’m in the other side of that and I’m sure people don’t understand me and that’s ok because I know Gods working on them and me still!! Have an open mind pray and see what God has in store for you today as I can tell you that’s exactly what I plan to do! Have a blessed and wonderful day ❤️ I know I AM!!
Pray every day about everything and everyone! God already knows but he likes to hear it from us ❤️

November 6th, 2024

Happy Wednesday People!!! Love this so so much! If you know me you know I didn’t always pray I tried but it was here and there I know that sounds silly but very true! For years I would pray then go back to the flesh because well I knew how to take care of me!! I would get in a bind I would pray I would be good I would get back in the flesh again I knew better!! Well guess what I didn’t and neither do you but God does!!! I pray throughout the day all day long and I try not to react anymore I try to remember to stop and pray and not react I still mess up from time to time but I believe I have arrived to the point that I can stop pray and think about things before reacting! God was always there for me I just had to reach up and take it myself and I did and I’m so thankful I did! I pray before I ever get out of bed of the morning as a prayer doesn’t have to be long all the time it could be as simply as Thank You God for another day and those words I speak every single morning when my eyes open! I pray on the way to work for so many every morning when I walk into our office my first words are God please be here in this building with all of us today.. I pray for my grands and my kids and family it’s all day long! God is always on my mind! If you are around me you are going to hear something about God and I just can’t help it because I know where God has been I know what he pulled me out of multiple times I know where my blessings come from and I know God has more there is no way God will leave me or my thoughts! When you are passionate about something or someone that is what you think of and what you talk about it as it should be! I do remember my early days when I knew people who are just like me now I use to think is that all they do is talk about God and go to church and I didn’t want to talk to them because I knew what was they were going to say and I missed out on so much! Now I’m that person I’m sure some avoid me because of the same reason but I can tell you once you have God in your heart and soul you can never hear too much and I will never stop sharing God and my testimony because it’s amazing and every day I am more and more amazed at what God has done is doing and will do! God shows us what he is doing we just have to stop and recognize it! I will help anyone that needs help and if you just want to know how to know God and hear of the miracles God has given me my door is always open! I hope everyone has a very blessed and happy day as it’s a day to be happy and celebrate God and I know I AM ❤️
Be good to yourself and one another as we all have days we weep! ❤️

November 5th, 2024

Happy very rainy Tuesday People! Weeping … we have all been there at some point or another! I have learned that when I’m sad down weeping whatever it may be I just sit and cry with God and he is there with no judgment just comfort! We can talk to God about anything and everything and guess what it never gets retold to someone that adds to it or makes it into something else! Sometimes we tell others what is wrong or what we are thinking what our fears and hopes are and the next thing we know someone else knows those same things well they know partially as what was told to them was not exactly the truth. Sometimes people don’t care about the truth they care about the fact you are hurting and some care in a good way some care in a bad way as they want to see you hurt and if you are one of those people who like to see someone else hurt just because you don’t like them well you should check yourself as that is just wrong! We should never be happy someone else is hurting I don’t care who they are! Was I always this way no I was like everyone else in the world learning and lived by the flesh and was selfish and when we seen someone hurting that we didn’t necessarily get along with or like we say well karma finally arrived! We should pray for one another to be happy to be whole to have a good life and when someone is hurting no matter why we should pray for them! We all have good days and bad days just imagine our community if we all cared for one another and no eveyone doesn’t have to be best friends but we all can be good people and want the best for one another! Look in the mirror this morning before heading out or staying home and just ask yourself how many times has God forgiven me how many times has God picked me up how many times was I hurting and people prayed for me and showed up for me how many times has God forgiven me… once you answer yourself maybe you should give that same grace to someone else who you may not think deserves it but did you deserve it when you received it maybe maybe not! Be a good person and help someone today that’s down or that just needs to hear from you as life is short and life is good family is good and we should embrace one another no matter what… take your raincoat and umbrella as it’s raining hard but I’m almost certain that will not keep you dry today but you can smile and have a terrific day … I mean it’s just water 😊… have a blessed day .. ❤️.. I know I AM!
Keep sharing God keep buidling yourself and let God show you the doors to open and close! ❤️

November 4th, 2024

Happy Monday People! It’s a rainy day and im thankful for the rain 😊… keeping balanced is not always easy may look easier to some than others as everyone has their own path to take! What looks like too much for one person may not be enough for the next! I stay productive with several things and I hear all the time you do too much but I really don’t because I enjoy to the fulliest what I do and I see opportunites every single day and if I believe God is leading me to something I promise you I’m going to do all I can to walk thru those doors! I love providing jobs for people, I love giving someone a chance they didn’t know they had, I love helping our community every chance I get, I love my daily work family as they are amazing, I love helping my family when I can and most of all I love sharing what God has done in my life!! I have my testimony and sometimes I have to check myself as I am amazed by God because of where God has led me and how he gets me through things in life that were meant to tear me down but they built me up and when you finally realize hardships are real but they don’t have to tear you down and you find ways to deal with them to build yourself wow what a difference it makes! If you have too much on your shoulders start reducing that so you can be a light for God if you don’t have enough find what God has for you and start being a light for God!!! I get up early every single day so I have time to read Gods word, pray, get my day started and I am excited every single day to see what God has for me. I know God has something coming that is big and he’s making sure I’m taking his path and one day soon he will reveal what is in my path and I’m sooooo excited for his next chapter!!! Go out today and make sure God is leading you and have the most blessed day ❤️.. I know I AM!
Live life to its fullest and quit trying to be perfect .. God loves us as we are ❤️

October 31st, 2024

Happy Thursday People! Oh how I love this mornings read.. as I think we have all been here! I can say for myself as a young person mom wife and more I tried to make everything perfect well on the outside house was clean kids were clean usually everything was put up food was cooked but I missed what was important as most do! As we grow older and grands come along we realize it doesn’t matter if the house has clutter doesn’t matter if we have a 5 course meal or just a quick grab it doesn’t matter if your hair looks like you didn’t brush it and the kids are dirty because at some point it will be cleaned up and kids will be clean and eveyone will be full before bed so enjoy the day! I feel life is backwards sometimes we grow up trying to get it right and have so many misses along the way then we get older and realize some mattered some didn’t but we can’t change what is in the past but we sure can live for today! When my grands are here I promise you it looks like a tornado went through but I know they will leave and they may not be back for a few days and guess what the house will Get cleaned when they leave as it always does! While they were here we laughed we had fun we made messes we got dirty and those are the memories to cherish! Don’t worry if something isn’t perfect just do your best and live life while you can as I promise you dont want to miss out on memories just because something isn’t perfect! If your grand wants a picture and you are not ready take the picture anyway they don’t care what you look like they just care about you being there! Don’t worry if you have on work clothes just take the picture they don’t care about what you have on they care about you! Once we have people around us that just care about us as a person it’s the best because people shouldn’t care what you have don’t have or what you can give or what you have done or haven’t done they just love you and want you around that is what matters and the best way! So love people today no conditions just be and just love! Have a blessed day .. ❤️… I know I AM!
God is waiting .. call upon him today and live your best life! ❤️

October 29th, 2024

Happy Tuesday People! Love this and it doesn’t need much explanation! If only all of us as humans could love like God does wow what a place it would be! God is waiting for you with open arms doesn’t matter what you did or where you as he will
Meet you where you are! All you have to do is repent and ask God to lead and he will.. if you have people in your life as most do that will forgive who will not support who will not let the past go who does not want to be a part of your life well that’s their choice but they are probably missing out on the best times at times and the family gatherings and the outings and the photos that many cherish years down the road! You can’t make people do something they don’t want but you can pray and move down the road to where God wants you and live your best life! Just because you move on doesn’t mean you love or care less it means you value your own life and want to live it to its fulliest and you just have to go and do what God wants because if you’re not following God and letting him lead I promise you’re missing out! In the end we will face our Lord and that should be what we focus on and everything else will be what it is! Have a beautiful day ❤️.. I know I AM! 😊