Month: September 2018

Soul Control

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My soul (mind, will, and emotion) was the part of my life that put me on a roller-coaster of Great Heights and Deep Despair; for weeks at a time depression would take over my life and I didn’t know why or have any control. I called my pastor one day I was not doing well. We talked for 20 minutes and the things she said, lifted me up, and then dropped me back into despair, and around again. Shocked, I learned from that conversation, that the words of another person controlled my feelings!

How was it so easy for my emotions to be lead up and down like a game at the county fair? Power, I gave away my power over what I thought which changed my feelings and my will to act!

MY LIFE STARTED TO CHANGE when I saw and understood Ephesians 4:22-24 and Romans 12:1-2 where God talks about renewing my mind, and 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 where He says take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

Philippians 4:8 Tells us what to think: what ever is true, honorable, right pure, lovely, of good repute, any excellence and worthy of praise let your mind dwell on these things.

Bit by bit my life improved so that now when I have a bad thought that starts to take me down; I usually catch it and kick it out of my head and replace it with a Good Thought within a few minutes, maybe up to a few hours, but never for more than a day. It is so different to live life with positive thinking and believing the best about a situation or a person. Life is a joy to live.

I do have to say it is more than just positive thinking; God’s Word Has Power to change your life and the way you think. He has set me free from Emotional and Physical Pain and changed my Soul so I am able to have a conversation with people and they have no idea anything ever happened.

Come join me in Living a Good Enjoyable life in Jesus!

Healing my Soul

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The first step of my soul being healed took place when we moved to my grandparent’s farm. They attended a little country church, the first week I asked my mom if I could join the choir.

I was 8 years old and it was a choir of about 8 adults: they allowed me to join. I remember singing in the choir up front and looking up to where God was. I was asking God to be in my life. God started to heal to my soul, from the prior year of stuff people make movies out of. During fifth grade I started taking communion and it filled me with  Joy, until I was yelled at, but that is another story.

Eleven years later, I joined a Praise team for Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship; closing the first meeting we gathered to pray, I saw something in them that I didn’t have. I asked God, at that moment to give me what they had. He did! I was filled with LOVE and JOY that carried me through everything, even 35 years later. I wanted to tell everyone about this Great Joy and Love, but  my friends tried to get me to calm down just a bit. I was probably more like a bull in a china shop for many years.

Even with this Joy, I struggled with depression and anxiety; it doesn’t sound like it meshes does it? I can’t explain it but it is true. Reading my journals from all the years they are all filled with Joy even when I was going through struggles. Maybe just Knowing The God of the Universe was listening to me and He cared about me made the difference.

Some anxiety left when I became a mother, but most of the work began when I found Joyce Meyer on the radio and then on the TV. She taught me to give my worries to God and then change the way I was thinking to line up with the way God says in His Word. Think on Good and Positive things. It has taken 20 years, but the first year I practiced giving God my worries and leaving them with Him, greatly improved my everyday life.

My suggestion to heal your soul is to connect with God, The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob! The Great I AM! Jesus His Son Who Saves! and Holy Spirit!

 

The Soul

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Last year, I bought a shirt at the Joyce Meyer Women’s Conference; choosing to have Psalm 23:3 printed on it, shocking me tears fell, something deep inside was breaking open.

When I put on the shirt today, God downloaded Understanding into my spirit. He Restores my soul! Each of us has a soul and it is made up of our mind, will and emotions. What this country needs is to have our souls restored. When people are hurt and damaged by relationships or life experiences, especially occurring in childhood it changes who we are and the way we react to situations.

Waking up to one more shooting and no one has a reason, I understanding, we need Jesus to Restore our Soul in this country so we can live in Peace with each other.

Who knew how important one verse could be? Only God!