EXCELLENT

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

“Have to sow excellent seeds to have an excellent life. Must start with sowing excellent thoughts.” ― John C. Maxwell

Are you sowing excellent thoughts this morning?

Or are you stuck in a rut of negativity? Are you awake and receptive to GOD’s perspective for you and this day or is your past and an attitude of doom and gloom at the helm?

Now, I am not naïve.

Tough homes, tough relationships, the consequence of bad influences and poor decisions serve to shape our perceptions and our attitudes and I realize for some the “I can do its” and "I could do that’s” have been squashed under the weight of “I cant’s” and “never will’s”.

But you have the power to change that!

Pitch that pessimism today and begin believing some TRUTH!

Like in CHRIST, “YOU CAN!”

You CAN recover! You CAN experience blessing in life! You CAN have healthy and happy relationships! That doors will open, opportunities will surface and favor can and will be yours! How do I know?

THE BIBLE TELLS ME so!

whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God, the Creator of all light, and he shines forever without change or shadow.

James 1:17 (LB)

So, avoid the lies of the enemy today, even if you have been hamstrung by them for years. Turn a deaf ear today. Pay them no attention; leave them at the side of the road. Cease to let them have influence in your mind and spirit today!

They and him are not worth your time or energy.

They are lies after all (John 8:44)

Let go of lies like:

“I need to be more like someone else,”

“I don’t have anything to offer,”

“I am who others say I am”,

“This compulsion has me”,

“I am a victim of circumstances”,

“GOD can’t love me.”

Don’t believe a word of it!

Those are NOT EXCELLENT thoughts!

Instead fill up your mind with truth today..."excellent thoughts"!

Thoughts like…

(YOU) are (a child, we are) children of God, and if children, then heirs-heirs of GOD and joint heirs with Christ...Romans 8:16 (NKJV) 

That YOU ARE fearfully and wonderfully made! (Psalm 139:14)

Believe it, act like it, speak it and live it!

Remember…

you are...His own special people...(1 Peter 2:9 NKJV)

And never forget my friends…

God is (ALWAYS) up to something. It is up to you to reach out to find what God is up to for you.” ― Robert Schuler 

And I am confident it is EXCELLENT!

So, think on THOSE things! (Philippians 4:8)

And REAP an excellent day.

I love you all.

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