Simply Life

James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

The earliest days of a diet are the hardest. There are times when it just seems impossible to resist the wonderful treats that appear everywhere. But resist we must. The reward comes to us when we realize that with each victory over an individual temptation, it be-comes all the easier to resist in the future. The largest part of the battle is to realize that we really can do it. The Scriptures promise us that when we resist temptation (the devil), it will flee from us, and it will trouble us no more. God never makes a promise that He won't keep. The battle's been won.

Today's thought: There is no temptation I cannot resist!

It’s not about you!

“For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, …everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him.” Colossians 1:16 (Msg)

“It is God who directs the lives of his creatures; everyone’s life is in his power.” Job 12:10 (TEV)

You were made for God, not vice versa, and life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose. Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose.

The easiest way to discover the purpose of an invention is to ask the creator of it. The same is true for discovering your life’s purpose: Ask God.

Andrei Bitov, a Russian novelist, grew up under an atheistic Communist regime. But God got his attention one dreary day. He recalls, “In my twenty-seventh year, while riding the metro in Leningrad I was overcome with a despair so great that life seemed to stop at once, preempting the future entirely, let alone any meaning. Suddenly, all by itself, a phrase appeared: ‘Without God life makes no sense.’ Repeating it in astonishment, I rode the phrase up like a moving staircase, got out of the metro and walked into God’s light.”

You may have felt in the dark about your purpose in life. Congratulations, you’re about to walk into the light

Today is a day that is special. Not because of the Easter Bunny. Not because of the yummy chocolate.
For over half of my life, I didn't truly understand what Easter was meant to celebrate.
In the Bible, God says that this day is the day when Jesus (after being crucified on the cross) rose from the grave.
Also, I have found a wonderful article by one of my favorite pastors. His name is Greg Laurie, and the article is called "The Blood of the Lamb".
I hope you check it out and enjoy it!
Have a wonderful Easter, I pray you spend it with people you love.

(a song I wrote)


Why do I let
fear fill my heart?

Where can I go
for peace?

Who is the answer
to my questions?

When will I
believe?

You
hold me in your arms
You
never let me go
You
made the sun and stars
You
always lead me home

All of my questions
fall to the ground
One truth remains...

It's You
who is holding my life
in the palm of your hands

(a poem I wrote to myself)

Follow your heart
somebody once said

That path leads to sorrow
and fogs up my head

Follow the Lord
a difficult road

That path leads to Heaven
and riches untold

Give yourself over
mind, heart, and soul

Don't cease to praise Him
once more you'll be whole

This was on my calendar today:

Feelings have nothing to do with who I am. My worth does not depend on them....
I am secure because of Jesus. I must use my will not my feelings, to determine my value.


-Bobby Evans

I learned this in a Bible Study class I was in once. It's been a long road since then,
and I had forgotten it.
I tend to lean so much on my feelings that I bypass everything else.

P.S. Does anybody know the Bobby Evans that said this quote?

(2/18/05)