God’s Grace is Always Greater than our Sin

God’s Grace is always Greater than our Sin.  Find out  what we can do to receive Gods grace and blessings in our lives.

Do you live in a state of fear, defeat, and anxious thoughts?  Do you feel like you’ve just had too many failures?  Not applied the optimal level of self discipline?   Failed relationships, job difficulties, mental or physical challenges.

Feeling selfish much?  Do you sometimes disregard other peoples need for love, acceptance, or attention by putting your needs first?  Do you make excuses for your sinful attitudes or the ‘little’ lies that won’t hurt anyone?  Or have you made some really bad choices in your life in the past like King David did and you are living in misery, guilt, fear, and anguish?

Wherever you fit into these scenarios, the good news is that God loves you so much that he has great things planned for you.  But if you are living in sin (even the little white lies) and not walking in a right relationship with God, it may be impacting your ability to receiving his blessings.

We are all human and born with a sinful nature. But we don’t need to continue to live in that sin. Jesus Christ already covered our sins through his death on the cross and cleared the path for us to be in a right relationship with God. It’s our responsibility to keep that right relationship with God as we fail ourselves and fall into sin.  We need to  acknowledge our human nature, shortfalls, sins, and ask for forgiveness. Check out this example of King David, his bad choices, his misery, his prayer, and his restoration.  This is an example that we can follow too!

Most of us have heard the bible story of King David and Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 11.  It’s so hard to Sin and gracebelieve that King David, who was anointed by God and also accepted by both Judah’s and Israel’s people to be their King, could also be a murderer and adulteress.  King David who had received God’s blessings throughout most of his life from a very young age when he was just a shepherd boy tending his families flocks.   As a young boy he was described as ruddy, glowing in health and having a fine appearance and handsome features.

We also look back at David’s life, specifically in 1 Samuel 17.  There we read of the story of David and Goliath, which is the first example of when God blessed David and conquered David’s enemies.  God delivered David’s enemies into his hands over and over.  David loved the Lord and was very intent to follow God’s standards and laws that were provided.  David executed good judgement and was responsible, just, and right for all of his people.   He did not use his position for personal gain although he very well could have.

Even with God’s blessing as he reigned as King for forty years, David was still human and was a great man but he was tempted by a bathing beauty and he made some really bad choices.  Those choices brought pain and suffering for many of the people that looked up to him, their families, and David himself suffered miserably through guilt, misery and anguish.  (Psalm 32).  David lost four sons in total but the Lord did bless both David and Bethsheba with a son Solomon who became King over Israel and was the third and last in the ancient United Kingdom of Isreal.

The wonderful message that we learn as we study these events in scripture in the books of Samuel, is that God’s grace is greater than our Sin.  See God sent a respected and trusted friend of David’s to help David realize his sin and the significance of his decision to reject God and God’s Word.   God loved David so much that he intervined to help David get back on track.  Then the Holy Spirit who is our counselor and our teacher, convicted David of his sin and David acknowledged his sin, prayed to God and repented, and asked God for forgiveness.  And God did exactly that!  Because nothing, not even a great big fat sin, can separate us from the love of God.

Romans 8:38 – For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Although sin has far reaching implications as David did experience, God restored David and forgave him of his sin.  God’s love is greater than all our sin.  What I find fascinating is how David prayed for forgiveness.   I think this is a great example that we can choose to follow:

Psalm 51:1-2 “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.  Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

  1. “Blot out my transgressions” – Lord, erase your record of my sins.
  2. “Wash away all my iniquity” – That there is no longer a trace of my sin that remains
  3. “Cleanse me from all my sin” – Purify me through and through Lord

Then be thorough each day to take an inventory of even the smallest sins.  Pray through Psalm 51 that David prayed.  Keep a short list, in other words, through daily reflection and intentional maintenance to keep sin at bay.  To receive protection through all the tools, people, and resources that God has provided each of us.”

  • Read Gods Word
  • Talk to God through prayer asking for clarity and help to acknowledge your sin
  • Know what temptations you struggle with and keep a close tight watch
  • Ask the Holy Spirit to prompt you and enable you to walk away from those temptations
  • Know that Satan lies. That it’s not okay to sin – that it doesn’t matter – that no one will know
  • Establish a couple of accountability partners or friends to encourage and support you

God bless you as you apply these actions and draw closer to God, become more like Jesus everyday, and enjoy the daily fellowship with the Holy Spirit!

Guarding against becoming a shadow of your former self

What I envision when I think about being a shadow of my former self is subtle weight gain, muscle loss, feeling less strong, less energy, and loss of vitality which kind of translates to losing the ability to live a full life.  When these losses occur you tend to sit around and be less active.  This in turn becomes a slippery slope of becoming even less active and less healthy.

More than a year ago I started to wonder if I was possibly going down that path!!  Wow!! Really??  I took a good look at myself and decided I needed to maintain and rebuild strength, energy, and vitality; but how?

We can’t protect ourselves against accidents, illnesses, and other tragedies in our lives as these are not really in our control but we can certainly take steps to be healthy.  It is nutrition that must be at the forefront and then exercise.  It’s not the other way around.  You need to fuel your body properly to have the energy and strength to exercise and consequently build lean muscles and core strength.

Following my wife’s lead I discovered the best nutrition ever!  A complete system to fuel my body with balanced nutrition, cleanse myself of the toxins trapped by visceral fat in the mid-section.  Nutrition that allows the body to function as it was designed which in turn fosters a reshaping of the body!  For me this has not been so much from major weight loss but from shifting reducing fat and adding lean muscles.  A pound of fat is bigger than a pound of lean muscle so gaining lean muscles at the expense of fat changes the body’s shape back to its former glory or maybe even better!

I’m now feeling better than I’ve been feeling for years and this is only the beginning.  Everyone deserves to feel as good as I do.

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Be Still In Awe And Reverence!

This resonated with me as I was think about waiting on the Lord. The Lord put me on the path that I am on and I do all I can to bring value, contribute, have the right end in mind, the right priorities, and intentions, and show people some love while I do it! I’m not perfect though!img_5411

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Many times when, in my human nature, I do not see progress as quickly as I desire, I do more “stuff” to try to speed up the progress.

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I’ve recently realized that I am not waiting on the Lord but rather the Lord is waiting on me to wait on him! I am not being quiet and letting go.

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Who am I to keep the Lord waiting? I should have the fear of the Lord. I do have the fear of the Lord! I should have reverence and awe of God—enough to not let him wait on me.

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I am prompt with everything I do in respect of others. I’m on time, I schedule my day to the convenience of others, I don’t make my husband wait for me to be ready to leave the house or to help him when he has something for me to do.

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So why am I making the Lord wait on me?

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The Lord is ready to clear my path and enable me! I need to get out of the way! Everything in his perfect timing!

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I’ve already shifted my thinking and my action – I’m just acknowledging it for inspiriation and accountability.

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I am choosing to “let go and let God”! And I am now waiting on God with anticipation of what he has planned for me!

#trustgod

#letgo

#reverence

#lightmypath

#bestill

#letgod

Waiting on the Lord

Here are a few nuggets I picked up about waiting on the Lord this week at Women’s Bible Study Fellowship as we read and studied “The People of the Promised Land”. Here David, after killing Goliath, waited approx 30 years to be anointed King over all Israel. img_5379-1

David had several opportunities to take things into his own hands. He had multiple opportunities to kill Saul for instance. He was strategic, and a very skilled leader, he had God’s favor, and he knew his success was the Lord’s not his own. He constantly waited for the Lord to win his battles and sought the Lord’s guidance. (Most the time—-but just like us he wasn’t perfect)!

When we are praying, trusting, and waiting on the Lord, how patient are we? When we don’t see the answer, get the answer or the result we expected of our prayers, how often do we take things into our own hands? Make things happen?

How often are we tempted each day to trust in idols of tradition, resources, intuitions, good ideas or the power of positive thinking to carry out God’s work? I think my most frequent error is intuition and good ideas, ah…and positive thinking. I guess I’m guilty of all of these really.

Here are the nuggets:

1. God’s Spirit makes it possible to glorify God and do good for others while we watch in anticipation for answers to our prayers, situations, and even our dreams. (Remember just because something seems like it’s a good idea and comes from your heart, it doesn’t mean you go it alone-wait on the Lord and pray)

2. As we pray and wait, God will be present with us as His Spirit makes us strong as we persevere.

3. When we wait with contentment, we show that we trust God has given all we need for now to do what He wants us to do.

And remember, God never hurries. As my dear elderly friend Susan tells me “God is never early, and God is never late. God is right on time”! God knows the plan and God knows how much time he has!

When things go well we tend to forget about God

Did you ever notice that we are more likely to call upon God when things are not going as well as we are accustomed to?  When the sun is shining, when the temperature is perfect we tend to bask in the sun and plan fun things with friends.  But when we are sick, or the weather is horrible, or the threat of a natural disaster looms we are more likely to think and pray to God for protection or help.

You are not alone!  It is human nature to tend to do that.  Our sinful nature tends to forget God in good times.  In those time we often think we’ve got things under control.  We’re handling things just fine on our own.  In Deuteronomy, God warned the Israelites about this.  During the forty years in the wilderness He met their needs day by day and they knew they depended on Him.  There was no food or water otherwise.  However, as they came near to the Promised Land, God counseled them about the dangers of prosperity.  The Promised Land had abundant water, food, and all the resources they needed.  He knew they would thank Him for taking them there and for all they had.  But He also knew that their attitude would change as they got used to all they had and that they would feel they had things under control and withdraw from their closeness to God.

For me the relevant passage is:

10When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.  11Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day.  12Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, 13and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, 14then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.  15He led you through the vast and dreadful desert, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.  16He gave you manna to eat in the desert, something your fathers had never known, to humble and to test you so that in the end it might go well with you.  17You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.”  18But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today.

19If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed.  20Like the nations the Lord destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the Lord your God.  (Deuteronomy 8:10-20)

As I’ve drawn closer to God I’ve become more aware of my behavior and my tendencies and I am learning to guard against them by intentionally remembering God’s answers to prayers and how He has provided for us. I am also more careful to recognize that my abilities and my talents all come from God.  It is a journey but now I am careful to keep my eyes on the prize and not to veer off.

NOx to support Brain Health? What The Clinical Study Results Reveal!

We so often focus on the dense nutrition and weight wellness. But I think this product, Amped NOx, is something worth evaluating as part of your daily regimen for its other benefits too.

As I spend time with some of my friends that are well into their senior years, I realize the various levels of cognitive decline and see the additional struggles. It makes me want to make sure I am doing as much as possible to maintain my cognitive function!

Consuming Amped NOx has proven to increase oxygen delivery during strenuous activity for athletes. What’s so great about it is that it also improves arterial flexibility, endurance, and recovery for everyone just not the athletes!

Amped NOx has shown in clinical studies that it increases cerebral blood flow which supports transport of glucose, oxygen, and other nutrients in our bodies and to our brains.

And do you know that our brain, which weighs approximately 3 lbs, consumes 25% of our overall oxygen? So it’s important to support transporting that oxygen through our bodies efficiently to oxygenate our brains and keep them healthy and fully functioning.

Since Amped NOx also improves arterial flexibility and ultimately supports healthy cognitive function (speed and executive functions specifically), I recommend consuming it daily.

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Cost of healthy food vs. cost of healthcare. Which one should you avoid?

A recent study reemphasized that eating a healthy meal costs about a $1.50 more per meal than an unhealthy one.

Based on all the news we’ve seen on healthcare cost escalation, I’m sure that if I saved that $1.50 per meal in the bank, at the best rate possible for that matter, I could NOT save enough money to cover the future costs I would face in the healthcare system based on poor nutrition.

Plain and simple, it is the right thing to do to nourish your body with the food it was designed to get.

Any shift you make to lead a healthier lifestyle is a great step taken; however, one of the most important step is to fuel your body; truly fuel your body.  A year ago we discovered, not a diet, but a new lifestyle in nutrition and we’ve been with it ever since.  It is a nutrition dense system of excellent value to ensure the body is fueled and not starved.  Without balanced macro-nutrients we shoot ourselves in the foot.  If we don’t have great proteins, carbs, and fat and try to exercise we can trigger the body to lose lean muscle instead of fat which is a bad thing!  We want to lose fat while building lean muscles and stay healthy.  That is getting healthy and staying healthy so we can avoid skyrocketing healthcare costs as much as possible.

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Brain Food

How eating chocolate can support weight loss. Not Thin Mints!

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If Not Now, When?

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