PRIDE!

The definition of pride...

The sinful tendency to put our trust in ourselves and our abilities, rather than in God.
(this is at the root of so many other destructive sins in our lives)

In our lives if we notice it or not, pride is at the root of many sins! In my life I find God convicting me on a sin and I ask Him for wisdom on how to put His work into practice. And most of the time, He reveals to me that the root is... PRIDE! As I search in His word He points me back to the opposite of pride, which is humility!

The definition of humility is...

The tendency to put our trust in GOD and GOD'S abilities, rather than in ourselves.

God wants us to have humility, a humble heart, and the faith that God will do all things! This is one thing that the Lord desires us to do! Let us everyday, continually call upon the Lord to fill us with His humility. And to give us wisdom on how we can show it!

"God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." James 4:6

"Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord, because He will lift you up." James 4:10

Urgent Prayer Request!

I don't really know if anybody really checks out my blog but for those of you who might I have a prayer request that needs great prayer!

My dad's friend's wife has some type of brain cancer! She is very very sick! I don't know much about the situation but right now she is in the hospital and not doing good at all! Her, her husband, and 6 year old son are not believers! They need the Lord!

Please pray for God's will to be done in this family's life! Pray for their salvation. Pray for healing! May God's will be done!

ZECHARIAH 4:6

" 'NOT BY MIGHT, NOT BY POWER,

BUT BY MY SPIRIT,' SAYS THE LORD!"

Zechariah 4:6

It is not by our own power that we overcome the flesh and this world! We, alone, can never ever do it! When we try and try to focus on not doing something...we end up doing it. But when we realize that only when we focus on doing something good, and more importantly asking God to help us with whatever that my be...we find ourselves being strengthened by the Creator and doing what He called us to do! How wonderful it is when you feel the power of God working through you!

When we have patience and long suffering being flowed into us by the Lord, we no longer have to suffer to "try" to be good. When we ask our every need to be supplied by God, He, in His perfect timing, will make all things beautiful! And when we let Jesus be the center of our lives then HE will give us the strength, the wisdom, the patience, the joy, and the love to get through each day! For He will never give us anything we cannot handle.

"...but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it."1 Corinthians 10:13

Carried to the Table!

Wounded and forsaken, I was shattered by the fall

Broken and forgotten, feeling lost and all alone

Summoned by the King, into the Master's courts

Lifted by the Savior and cradled in His arms

I was carried to the table, seated where I don't belong

I was carried to the table, swept away by His love

And I don't see my brokenness anymore

When I'm seated at the table of the Lord

I was carried to the table

The table of the Lord

Fighting thoughts of fear, wondering why He called my name

Am I good enough to share this cup. this world has left me lame

Even in my weakness the Savior called my name

In His holy presence I am healed and unashamed

I was carried to the table...The table of the Lord!

Leeland

ONE WAY!!!!!

JESUS! Jesus is the only way! He is

THE ONLY way,

THE ONLY truth, and

THE ONLY life!!!!!!!!

One way, Jesus, You're the only one that I can live for!

The world will go back and forth on the way they think is cool but trully these things are only from the flesh and from the enemy!

But How? How do we overcome this thinking and this way of living?

Well, ultimately we cannot do it on our own strength! We ourselves cannot defeat the snares of the world! Only God can overcome the battles of the enemy! When we surrender our lives and everything we have and put our trust in Him, then He, only He, can be the heroin of our lives! He already saved us and died on the cross, but He calls us to follow Him, to pick up our cross and follow what He calls us to do!

Jesus is our door, our gateway to Heaven! The only way to the Father is through Him! When we choose the straight and narrow path, Jesus will be with us through every trial and temptation! He will never let us go through anything we cannot handle! And we have to trust that Jesus knows what He's doing! He loves us!

Like He says in 1 Corinthians 10:13, "No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God who is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptaion will aslo make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it, to endure it."