Sept 6 Love is it’s Own Green Light

Affirmation: I am strong and confident.

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:10‬ ‭NIV‬‬

———Ponder, Personalize. Practice: Continue to personalize Psalm 94:19. Today focus on your joy. Appreciate the everyday beauty, positivity and experience joy…let go of the anxiety.“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4‬:‭6‬ ‭NIV‬‬https://bible.com/bible/111/php.4.6.NIV

“When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.”

‭‭Psalm 94‬:‭19‬ ‭NIV‬‬

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Wholehearted Guidepost from Brené Brown

Cultivate Creativity. Let go of Comparison.

Little kids are a great example of our natural creativity. They love to play make-believe, draw pictures, make things with legos, etc. And for many years, they express this creativity endlessly, without regard for others.

At a certain age, the brain develops in a new way and we become self-conscious. We fear judgment if our creative work isn’t “good enough.” Eventually, this comparison with others squanders our creative habits. And when you don’t flex your creative muscles regularly, you stop seeing yourself as a creative person.

But you haven’t lost your ability to be creative. In the same way that a clogged pipe doesn’t lose its capacity to carry water, the creative force within you is still alive. You just need to rid yourself of what obstructs it.

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Mastering the 7 Decisions from Andy Andrews

The Guided Decision 

I will seek wisdom

Sometimes the questions are complicated, but the answers are simple.

Ask and it will be given to you, Seek and you will find, Knock and the door will be opened to you. Matt 7:7

Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Do not lean on your understanding, but in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will guide your steps. Prov. 3:5,6

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Reading for Today

Walk in Grace. Live in Love by Bob Goff

                               SEPTEMBER 6 

QUIT ASKING FOR PERMISSION. LOVE IS ITS OWN GREEN LIGHT. 

Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. MATTHEW 25:29 

Jesus had a friend named Matthew who was a tax collector. Matthew wrote down things about Jesus so we could learn about Him more than two thousand years later. Matthew told a story about a master who entrusted his money to three servants—ten bags of money to one, five to another, and one to the third. When the master returned to settle accounts with them, the first two managed to double their amounts, but the third buried his bag in the ground and only had the same money to return. The servant was crippled by fear, so he chose not to act at all. 

God didn’t create us with so much love to give so we could spend all our time calculating the risks of doing something with it. When we do hide it rather than invest it, God’s not angry with us. He’s not a disappointed dad who scrutinizes our every move, waiting for us to get it wrong. He’s a proud dad, eager to celebrate the moments when our passion explodes into acts of love. 

I don’t think the direction we go with our gifts will matter as much as the fact that we went. We moved. We saw a need in the world—a need in the people around us—and we did what we could to meet their need. We didn’t bury our faith or our love. 

Next time you find yourself sitting still out of fear, remember God absolutely delights in you. You don’t need permission or approval. Don’t put in a hole what God wants to put into play. You’ve got all the green lights you need to do something beautiful with your life and your love. 

What talents do you have that you can more fully entrust to God?