LauraK
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Digging Out of the Debris
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Week 12 of 12
LauraK commits to:
Hire mental health professional to address emotional/behavioral aspects of my problem. Hire organizer to address stuff and formulate a plan of action. In the process of cleaning out, determine what to keep/discard eventually helping myself redefine myself and my life, creating healthy relationships between me and the space/world around me.
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My Commitment Journal
 LauraK
April 5, 2010, 3:20 PM
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Try these ways to deepen your prayer life: 1. Move beyond just asking. Of course, we should ask the Lord for what we need. He encourages, “Ask and it will be given you” (Matthew 7:7). But suppose you had a friend who never spoke to you unless he was asking you for something. Wouldn’t that be a strange friendship? 2. Learn to listen. When Jesus visited Mary and Martha, Mary did Jesus the honor of simply sitting and listening to his matchless words. And he said Mary had “chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her” (Luke 10:38-42). Remember: “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). 3. Let God love you. When you pray, try sitting in silence, thinking only of how good and gracious the Lord is. “One thing have I desired of the Lord,” said David, “… that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord” (Psalm 27:4). “God is love” (1 John 4:8). 4. Practice positive affirmation. Bring your problems to God and leave them there. Don’t keep mentally going over them. Instead, believe that he will provide the right solution. Picture a good outcome. Pray with David, “The Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1). 5. Pray without ceasing. In 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Paul exhorts us to pray continually. While it is good to have a regular time and place for prayer, we can pray anywhere, at any time. Realize that God is always with you. Live in the spirit of thankfulness, faith, affirmation and praise, and you may discover that your whole life is one continuous, joyous prayer! OurPrayer |
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LauraK
April 5, 2010, 3:19 PM
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And whatever you ask for in prayer, having faith and believing, you will receive. Matthew 21: 22 |
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LauraK
March 22, 2010, 2:37 PM
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Hope is always available to us. When we feel defeated, we need only take a deep breath and say, "Yes," and hope will reappear. —Monroe Forester Waste not fresh tears, over old griefs. Lord, when all around me looks dark, remind me that the bridge of hope will carry me over my troubles, into the future of Your promise. |
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LauraK
March 22, 2010, 2:37 PM
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The eyes of the Lord are in every place. . . . — Proverbs 15:3 |
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