Eat The Cookie, Buy The Shoes - The Book

By Joyce Meyer "Eat The Cookie, Buy The Shoes"
Giving Yourself Permission to Lighten Up

Engrained in our culture is the belief that unbending discipline is the only sure way to success. You must go to the gym five times a week, never order the dessert, and don't even think about buying that dress you keep staring at in the store window. Breaking from such a regimented lifestyle is a sign of weakness, right? Wrong!-and Joyce wants to tell us why...

Though setting rules in our lives are important, it's just as important that we break them from time-to-time. Structure is a powerful tool, but when diverging from your own goals is seen as catastrophic, it can have a hugely negative effect on us. Balance is a core value in life and every once in awhile we deserve to indulge in a guilty pleasure or two. So don't feel bad about straying from your goals every once-in-awhile and in fact, embrace it: eat the cookie and buy the shoes!

The Blesings Of Studying God's Word

One of the blessings of studying God's Word is that through such we come to know not only about God, but also to know Him. You see the word of God shares countless relationships that others have encountered with God. Adam, Moses, Abraham, Daniel and Joseph are just a few from the Old Testament and off course in the New Testament we read the accounts of the relationship with Jesus and the Apostles. God is a God of relationships and God desires to have a relationship with all whom come to him.

The word of God is filled with blessings. It is filled with life changing applications that when joyfully applied bring forth blessings. Read the word of God, study it, meditate upon it and apply it's wisdom to your life.

There are blessings and victories found in the word of God.
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Rock Solid Or Sand

Ouch! I've been sitting here trying to write a post and nothing seems to flow. I thought of writing a piece about the state of the country, however too many situations came to mind. I guess I could write a piece about the slam up job the presidents doing, however that could bring way too much debate. Then there's that long lost dream regarding the church that I attend, but just the thought of that bores me.

Wow! that sure seemed to flow out of nowhere and considering it's Saturday and we weekly attend Saturday evening services at that very same church, I'd say my spirit's crying out for something more than the same old same old. Now, don't get me wrong here, I've been attending the same church for almost 9 years now faithfully every Saturday and Sunday. I have served in various ministries and capacities over the last almost 9 years and enjoyed each and every moment of it. So why the boredom?

Is it because I've changed, lost my vision, lost my faith, or lost that inner compassion for God and His people? No. Is it because many of the original members have left and moved on? No. Is it because the worship has changed, or the preachings getting stale? No. So what is it? In all honesty I can't share all the true reasons why other than to say, that which was once built on the Rock, a sure foundations, seems to have changed and I never liked the sandy shores of the beach. Actually, that last line came from a dream I recently encountered.

Time to pray for restoration.

Just Imagine

Imagine a Christian site where believers come together and share their wisdom and knowledge with others. A safe place where people can find love, encouragement, wisdom, knowledge, direction and be fed. Rich, wet, moist soil, filled with seed that produces fruit trees, that blesses others and that builds others up.