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A Prayer: How I Start My Day.

Good Day to All!

I just wanted to give a few words of encouragement today and share my beliefs and faith.

The Lord wants to protect you and bless you, he loves you and thinks of you constantly and wants to give you peace and hope for the future. All you have to do is start your day off with a prayer and talk to him.   Don't know how to pray?   Here are a few examples of a prayer?

Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

Lord, as I begin my day, I pray that You would fill me with Your Holy Spirit. Cover me with your protecting wings and keep me safe from harm and spiritual attacks.  Help me to speak only the words you would have me speak, do only the things you would have me do, and think only the thoughts you would have me think that I may please you.  Help me to be a reflection of you so others will seek you as well. In Jesus name, Amen!

Father God, I ask you to help me put on the spiritual armor that will protect me from harm and help me stand before the enemy.  Help me to tie the belt of truth around my waist, and protect my heart with the breastplate of righteousness.  Let me place upon my feet the preparation of the gospel of peace, so that I can share the good news with others and help me hold in my hands the shield of faith that can put out the flaming darts of the wicked one.  Protect my mind from ungodly thoughts with the helmet of salvation and arm me with the sword of the Spirit which is the living word of God.

Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

Thank you, Lord, for another day. Help me to have a spirit of gratitude for all that you do for me.  Thank you for health, a home, food on my table and friends and family.  Thank you for salvation, for freedom from sin.  I give you thanks and praise for sending your son to die on the cross so I could live in you and have eternal life.  The joy of the Lord is my strength; help me to walk in that strength.  Help me to share the joy of the Lord with others around me so they will draw near to you.Thank you, Jesus, for dying for me.

As a blood bought child of God I am a co-heir with Christ, my Father is the King and I am an adopted son/daughter of God.  

As a child of God, I am strong, holy and redeemed. The enemy no longer has any rights to me, he cannot touch me.  The blood of Jesus has cleansed me from all my sin, and I am no longer living under condemnation.  Thank you for my identity in Christ, I am a sinner saved by grace.

2 Corinthians 1:21-22 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God,  who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.

Lord help me to obey your will and listen to your voice so that I can live in your blessing, for your word says that you will bless those who are obedient and listen to you.  Give me an obedient heart so that you may bless me wherever I go.  As I obey you, bless my children, my home, my food and my finances. Bless all that I put my hand to and bless the very land on which I walk.  May all the peoples of the world learn that you bless those who seek you.  Help me to be a blessing to everyone around me.

Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Source of prayers:  ChristiansTT 

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Hello to All,


I just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing?  Everything is really starting to fall in place for me as I have said many times, because I choose to follow Gods path...People ask me, how do you follow his path and I say its easy.. the bible.. there is every answer, to every question you might have.   But most of all, you must have faith that what you are reading is the truth and nothing but the truth.  So me, just a regular guy, with regular life issues like everyone else.  Surviving one day at a time on faith!   



I choose to let god show me the way.  He puts things in my head and sometimes, well, a lot of the time, I do not understand what he is trying to tell me.   So let me share what my process is. I start doing something associated with what I feel God is telling me to do and or try, and I will try it.   I may try two or 3 times.  Sometimes it runs smooth as silk and other times there is a speed bump every 5 steps and I trip.  The great thing is, if you have patience, which was one of my great downfalls ( I always wanted to do it now and be done), God will allow the things to happen in his time and the way he wants it done.  I believe as long as we are living with him along our side, things happen that are good and make you feel good and happy. 


I don't care if its relationships, illness, healing, or whatever your case may be.  Patience...  Its all in Gods time. I suffered from Chronic Pain, Migraine Headaches, Chronic Back Pain, PTSD, Depression and Anxiety and now what is considered Fibromyalgia (Nerve Disorder) for over 25 years before I got relief.  That is more than half my life!  My point is that it is NOT in our hands, unless we choose to go down the wrong path.  How do you know what the wrong path is?   Things don't work, relationships do not work, illness happens, things don't go as you (key word you) thought.   Gods will is not the same as our will, my personal opinion.  We are of human nature and God is God!  God of all things past, present and future!  



So now when I try something and I feel I am going in the right direction, I try to stay on course as best as I can everyday.  Don't steer away from God just because something good happened and you thought it was all you! Could be God dangling a carrot there for you to have a taste of what being blessed feels like!

When something you did months ago is just sitting there doing nothing but counting the days.  THAT'S OK!   Let it sit and if you mess with it every now and again, you will see very fast if its Gods time yet or not.  If what you do goes good and you feel like it is pleasing unto god then stop and think about your original issue that God put you into.  Good or Bad...
If you take the steps god puts in front of you and don't stray away, I believe god blesses your stewardship and patience to follow his will.   His will can bless you or I believe God will allow things to happen that are not in his will (Don't Blame God).   It may not be you, that he allows something to happen to, but maybe its your best friend or a family member, destroys a family or maybe a complete stranger!   Maybe god is telling you something if its a bad issue, maybe its because your not living in his will or haven't asked for forgiveness for past actions. When stuff happens now, I immediately ask god for forgiveness of anything I may have done to offend him!  Just like I would never disrespect my earthly father. 

Something I do is google bible versus that relate to the issues you are facing ( Good times and bad!)!  So many people never think about just saying thank you Jesus and mean it!   If life is good and you are blessed!  I am so happy for you!  My experience of mountaintops has been refreshing, built my confidence and has been revitalizing!   Those days when everything went so smoothly and filled with nothing but happiness.  Like the day my children were born healthy, the day my grandson was born.  I think we have to remember those good times, when we were living right and being blessed!  If you think you have never felt blessed about something, you are missing out!  It is the most satisfying feeling!  
Remember those good times because in times when things are not going so good, it will truly make you appreciate the good days!   I have been to places in my head I wish no one to ever visit.  Its dark, cold, lonely and painful.  Maybe you are there now.  
I know where you are and where you may have been.  I am only speaking of my experiences and opinions, I hold no answers other than 1, that is Faith.   


I realize there are some with little or no faith, but me personally, I believe and I do my best to live by it everyday and just share!  What is so bad about having someone who is with you all the time and wants to help you?  We are human, we sin everyday.  Ok... We are all sinners!  I am no better than one person who reads this.  Probably in most cases I have twice as much past sin.   Everyday I fail, but I learn and at the end of my day I know I am forgiven of my sins and if it is his will I will be here tomorrow and if I die, I wont go back to that dark place!  
I will pray for you if you comment and request.  
God is Great!  God Bless and Thank you! I hope I have stirred some interest so you might respond and review my blog!  I an new, yes, but I have years of experience in Chronic Pain Management, Divorce, Pain and Sufferings.  Subscribe and Start Following Today!


I am sharing my healing on this blog.  I'm trying so I'm Surviving!  One Day AT A TIME!!!!


Sincerely,


Matt Williams

One Day At A Time

We ALL have Angels who are here to help and protect us and we ALL have Demons who try to hurt and destroy us!  Angels and Demons 22" x 28" - Original Art by Matt Williams