“For us to be where God intends for us to be in our walks and in our lives with Him..then we must daily die to self..die to who we think we are..and walk in the newness of the Lord in our lives..Luke 9:23..Amen..because we use to be something that were not now..so we are to live like the Lord has made us now..not live like we used to be..Amen..in other words..sitting around talking and bringing up your past..who you used to be..and what you used to do..because in all honesty that is what the enemy wants for you to do..Amen..but you see when you do that the only thing you do is hurt who you are now in the Lord our God..Amen..for you will take yourself back to who you were instead of who you are now..and how can you..well any of us live this abundant life if we stay focused on dwelling and talking about who we were?..Amen..because I can say, and I’m not sure about you, but I do not want to be that girl that I used to be..Amen..and I do not want to bring up and talk about who I was..Amen..because I am not that same person..and I pray that you as well can say that..Amen..because if it had not been for the Lord in our lives where would we be?..Psalm 124:1..any of us?..Amen..so don’t sit around thinking of what all you lost..or what all you did..Amen..because those things are under the blood of Jesus!!..Amen..and scripture says never to be brought up against us again.for they have been cast into the sea of forgetfulness..Micah 7:19..Amen..so we are free..we are not bound..we will face trails..we will go through hardships and persecutions for Christ..but let us not dwell there in that situation..but let us rise up..and let us walk and live in the Lord..because greater is He that is within us then he that is within this world..1 John 4:4..so if you are a child of God..then rise and begin to walk as a child of the most high God..don’t think about your past..and what happened there..Amen..but think about now..this day..this moment..and ask yourself what am I doing now for Jesus?..what am I going to do today for my Father?..Amen..for we are to walk in the fullness of the Lord in our lives..we are too be preparing for His coming..we are to be ready to meet our Lord and Savior..we are not just be still in our lives..and talk about yesterday and what happened..there is no time for that..honestly..there isn’t..because there is much more that we need to be doing..instead of gossiping..and hating on others..back biting..and you know criticizing others and their lives..because that is not Christ like..so are purpose is glory and glory in the Lord and in Him alone..to pray always..to love everyone..to share and spread the gospel..to be ready to meet as I said our Maker..and to walk in the obedience of Christ in our lives..giving off a fragrance a sweet and smelling fragrance that others can know that we have been with Jesus..in His presence..2 Corinthians 2:15..Amen..because that is what life is about..helping others to know Him..helping others to find joy in their lives..helping others to bare their burdens..and helping others to live free..to lift them up when that ole devil has cast them down..and they feel hopeless..they feel fear..and doubt..and unbelief..for you see when we look past failures and we look for needs..then we are looking as our Lord looks with our hearts instead of our eyes..1 Samuel 16:7..Amen..so let us go forth in love..and let us live our lives there always in love..for love is where we all win..and love is what covers the multitudes of sin..1 Peter 4:8..for it is in His name, Jesus’ name, that I do ask and pray..Amen and Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi