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Emotional Healing Marriage and Family Spiritual Growth Work Place

Making Good Decisions

Recently my husband and I talked about the bad decisions we made early on in life.

From leaving our jobs for an unprofitable business to purchasing a home we couldn’t afford to leasing a $30,000 car. (Yes, we actually leased a car and yes we had to turn it in after four years.)

He simply shook his head in disbelief as we recounted how far we’ve come over the years. We laughed at my tendency to be rather “deep” about things and his tendency to “go with the flow”. We’ve learned the hard way that making good decisions is very biblical and still very practical.

Jesus never called us to live a life contrary to His word. He called us to abide in His word, so His words would abide in us (John 15:7). So what does this mean when it comes to paying your bills? It means, if you have so much of God’s word in you, then God will ALWAYS lead you to make the right decisions… and his leading is never emotional. I repeat. God never leads us down an emotional road.

We do.

God is a God of practicality.

If 1 plus 1 doesn’t equal 2, then you should check the calculator you’re using. God will always add his super to our natural, but we’ve got to do our part. So if you’re in the middle of a making a major decision right now, then stop and think about the long-term impact and take your time to ensure you’re making the right decision.

Trust me. You’ll be so glad you did.

I love you and I’m praying for you.

Kimyetta

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Marriage and Family Spiritual Growth

Do I See an “F” in Marriage?

My husband and I are at an interesting place. We’ve been married for 11 years and we have three small children and A LOT of external factors surrounding us right now.

Some days we’re mushy eyed at each other and other days… uuuhhhhmmm… we’re simply not.

I know engaged and newly married couples don’t believe it… trust me. 🙂


Some days we can talk for hours and other days we’re in separate spaces. That’s reality folks.
In order to have a great marriage, we have to FIGHT for it. It won’t happen because we love each other. Nor will it happen because we’re good companions.
Every day, we have to FIGHT through any emotions, animosity, hurt, fatigue or simply sameness in order to keep our marriage alive.

Our emotions should never dictate how we treat each other. We have to live out the Bible in our marriage regardless of how we feeeeeeeeeeeeelllll at the moment.

I know it’s hard, but it’s a part of the fight!

Keep pressing…

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Spiritual Growth

What do you DESIRE?

I used to think the word “desire” had a sexual connotation.

You know, the lipstick smeared collar or the gorgeous temptress sitting in the middle of a smoke-filled bar.

However, I’ve learned that the word desire is all about the intensity of your want for something or someone.

Do you desire a relationship with Christ on a deeper level?

Do you desire to be a great success in your endeavors?

Do you desire to be a better parent or spouse?

Even if you have the right knowledge base, you’ll never achieve your goals without intense desire for achievement.

So tell me, what do you DESIRE and what are you doing about it?

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Emotional Healing Spiritual Growth

Staying Motivated

Recently I started thinking about you. YES YOU, my precious readers.

I asked the Lord to give me a heart to always know what you need in order to stay motivated in your faith. He simply impressed it upon my heart to keep you encouraged.

Therefore, I want to encourage you today to remain faithful in your walk with Christ, even when you’re in the dry times. I encourage you to stay committed to your spouse, even if they don’t deserve it some days. I encourage you to stay focused on your goals and dreams even if you want to give up and you feel like a failure. I encourage you to stay committed to growing even when you want to scream at the top of your lungs.

Please, please know that God’s word never fails.

NEVER.

He really loves you and it’s not His will for you to stay the same or regress back to what you used to be. Press on precious one. PRESS ON! I’m with you and I’m pressing right next to you…let’s do it together.

I love you and I praying for you.

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Emotional Healing Marriage and Family Spiritual Growth

I am an EXCELLENT…

Have I ever told you “I AM AN EXCELLENT COOK”?

Did I mention  I AM AN EXCELLENT house cleaner?

Chances are I probably didn’t mention it because God is perfecting those areas of my life concerning homemaking. 🙂

However, I decided to change my thinking by changing my negative confession. So far, its been working because I’m actually having fun doing those homemaking duties that used to dog me. I encourage you to stop right now and take a mental inventory of what you do well and what you want to become excellent at and change your confession. TODAY! NOT TOMORROW!

I simply use the amplified version of Philippians 4:13 that says “I’m ready for anything and equal to anything through Christ who INFUSES me with inner strength.” This really helps anchor me! I hope it’ll help you too!

God bless you and I’m praying for you!

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