Oh my goodness!!!! This morning I had two devotions that were named Second Chance. What amazing God we have. Please click on the devotional tab on my page. You will find the one that inspired me the most. God has given me so many chances. I am where am by God's grace. He is the reason for my life. I heart God with all my heart.Yes I heart God. He is so so so amazing!!!! Oh you just don't know how great he is or do you? . Please try him with all your heart soul and mine. LY2FY. Lose yourself in in God. I promise you will find yourself. He wants to have a personal relationship with you. Know matter what you have done, He is there. Countless people messed up in the bible and God was and stayed with them. He knows you by your heart not your deeds. We can't do enough to please Him. Its only through His son Jesus that we are able to please Him. I'm overwhelmed with God right now. This is the day that the lord has made. Let us praise His name He is so so so worthy. All the glory belongs to Him!!!!
So read the devotional and forget about your past live in the present and Just Say Yes............

Today Dr. Charles Stanley devotional reading was such a blessing to me. So I took to what one of the saying we have at Journey's kidzgig I can trust God no matter what. As believers we are on a journey, but we have the best road map and the best tour guide that life can offer. I pray this blesses you as much as it blessed me. I love it when I finish reading a devotion or listening to a message and my first thought is what an awesome God. (not what and awesome guy that wrote this)



John 16:12-15

In this world, all of God's children are on a journey. And as we travel through life en route to our eternal home, every one of us will face a multitude of choices. Forks in the road and unmarked intersections challenge and frustrate us. In such circumstances, how can we know which way to go?

Jesus promised to give us an internal and ever-present Guide. Starting at the moment of salvation, everyone who trusts in the Savior is indwelt by the Holy Spirit, who promises to lead believers into all the truth. Like a built-in compass, He will direct us exactly the right way, regardless of the choice. He never makes a mistake.

So you may be thinking, If He is living in me and never makes a wrong choice, why do I keep messing up? His leadership is always right, but our reception isn't always clear. Yielding to the Lord is an essential requirement for receiving His direction. We cannot tolerate sin and go our own way in one area and expect to receive His guidance in another.

Sin does to our understanding of God's clear direction what a magnet does to the needle of a compass. If a magnet is placed next to a compass, the needle will point in a multitude of directions. In the same way, sin misleads us.

When a decision is unclear, ask yourself these questions: Will Christ be glorified in this choice? Can I do this in Jesus' name? If either answer is no, don't follow that path, because the Holy Spirit is not guiding you there. His leading always aligns with Scripture and brings glory to Christ.

Ok, today I took another look at being alone with God with Oswald Chambers. I'm 100% sure that God cares about my life circumstances and where I am in my life. At the same time I'm 100% sure that He care more about my soul and my intimacy with Him. It is when I'm intimate, up close and personal with God that I get to know Him more. My prayer today for us all is that we savor and long to be closer to Him. It is truly about just saying yes. It has taken me years to understand this but never the less I thank God for His long suffering with us all. What a picture of his abundant Grace:


When He was alone . . . the twelve asked Him about the parable —Mark 4:10

When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted desires, a broken friendship, or a new friendship— when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one question, then He begins to teach us. Notice Jesus Christ’s training of the Twelve. It was the disciples, not the crowd outside, who were confused. His disciples constantly asked Him questions, and He constantly explained things to them, but they didn’t understand until after they received the Holy Spirit (see John 14:26).

As you journey with God, the only thing He intends to be clear is the way He deals with your soul. The sorrows and difficulties in the lives of others will be absolutely confusing to you. We think we understand another person’s struggle until God reveals the same shortcomings in our lives. There are vast areas of stubbornness and ignorance the Holy Spirit has to reveal in each of us, but it can only be done when Jesus gets us alone. Are we alone with Him now? Or are we more concerned with our own ideas, friendships, and cares for our bodies? Jesus cannot teach us anything until we quiet all our intellectual questions and get alone with Him.

I spent some time today thinking back to how God has been such a God among Gods, king of Kings, and the very best friend that a person could ever imagine to me for the last 7 months. I have had more alone time with Him lately more than I have ever had. Again each blog that I write is not about me but to guide people to Christ. I realize I am nothing without Him. So in Oswald's devotion today I was so reminded about this year's New Year's celebration. It was one of the most amazing celebration's I've had. I simply came home from work. Had dinner and watched a movie. I had invites with great friends and family but just felt led to stay at home. At 11:30 I started praying and did some devotions. When the new year came in I was having communion (Bread & Wine) with just me and God. I felt His presence in my apartment like I had never felt before. It was amazing!!! So here is what my devotions talked about today:

When they were alone, He explained all things to His disciples —Mark 4:34

Our Solitude with Him. Jesus doesn’t take us aside and explain things to us all the time; He explains things to us as we are able to understand them. The lives of others are examples for us, but God requires us to examine our own souls. It is slow work— so slow that it takes God all of time and eternity to make a man or woman conform to His purpose. We can only be used by God after we allow Him to show us the deep, hidden areas of our own character. It is astounding how ignorant we are about ourselves! We don’t even recognize the envy, laziness, or pride within us when we see it. But Jesus will reveal to us everything we have held within ourselves before His grace began to work. How many of us have learned to look inwardly with courage?

We have to get rid of the idea that we understand ourselves. That is always the last bit of pride to go. The only One who understands us is God. The greatest curse in our spiritual life is pride. If we have ever had a glimpse of what we are like in the sight of God, we will never say, "Oh, I’m so unworthy." We will understand that this goes without saying. But as long as there is any doubt that we are unworthy, God will continue to close us in until He gets us alone. Whenever there is any element of pride or conceit remaining, Jesus can’t teach us anything. He will allow us to experience heartbreak or the disappointment we feel when our intellectual pride is wounded. He will reveal numerous misplaced affections or desires— things over which we never thought He would have to get us alone. Many things are shown to us, often without effect. But when God gets us alone over them, they will be clear.

Today in my morning devotion I was convicted yet overwhelmed with God's love and grace. I realize that America has adapted to sin. I (we) have openly accepted it. It hurts and rips God apart when we sin. Are we human yes.....No one is without sin, but at the same time I believe that most of the sin that we as America commit can be avoided by simply surrendering and giving up our right to just do life in our own might and power daily. Live in His power by allowing Him to reign in your life and heart each day. I believe this will bless you as it did me. Its not for the weak, but those that are serious about having a relationship with God. He wants one with you:
In [Christ] we have redemption through His blood" (Eph. 1:7, emphasis added).

Sin is not a serious issue to most people. Our culture flaunts and peddles it in countless forms. Even Christians who would never think of committing certain sins will often allow themselves to be entertained by them through television, movies, music, and other media.

We might flirt with sin but God hates it. The price He paid to redeem us from it speaks of the seriousness with which He views it. After all, we "were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold . . . but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ" (1 Pet. 1:18-19). In Scripture the shedding of blood refers to violent physical death--whether of a sacrificial animal or of Christ Himself. Sin is so serious that without bloodshed, there is no forgiveness of sin in God's sight (Heb. 9:22).

The sacrificial animals in the Old Testament pictured Christ's sacrifice on the cross. That's why John the Baptist called Jesus "the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). The Old Testament sacrifices were necessary but incomplete. Christ's sacrifice was perfect, complete, and once for all (Heb. 10:10). No further sacrifices are needed other than the "sacrifice of praise to God" for what He has done (Heb. 13:15) and our very lives in service to Him as "a living and holy sacrifice" (Rom. 12:1). By His sacrifice Christ demonstrated not only God's hatred for sin, but also His great love for sinners. You could never redeem yourself, but Christ willingly paid the price with His own precious blood. He "gave Himself up for [you], an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma" (Eph. 5:2). His sacrifice was acceptable to the Father, so your redemption was paid in full. What magnanimous love and incredible grace! Thank you John MacArthur!

As they led Him away, they laid hold of a certain man, Simon . . . , and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus —Luke 23:26

Today my devotions were such a blessing to me. My Utmost for His Highest. I realize that following Jesus will cost others around me. Its when we surrender and obey that people may see us different or even weird. Things that look foolish, don't just make sense, or that seems as a mystery God uses for His Glory. This seem shallow at first but it is so Awesome! Be sure to check out this weeks sermon at journey. I've been impacted by a lot of sermons. Although we just began this series. I'm holding it right up there among the top. Enough of me for today here is what Oswald had to say about following and the cost: If we obey God, it is going to cost other people more than it costs us, and that is where the pain begins. If we are in love with our Lord, obedience does not cost us anything— it is a delight. But to those who do not love Him, our obedience does cost a great deal. If we obey God, it will mean that other people’s plans are upset. They will ridicule us as if to say, "You call this Christianity?" We could prevent the suffering, but not if we are obedient to God. We must let the cost be paid.

When our obedience begins to cost others, our human pride entrenches itself and we say, "I will never accept anything from anyone." But we must, or disobey God. We have no right to think that the type of relationships we have with others should be any different from those the Lord Himself had (see Luke 8:1-3).

A lack of progress in our spiritual life results when we try to bear all the costs ourselves. And actually, we cannot. Because we are so involved in the universal purposes of God, others are immediately affected by our obedience to Him. Will we remain faithful in our obedience to God and be willing to suffer the humiliation of refusing to be independent? Or will we do just the opposite and say, "I will not cause other people to suffer"? We can disobey God if we choose, and it will bring immediate relief to the situation, but it will grieve our Lord. If, however, we obey God, He will care for those who have suffered the consequences of our obedience. We must simply obey and leave all the consequences with Him.

Beware of the inclination to dictate to God what consequences you would allow as a condition of your obedience to Him.