THE TONGUE CAN BE YOUR WORST ENEMY!

Your words, your dreams, and your thoughts have power to create conditions
in your life. What you speak about, you can bring about.

If you keep saying you can't stand your job, you might lose your job.

If you keep saying you can't stand your body, your body can become sick.

If you keep saying you can't stand your car, your car could be stolen or
just stop operating.

If you keep saying you're broke, guess what? You'll always be broke.

If you keep saying you can't trust a man or trust a woman, you will always
find someone in your life to hurt and betray you.

If you keep saying you can't find a job, you will remain unemployed.

If you keep saying you can't find someone to love you or believe in you,
your very thought will attract more experiences to confirm your beliefs.

If you keep talking about a divorce or break up in a relationship,
then you might end up with it.

Turn your thoughts and conversations around to be more positive and power
packed with faith, hope, love and action.

Don't be afraid to believe that you can have what you want and deserve.

Watch your Thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your Habits, they become character.
Watch your Character, for it becomes your Destiny.

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you
settle for.

Thought I would share this with you.

"In the search for me, I discovered truth.
In the search for truth, I discovered love.
In the search for love, I discovered GOD.
And in God, I have found Everything."

Watch how your circumstances and situations begin to change when you change the way you speak. Be Blessed!!

Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were
discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said,

"Someday I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold,
silver and precious gems. I could be decorated with intricate carving
and everyone would see the beauty."


Then the second tree said, "Someday I will be a mighty ship. I will
take Kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of the
world. Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull."

Finally the third tree said, "I want to grow to be the tallest and
straightest Tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the Hill
and look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and how
close to them I am reaching. I will be the greatest tree of all time
and people will always Remember me."



After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, a
group of woodsmen came upon the trees. When one came to the first tree he
said, "This looks like a strong tree, I think I should be able to sell
the wood to a Carpenter, "and he began cutting it down. The tree was
happy, because he knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasure
chest.

At the second tree the woodsman said, "This looks like a strong tree.
I should be able to sell it to the shipyard." The second tree was happy
Because he knew he was on his way to becoming a mighty ship.

When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frightened
because he knew that if they cut him down his dreams would not come True.
One of the Woodsmen said, "I don't need anything special from my Tree,
I'll take this one," and he cut it down.

When the first tree arrived at the carpenters, he was made into a feed
box For animals. He was then placed in a barn and filled with hay.
This was not At all what he had prayed for.

The second tree was cut and made into a small fishing boat. His dreams
of being a mighty ship and carrying kings had come to an end.

The third tree was cut into large pieces, and left alone in the dark.

The years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams.

Then one day, a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth and
They placed the baby in the hay in the feed box that was made from the
first tree. The man wished that he could have made a crib for the baby, but
this manger would have to do. The tree could feel the importance of
this event And knew that it had held the greatest treasure of all time.


Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from the
second Tree. One of them was tired and went to sleep. While they were out on
the water, a great storm arose and the tree didn't think it was strong
enough To keep the men safe. The men woke the sleeping man, and He stood
and Said "Peace" and the Storm stopped. At this time, the tree knew
that t had carried the King of Kings in its boat.

Finally, someone came and got the third tree. It was carried through
the Streets as the people mocked the man who was carrying it. When they
came to a stop, the man was nailed to the tree and raised in the air to die
at the Top of a hill. When Sunday came, the tree came to realize that
it was strong enough to stand at the top of the hill and be as close to
God as was possible, because Jesus had been crucified on it.

The moral of this story is that when things don't seem to be going
your Way, always know that God has a plan for you. If you place your trust
in Him, God will give you great gifts.

Each of the trees got what they wanted, just not in the way they had not
imagined.

We don't always know what God's plans are for us. We just know that
His ways are not our ways, but His ways are always best.

Please keep this moving... Pass it on, so God may inspire more people
on the way.
May your day be blessed. And until we meet again, may God cradle you
In the palm of His hand.

Thank God for what he will do

There are times when God will speak to you and then be silent
for an extended period of time. Silence does not mean you have
been forsaken by God. It simply means that God has spoken,
and now is the time to allow the word that He spoke to germinate
and come to pass.

Silence is not the same as peace. Silence is the absence of
noise, but peace is the presence of God! While you are going
through "silent years," you should focus on inner peace.

Inner peace produces outward confidence in the face of negative
circumstances so that we can go forward in the assurance that
even though tribulation is coming against us, we are more
than conquerors over it!

The Greek word for peace actually describes a spiritual
equilibrium no matter whatever may seek to upset us. The
biblical meaning of peace never denotes the absence of trouble.
Peace is not the absence of negatives but the presence of
positives. God's peace is inward and spiritual and never
predicated by contrary circumstances or negative events.

Poverty, sickness, death nor debt can override internal peace!

Silent years should indicate a time of reflection, introspection
and listening. The quieter we become, the more we hear.
However, we cannot rush the silent years.

Silent years are times of transition. Transition is always
uncomfortable and appears to last forever. We must ENDURE the
silent years! Whenever you see the word endure, it means that
there is no short cut through it. It must be endured.
You cannot circumvent what must be endured.

We are told to ENDURE unto the end. (Matt. 24:13)
We are told to ENDURE persecution and tribulation. (II Th. 1:4-10)
We are told to ENDURE hardness. (II Tim. 2:1-3)
We are told to ENDURE affliction. (II Tim. 4:5)
We are told to ENDURE chastening. (Heb. 12:7)

The key to being able to ENDURE is to see the END (ENDure).

Now, here are some things for you to question during the silent
years:

Is my life really submitted to God?
Am I submitted at home, work, church and to the government?
Have I learned my lesson?
What is God trying to teach me?
Am I humble enough to be teachable?
Has the fruit of patience been sufficiently developed in me?
Do I still have an appetite for the world in me?
Did I properly respond to the last thing God told me to do?
Have I attained a deeper faith?
Is my attitude right toward God and others?
Am I harboring unforgiveness?
What am I becoming?
Have I sufficiently developed and matured as a person?
Have I taken the time to minister to the Lord? (Acts 13:2)

During your silent years you should:

1. Practice and develop your gifts. Study.
2. Clarify. Define goals. Reorder priorities.
3. Serve (even while you are hurting).
4. Trust God.
5. Pray

Your silent years should change your life! You should come out
as a new person! When you come out, you should have a new level
of:

1. Knowledge
2. Responsibility
3. Authority/Power
4. Faith
5. Trust

Remember, problems never come to last, they only come to pass!

~by Bishop Dale C. Bronner~

This morning I opened a package of blueberry muffin mix to
prepare for my grandson's breakfast. I was disappointed to find
that there was only one blueberry in the mix. I thought to
myself, now this is deceptive packaging.

Even though the package doesn't say "Blueberries Muffin Mix,"
you expect to find more than one blueberry to a package.

I suppose that somehow the machine that puts the blueberries in
the package didn't make much contact with this particular package.
He ate the one muffin with the blueberry in it and one half of
another, but he didn't eat the entire package that this teenage
boy usually eats. Later I tried to eat a muffin myself and
found that they were bland tasting.

As I thought about all this, I realized that many Christians are
just like that package of blueberry muffin mix. They have a
package that says Christian but inside there is very little
evidence of an encounter with Jesus Christ. They have deceptive
packaging, and their lives are bland and useless for the kingdom
of God.

I pondered whether to contact the makers of this muffin mix and
file a complaint but decided to just accept the lesson that God
gave.

"If you have deceptive packaging, you are a big disappointment
to those who expect you to be so much more, and no one will want
what you have."

Don't let your worries get the
best of you; remember, Moses started
out as a basket case.

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Some people are kind, polite, and
sweet-spirited until you try to sit in their pews.

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Many folks want to serve God,
but only as advisors.

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It is easier to preach ten sermons
than it is to live one.

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A hug is a great gift... one size fits all.
It can be given for any occasion and
it's easy to exchange.

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The good Lord didn't create anything
without a purpose, but mosquitoes come close.

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When you get to your wit's end,
you'll find God lives there.

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People are funny; they want the front
of the bus, the middle of the road, and
the back of the church.

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Opportunity may knock once, but temptation
bangs on your front door forever.

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Quit griping about your church;
if it was perfect, you couldn't belong.

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If the church wants a better pastor,
it only needs to pray for the one it has.

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God Himself does not propose to judge
a man until he is dead. So why should you?

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Some minds are like concrete
thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.

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Peace starts with a smile.

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I don't know why some people
change churches; what difference does
it make which one you stay home from?

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A lot of church members who are singing
"Standing on the Promises"
are just sitting on the premises.

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We were called to be witnesses,
not lawyers or judges.

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Be ye fishers of men.
You catch them - He'll clean them.

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Coincidence is when God
chooses to remain anonymous.

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Don't put a question mark
where God put a period.

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Don't wait for 6 strong men
to take you to church.

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Forbidden fruits create many jams.

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God doesn't call the qualified,
He qualifies the called.

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God grades on the cross, not the curve.

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God loves everyone, but probably prefers
"fruits of the spirit" over "religious nuts!"

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God promises a safe landing,
not a calm passage.

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He who angers you, controls you!

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If God is your Co-pilot - swap seats!

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Prayer:
Don't give God instructions -- just report for duty!

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The task ahead of us is never as
great as the Power behind us.

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The Will of God never takes you to
where the Grace of God will not protect you.

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We don't change the message,
the message changes us.

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You can tell how big a person is
by what it takes to discourage him.

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The best mathematical equation
I have ever seen:
1 cross + 3 nails = 4 given.