EnCoUrAgEmEnT!

Don't you just love Wednesday's?! I DO :) Not only is it my day to blog but it's the day that lets me know Friday is only 2 days away!!! Usually my blogs are different from what we discuss in my Tuesday groups , yet I touch on the subject every now & again. Today, I'm going to share the whole message, simply because it felt that good when it was delivered, Why not do it again?!!

1 Corinthians 3:1 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as wordly-merely infants in Christ. (NIV)

1&2 Corinthians was wrote by the Apostle Paul.  During this time the city of Corinth was a "HOT MESS"! It was home to 1,000 prostitutes, had many places to get drunked up, & just all around out of control.  Much like our world today.  However, Paul writes a letter to address some of the issues.  Problems he addresses in a firm yet Christ like manner: Divisions in the church, ehortation to brotherly love, immorality, questions about food, marriage, worship,the resurrection, uncharacteristic beliefs & practices within the church. Sounds like everyday life...To Me, Paul wrote this/these letter(s) with intention to encourage joy & the peaceful way to live. Which brings me to the message: ENCOURAGEMENT!

" More people fail for the lack of Encouragement than any other reason." When GOD convicts our heart, it is NOT to condemn but to encourage.  He is showing & teaching us discernment from conviction.  This is encouragement for us to realize what is NOT right. So when we start stopping the wrong before it happens & realize what's right before the wrong occurs, HIS conviction (encouragement) is working!! " He lifts us out of our problems through conviction." -Joyce Meyer  For most, conviction comes at church, meetings, conventions, or anything pertaining to GOD, but have you ever felt it in an everyday experience? Example: You do something or act a certain way that you know isn't right & after the fact, your conviction starts weighing on you.  All the time?? Yea, me to! Then you begin to have "self-talk." ( Don't act like you have never talked to yourself, EVERYONE does it) What are you saying to you though? More often than not, we are our worst critic. We have become experts at depressing ourselves! The minute we give into those negative thoughts, we give the devil free reign!

Today it's time to put your dancing shoes on!!! Stomp to the same beat & when your rhythm is off...Stop & listen to the music. Take control of those negative thoughts & insert "POWER THOUGHTS"! Encourage yourself :) or if you not sure how to, let GOD.  When you feel that conviction, it is GOD saying, " That ain't right baby but you know what is, So turn it around & make me proud."! He wants everything good for us. There is not one of us that He wants to see cast down!!! Conviction is His purpose for Encouragement.  He understands that we are only children IN Him but we are all children OF Him.  It's ok that we are still on formula & haven't yet begin to eat solid foods. He understands that we have not learned to talk right or to stop acting out of flesh. He understands that we are NOT Perfect & never will be.

I know that I can not save the world or make everyone like me but.." I'm here to do what GOD wants me to do & I hope you like me but if you don't, that's your problem..NOT mine."-Joyce Meyer Who doesn't need or want Encouragement? So many need it but don't get it, & it's time we encourage OURSELVES so that whenever others need it, We are experts for them. Let GOD convict & encourage you.  He is our FRIEND & will NEVER fail us.  My wish is that this whole world would be full of Encouragement instead of Hate but I am only 1. Imagine what would happen if we all had the same wish & participated :) One day....Let GOD encourage you & see what happens :) Remember just dance to the music :) He never said we wouldn't miss a beat but He promises to keep the rhythm for us!

GOD is good today, tomorrow & foreverr......