The Recipe for a Victorious Life

Good morning to all on this Friday morning and I am claiming VICTORY for you and for me in Christ Jesus, amen and amen. I am in Lake Charles today and headed back home. There is supposed to be icy conditions on the roads so please pray for my safe travels. I awoke to Creflo Dollar this morning admonishing me and the rest of the audience to live a victorious life by surrounding yourself with the WORD of God. That God has a WORD for every situation in life and we only need to claim His words to live, live, live victoriously. Amen and amen. Please continue to lift up ET and his family and JKS and her family in your prayers. God id good every day and fortunately, fortunately, fortunately needs no help from us.

I am continuing my journey in Philippians 4 verses 1-9 "Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends! I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. Yes, and I ask you, my true companion, help these women since they have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life. Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. " Amen and amen.

I can't wait to meet Paul; he was such a compassionate person; something I struggle with. I think when God was making me he only put a "pinch" of compassion in my mixing bowl. But Paul was actively asking the Christians of Phillipi to pray for Euodia and Syntyche--I don't know what those two sisters were going through but Paul knew that lifting them up in prayer was all they would need. There is POWER in just speaking in the name of Jesus, which was what Creflo Dollar was talking about. Instead of going into prayer asking for things, go into prayer to talk to God through Jesus and just praise Him for all that He is; all that He did for us when He became sin so that we could have eternal life; all that He does for us daily because He wakes us up in our right mind to PRAISE Him. We were made to Praise Him. We were made to commune with God. God created man so that God could walk in the garden with man and communicate with Him. He loves us that much! And when we communicate with Him, we are to REJOICE!!  REJOICE is the ingredient we need to have the PEACE we lack. PEACE is what we need to have our minds and hearts GUARDED. So Rejoicing leads to Peace which leads to Guarding our hearts and minds from the evil one. So again I say REJOICE, REJOICE, REJOICE. Don't mind where life finds you today--JUST REJOICE!!!!!!!!

Then, the, then keep your minds on things that are lovely, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy. You don't have to guess at what you should be thinking today because it is in the WORD of God. Focus on what is lovely in your life, what is admirable, what is excellent and praiseworthy. Don't waste one more minute on negative thinking, instead REJOICE. If you only have a penny in your pocket REJOICE!! There will be more.

Now may the LORD bless you, and keep you; may the LORD make His face to shine on you and be gracious to you; may the LORD turn His face toward you and give you peace. Amen.


Stephanie