Author: Joy. Peace. be YOU!, Ministry

I want to share one of the lessons I learned throughout the last many months that has created peace in my life…

NOT to treat others the way they treat you. Let me say that again, NOT to treat others the way they treat you. Contrary to the worldly view, I do not have to respond to disrespect with disrespect or an eye for an eye or petty with petty. I can treat you with the peace that reside in me through the Holy Spirit. It is ONLY because of Him (Matthew 11:29) that I can smile at you and with you and genuinely mean it because He is humble and He is in me. It was a cleansing of the heart (Psalm 139:23) and a long process to shift my thought that the world had engrained in my mind and heart for so long. So I have found peace in allowing the fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22) to flow through me and guide my interactions with others. When the time comes I will be judged on MY actions and how I responded, NOT on how you treated me and for that I can’t allow your lack of faith and obedience influence my behavior (Proverbs 14:14).

I promise you when you change your mindset and allow God to captivate your thoughts and have you ENTIRE heart, the peace & joy you have no one can take away, no circumstance can change it as well. He will begin to use you to shine His light through you and YES that means especially to the people that we don’t like, who have treated us unfairly, mean and disrespectful (the ones we said we would never speak to again)! His main purpose is to gather Kingdom followers and the only way to do that is with love (Matthew 28:19)💜

So this is a personal goal of mine, single leg squats. They have been super tough for me. I want to be able to go down further, straighter leg hold it and eventually use weights. Fear (and bad knees) always kept me from consistently trying them. Well, anyway, I’m super excited I have a ways to go but I’ve crushed it already by getting stronger and putting my fear a side! It gives me the confidence to go harder and to conquer whatever I face next.
Set a personal goal and let’s conquer it together! What is a personal goal you set for yourself that no one can take away?
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“Your faith should be stronger than your fear”

Everyday of our lives we are faced with a new fear. We have to realize there is no way around that and its OK! Fear is natural and it many instances its healthy. It is when we let that fear take over our lives, our decisions, our minds that it enables us from taking steps to be our best self. As your fears grow, your faith has to grow 2x as fast. Faith is taking the step up the staircase without seeing if there is even a step there, but rather believing that it is or rather an even bigger step than you can imagine that He has provided. Fear is waiting and confirming that there is definitely a step before starting to walk. It is always waiting for the “right time, the perfect situation”. Faith is believing, trusting and standing on His word and promises.

How many times have had fear > faith in our lives? How many excuses do we come up with to justify the fear? What has it stopped us from doing or accomplishing in our life?