374 Days Saved - A Walk with Christ 

*Don't Take the Apple*

"Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light." Corinthians 11:14

I went to go see this speaker yesterday a part of the JT Foxx Organization. He is a self made motivational speaking star (So he claims)  but I did not take the "Golden Apple." The entire conference was repulsing to me. These men would cus, parade their riches and taught chauvinistic skills. They put the crowd under this cloud of acceptance because they were in charge and appeared to have the golden apple and key to riches! The entire thing was so odd  and my discerning spirit was not convinced. 

They paraded around the stage speaking about how much money they have and showed off their expensive diamond watches. They talked about all the famous people they knew (well, bought). The guy even picked out certain people from the crowd and gave a blanket statement reading who they were in relation to business. After their manipulative presentation some who fell for the tricks and like them hungry for money, ran back to the back to buy the CD's and very high priced coaching services. 

He claimed you must beware who you get coached by and my friends we should beware of "coaches" like this! Nothing this man did would be an example of walking with Christ. Just more of Satans' work in disguise. Let me be clear he's not Satan but he's unknowingly walking along side him and teaching that going with the ways of the world is glamorous and fruitful.  This is no fruit we want! If I rise I rise on Christ and not the Devils schemes! Know the difference! This is why we must bury ourselves into the gospel of truth and follow our lords teachings. This is the only way to not be fooled by the devil himself who masquerades of an angel of light. 

The Challenge: 

Satan acts like a righteous father and can trick people into following him. Know what Jesus stands for and never be fooled again! 

372 Days Saved - A Walk with Christ 

*Enjoy Hs Goodness* 

“I come that you may have and enjoy life and have it in abundance, until it overflows. John 10:10 

Today did not go as expected. Yes it's true I'm a control freak and I'm sure you may have picked that up by now. I like to have a routine with hints of surprises. High maintenance? Yes.... Maybe but you know what my lord always fills my cup. 

We woke up and the entire day was unexpected! Pretty much nothing went as planned but then after fighting with my husband we both had to just surrender and give the day over to the lord.

God lead us on a challenging  journey today but to be honest some of the stress actually took our minds off of our own drama. We ended our afternoon with a picnic and sticking our feet in the river in Golden, CO. As uptight and stressed as we were about non of our plans falling in place, in this moment, I recognized our fathers guidance on our life. 

There was a sweet dog that played with my two children. They would throw his frisbee into the water, he would chase it and then bring it back to my kids. Each time the dog would bring it back to a different child to ensure they shared. It was the sweetest thing. This dog taught us the importance of just being still and recognizing these peaceful and sweet little moments, designed by God, as his little wink to suggest, "Hey I came so you can simply enjoy the beautiful moments this life bares." 

The Challenge: 

Many days will not go as planned but maybe just maybe God is working to get you to a safe place where you can just sit, be still and appreciate the goodness that overflows. 

370 Days Saved - A Walk with Christ 

*Gods Sweet Shield*

"He is a shield for all of those who look to him for protection." Proverbs 30:5 

The most random thing just happened at our house this evening.  I went out to get my husband dessert after dinner and when I got home I noticed a car in front of our house. As I got closer I noticed it was a police officer and she was knocking on our front door. As I pulled into the driveway I thought oh no what now lord. My husband answered the door thinking something terrible had happened to me.  All the police officer wanted to do was share that our garage door was still open and that there has been many break ins recently up in our area recently. 

This got me thinking.  Far too often we have weird anxieties toward officers. Me and my husband both thought the worst when she's just a regular person doing a good deed for the day.  I truly feel God sent her as a little warning and sweet shield of protection. 

The Challenge:

We shall not live in fear of the bad news others may bring but instead live in joy of the possible good others will come to share. 

369 Days Saved - A Walk with Christ

*Run After God* 

"As surely as the lord lives I will run after him and get something from him." 2 Kings 5:20

There is a saying that if you run after God you will not ever have to run after a man because they will run after you. This is very true. When we distance ourself from Gods word we begin to normalize sin. Sin seems more intriguing then God but when we seek God sin becomes more and more uninteresting.

Take Whitney Houston for example. She loved God and grew up singing in the church but the ways of the world won her heart. To live up to the worlds expectations she did things to keep up and got further and further away from our lord. Drugs and being of the world became very normalized to her and the patterns of her life.  This is not what our Lord desires. When we follow the ways of the world and put our heart into worldly things we in return become bored, lonely and disconnected. We feel unfulfilled. Whitney left this world feeling unfulfilled which was a big fat lie from Satan! God put her in a unique position and she was sadly unable to remove the scales from her eyes. 

The Challenge: 

Do not run after man! Run after God and they too shall follow. 

368 Days Saved - A Walk with Christ 

*Breaking Boundaries*

"Whoever believes in me, streams of living water will flow from within him." John 7:38

Do you know when Jesus meets the woman at the well in the Bible, it is one of the longest dialogs recorded of Jesus talking with another person?

Jesus was thirsty and went up to the lady at the well for a drink of water. The lady could not believe Jesus  crossed his boundaries. Back then men were never to speak to a woman unless her husband was present. Jesus asked if she would like "living water" water that would satisfy her for life. The lady was rather confused but Jesus was speaking in code about eternal life. 

I find this so fascinating.Jesus cared and loved people so much he was willing to risk his reputation to share messages of God. He did not care what mans rules about seperation looked like! Our Jesus broke boundaries to save in anyway he knew to share God's message at the time.

The Challenge:

Sometimes boundaries must be broken and reputations put on the line in order to share the gospel and save our loved ones! Always share about our lords living water!

367 Days Saved - A Walk with Christ:

*Jesus Connection*

"In one spirit we were all baptized into the body of Christ." 1 Corinthians 12:13 

Last Sunday I was sitting in church.  As I was sitting there my paster began to share about his experience of adopting their two little girls. They have two adopted children and two biological children. His adopted little girl, that he was talking about, was sitting in front of me and grasping tightly unto mom. 

This pulled at my heart strings. I began to sniffle and cry a bit. It just touched my heart so much. I had no tissues and began to have to use my dress as a kleenex. Just then a vision of someone around me popped into my head. It was a vision of someone handing me a kleenex. I then said lord that would me nice, smirking to him. 

Just a few minutes later the lady next to me got into her purse and pulled out a small bag of kleenex, pushed it toward me smiled and nodded. It's like she read my mind. The vision was exactly what happened. She knew and this my friends is "The Jesus Connection!"

The Challenge: 

Ever have something come into your mind and actually happen right before your eyes? Give thanks for this is our Jesus making a sweet and simple "Jesus Connection." 

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*God's Healing Light*

"I keep my eyes always with the lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken." Psalms 16:8

My journey with Christ began on September 4th 2015 and since I was a bit ahead on my days I had a week off from writing with God last week for the year. In the week sadly my anxiety returned.  Because I overthink everything I had a panic attack Friday which made me very sad. 

Yesterday my husband took the kids for the day and gave me time to think with God.  Jesus showed me what went wrong. God gave me healing tools to use to know how to be closer to him but this week I took a break from that and therefore took a break from him. This just won't work for my life.

It's similar to Michael Phelps in a way. He took a break in 2008 from swimming and fell apart.  He stopped doing the things God gave him as his healing light and tools to get through life. Michael phelps was blessed with swimming and so he shall continue to swim! God blessed me with healing tools of daily writing with him and so I shall write! I will continue my journey here on my website blog. I shall write to be connected with God, stay grounded and never lose sight of all the tools he gives to win this life! My prayer is that as I share my walk its not only healing for me but can be healing for those who follow along. 

The Challenge: 

What are your God gifted healing tools that keep Jesus in the forefront of your mind and keeps Satan out?