Feeling fake

Do u ever feel like this? 

 like you are on a reality show. feel like people aren't alive. You feel like You are watching yourself on a tv screen going through the motions. You feel like a dream. Watching yourself outside your body....

 This feeling comes from the world. This feeling is NOT from God. God defeated the world (John 16:33). It also says near the beginning that in Him you may have PERFECT peace and confidence. Now what does it mean when it says, in Him? To me, that means His holy presence. 

How do we rest in the presence of God? I get in His presence through worship. I feel peace, happiness, goose bumps, joy, just overwhelming joy when in His presence. You may feel different than i, and that's fine. There is no special or certain feeling you HAVE TO HAVE to know you are in His presence. 

This is what I do when I catch myself feeling fake-I relax in His arms-His presence. 

Verses to think about!:

•Psalm 96:2

• John 14:27

Doubting God

   Have you ever been in a place where you have doubted God? I know I have. And what pulled me through, was this verse: Hebrews 11:1-2 "Faith means being sure of the things we hope for and knowing that something is real even if we do not see it. Faith is the reason we remember great people who lived in the past" 

   Think about your history books. How did we know these people were actually living? There is evidence in our society. Same way with bible people! We know they were living because we have evidence called the bible, and the bible has an effect on us, because Jesus is the bible(the word)! And Jesus is life. (See John 1:4)  

   Also what pulled me through was verse: Jeremiah 29:13-14.

This verse assures me, and you and everyone, that He will always bring you back. ALWAYS bring you back to Him. No matter what your going through.

-Attitude-

One of my goals right now, is to have an attitude like Christ. Philippians 2:5 says that we should make our attitudes that of Christ Jesus. And what is that attitude? This attitude sounds like the fruit of the spirit, which is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,faithfulness, gentleness, self-control...-Galatians 5:22,23.
I realize expressing love to all people is a hard and very difficult task. But if you seek God, you will be able to ooz out this love out onto people without even noticing what you are doing. Pretty awesome isn't it?:)

Christ was also very motivational. Like in John 5:17. That has to be above all my favorite when it comes to motivation. So I motivate, encourage you, to never stop seeking, and working towards the Father, so that you can finally have an attitude that is that of Christ.

"your attitude determines your altitude."-Zig Ziglar

Your attitude not only affects you, but every single person who encounters you. Everyone will notice it. Your attitude can draw people in, or push people away. Attitude is a choice, not a random thing. You can choose to be happy and see the good in things, or you can choose to allow everything and everyone to get on your nerves.

~BREAKTHROUGH~

When a challenge comes your way, and I'm sure you will have them daily, try to see them as a necessary part of growing into the person you will be. 

Everyone and every living thing has a set of challenges to overcome, it's how God separates the leaders from the followers.

Sea turtles must dig their way through at least 2 feet of sand to get to the surface, only the strong will survive.  After that they must run for the beach before seagulls snatch them up, only the fastest will make it.  They have been through hell, and many have lost their lives.....they haven't even been alive 12 hours yet!  The ones that do make it are the strong and the fast, the ones that will make good parents and have what it will take to survive to lay their own eggs.

Moral of the story, it's the challenges in life that give us the opportunity to excel.  Don't fear or be intimidated by them, embrace them as an opportunity to breakthrough!  You are in charge of the woman you will become.

Know that I am always here, just in the shadows sometimes.

-David (my dad)

"Today I will choose to do what others won't, so that tomorrow I can do what others can't"-unknown

A realization !

I not to long ago got understanding on something (doesn't happen often though-I am blonde), that is fairly important to me. I thought of the question, "is it possible for a person to attend church regularly, and NOT be saved or believe in Jesus?" I ended up asking my pastor this question and he said, "can u stand in a garage and go vroom vroom? Yes but does that make u a car?"
No. Of course not. So what he was saying is that even though a person attends church often,  or has read the whole bible-it doesn't mean they are saved. It does not mean they know our God. When we get saved, we have Jesus living in us and His light.

You may wonder how to discern who these people are. now you must also know, that even if a person gets saved, they can turn away from Jesus even though he never turns away from them. Look to Jesus and be saved...-Isaiah 45:22 . so if a person's main focus is Jesus and that is all they see, they are saved. you will see this by the way they act, talk. That's it. Nothing more. Just watch the way they act compared to those who have Jesus living on the inside of them. I promise you will see a difference. "Guard your heart above all things for everything you do comes from it.."-proverbs 4:23

Prayer?

Prayer is simply talking to your Heavenly Father! But prayer has a large impact. In Matthew 18:19 it says clearly that if two or more come together in Jesus's name, it will be done for them by The Father in Heaven! Come together?!well-what's that mean? it means, getting together and praying! so what must u do? you must pray. If you wonder why you cannot seem to hear from God, it probably means you are not speaking to Him. But you may think, "But God knows all. So why must we ask if he knows our needs?" Yes, God does know all, but God wants a relationship with you!
Think of it this way: if you do not talk to your best friend, husband, wife, or anyone close to you, are you close? How did u meet the person anyway? You had to experience them, talk to them, get to know them. Well God knows you, but do you know Him?
So I challenge you to speak to God today.:)