We gotta provide the effort to gain results… 

We go to the drive thru to pick up our coffee, food, and even groceries. Heck, even now we have apps that will preorder our coffee, meals, groceries, and other things for us! Press a button and it is done. 

Wouldn’t it be great if we could press a button and fix our flaws and shortcomings? Believe me, if there truly was an app or an instant fix for permanent weight loss, I would be all over it. Despite many claims by money motivated folks, this is not part of our reality right now. 

So, I will have to look inside myself and continue the day by day work on my sugar abstinence as well as my other character defects. 

The good news is that along with the encouraging support from many friends and family, there is spiritual support from Jesus, IF I will work for it. I don’t know about you, but everything else I have given over to God has improved, so I am suiting up and showing up to allow the Holy Spirit to also help me become healthier inside and out…Check your experience… 

“We found that as soon as we were able to lay aside prejudice and express even a willingness to believe in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced to get results, even though it was impossible for any of us to fully define or comprehend that Power, which is God.” Big Book pg 46 

Lord, let us open our hearts and minds and be willing to allow You to mend us through Jesus and the Holy Spirit, AMEN. 

“Come close to God, and God will come close to you." James 4:8 

Have a blessed day y'all! 

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Being transparent… 

Isn’t it nice when it turns out that things and people ARE what they seem? We don’t get to experience much of that today, but it sure is refreshing when we do. 

It seems to be a cultural norm that either we are only seeing and hearing what we want to, or we are being shown and told only what others think we want to see or hear. It sure gets confusing. 

It’s a spiritual principle as well as a biblical truth that we are at our best when we do what we say and say what we do. Living transparently allows us to be us all the time and not have to switch characters and remember what roles we need to assume for different people and situations… 

Check your experience…

“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:18 

Lord, let us be transparent in our daily lives, learning to be the best we can be through seeking and doing Your will, AMEN. 

“There is action and more action. “Faith without works is dead.” Big Book pg 88

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Words have power, IF YOU LET THEM…

While there is much attention given to negative words and a lot of advice on how NOT to use them or let them influence us, we don’t tend to see much attention given to positive words. 

Think about it, when was the last time you recall borrowing, copying, highlighting, saying, or writing words that can build you or others up. 

What about influential words or phrases? How many of those words do we remember or have somewhere handy that we can read and reflect on often? 

Now maybe it’s different for you, but I need to see, read, say, and recall positive influencing words. 

Because of this my home, office, and electronic devices are filled with phrases that encourage, inspire, and guide me daily. These visually accessible words and phrases give me comfort, power, confidence, and assurance that despite the person, place, thing, or situation I am facing I can rely on the Holy Spirit in my heart and Jesus to stay with me and show me the way. 

How are you using your words?.. Check your experience…

“Listen carefully to my words. Don’t lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart, for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body” Proverbs 4:20-22 

Lord, let us use words to help and inspire ourselves and others, AMEN. 

“In our personal stories you will find a wide variation in the way each teller approaches and conceives of the Power which is greater than himself.” Big Book pg 50 

Have a blessed day y’all!

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