Daily Devotional From Joyce Meyer

Give Him Your Cares and Follow Your Heart

"To thine own heart be true," the old saying goes. It remains a timely and relevant life lesson that all of us would do well to remember. When we veer off the course that our heart is advising us to follow, we can make our lives very difficult.

Now I'm not talking about selfish desires. I'm talking about pursuing the desires that God puts in your heart. What do you want out of life? What do you believe is God's will for you? Are you pursuing it?

Some people have too many cares and worries that keep them from stepping out and following what's in their heart. They've decided it's out of their reach.

The Bible says we should cast all our cares upon God for He cares for us. Whatever worry you have that is keeping you from following your heart, you need to give it to God and let Him take care of it.

He wants you to follow the desire He's placed in you. Let God take care of your cares and follow your heart. You can trust Him. He cares for you!

Prayer Starter: God, sometimes I don't pursue what You've placed in my heart because of my worries and cares, so today, I give them to You. I know You can handle them, and You want me to be free to follow my heart.

Daily Devotional From Joyce Meyer

Living for God Is All That Matters

It takes boldness to follow God instead of the crowd. Being excessively concerned about what others think leads only to torment. Although all of us enjoy being well thought of, it is not possible to be liked by everyone all the time.

In God's economy, we usually have to be willing to lose something we have in order to gain what we really want in life, and that means we have to stop comparing ourselves to other people's standards and start living for God.

People who are real friends will help you be all God wants you to be. They won't judge you for following God's call. Real friends will encourage you to make God number one in your life.

Even if everyone else walks away from you, He promises to never leave you or forsake you.

Life gets too complicated, confusing and frustrating when we try to please both God and people. You don't have to compare yourself to anyone and worry what people think about you. Live life for God and be free to be who He made you to be.

Prayer Starter: Lord, I make a decision right now live for You alone. Living by other people's standards and expectations for me will get me nowhere. You are the only One who matters, and I will be the person You've made me to be.

Daily Devotional From Joyce Meyer

Getting Rid of Unrealistic Expectations

Unrealistic expectations can quickly steal our peace and joy. We usually visualize a perfect day, with perfect people, and ourselves being perfectly happy in our perfect little world, but we all know that isn't reality. In reality, only God is perfect and the rest of us are under construction.

The devil knows what steals our peace and he sets us up to get upset when our unrealistic expectations fall apart.

After years of letting the devil steal my peace, I finally got it: Life is not perfect, and things are going to happen that we did not plan for and would rather not go through. My new attitude has become, "Oh well, that's life!" I have discovered that if I don't let those things impress me, then they can't depress me.

Everyone has to deal with inconveniences, but we can deal with them and avoid a bad attitude. Remember today that only God is perfect and trust in Him. He can always lead you past disappointing circumstances, strengthening you and helping you to hold on to your peace.

Prayer Starter: God, only You are perfect. I am so glad that even when people and circumstances fail, You never do. Instead of putting my hope in things that will disappoint, I choose a life of peace that only comes from putting my hope in You.

Where Have I Been?

Why, Hello everyone. It's been a long time. We have a lot of catching up to do. Things have really been moving in fast pace lately and I just haven't really had the opportunity or urge to blog. We all know that life can be busy and there are far too many distractions that can throw you off track. I recently took on a 2nd position with another employer and I must say that I now have my schedule full. No problem for me because idle time is 9 times out of 10 the devils workshop and I don't have the time to serve him. Keeping my time filled with work can be an overload, but in order to gain financial freedom I must take each opportunity and stride. I know the benefit of this will be a awesome reward and I am excited to take each step closer. I would like to make a vow that I will continue posting daily devotionals and keep you guys posted on things that I enjoy and encounter each day. Thanks for following my blog and encourage your friends to follow as well. We all have thoughts and ideas to share.

Experience A New Beginning. Daily Devotional From Joyce Meyer

Experience a New Beginning

The Bible is filled with stories about people who experienced new beginnings. Moses became a leader after being a shepherd for 40 years. Paul hated Christ until God renewed him and made him the greatest apostle of all time.

When we receive Jesus as our Savior, it is the ultimate new beginning. We become new creatures with an opportunity to learn a new way of living. But the first step to experiencing that new life is believing that it's available to you.

Ephesians 4:23 says we must be constantly renewed in our minds and attitudes. It's easy to read about great people in the Bible and think that you are nothing like them, but when you start to think that, you need to renew your mind right away.

Choose to think according to God's Word, not how you feel. Receive His love and experience a new beginning. Life will become so much sweeter if you live with an attitude that says "God is completely changing me from the inside out. He's giving me a new beginning and there are greater things ahead."

Prayer Starter: Lord, I renew my mind in You. I know that You have a new beginning and a calling for me just like you did for Moses and Paul. I receive it today, believing that You can bring it to pass.

My Last GlamBag and Birchbox Subscription

I enjoy sampling new products and I must say that both BirchBox and GlamBag are great starters. I will no longer continue my subscription with them any longer though ... only because I have enough of samples at this time. Here are some pictures via my instagram of the goodies I received.

We Are Called to Enjoy God

Daily Devotional From Joyce Meyers

We need to get comfortable with God. I don't mean we should be disrespectful, but that we don't have to be afraid of Him. In fact, I believe that the high call of every believer's life is to enjoy God. We are called to enjoy the Father because He is life and all life comes from Him,so we can't truly enjoy life if we don't enjoy God.

Sometimes we don't enjoy God's presence because we get all wrapped up in serving Him, discovering what gifts we have, and spending all our time working at our ministry. This happened to me. About five years into my ministry, God had to make me hit the brakes because I had become so proud of the work I was doing for Him that I was no longer enjoying Him.

We have to be careful when we start getting proud of ourselves because of all the things we're doing. That's not what God's after. As our Father, God wants us to know and enjoy Him.

So let me ask you, are you proud of your works today? Or are you truly enjoying God?