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Shift!

Author, Nicole L. Ross1 Comment

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Men and women all over the world, it’s time to shift.  Shift our mindset and shift the way we go about doing things.  As we know, the definition of being insane is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.  Have you been expecting or wanting some changes in your life?  If so, what are you doing?  If you’re merely sitting around waiting for things to just magically happen then guess what, you probably gone be sitting there for a while.  In order for change to come, a shift must take place.  Shift the way you think and I guarantee you shifting the way you do things will happen automatically.  I say that speaking from personal experience.  I had been in a situation that mentally I couldn’t find any good in, knowing that God put me there.  For the longest, I always talked about the spirit of expectation that I had being there because I knew that God sent me, yet my mindset was still extremely negative.  God could not do what He wanted to do with me until I shifted my way of thinking.  Immediately when I shifted my state of mind, the way I did things totally changed.  Shift!

I want to elaborate on our thoughts for just a moment.  Far to often we stay stuck on all the things we have done wrong in life.  Shift! We are all humans and we make mistakes.  A shift takes place when you are able to pick up the lessons learned from the previous chapter all while looking straight ahead and writing a new chapter in life.  Focus the majority of your energy and attention on what you have done right.  I’ll also add this, whatever you doing right, keep doing it.  Take it up a notch and make it a point to operate in excellence.  Shift!

A slight change in position, direction or tendency could be the very thing that God is waiting on.  If you have an expectancy of change, that’s something that God has placed on the inside of you.  He’s just waiting on you to get your mind right.  This requires you to do what? Shift! Alright, now I hope you got it.  So let’s go change some things up a bit. You got it.  How do I know? Cause God got you! #iDeclare #Shift!

Go For It!

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What is it that motivates you to keep going?  To try something new?  I hate to say it, but the more I talk to other people, the more they seemed to be motivated by the wrong things.  Now and days celebrities; musicians, actors, talk show hosts, pretty much anyone who has a few dollars and is put in front of the camera has become the object of attention for most.  They look up to these people as if they make the world go around when in actuality a lot of the “celebrities” are just putting up a front while the camera is running anyway.  In other words, people admire something that is not really real.  They talk about Bentley’s and a few of them may even drive them, but you do not know what they had to go through to get that Bentley.

Instead of being motivated by what the world sees as being rich, why not change your perspective of what rich is.  Rich does not have to have anything to do with money.  Rich can mean happy, at peace, calm, stress free or worry free.  All of which if you ask the people who have a lot of money they don’t have any of these things.  See, it is very unfortunate because some people are so poor that all they have is money.

Stop looking at these people as motivation and look to God.  He is the billionaire of all billionaires.  He has all the money in the world, and He also has peace, joy, love, happiness and the list could go on and on.  He has everything because He is God.  We must stop looking to the things of the world to find what God has already placed inside of us.  Be motivated by the love He has for you, His child and the plans and purposes in which He created for your life.  It is so easy to be distracted by the things you see on T.V. or read about online, so stay focused.  Everyone who has ever been successful at anything had to get up, get out there and just do it.  They put on their pants one leg at a time just like you do.  So don’t think it strange or even impossible for you to do great things in life.  You are a child of the King and above all else, you have the favor of God on your life.  If you keep saying to yourself there is more to life than this, you are absolutely right.  There is a whole lot more to life than what you see in front of you.  Shut the T.V. off, get off Facebook, and go for it. I dare you.  #iDeclare #GoForIt

Take A Break…You Deserve It!

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Take A Break

I know the issues of life keep us going day in and day out, but everybody deserves a break every now and then.  Take some time for yourself.  Do something you enjoy like read a book or get a massage.  Sometimes we really have to just slow down and take some time for our self.  For me personally, taking time to myself doesn’t even require me to do much.  If I just sit in a room alone in silence, I am happy.  Some people like to do things and go places, and that’s all fine too.  Do whatever makes you happy.  The point is, do something.  As adults we have a lot of daily obligations, so whatever your something is just make sure that it takes you away from your regular norms in life.

I’ve learned that from time to time our regular routines can get the best of us.  What I mean is, it can wear you out.  You go to work, cook dinner, get the kids ready for bed, and any other extra curricular activities you have going on each and every day.  These are all perfectly normal, but there comes a point in time when you just need a break.

What a break does for me is allows me to actually enjoy the moment that I am in and not look at it as an obligation, I have to do this or I have to do that.  We get so busy preparing for one thing or another, where we actually miss out on what’s right in front of us at that very moment.  The duties are always going to be there, but I’d even add that taking a break actually help you to complete those duties. Instead of being stressed and overwhelmed, it gives you time to calm down and focus on the task at hand.

Taking a break also your body to be refueled.  You give so much of yourself day in and day out that you become totally depleted.  Taking the time to just chill, gives you the opportunity to be filled back up.  I know this to be true spiritually as well.  When you are constantly ministering, praying for people, counseling, etc. you just pour more and more of yourself out.  Stepping back for a moment and taking rest in God is what you need to be filled up again.  Allowing the opportunity for God to pour Himself into you even the more will give you the wherewithal to continue to do what He has called you to do for the people.  So take rest.  Remember, a field that has rested yields a bountiful crop. #iDeclare #TakeABreak…YouDeserveIt!

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Prayer:

Father God in the name of Jesus, I come humbly before your throne of grace. Thank you God for showing me that it is ok to take a break.  Help me Lord to discern and know when the time has come for me to relax and take a break from the craziness of life.  As I do your bidding and pour out, please continue to pour back into me so that I do not become depleted.  I decree and declare rest and restoration in my life.  In Jesus name, Amen.

Scripture Reference:

Psalms 37:7 KJV “Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.”

Matthew 11:28-30 NLT ”Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”