Focus on Where You Are Going, 
Sometimes we have things going on all around us and it can be so easy to focus on what is going on around us, rather than on the thing we are heading towards. If we get so focused on the seeming big issue that is off to the side, then we will fail to be able to move forward without getting side tracked. What is it, that is in your vision on the left and the right, that needs to not be your focal point? What is it that is ahead of you, which you are heading towards? Maybe it is time to have tunnel vision, so you can see only where you are heading and not get distracted by the stuff around you. Let the vision in front be the thing that is bigger than the obstacles to overcome, because that is the thing in focus.
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Stand Firm, 
Are you allowing yourself to be tossed in the ocean or are you standing firm? Firm in the promises you have, firm in the dreams, firm in the vision, firm. We need to get to a point, that it doesn’t matter what is said, what is done, what we hear or what we see, that we will stand on the promises we have for tomorrow, because we know that we know that the one who promised them is faithful. People may let us down, but our Father in heaven will not. He is faithful to everyone of his words and we can trust that he is true. He knows what he is doing and his plan is for our good, so we can trust him.
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The Light has Broken Forth, 
When I look at this picture, I see not only light coming through the darkness, but light infusing the darkness. It is penetrating it and bringing a new picture out into the open. We are told that we are a lamp, which is not to be hidden. Are you being that light, that infuses your world with light? Are you being one who reflects, the true source of light? Who reflects, the one who is the light of the world, for with him, there is no darkness. So, no matter what we face, there is a light shining as a lamp for our feet. We have a light ahead of us and now we can walk in freedom and victory.
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When it Seems Like all Hope is Lost, 
When you feel like you have lost the hope to go on and all you see is dark clouds all around, look up. When you can’t see the way forward and you only see oceans in front of you, look up. When you can’t understand why you are still in the same position, look up. When you have all but given up, look up. See there is hope, there is a light shining bright into the situation, there is hope for tomorrow, there is a victory ahead and joy for today. So, lift your eyes up and look up, there you will find the hope to go on, in the son of God. He won’t let you down and will always be there even when you feel you can’t go on.
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Dive In,
Sometimes we can sit on the edge of something wondering if we should dive in or if we should not. We know it is the right step, but something stops us from taking a step of faith. What is it that is holding you back from diving in? What is it that is stopping you from letting go and loving freely? We have to learn to allow the past experiences to help us grow, not to hold us back, because when we allow them to hold us back, we will live a limited life. We have been loved by God with an unconditional love and we are called to live in the freedom that he has given us, so that we can love others with that same kind of love.  Don’t go through life just getting by, but let go and watch what He can do with a life surrendered to him. He won’t let you down.

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It is Time to Move Out,
How long have you been stuck in the one place, waiting for a better day to go out? Waiting on that lover to make your life all good or that new job to change your life or that financial freedom to bring you joy? Life is too short to sit around in the hope that a thing will bring you joy, because no thing can ever bring joy or truly satisfy us. If we look for joy in these places, we will live life sadly disappointed, because there is only one who can bring us true joy and that is Jesus. He is the one who promises to be our strength when we are weak and to give us hope for tomorrow. He is the one who has plans for our life, that are for our good. He wants to take us on an adventure, so maybe it is time to stop waiting and take a step, let go of what is holding you and allow God to take you in the current of his love on the most exciting adventure ever; this journey called life. You are called to be above and not beneath, the head and not the tail, so live like it.
 
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The Sun Will Rise Again, 
When it feels as though your world is dark and all hope is lost, remember that there is a promise, that as long as the world endures, day and night will not cease. We can have the assurance there is hope for tomorow and that joy comes in the morning, so don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, keep your accounts short and remember that just as the sun rose today, so there is hope of such tomorrow. If we choose to live in dread of tomorrow, rather than in hope, we will find ourselves stuck on the merry-go-round of life, with an ever deepening depth of despair, but when we lift our eyes up and put our hope in the one who promises that Joy comes in the morning then we see that we don’t have to carry the worries of tomorrow, because of the one who promises to take care of us.

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Anchored in His Love, 
Everyone of us needs to have an anchor in life. What are you anchored to? There are many things we can try and anchor ourselves to, our work, our family, our purpose, our hobbies, our mission or even our ministry, but the problem with all of these things, is they are never a certain hope. A person may disappoint us, a job may come to an end, a ministry may finish and then where does that leave us? At the mercy of the waves? But there is one who we can anchor ourselves to, one who will never let us down, one who will never leave or forsake us. His name is Jesus. He is the strong foundation, the certain hope, the rock on which we can stand. Though the storms may blow and the winds may come, he will never let us down, we can know that in him; in his presence there is peace, hope and fullness of Joy, because his perfect love casts out all fear.
 
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Step Out On The Water, 
Where is there an area in your own life, that you need to step out and walk on water? Maybe it is an area where fear and past mistakes or trauma has held you and it is time to set up a new pattern. Maybe it is time to break the pattern of the past and step forward into all he has for you. How this takes place is different for each person, but maybe it is a case of needing to take a step, a big brave step and maybe that first step will give you the courage to take another and another. No matter how young or old we are, there is always hope, there is hope for a better day, a new tomorrow and another sunrise in the morning. Don’t give up hope, because there are better days ahead for us all.

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What Is It I Wonder? 
Sometimes we can see something that is out of the normal and automatically assume that we know what it is and how it is all going to pan out. But the danger with assumptions, is that it is just that, an assumption, based not on facts, but on preconceived ideas and thoughts. It might be based on past hurt or trauma, or any number of things people have told you over the years. The issue with assuming we know something, without knowing the facts, is that it can hold us back from stepping out. It may hold us back from taking a step into the unknown, because we assume that it will not work out, that we cannot do it, or that it will cause us pain. What if instead of assuming, we took the time to listen to our creator and asked him, what he thinks about the situation and what course of action we should take. Maybe if we did, we would live a whole heap differently, because he knows all the answers.

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