Give of yourself:This is how you win

Calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat; I am. Don’t run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I’ll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to saving yourself, your true self. What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you? What could you ever trade your soul for? (Mark 8:34-37 MSG)

Fling Wide

Fling Wide
by Misty Edwards
I love how He designs the seasons to draw us closer…

Awake, awake, O north wind
Awake, awake, O south wind; blow over me.

Come, O winds of testing
Come, winds of refreshing; blow over me.

Fling wide the door to my soul, open up the door to my heart

Have your way, have your way, have your way, yeah

I won’t be afraid; I will face the wind
I won’t be afraid; I’ll embrace the flame.

Take me through the fire, take me through the rain.
Take me through the testing, I’ll do anything.

Test me, try me, prove me, refine me like the gold, like the gold

Fling wide the door to my soul, open up the door to my heart!!

And I Thought…
by Heath McConnell
For you are my lover and I want you to fill the inside if me…fill me with you until I can’t contain the overflow.

I FLING WIDE OPEN THE DOORS TO ALL I AM!!!

You made me, you made all I see.
You made the way the clouds move and have their way.
You made this forest different from that forest.
You made this tree different than that tree.
You made that son more beautiful to me than anything on this earth.

So, my God… Come and change all that is me…
I open up….to you…

You see us as gold…purest gold
The Patina…you want to remove…

I say come my lover…come…I’ll do anything.
I fling wide the doors of my being to you.

You are our God and our loveliest lover, you Jesus, you are the lover of us… Come inside of us…
Come as we fling wide the doors to everything inside of us…we are wide open for you.

I am yours!!!!!

Give everyone you meet a compliment

Give everyone you meet a compliment.

Look for any reason to compliment everyone you come into contact with. For some, this could end up being quite the challenge and for all, it is one way to begin to start teaching yourself to love people.

Love People!

The greatest thing is love! Strive for it. Make it your life quest to love others, as well as yourself (how can you love others if you don’t even “like” yourself?). Teach your children to love others. Be an example to your bride by loving her. live an example of loving people. Love people unconditionally, regardless of what you may get in return. Fall deeply and intimately in love with Love. Devote your life to Love…He loved you enough to die for you. Fill the “dash between the dates” with Love. Love People!

Humility

The enemy seems to be working really hard trying to destroy relationships right now.

Faith, hope and Love are very powerful weapons against the enemy, but I have found, for me, humility is like stabbing the enemy in both eyes and kicking him in the groin all at the same time. “Ultimate Kick”!