Friday, August 28, 2015

La devoción al día (De Alfombras de madera dura)

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¿sabía usted que usted puede ser tan cuidadosos con la vida que no vas a lograr mucho? Algunos de nosotros estamos luchando con un botiquín de primeros auxilios mentalmente. Una mentalidad que dice: "Nunca voy a tomar riesgos." "Siempre y cuando me quedo en mi burbuja nunca voy a hacerme daño." Hmmm ... Me pregunto es esta sabiduría o el miedo?

 Sé que el riesgo puede ser riesgoso y temerosos a veces, pero algo de riesgo es necesario para el éxito. Debemos ser capaces de hacer frente a las decepciones y saber que hemos hecho todo lo posible. No sólo esto, pero debemos confiar en Dios lo suficiente para que cuando hemos hecho nuestro mejor esfuerzo Él nos recompensará por ello.

 Al igual que los bebés cuando están aprendiendo a caminar toman riesgos. Mi hija es tan atrevido en este momento. Probablemente pasará de brazos si la dejaba porque ella está motivado para tener éxito y empezar a caminar (que realmente no ha procesado el miedo aún en sólo ocho meses).

 Creo que necesitamos a veces adoptan un enfoque bebés al miedo y decepción. Tenemos que tomar el riesgo calculado. Ahora permítanme aclarar ... Yo no estoy hablando de tener una aventura o robar un banco o algo así de loco. Pero estoy hablando de cumplir 50 años y conseguir su GED, la búsqueda de la vida de nuevo después de un divorcio o iniciar un negocio en sus 30 años, sigue presionando hacia adelante después de que usted y su marido han tenido un aborto involuntario y confiar en Dios para traer esa familia, salvar su matrimonio incluso cuando parece que la parte inferior está a punto de caerse.

  2 Timoteo 4: 7 dice: "Porque Dios no nos ha dado un espíritu de temor, sino de poder, de amor y de dominio propio." También 1 Pedro 5: 6-7 dice: "Humillaos, pues, bajo la poderosa mano de Dios, para que él os exalte a su debido tiempo, echando toda vuestra ansiedad sobre él, porque él tiene cuidado de vosotros."

 Así que si siempre vamos a caminar sobre el suelo de moqueta nunca podemos descubrir la belleza de la madera dura ... Espero que esto ayude ... Dios

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

Daily Devotional (From Carpet to Hardwood)

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Did you know that you can be so careful with life that you will not accomplish much?  Some of us are struggling with a first aid kit mentally.  A mentality that says, "I will never take risks." "As long as I stay in my bubble I will never get hurt." Hmmm...I wonder is this wisdom or fear?

 I know that risk can be risky and fearful at times but some risk is necessary for success.  We must be able to face disappointments and know that we have done our best. Not only this but we must trust God enough that when we have done our best He will reward us for it.

 Just like babies when they are learning how to walk they take risk. My daughter is so daring right now. She will probably jump from our arms if we would let her because she is motivated to succeed and start walking (she hasn't truly processed fear yet at only eight months).

 I believe we need to at times take a babies approach to fear and disappointment. We need to take calculated risk. Now let me clarify...I am not talking about having an affair or robbing a bank or anything crazy like that.

 But I am talking about turning 50 and getting your GED, finding life again after divorce or starting a business in your 30's, continuing to press forward after you and your husband have had a miscarriage and trust God to bring forth that family, saving your marriage even when it looks like the bottom is about to fall out.

 2Timothy 4:7 says, "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." Also 1 Peter 5:6-7 says,"Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you."

 So if we will always walk on carpeted floors we can never discover the beauty of Hardwood...  I hope this helps... God bless!!!



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Monday, August 24, 2015

Why Happiness Alone Can't Sustain You!


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One of the happiest moments in life was when I realized that life was not defined by happiness but by joy in Jesus. -The Blueprint-

Happiness is such a controversial word in my opinion because many people find themselves imprisoned by the meaning of this word. Truly if we were to analyze happiness we would realize that it is a state of being not an absolute. Happiness is circumstantial at best. 

Consequently, it is a feeling solely based on conditions but it is never concrete. If you were to show me 5 people that were happy...I could show you 5 more that said sometime in the day they were happy also but because of difficulty of events or circumstances out of their control they are no longer happy.

Happiness is an emotion that is always changing. It lacks depth and the deeply planted roots needed in order to build a stable foundation upon.   What do you mean?  Thanks for asking... Happiness says in essences if I feel happy today, if everything around me is conducive to my happiness, then guess what?... I feel happy today. But by some chance my circumstances don't provide me an atmosphere that is conducive to my happiness. ..then somebody better watch out, now I am on the warpath because I am not happy today.

Happiness is predicated on condition not facts.
We may not feel happy today but God is still good. Fact not condition.

Consider this? We can wake up in the morning and hear the birds chirping,  the angels singing because we feel happy today.  However, if life hands us a plate of disappointments then there is a good chance that we will no longer feel happy. That is chilling right? We can't build our proverbial houses on happiness because eventually they will colasp.

The conditions of life can and will alter our attitudes and possibly rob us of our happiness if we will allow our feelings to dictate to us the direction for our lives. The seesaw, (The Feeling of Happiness) has claimed many marriages, friendships and has weakend our relationships with God because the feeling of euphoria that was once present when we received Jesus is no longer there.

Have you ever heard people say, "I don't feel saved or we have just fallen out of love?" Can I say this? Love and Salvation are not feelings they are choices. We choose to love our spouses or not. We choose to live submitted and consecrated lives to God or not.

Nehemiah had to remind the Israelites when Ezra was reading the word of God that it wasn't a time to weep but it was a time to rejoice. He had to remind them that their strength was found in the joy of the Lord and that His words are spirit and they are alive.

We too must realize that when I am happy God has my back, when my enemies are present God has my back and when I am feeling sad God has my back.   We must realize that we are not defined by our happiness. When we dont feel happy we are still strong because we have His joy, evelasting joy! It doesn't matter about our conditions because God never, ever changes, he is always absolute. 

Nehemiah 8:10 kjv

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Monday, February 9, 2015

Creations Chatter

By Mike Anthoni
God have you heard,  how awesome you are?
The sun shines so bright it warms my body like gramma's apple pie on a cold winter day,
God have you heard the news, how awesome you are?
Every morning like clock-work, I awake from last nights slumber, with no power of my own to control the clock of life,
God have you heard how awesome you are?
Every star in the galaxy has been named, every hair on our heads have been numbered.
God have you heard how awesome you are?
Rain comes down from the sky with the right amount of water to feed your creation,
God how awesome you are,
I can't help but give you the praise for mercies given unto me even though I don't deserve them.
The word awesome is to low of a praise for a God as big as you are,

How Awesome, how awesome, how awesome!
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Sunday, February 8, 2015

Great Possibilities

By Mike Anthoni
Life at times can seem problematic,
Everyday redundant, as if you are on a hamster's wheel,
Going around and around in circles,
Same routine, same place, same bat channel,
Reluctant to change the way we think, change the way we see, change the way we feel, complacency has stopped us from building the character that God has ordained for us,
And though we are filled to capacity, overflowing we find ourselves gripped by fear, stopped in the midst of our overflow, weakened, should of, would of, could of are the lyrics to our favorite love song,
 Left with dreams unrealized because we are too weak to tap into the source in order to extract the oil,
What if we said today that we would do something different, instead of running from disappointment we would run towards it in order to change the outcome of our situation?
 What if we would capture the elusive and take hold of the proverbial wings of the eagle and fly and sore to a place where God would be our help?
What if this was the day that we told the devil, "Enough is enough, I'm tired of living below my standard and I will trust and believe what God has said I could be and who I am becoming!"  
What if this is the day that I make a stand and no longer become the victim but celebrate in victory because I am fearfully and wonderfully made?  
What if I made the decision to change the course of my win. And set my sails to explore the oceans of progress.
What if I took control of my life and broke the influence of people and instead of pleasing them I made a conscious decision to please God. 
It is your time to shine, your time to mature...what if?

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Saturday, February 7, 2015

Why Happiness Alone Can't Sustain You

Why Happiness Alone Can't Sustain You. https://mikeanthoni1206.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/who-stoled-my-happiness/