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21 Jul 2010 What Does TODAY Mean To You?
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Sunrise over Haughley SuffolkEvery morning you wake up to a new day.

What does that mean to you?

What is the first thing that you do when you wake up?

Yesterday I was listening to a teleconference and heard John Di Lemme make this statement:

What you do with the first two hours of your day sets the pace for the day.

Each day offers a new beginning, an opportunity to discover new things, and to see God work new miracles in your life.

BUT there is a catch!
What is this catch? Every day is like a present.

  • You need to open a present in order to discover what it is. You need to open up each day to discover what new things are waiting for you to learn and experience.
  • You need to be alert and expect to see the miracles that God has for you. God works with FAITH (positive expectancy).

How many times I hear people around me use this phrase when asked how they are: “Same old”. Where is the expectancy and faith in that comment?

Well actually it is a negative focus that is directed at expecting nothing new. So what do these folk get? Nothing new! Are they alert to discover, learn and experience new things? No!

So how can you make sure that you receive everything that each new day is offering you?

Here is a plan that would change your life:

  1. Wake up to read you WHY. Do you have your WHY written down? Your why is the reason you are on this earth. It involves making a difference in this world in the area of your passion and calling.
  2. Spend the first minutes of your day declaring affirmations that are in line with your WHY and your dreams.
  3. Pick up your Bible and read a chapter from the book of Proverbs, Psalms or the Gospels. If you are following a plan to read the Bible in a year, then continue with this plan.

    Stop and think about what you are reading. Write down a key thought that stands out to you.

  4. Now that your mind will be more focused and alert, take a look at the plan your created the evening before. What are the most important items? (They will be on the top of your list).

    Start working on number 1 on your list as soon as breakfast is over.

  5. If you are following a workout program, insert this in the order of your routine. If you are not, at least take a walk after breakfast. There is nothing like physical exercise to clear your mind and get the brain focus and ready for action.

What would happen to your life if you followed a plan similar to this every day for 30 days? I am sure you would discover some transformations!

What if you have to start out early in the morning for work? I sometimes do. Those days I take out my cell phone while I am waiting on the bus at 4.30am in the morning, surf over to 210 Affirmations to Guarantee 2010 to be your greatest year ever.

Then I spend those waiting moments making the affirmations mine by declaring them out loud. This definitely makes a difference to my day.

JillHow are you spending the first two hours of each day? Do you EXPECT to discover or learn something new and to see miracles EVERY day?

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22 Jun 2010 The Great Escape

Running awayDid you know our human minds are very capable of creating a way to escape a situation when life forces us to face things we really don’t want to.

What is an escape mechanism?
When you don’t really want to face a challenge or certain situation in life, your subconscious mind will find a way to avoid it.

This will happen especially if you have allowed fear to take over. Depending on the strength of your resistance to the situation, your subconscious may go to very drastic measures to avoid the challenge or responsibility.

So the plan of escape that your subconscious mind invented will be stored away for future use also. Now this plan has become an escape mechanism, ready to spring out and defend you by allowing you to escape from unpleasant situations in the future.

How will this escape mechanism “defend” you?
This plan will not only to be used to avoid this present situation, but also your mind will draw upon it to escape from future circumstances that are similar to the present one.

The subconscious mind
is very powerful and is even capable of allowing sickness into your life if it means your being able to escape from an unpleasant task. This is the escape mechanism, and can be very powerful, and as you can see it can also be dangerous. Of course this plan will only provide temporary “relief” and a pseudo peace.

How can you avoid the dangerous of any hidden subconscious schemes?

The key motivation that will drive your mind to find an escape mechanism is fear.

We were created to walk with God in faith and all the fruits that go with faith (love, joy peace).

Fear will corner you and your mind will look for a way of escape.

When you allow fear to take over your life, your mind has to find a way back to peace and it will, even though it may be a pseudo peace and in reality only a temporary relief.

For example: it may allow you to become sick so you can escape the responsibility of a situation. Of course this is only a temporary “solution”.

There is an interesting verse found in Proverbs 23:7 that says: “for as he thinks in his heart, so is he”

The word “thinks” in this verse is translated from the Hebrew word “gatekeeper”.

Your mind is the gatekeeper for all of your body and your life.

This means that it is your mind that decides what will touch your body and your life! This is a VERY powerful truth.

>> You have control over your mind.
>> You decide what to think.

You can avoid allowing your mind to stray over into the negative field of life. How?

You decide what to think – and what you think decides how you live!

Are you consciously deciding what to think today?

JillAre you ready to take control over what you think? Your real health and true happiness depends on this decision.

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