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Year End is Here:

It's the end of another year, and it seems the older we get the faster they go. Well I found a way to make the whole year last forever! I've decided to live in EACH moment of time. See, I've looked back over the years and see a blur in some points of my life. As I thought upon that I realized it was because I was too busy working for the future or thinking of the past that I didn't cherish the moment. When we cherish and live in each moment (not living in the future) we are filling up our life with great memories. Then when we look back we can see a year FULL of great things, sad things, fun things, life, relationships, God things, etc. But if we have been busy thinking about retiring, thinking about when the kids move out, thinking about getting married, etc., we are not living in the moment we have therefore robbing ourselves from time!

I challenge you to begin living in the moment. When you begin to get anxious, frustrated, begin to worry or get angry these are indicators that you are trying to live in the future, trying to make change something you cannot change, or do something only God can do. At that point, ask the Lord to forgive you and help you to live in the moment. Your peace WILL return! And this gets easier and easier each time you do this. By doing this you are building your faith in God! Then one day you'll wake up, like I have recently, and say, "Lord I have a peace that feels so good!" Your mind won't be cluttered with all the past or future stuff, but only with things for the day. There is a scripture that says, "Take no thought of tomorrow…" This is sound wisdom!

Do you have a cold?

Well, I started to get one myself, and in between Thanksgiving and Christmas! I have events to plan, places to go, things to do, but BAM… a cold was trying to get on me. I immediate went to God and cast out any spirits of infirmity and virus, then I went to work. See, I know that colds don't come from bad weather, the bad weather can irritate the condition that is for sure, but something else takes place first. The immune system has to be broken in order for a virus to take root. And a broken immune system is due to broken relationships. The Bible says in Proverbs 2:6 that a "Broken spirit dries up the bones." And when bones are dried up it causes our immune system to be broken. The Bible is very clear and it's even tested and proved. And because I know this, I asked the Lord, "Where am I broken? Who broke my heart? Where was I offended and didn't recover?" Now these things are questions I asked and the Lord gave a response. I asked the Lord to repair my broken heart and I forgave the person who broke it. I asked for the Lord to heal and restore my immune system. And I didn't get a full-blown cold, just a few sniffles.

At this very same time two friends called me. One was really sniffing and snarling and sounded stuffy. I asked if she had a cold. She said, yes, I just got it today. I shared with her my story and she had to admit that someone did hurt her. Two of her relatives at Thanksgiving. She took my insights to heart, went and wrote down 3 pages about each on the pain that they caused her, she confessed it to God, and forgave the two individuals. She then took a nap and when she woke up she wasn't sick, but feeling much better.

The other friend was deep inside a cold, so very bad she could hardly breathe. When I shared my insight, she said, "I have painful thoughts at this time because I don't have a real family. I dind't have it growing up, and I don't have one now." She began crying because the pain was so real. Then I prayed for her and shared with her about broken immune systems. As she confessed this to me over the phone and we prayed together, right after it she didn't sound as stuffy and she said her chest (being conjested) was clearing up and it wasn't tight or hurting any more. Just during that phone conversation

What I'm saying here is that it's time to take a look at our heart and ask the Lord where the hurt is. It could have been something recent, it could have been an old memory that keeps coming up during the holidays. That's the reason we get sick more so this time of hear, not because it's "flu and cold" season. It just shows me how many people have compromised immune systems because of their broken hearts!

I encourage you to take your cold to the Lord and see what he says, just as I and my two friends did. I believe He will meet you and help you, and you will find relief from your cold!

Are you messy?

I have to share this story with you because I never understood how my house would get so messy when it's only me and my husband. It's not that you can't walk through the house or anything, it's that things are left lying around, shoes in the floor, laundry on the couch, etc. Well, I finally figured it out.

I have been doing TV shows and video taping programs with me doing things like baking pies, making crafts, etc. On one of the shows I had to pull something out of the oven, and so I opened the drawer that had the pot holders inside and noticed that I didn't shut the drawer, I just left it opened. Then the light bulb went off in my head. I realized just then that this was why my house gets messy. I don't put things away after I use them. I just leave them where I used them! And as I looked around the house, that's exactly right. I haven't done the whole "follow-through" when I use things. So now that I know this, I've chosen to be more conscientious to pay attention to what I'm doing and to complete the full cycle of whatever it is I'm doing. And guess what? It's made a difference! My house hasn't gotten as messy as it was and it's easier then to clean because everything is out of the way. This is a small revelation, but it has impacted my life. My time is very precious to me so if I can eliminate hours of cleaning that is a plus!

All About Control:

If you have followed along on my teachings and newsletters you will see I have talked several times on having to be "in control" of my life, things and people! Something has happened recently that truly put all this in perspective. One morning I was feeling a bit weird. I couldn't explain the feeling, but it wasn't a bad feeling. It wasn't anxiety, it wasn't stress, it wasn't pain. It wasn't anything. Hard to explain, but I wasn't feeling driven to do stuff, fix stuff, make things happen, or nothing. I tried sharing this with my husband and he said, "It's a feeling of not having control." I thought about it and realized that I was experiencing PEACE in my spirit! I have had peace from time to time, and more so lately than ever before, but this was a peace that "passes all understanding" as written in the Bible. And as I thought about what Tom said, he was right. My upheavals and anxiety was always due to trying to control my environment! See, just a few weeks ago something happened that allowed me to truly conquer our worst enemy - and that is death. I didn't realize how much I had feared death. I thought I was OK in that area but then got a revelation that anytime we "Fear" anything, there is an element of death associated with it. When I realized that (I believe I shared this in my Nov. newsletter) and went to the Lord with my findings, I was set free. From that day on I haven't "felt" driven, fearful when dealing with people; I'm actually more bold and courageous even. Not in a prideful way, just in a way that I can make decisions and do things without the "what will people think" mentality. I'm doing things and saying things because it's what is in my heart, not what I think others want to hear or not hear. And because of that freedom, the peace came. Because when fear is present it's because we want to control everything.

What peace is there when we finally just stop trying to "fix" everything (because this is God's job) and enjoy the ride. Life is an obstacle course, and when I look at it that way it's like a game. Someone who invented "the Game of Life" was pretty close to the truth. Now I have peace, so that when things "hit the fan" they don't cause me any upset, I have an entirely different response now, and that is very refreshing and also ads to my emotional wellness!

Tom's Tidbits:

"When you are neutral you can't go anywhere"

Tom elaborated on this by saying that when we are in neutral, we don't go any where. We are in subjection to whatever we are coasting in and it controls us. Put your life "in gear" and when you do this the Lord takes the wheel and steers your direction.

Starting a New Year! Taking Responsibility for the Old

There are several insights that help us come to the knowledge of the truth about ourselves. One of those steps is to take responsibility. I recently received a revelation on it for myself and I thought I would share it with you.

Have you ever had a hard time "believing" what the Bible says? Have you had a hard time "believing" what a preacher has taught on? I have had people tell me that they don't "believe" everything I teach either. And ya know, that's perfectly OK, each person has to guard their hearts, but we also need to "agree with thine adversary quickly" (Matthew 5). In other words, if what they are saying gets under our skin, there could be a truth in there, OR it could just be wrong. That's up to you to talk with God about. I found that when someone addresses an issue in my life, it's more likely pretty true. But I take it to God and ask Him to open my heart to it so I can repent, and be clean.

But, I also realized that many of the things we have a hard time believing is because an individual doesn't want to take responsibility for it. For example: I may teach that a disease may be associated with some sort of unforgiveness or hurt or sin. I've had several tell me that they don't agree with that. People can believe what they want, I'm here to share the truth the way I learned it and if it doesn't get received, that's perfectly OK. I'm doing my part of sharing what I know to be true in my life, and if it's not for them that's OK. But what I have found is in most cases, these individuals don't want to "believe" that their problem comes from themselves. Jeremiah 5:15 says that it's our sins and iniquities keeping good things from happening to us. That's the "responsibility" part.

We don't believe some of the things in the Bible because it means we'll have to do it. We don't believe what some teachers and preachers say because it will involve us having to do something. We live in belief and doubt, belief and doubt even toward things that we "know" deep down could be true. But because it may involve us doing something, we don't want to believe it to be true. So we are stuck.

If you hear something or someone shares something with you that may include you to be involved, take it to God and say, "Lord, if this is "me" then help me to face up to my responsibility in it. I want to be free. I want to know the truth. If it's not for me, then tell me as well. But let me not fear to take responsibility."

This is an example of what that looks like. Let's say you have been under stress at work. You come home so mad at everyone and take things out on your family. You blame your boss for all this upheaval in your life. But the truth is, this person hasn't taken responsibility. In this case, your responsibility is to NOT take any offense from the boss but walk in forgiveness! Ouch! Yes, if you would forgive the boss for their action toward you, you will NOT get angry; you will remain in peace so when you go home your family will not be the attack of your bad day. When we take responsibility, we stop blaming. And to add to that, when we begin to blame or be ugly, something inside us is acting up. It's an indicator there may be things in there God is trying to expose to get you to deal with. THings happen around us to help us see what we are made of. And it's those things that aren't good that God wants to purge.

Think about it. Who was the last person you "blamed" for your pain? Ask the Lord where your responsibility is in that and get it resolved with Him. The truth makes us free, even speaking the truth of our own heart condition!

Let's start the New Year off brand new, not dragging all the old year stuff into it. Make a list of all those this past year that caused you pain. Exercise forgiveness toward each and every one of them. Refer back to my teaching on "forgiving from the heart" available on the website, to really get it done right. If you do this, you will have a wonderful new year, and then WHEN you get offended again just forgive them quickly so your list at the end of next year won't be so long!

Have a Wonderful Christmas!
See you next year!

I hope you have enjoyed this month's newsletters. See you next time!

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