Proverbs23:26 My son, give me your heart and let your eyes observe and delight in my ways.
FIRST DEGREE
A married couple were asleep when the phone rang at 2 in the morning. The wife (undoubtedly blonde), picked up the phone, listened a moment and said 'How should I know, that's 200 miles from here!' and hung up. The husband said, 'Who was that?' The wife said, 'I don't know, some woman wanting to know if the coast is clear.' `´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´* SECOND DEGREE Two blondes are walking down the street. One notices a compact on the sidewalk and leans down to pick it up. She opens it, looks in the mirror and says, 'Hmm, this person looks familiar.' The second blonde says, 'Here, let me see!' So the first blonde hands her the compact. The second one looks in the mirror and says, 'You dummy, it's me!' -:*´`´*:-.,_,-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´ THIRD DEGREE A blonde suspects her boyfriend of cheating on her, so she goes out and buys a gun. She goes to his apartment unexpectedly and when she opens the door she finds him in the arms of a redhead. Well, the blonde is really angry. She opens her purse to take out the gun, and as she does so, she is overcome with grief. She takes the gun and puts it to her head. The boyfriend yells, 'No, honey, don't do it!!!' The blonde replies, 'Shut up, you' re next!' `´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´* FOURTH DEGREE A blonde was bragging about her knowledge of state capitals. She proudly says, 'Go ahead, and ask me, I know all of them.' A friend says, 'OK, what's the capital of Wisconsin ?' The blonde replies, 'Oh, that's easy: W.' `´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´* FIFTH DEGREE What did the blonde ask her doctor when he told her she was pregnant? 'Is it mine?' `´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´* SIXTH DEGREE Returning home from work, a blonde was shocked to find her house ransacked and burglarised. She telephoned the police at once and reported the crime.... The police dispatcher broadcast the call on the radio, and a K-9 unit, patrolling nearby, was the first to respond. As the K-9 officer approached the house with his dog on a leash, the blonde ran out on the porch, shuddered at the sight of the cop and his dog, then sat down on the steps. Putting her face in her hands, she moaned, 'I come home to find all my possessions stolen. I call the police for help, and what do they do? They send me a BLIND policeman.' Phil. 3:13 - '.......but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.' One of the worst feelings we experience in our walk with Christ is the feeling of making no progress! You know the one......when you look around and see the same negative friends, the same negative situations, always going back to the same stuff that messed us up before. It makes you feel like you are at a standstill or sometimes even worse, you are going backwards. God does not go backwards! When you are going backwards and reaching for the stuff that was unfruitful in the first place, you are not following God. If you are going back and finding yourself in the same old fellowships with unfruitful works of darkness, things that brought you hurt before, you are not following the course God set for you. If it seems oh so familiar and it was hurtful the first few times, why in the world are you doing it again? God wants to move you forward, not backwards. Why would you allow the enemy to constantly pull you into your past and stop your progress? Let go of those silly things that brought you false security and grab hold of your future in Christ. It's finally time for you to move forward. And don't think about searching out your past hurts and trying to go back into your childhood to find peace about certain issues and situations. God never told us that the answer to our issues are in our past hurts but the answers are in HIM. God can make a new creature out of you without you ever revisiting the old hurts and pains of your childhood or youth. Whatever happened to you is done and gone and all you need to do is make sure you are not harboring unforgiveness or hatred in your heart about it. Once you have forgiven and been delivered from it, you can move forward and never have to go back and deal with it again. I don't believe we should ever go back into our childhood searching for answers to our grown up issues. Forget that mess! Let God heal you in the now and work with who you are now! You have been reborn and remade so your childhood is irrelevant at this point. Trust in his power to move you forward in life and not go backwards. If you want to progress in him, you have to keep moving forwards. Don't let the enemy stop your forward progress by causing you to revisit your past. You are healed of that, and God has forgotten it, and you should be trying your best to live past it and not with it! Then you will see the fruits of forward motion in your life and be able to minister healing to your own mind and heart when it tries to creep up again. Stay focused on your forward motion and don't look back. If you keep looking back, you will never truly make any progress. Suggested Reading: Psa. 103:12, 2Cor. 5:17, Gal. 5:1, Acts 17:25
'HE Himself gives life and breath to everything, and satisfies every need there is!' - Each day we have at our disposal is a gift from God. - Our lives are in His hands. - And He satisfies EVERY need that there is. - Be filled with His life today and walk in His power. PRAYER: Lord, I receive Your strength, Your life and everything I need for today. You have given me this day and I pray that You would help me to make the best use of what You have given me. Amen. |
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