Dear God,

Thank you for EVERYTHING! I even thank You for the pits of life because if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t know how to get out. You lead the way EVERY TIME and there is no better place but Your presence. It’s in the light of Your love.

I can worship here.

I can be myself here.

I can laugh here.

I can cry here.

I can vent here until every negative word vanishes from my mind.

I can be real with You because You know me.

I can hold myself knowing You are teaching me and guiding me to be a better version of me.

Even when I feel like I’m running on empty You find a way to replenish my soul—every time.

I find my strength in You.

I find a way through You.

I find the thoughts through Your Word.

I find the peace in the quietness of the days that You give me to sit in silence.

It’s uncluttered and empty of the worlds busy pace.

Here I find You.

Here I see You.

Here I hear You.

And I listen… I listen intently as You keep reminding me of something so dear and that is Your nearness.

As I go closer to You—You match it!

And even if I didn’t, You find me to match it anyway. How thoughtful, how mindful and how great that You are.

You’re just trying to get me to that place where I am still in You, settled in You, safe in You, sound in You, secure in You, seasoned in You.

You know it all and got it all.

Every time…

All I need is You Lord.

All I need is allof You.

That works very well.

My soul knows that very well.

Thank you God.

Amen and Amen.

The Lord is my strength and shield.
I trust Him with all my heart.
He helps me and my heart is filled with joy.
Psalm 28:7

Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings. Hebrews 10:22

Dear Lord, consecrate me for this next season.

Keep changing my mind.

Keep changing my thoughts.

Keep changing my heart.

& Keep changing my ways!

Let the last of this year be in COMPLETE JOY for me! Even through the patchy days & cold seasons. May I rejoice DAILY!

I’d say, I never wanna cry again.

Then there are tears.

Tears to remind me that I am just human and that You are supernatural.

May I put on love-joy-peace and also meditate in Your Word so there is continuous CHANGE!

Flush my mind with the Word of God—the Word that breaks the chains of darkness.

The Word that breaks the chains of doubt.

The Word that breaks the chains of discouragement.

The Word that breaks the chains of depression, anxiety and any ill thing!

Your Word gives me LIFE!!!

Break the chains that try to shackle my mind.

Break the chains Lord—that every thought is taken captive.

Keep renewing, restoring and rebuilding my mind.

R E C A L I B R A T I N G

Because it is a constant war. Let the noise of my thoughts settle. If it’s not gonna bless me now, let me let those things go!

Quickly flush them out of me because those words seal in my heart. I will keep praying and fasting about this! Lord let my mind grow with rich and positive thoughts. Leave a positive message branded in my mind Lord.

Words of LIFE, in the name of Jesus.

I need You God! I need You in my thought life.

Because I can’t think any other way.

Keep changing my mind.

Dear God—that is my prayer.

Amen

Wow–thanks to Pastor Edward Ramirez for such a revelation to close out the year of 2017!

“I have come that they may have LIFE and have it to the FULL.”
John 10:10

My prayer for the day; My prayer for the journey….

Dear God, THANK YOU, for my life, my love, my family and friends. Thank you for keeping me in the midst of a very difficult year. You held it down! You managed to still do so much with me and for others.  I saw smiles in the midst of massive tears.  I heard laughter in the midst of agonizing pain. Thank you because none of us lost our minds in the madness but we found miracles in it.  We saw your hand literally over the face of our family embracing us in the chaos.  You were there just as the Word declares…

“Even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.”
Psalm 139:10

You’re just amazing God because we still have life when we faced death.
We saw light in the midst of darkness.
We see a way in the midst of the deepest valleys.
Your power and glory are there!

So apart from the gratitude here is the simple request that I bring to you in prayer.  May You continue to shower healing and great health over the Mendez family, Arvelo family, Ramirez family, Cruz family, Rivera family and the many more families that I am connected to both in the natural and in the Kingdom! We love you and trust you. This is our year for greatness! Why? Because You were there through the most daunting experiences and You are still here now.  May the family LIVE, LAUGH AND LOVE well.  Let the smiles be radiant and thankful hearts rejoice in this holiday season.  Make it happen –because You will always be the God of the impossible. Amen and Amen.

This is our time to emerge!

With Love,

Christina

I can’t believe how fast we got to Thanksgiving week! Unbelievable! So many things to be grateful and thankful for. However, in a mind where rumination exists this could be a time of turmoil as the holidays approach.  What can we do to counterattack that mindset? We can begin by working diligent to flush out those thoughts and focus on the positive.  There is always something to be grateful and thankful for. Even in the lack.

As Apostle Paul wrote:

Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.  Philippians 4:11-12

No matter what season we go through we learn how to be content. This is a state of inner peaceful happiness.  Instead of thinking so much on the things that we do not have or have been negative, we have to think of what we have left and what is positive. There’s life that continues for us and we need to find purpose in that. We can live again, laugh again and love again.

What are we grateful for? What are the things that we can appreciate in our life? There are family, friends and fellowship.  There are people that still love us tremendously. There are friends that need your words, your hugs and your time.  There are people that we can fellowship with and share encouraging words through times like this. We just have to come out of a state of inactivity to where we are actively seeking the good.

We have to nourish our mind. Not the pain, not the past and not with the things we can do nothing about.  We are grateful to have had wonderful memories.  We appreciate them. Now we also have the capacity to make new ones.

There is also a big world for us to travel upon.  The many places our eyes have not seen to remind us of all the beautiful things that exist.  Places to visit, coffee shops to sit in and landmarks to view.  This is all for us.  We just need to invest the time in travel because there is such a value in viewing new things.

What are we thankful for?  What are we pleased and relieved about?  I am pleased and relieved that I got through MANY difficult obstacles in life. Which leads me to believe that no matter which ones come my way, there is going to always be a way out.  Look at how far I have come. Look at how far YOU have come. We are not the same people, we are stronger! We become a better version of us.

We learn how to move away from rumination, which is the process of deep thought.  It is where we encourage negative thinking. We feed it. We keep it alive. We care for it and continue to give it life rather then let it die out.

“If you start looking for good news, you will find it everywhere.”
Renew: Breaking Free from Negative Thinking, Anxiety & Depression
Julie Winter 

So let’s start seeking the good. We find that in His word and we find that by changing our thoughts to reflect heavily and purposefully on what we are grateful and thankful for this holiday season.  Some people don’t even have a warm plate of food, but we do and we can help someone get theirs.  They will be grateful and thankful for YOU!

Happy Thanksgiving to all. Remember not to eat too much. 🙂 #justfortoots

With Love,

Christina