Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Day 11

You are half way there!  End even stronger than you started!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good stuff!! I like the part you speak of leaving our preconcieved ideas behind and let the Word speak to us. Doing well on my journey, this is day 21 for me. I had 9 things on my list, had a couple of homemade chocolate chip cookies that was a stumble, otherwise all has gone well. Spending the extra time in prayer and the Word has been the most rewarding of all. How are you doing on yours after the "21"? I pray that these will be permanent changes and that I will continue to honour them. Thanks Dusty, keep up the great work!

Anonymous said...

You know I noticed something interesting this morning while in prayer. (Partly interesting because I didn't realize it at the time it occurred, I realized it later while in prayer) I was tempted this morning, and I was triumphant in saying No to Satan. Once I was in prayer and thanking God for giving me the strength to persevere and honor Him, it occurred to me that it was significantly easier to say No to the temptation. Then I had a flash back to Dusty's "Cinnabun" Illustration, and I thought 'when was the last time I had been in the Word every single day for over a week before this challenge'. I am pretty consistent in my devotional time but I can tell you that I have never been this consistent, and it is cool to see that God is faithful to that obedience. Makes me think about something I heard about being obedient before you fully understand. Understanding is not always a pre-requisite for obedience. Some things you will not understand until you are obedient.

Anonymous said...

Sorry mental lapse, yesterday was day 17 for me.......not 21.

Dusty Taylor said...

Awesome job team! 4 more days Marsha! Begin now deciding what to do after you celebrate your 21st day. Do you eat cookies for a day and start again? Do you change your goals and try again? I dropped a few of my 21 goals and kept a few others. I'm in the book of Romans now and still praying on my knees. I've gone back to enjoying the sweet nectar of Mountain Dew (although in a little more moderation than before). Thanks for leaving comments guys, I'm proud of you!

Anonymous said...

my desire, prayer and hope is to keep the on my knees in prayer and the staying in the Word not only for myself to stay in a close walk with the Lord but because our country needs it more than ever!! I'm sure I've used this illustration with you before and I use it with my children and grandchildren...if you are hungry you eat and if you starve yourself you will ultimately die, it is the same with the Holy Spirit...it needs to be fed to grow in us so we may become more Christ like if we starve and do not feed the Spirit daily it will become less and we will become more.(flesh)Kinda like you are what you eat........eat junk that will show eat healthy(Daniel) it will show. Hope I explained it with words how it is in my heart. God Bless I pray most of them have been simple enough that they will become a part of my daily life and the ones I struggled with EXERCISE, and sometimes food choices I will be able to focus on more. I believe God put them on my heart for a reason not just a season. Dusty maybe I will have to find a new passion besides baking and cooking!!!#%@O Old dog new tricks :)