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I Choose Today Positive Self-Talk

Molinda Hern August 10, 2024

Negative self-talk… I think we all have that one down pat. This has been one of the biggest hurdles for me to overcome. As I grew up, there was a lot of hurtful, minimizing, oppressive words spoken to me: you are dumb, stupid, and you will never amount to anything so don’t even try; people like you don’t make a difference; what do you know… nothing, so sit down and be quiet. These are words that the father of lies, the devil, willingly replayed for me over and over again all throughout my life. When I would try something new, he would put this tape on repeat. I would believe it and quit. If I tried something and failed just a little, again the tape would play. (Negative self-talk). It wasn’t until the Lord spoke into my life the truth of who I am in Him – His child, His masterpiece, His creation made on purpose for a purpose – did I start a new tape. (Positive self-talk). I read something recently that resonated with me. Someone wisely said, “What if we agreed with our Creator and called ourselves fearfully and wonderfully made? A masterpiece? A daughter of the King?

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I Choose Today: Embracing Intimacy With My Lord

Molinda Hern August 8, 2024

Over the last five weeks, I have only been home four days. Some of the time I was with my husband, but most of it was spent apart. Sure, we talked everyday, most days multiple times, but it wasn’t the same as being present with one another. A couple times a week, we would sit outside and just talk, laugh, or just enjoy one another’s company. We call this “back porch sitting.”  Being away, even together, isn’t the same as the togetherness we experience during our “back porch sitting” time. The same is true as I spend time with the Lord. This morning when I sat down in my “quiet-time” chair in the corner of my office, I felt like I was coming home. Just me and the Lord, talking, studying, and just spending time together. I felt it all the way to my very soul. It is the intimacy I experience with the Lord that I miss. Even though I spent time with Him while I was gone, it wasn’t the same as when we spend time together while sitting in my chair. It is an ordinary chair, but there is nothing ordinary about the relationship built experienced there.

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I Choose Today to Trust My Provider

Molinda Hern August 6, 2024

Recently, I came across the name for God, Jehovah-Jireh, and was reminded of this characteristic of His. Jehovah-Jireh is a name for God that means “The Lord Will Provide.” This name originates in Genesis 22:14, where Abraham names the place where God provided a ram for the sacrifice instead of his son Isaac. The name reflects on God’s provision and faithfulness to provide for His people’s needs. This is a good reminder for me at this stage of my life. In the not too distant future, I am leaving the security of my paying position, and stepping into the plan and calling God has set out for me. In knowing where my provision comes from, and also knowing I am being obedient, I need not be concerned or worried about the loss of income. God will provide. Paul tells us who owns everything and where we get our provision when he says, “For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat.” 2 Corinthians 9:10a So, I will look to my Jehovah-Jireh, my provider, and know it is from Him we have all things. “For the earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”

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I Choose Today to Embrace God’s Plan

Molinda Hern August 1, 2024

God has a perfect plan and purpose, and He created you and me to step into that plan. He has already set up the plan, and His desire is that we step into it with Him. God placed His plan in our hearts. It is present in our hopes and dreams. He equips us to fulfill those hopes and dreams. Sometimes we think, “I can’t achieve what I hope and dream; it is way out of my abilities and comfort zone. My dreams are too outlandish. I’m just an average, ordinary person. Dreams don’t come true for people like me.” But if you believe that, let me walk you through these verses: “Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]. Glory to Him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21 NLT (emphasis added). Let’s break these verses down: 1. “…God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us…” • Our hopes and dreams (the ones He placed in our hearts)

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I Choose Today My Thoughts

Molinda Hern July 30, 2024

I recently heard a story about a vulture and a hummingbird. They were both in the same place, but one was looking for death and the other was looking for life. They both found what they were looking for. One fed on death, the other fed on life. So that begs the question: what do I feed on? What do I look for? Something that leads to death (negative), or something that leads to life (positive)? The world likes to minimize this by saying we are a glass half empty or half full. But I say I don’t want to be a half-full kind of person either; I want to be a glass-overflowing kind of person! When we look at the world through its own lens, we see the negative (death). But when we look at the world through the eyes of Christ, we are always looking for the life and positive in every situation! This reminds me of the biases I learned about in school. One of the biases is called Confirmation Bias: “This involves favoring or focusing on information that confirms your existing beliefs and preconceptions.” In other words, we find what we look for. If we look

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