I Choose Today...

It’s not about me

Joyce George December 27, 2023

Good morning my friends. We are staying in a airbnb close to our daughter Abbey and her husband Mike and our grandchildren. It’s been a wonderful time to reconnect and talk to our children and grandchildren about what they are doing and what they are planning for 2024. We celebrated Christmas and also Rachel’s birthday. Each of us are in different stages in our lives and want the assurance from our peers and from the Lord that we have their approval. My bible reading today is about the excuses that Moses kept giving to God about “his next venture” in life.  And I think, “Come on, Moses, why do you keep making excuses? Just do it!”  But I do the same thing. Over the past 30 years, I have witnessed hundreds of answers to questions I had at the time and saw God do what only He could do and yet I’m at this new stage in my life and I keep looking for approval. What if this isn’t the thing to do? But the Lord has once again brought me back to where I say, “Lord, use me the way I can be most effective.” I start classes this

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I Choose Today to Go!

Molinda Hern December 26, 2023

”Gideon replied, “With me, my master? If God is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all the miracle-wonders our parents and grandparents told us about, telling us, ‘Didn’t God deliver us from Egypt?’ The fact is, God has nothing to do with us—He has turned us over to Midian.” But God faced Him directly: “Go in this strength that is yours. Save Israel from Midian. Haven’t I just sent you?”“ Judges‬ ‭6‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭MSG‬‬ This scripture is perfect for me right now because God has called me to “Go,” just like He did Gideon. It may not be to save a nation, but it is to encourage, comfort, empower others. In obeying God, there is no telling what He is up to! I have been through a lot in my life. Many opportunities to ask God “Where are You?” Many times I had to walk through and experience pain, despair, fear, trauma. Why would a loving God allow these things to happen; allow me to experience all those horrific times? How can He possibly use them for good? I don’t know the extent to those questions, but I can trust God and know He will do

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I Choose Today to take on the persona of Christ

Molinda Hern December 23, 2023

We live in a society who has a social media persona; one that we want others to see, admire, emulate, and dare I say envy. We get so caught up in who we are or competing with and envying others, that we lose our true selves. Or worse, we hide our true selves. I mentor a group of Moms once a month. During our last meeting, a mom said she sees all the bad things she does, bad thoughts she has, and does not see any good in herself. She was believing a lie about who she was in Christ; a child of the King! She was looking at herself through the world’s eyes, through Satan’s lies, and not the reality of her royalty. I reminded her of how God sees her; through the lense of Christ: His sacrifice, His perfection, His mercy, His grace, His love, His salvation. God had to teach me these things because I didn’t hear them while growing up. I heard that I was dumb, stupid, and would never amount to anything. I learned I was invisible; not worth the time. But God… so loved me. God saw me. God showed me I was worth

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I Choose Today to share the gift of light!

Molinda Hern December 21, 2023

”Then God said, “Let there be light.” The Light changed everything; absolutely everything! Every night I get up a couple of times and make my way to where I need to go. It is really dark because we live in a place where there are no streetlights or city lights to light up the room. So to keep me from stumbling as I walk around at night, I use the tiny light that is illuminated on our robot vacuum housed in the hall right outside our door. That little light, shines brightly in the darkness and makes all the difference in the world; just like the true Light made all the difference in the world when He came and to this very day! From the beginning of time, Jesus has been the true Light: ”In the beginning the Word [Jesus] already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word gave life to everything that was created, and His life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.“ John‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬, ‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭NLT‬‬. Isaiah tells us why the Light makes a difference for the world when he proclaimed,

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I Choose Today to embrace the gift of peace

Molinda Hern December 19, 2023

Everyone goes through hard times in life; absolutely everyone. These hard times are often referred to as storms we get caught up in. I’ve been through some amazingly difficult storms in my life.  Some with embracing the peace of God and others attempting to find inner peace on my own. Needless to say, having the peace of God, that transcends all understanding, is the only way to find the peace to navigate the storms of life. There are over 400 verses in the Bible that talk about the gift of peace. Here are a few promises of the peace that Jesus and God promise to Their people: 1. Philippians 4:7 (ESV) – “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” 2. John 14:27 (ESV) – “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” 3. Isaiah 26:3 (ESV) – “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you.” These verses demonstrate the divine and life changing nature of

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