EGO = EASING GOD OUT
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Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.
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B---Best
I----Instruction
B---Before
L---Leaving
E---Earth
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WITHOUT GOD
" WITHOUT GOD, there is no virtue, because there's no prompting of the conscience.
WITHOUT GOD, we're mired in the material, that flat
world that tells us only what the senses perceive.
WITHOUT GOD, there is a coarsening of the society.
WITHOUT GOD, democracy will not and cannot
long endure. If we ever forget that we're one
nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under." -- Ronald Reagan
GOD BLESS AMERICA and all of our troops around the world!
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THE SERENITY PRAYER
God, grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
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I can succeed.
I am WORTH the effort.
I WILL do what it takes to get the weight off and get in shape.
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HALT Be aware if you are too:
Hungry
Angry
Lonely
Tired
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The Ten Commandments for WW members
1. You shall not make food your god.
2. You shall not bow to the popular culture’s demand for unrealistic body proportions.
3. You shall not use the name "Diet" in reference to your chosen healthy lifestyle.
4. Observe times of rest and recreation, and spend those FLEX POINTS.
5. Honor your father and mother (and dear old Aunt Mary) in other ways besides
overeating at family gatherings.
6. You shall not kill your potential success by punishing yourself or quitting after going off program.
7. You shall not flirt with fad diets.
8. You shall not steal BLT’s (bites, licks & tastes) without counting their POINTS.
9. You shall not give false testimony in your Journal.
10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s POINT range or metabolism.
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A Thank You Note:
My Dear Spark Friends,
Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for nominating me as a motivator in the Positive Attitude category of Spark Pages. I am truly honored, and I give the Glory to God. He has given me the gifts of compassion and encouragement that I feel towards others. Others have done the same for me, so I must give it back or I do not get to keep it.
I will strive to continue to do my best for all of us, and may we all see God at work as we continue to encourage and strengthen one another on this, our journey of life. Remember, our bodies are a Temple of the Living God. Again, thank you so much.
In His Love,
Elayne (Angelbeliever)
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" 20 Steps To Happiness: Abundant Living " by Billy Graham
1. Recognize your spiritual poverty.
2, Receive Christ as your Savior.
3. Maintain a contrite spirit.
4. Be sensitive to the needs of others.
5. Don't be half-Christian.
6. Live a surrendered life.
7. Be filled with the Spirit.
8. Seek to produce the fruit of the Spirit in your life.
9. Become grounded in the Bible.
19. Witness for Christ.
11. Practice the presence of God.
12. Learn the exercise of prayer.
13. Develop a taste for spiritual things.
14. Don't be critical of others.
15. Don't be envious of others.
16. Love everybody.
17. Learn to relax in Christ.
18. Stand courageously for the right.
19. Do not be a victim of paranoia.
20. Remember you are immortal and will live forever!~
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12 Steps for Christians:
1. We admitted we were poweless over the effects of our separation from God-that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
11. Sought throgh prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood him, praying only for knowledge of Hiw will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
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COMMITMENT
Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality. It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions and the actions which speak louder than words . It is making the time ....when there is none. Coming through time after time, year after year. Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism. ( Author Unknown )
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Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result.
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HOPE is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all. By Emily Dickinson
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GIRLS IN MY CIRCLE
When I was little,
I used to believe in the concept of one best friend,
And then I started to become a woman.
And then I found out that if you allow your heart to open up,
God would show you the best in many friends.
One friend is needed when you're going through things with your man.
Another friend is needed when you're going through things with your mom.
Another will sit beside you in the bleachers as you delight in your children and their activities.
Another when you want to shop, share, heal, hurt, joke, or just be.
One friend will say, 'Let's cry together,'
Another , 'Let's fight together,'
Another , 'Let's walk away together.'
One friend will meet your spiritual need,
Another your shoe fetish,
Another your love for movies,
Another will be with you in your season of confusion,
Another will be your clarifier,
Another the wind beneath your wings.
But whatever their assignment in your life,
On whatever the occasion,
On whatever the day,
Or wherever you need them to meet you with their gym shoes on and hair pulled back,
Or to hold you back from making a complete fool of yourself ..
Those are your best friends.
It may all be wrapped up in one woman, But for many, it's wrapped up in several..
One from 7th grade,
One from high school,
Several from the college years,
a couple from old jobs,
On some days your mother,
On some days your neighbor,
On others, your sisters,
And on some days, your daughters.
So whether they've been your friend for 20 minutes or 20 years …
Share this with the women God has placed in your life to make a difference.
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May 26--Dear Spark and friends of Spark,
Thank you so much for spotlighting my page today. I am honored to be a part of Spark. God led me to Spark, and all I've been doing is giving back to others. I love you all. Thanks again.
Love,
Elayne
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Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning,
Satan shudders & says...
'Oh no....she's awake!!'
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Angels
A. always
N. nearby
G. God's
E. emissaries
L. lovingly
S. serve
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I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
--- John Burroughs, essayist and naturalist
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"The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor."
--Martha Graham
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A Creed to Live By
(one the most classic motivational poems)
Don't undermine your worth by comparing
yourself with others,
It is because we are different that each
of us is special.
Don't set your goals by what other people
deem important,
Only you know what is best for you.
Don't take for granted the things closest
to your heart
Cling to that as you would your life, for without
them life is meaningless.
Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living
in the past or the future.
By living your life one day at a time, you live all the
days of your life.
Don't give up when you still have something to give
Nothing is really over … until the moment
you stop trying.
Don't be afraid to admit that you are less
than perfect,
It is the fragile thread that binds us to each other.
Don't be afraid to encounter risks,
It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's
impossible to find.
The quickest way to receive love is to give love.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold on too tightly,
And the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Don't dismiss your Dreams. To be without
dreams is to be without hope.
To be without hope is to be without purpose.
Don't run through life so fast that you forget
where you've been,
But also know where you're going.
Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored
every step of the way.
Author Unknown
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Instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, or stranger.-- That would be giving as the angels give.--
George Mac Donald
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1. God Loves You!
The Bible says, "God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life"
The problem is that . . .
2. All of us have done, said or thought things that are wrong. This is called sin, and our sins have separated us from God.
The Bible says “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” God is perfect and holy, and our sins separate us from God forever. The Bible says “The wages of sin is death.”
The good news is that, about 2,000 years ago,
3. God sent His only Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins.
Jesus is the Son of God. He lived a sinless life and then died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins. “God demonstrates His own love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.”
Jesus rose from the dead and now He lives in heaven with God His Father. He offers us the gift of eternal life -- of living forever with Him in heaven if we accept Him as our Lord and Savior. Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except by Me."
God reaches out in love to you and wants you to be His child. "As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe on His name." You can choose to ask Jesus Christ to forgive your sins and come in to your life as your Lord and Savior.
4. If you want to accept Christ as Savior and turn from your sins, you can ask Him to be your Savior and Lord by praying a prayer like this:
"Lord Jesus, I believe you are the Son of God. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. Please forgive my sins and give me the gift of eternal life. I ask you in to my life and heart to be my Lord and Savior. I want to serve you always."
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I, and only I, can make this happen!
No one can exercise for me.
No one is going to spoon feed me the right foods.
No one is going to love me more than I love myself.
And no one is going to do for me, what only I can do for myself.
Used with permission from SIMPLY-YEVETTE
Thank you for your permission, Yevette!
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Happiness keeps You Sweet,
Trials keep You Strong,
Sorrows keep You Human,
Life keeps You Humble,
Success keeps You Glowing,
But Only
God keeps You Going
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