Today has been a day like none before.
Cheesy line you might argue.
But it is no line. It’s a statement born straight from my heart.
Today has been special because I almost didn’t go to Church today. I woke up at 6am, and closed my eyes and re-opened them at 10:04 when Church service starts at 10am.
I checked my phone. I had a message from the pastor asking if I would be attending services because after service we were going to Diamond Hills Nursing Home.
I decided to lay around an hour. I debated whether to go at all.
Pride is as ugly as it gets ladies and gentlemen.
It rises up inside us and declares the most disgusting statements ever.
Things like:
Don’t go, they have been lacking and they don’t deserve you to go today.
The pastor has been lacking, and you have been doing so well.. that’s the pastor’s payback.
No one is going to show up anyway, why go?
You can stay here and read the bible. You have been doing so well anyways.
They cancelled service on you on Wednesday over a stupid rain storm, now they want you to go today, don’t do it. Stay home.
These are just a few examples of the ridiculous pompous ideas that floated through my head this morning.
Pride is disgusting. It’s pathetic. Yet it surges up like a mountain within us all. It hides itself well behind compliments and recognition.
We all hear the voices that pat us on the back over and over and over again as they declare things like:
Man you are good!
You are full of God’s power!
Wow, you are smart!
Wow, you are great at that. You know.. you are special. You are one of a kind. You are an integral piece. You are this and you are that, you are, you are, you are.
Meaningless banter that does nothing but pump up the pride.
When I start to hear that non-sense surge up, I immediately ask God to help me shut it down.
I don’t need the compliments. They feel good. And you know what Lord? I don’t need them. I don’t want to hear them. They don’t serve me well. They hurt me more than they help me. They make me think stupid things. They make me think of myself way too much and less about you.
Help me not even hear them, or care about them. They are useless.
you know what i care about Lord? Is hearing compliments that come from you.
I care about continuing down the road you place before me.
I care about learning more about you this day. I care more about experiencing your Almighty Holy Spirit and helping others achieve their dreams. I care more about others than myself. At least I think I do. And if I don’t, please help me care about others more than I do myself.
Today, has been a great day full of miracles.
Today, I was completely sober. No uppers. No downers.
Alll HOLY SPIRIT.
And I have never had a day like this one.
GLORIOUS
POWERFUL
RADIANT
MAGNETIC
JOYFUL
MIRACULOUS
FULL OF THE MIGHTY POWER OF ALMIGHTY GOD.
FULL OF FAVOR
FULL OF BLESSINGS
FULL OF SONG
FULL OF PRAISES
FULL OF WORSHIP
FULL OF JOY
FULL OF TEARS
FULL OF LOVE
FULL TO THE BRIM OF A LOVE THAT HAS CONTINUED HITTING HARD, ALL DAY LONG.. A CONSISTENT POUNDING AND OUTPOURING OF DELICATE FURIOUS LOVE THAT HAS FILLED ME TO THE BRIM WITH MIRACLE AFTER MIRACLE FULL OF GRATITUDE FOR ALMIGHTY GOD IS GLORIOUS.
THE bad thing about adderall, caffeine, any stimulants is the higher you go up, the bigger the fall… the bigger the crash.
Today, God Almighty has put to shame all stimulants, all drugs, all things I have ever experienced and shattered them to pieces…
there has been no stall.. but a steady consistent outpouring like non other.
Glory be to His name.
Trust. Believe. Hope.
And most of all help others.
If you want your dreams to come true, don’t chase the dream, Chase God.
If you want your dreams to come true, don’t chase the dream, Chase God.
Why?
Because His dreams are always BIGGER AND BETTER THAN OURS.
And they will leave you breathless.
If you want your dreams fulfilled, delight in the Lord in all that you do, and He Himself will provide you the desire of your heart
Psalms 37:4
If you want your dreams to come true, don’t chase the dream, Chase God.
If you want your dreams to come true, go help someone make their dreams come true.
If you want good friends, go be good a good friend.
A special thanks to Nick Vijucic for inspiring me in one of his books. And to all my fellow men before me who have laid down the path to righteousness and wisdom by inspiring other fellow men to stray away from the wicked path.
To nick, I think I read that in one of his books that said.. you want to be a good friend, go be one.
If you dont’ have good friends, maybe it’s because you are not a good friend yourself.
A special thank you to the following men:
Nick Vijucic- powerful testimony, author, inspirator, encourager, believer
James Allen – writer, inspirator, poet, believer, a special one of a kind man.
http://james-allen.in1woord.nl/
Eckhart Tolle- The Power Of Now- Author, Inspirator, Believer, powerful way of thinking,
All these men have poured themselves out, by sharing with us their failures, their downfalls, their shame and humiliation, and have helped me personally become the boy I am today.
Most of all I thank the one and only
THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE FIRST AND THE LAST, THE BEGINNING AND THE END, THE CREATOR, ELOHIM, YESHUA, OGAYI, THE SON, THE DOOR, THE REDEEMER OF US ALL…BY POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT!!!
GREAT GLORRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!
** A NOTE***I am so full of fire right now, I will not be wasting time editing this document, perhaps tomorrow or another day, right now I just want to publish this and share it.. so for all those grammar freaks, sorry, but I’m not.
Thanks for reading, contributing, sharing, and God bless you all.
~ J Mendoza
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