The last time I wrote an entry to my journey I talked about my timing vs God’s timing. Also, my way vs God’s way. This lesson taught me a great deal about things I needed to know in order to be a better warrior in God’s army.

I know that living for God fully committed to His Kingdom work is a daily assignment with self-discipline tied to it. It is also important to continue learning what it is to live by God’s Spirit rather than our flesh’s discipline. Since I wrote the last entry I’ve begun to place a post-it note in my journal that says surrender so that each day as I write I remember to surrender my will and my mind to God’s Holy Spirit so He will direct my path rather than me. Along with this, I put on the Helmet of Salvation (part of the Armor of God found in Ephesians 6:10-18). In doing this daily I have found myself far more conscious of God’s Spirit guiding/leading me in my day.

Tonight I am teaching the Celebrate Recovery lesson #6. It is entitled ACTION. The focus of the lesson is our need to take daily action on our keeping Jesus as our LORD during the day/each day. The 5th lesson was TURN. It’s focus was to turn our lives over to God by accepting Christ into our lives. Now, tonight, the focus is daily living with Jesus Christ as our Lord as well as our Savior. For Jesus to be Lord, it takes the daily commitment/surrender. I am instantly reminded in our Serenity Prayer where it tells us to “,,,live one day at a time”. Jesus can only be Lord of our lives if we consciously commit each day we enter to HIm. I am much more awake to this truth today than I’ve ever been before.

Thank You Jesus for relentless kindness in teaching us how to best live for you!