"I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly." (John 10:10)
Isn't that wonderful??? What a glorious gift!
This week I am thankful for all God has given me. So rich are my blessings. This year I have made the decision to put reading God's Word first each day. I put the Bible in a Year links in my sidebar and it is the first thing I do each morning. And this is a rich blessing. God speaks so clearly to me right where I am in at least a few sections of each reading. It is a good way to start the day, with my Lord, getting to know Him, to rest in Him, and learn what He has for me each day.
I am also thankful for my prayer time with my children. I have changed things up a bit. Instead of just having them pray in turn I am doing some more guided praying. For example Monday we prayed first going around in praise of God. This was such a sweet thing with children. Then we prayed in thanksgiving. Then in supplication for someone else. And finally asking something for themselves. Their prayers were so much deeper than I have generally seen from them. I think that starting out with them praising God is a good thing. It is a beautiful gift to pray with my children.
Another blessing this week is that I am back on track with working on losing weight and getting in shape. I have a very long way to go. But in the 18th months since miscarrying and then injuring my foot, I have been down and gained all I lost before then and then some. I have a long way to go, but God is so awesome. He has been with me each step. He has surrounded me with support. And I am doing very well. It feels good to be taking a step to bring these areas of my life into line with what God wants for me and to repent of my sins in these areas. He is such a merciful God.
Each of these steps... spending more time in God's Word, praying more deeply with my children, and living my life in a healthy way to God's glory... are all ways that God is giving me to live life abundantly in Him and for Him.
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Praying for you to be successful at reaching your weight loss goal
It teaches them to be positive, thankful, happy people the way you are teaching them.
I life your attitude to live life abundantly in Christ!
Great Thankful list! And yes Christ did come that we can have life abundantly. :)
God bless you as you lose your weight. I recently lost 54 pounds -- still have more to go. You can see my weight loss journey pics on my blog.
Happy TT!
Love,
Beth
I love the structured and guided prayers with your children. I wish I had started mine out when they were young doing this. What an example and practice that will sustain them throughout their adult lives when they will need to cling to Him through prayers and time alone with Him.
Thanks for sharing a beautiful Thankful Thursday from you heart.
Happy TT!
One of the thngs I am going to eb working on with my Sunday School Class of 5 - 11's over the comign year, is having them all learn to pray out loud. We're starting small, the younger ones (I have 3 new 5 years olds) are allowed to just respond "Amen" to the prayer that i speak, but older ones are already praying on their own.
How precious that prayer time with your little ones must have been! I loved reading your thankful post. Very uplifting. May you heal and be healed from your injury and your miscarriage. I'm so sorry. Happy Thankful Thursday!
I love how you are teaching your children about prayer! What a blessing for you all.
Happy Thankful Thursday!
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