Lord, what are we going to do today?  What would please you?

Today the focus words are PEACE and HONOR. When honor is in proper place according to My principles then peace is present.  When honor is out of order so is peace because your spirit is agitated when you are out of agreement with Me, The Prince of Peace.

Let Me be the umpire and rule and reign in your heart.  Honor Me, honor My Word, honor My creation.  When you don’t you won’t be at peace within.

Seek Me and My way of doing things so you can be in right standing with Me.  Everything else flows from that either positively or negatively because I set it all in divine order to begin with.

The whole essence of honor is to look beyond your own needs and desires. It is to go beyond self and get your eyes off of you!  That is a very limited way of looking at life and being in this world.

I made creation for RELATIONSHIP WITH ME. When you have intimate relationship with Me, the Giver of Life and ultimate giver, then you can know Me and My ways which is all about GIVING – going outwards to give beyond yourself!

This honors Me and others.  This is how it works.  It is a continual process of giving and receiving so both sides are blessed. I blessed you with My LOVE and My honor (faithfulness to keep My Word) so you could do likewise and bless others.  Another good way to look at it is through the word RESPECT.

Day 18 of 30Days to Breakthrough – Plan Your Spending

Lord, in what ways can I improve my spending?

Make a budget and keep it in focus every time you think of spending. Ask yourself: Does it fit within my budget?

Spend responsibly. Be responsible for what you have been given.  Be responsible with what comes in and what goes out.

Stay within your means and you will have peace in your heart because you are living in My divine order. When you honor and master the ways of your Master you will walk in My blessing, peace and order.  When you don’t you won’t!

My way will prosper and protect you. Let My Holy Spirit be your umpire and financial advisor so I can keep you within proper boundaries for your protection and prosperity.  My way does you good and not harm.

The way of the world and your flesh is designed to put pressure on you to act impulsively or without regard to My Word and wisdom.  My way and the world’s way of handling money is at enmity with each other.  The world’s way is self-oriented and greed producing.  My way is other oriented and blessing producing.  It is two-way and focused on generosity, sharing and multiplication.

The world’s way of handling money is one way and focused on selfishness, hoarding and amassing.  It is rooted in fear and in “taking.”  My way is rooted in LOVE and in “giving.”

Love in Jesus,

Abigail Slocum
A pen in God’s hand giving “LOVE” a voice

Abigail777.com

Grace Notes

In this process/habit of journaling in these 30 Days to Breakthrough, God is making one thing very clear to me.  In regards to “Stewarding Your Time, Talent, Treasure, and Temple” it all boils down to one pivotal word: HONOR.

Honor really pertains to all of life and how you live it.  It is your choice whether you will honor God and His Word and His ways or not!

TO HONOR GOD IS TO TRUST AND OBEY HIM because He created everything and He designed it to work for good, not evil.  Every other principle revolves around this one great principle OF HONORING GOD.

He says in Genesis 8:22 – “As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night.”

God set in motion the principle of sowing and reaping.  You will reap what you sow.  The question you must always keep in mind with every single transaction you make in this life is:  What will be the fruit of my thoughts that lead to my actions that produce a harvest?

Will you choose to honor God first in your thought life and then in your deeds?  When you make the quality decision to truly commit your whole life to HONOR GOD it will transform and change the way you steward or treat:

• God’s Word
• Yourself (your spirit man, mind, will, emotions and your physical body)
• Your own words
• All people, including your enemies
• Life circumstances
• Money
• Material things
• Your time
• Your talents
• This earth and all its resources (plants, animals and minerals)
• The supernatural realm

EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED!

Quote

“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ”
Chief Seattle

Prayer Power

Father God, Your ways are really so simple and yet so profound.  Help us to understand, trust, honor and obey You and Your ways because they work and You are faithful.  In Jesus name I pray.  Amen.