You are God’s Child

Posted on March 22, 2021March 13, 2021 by Empowering Your HOPE

Change the Way you Think

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. – Romans 12:2

WEEK 4 (March 22 – March 28, 2021)

You are God’s Child

By Hope McCardy & Rashad McCardy

For His Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.

– Romans 8:16

None of us come from perfect homes. Some households may be better than others, but all have their own peculiar quirks and their own characteristic set of dysfunctions. Hence, we all have various issues that we have to deal with, and many of us know what it is like to feel invisible and unloved. A few of us may have even been told that we were unwanted.

But God steps in….

It is so reassuring to know that, though our human parents may not have had all the answers to our many questions, God does. And He is willing to supply our every need. Plus, it doesn’t really matter how we feel. Yes, our feelings are important, but feelings can be fickle – so unpredictable at times. However, His love for us is eternal. It does not change. It is endless. We didn’t earn it, nor do we deserve it. Our heavenly Father has chosen to give His agape love to us freely.

Why? Because we are His beloved children.

My Prayer

(Pray for your husband and children as well)

Lord, thank You that I can call you Abba Father; I can look to You for my every need and desire. I love You. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Memo to Self

Remind yourself frequently that you are God’s child. Your spirit is a part of His.

Changing the Way you Think

My Old Way of Thinking: I am not enough. I am unloved.
My New Way of Thinking: I am a child of God. I was chosen by the King of kings. My Abba Father eternally loves me.

Diligently Study the Word

Posted on March 15, 2021March 13, 2021 by Empowering Your HOPE

Change the Way you Think

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. – Romans 12:2

WEEK 3 (March 15 – March 21, 2021)

Diligently Study the Word

By Hope McCardy & Rashad McCardy

For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.

Hebrews 4:12

When something is alive, we think of it as having a heartbeat or perhaps consistent growth and maturity. As such, how can the Word be alive? Does it have a beating heart and the other characteristics of living things?

Indeed, it does, and so much more.

As we consume the Word, it becomes the life and breath of our soul – our very heart-beat. It infuses our innermost being reproducing God’s values, morals, wisdom, and guidance into our cells, tissues, organs, and systems. It releases new power, gives us keen discernment, and reveals to us things that have been hidden from us for a long time.

We can read the Bible one thousand (1000) times and still on the one thousandth and one (1001) time find something new that penetrates our hearts and minds. This reality certainly inspires us to make the living Word a part of our daily walk and growth.

My Prayer

(Pray for your husband and children as well)

Father God, please give me an even greater thirst for the knowledge and understanding of Your Word. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Memo to Self

Elect to study the Word. Meditate on at least one (1) verse daily.

Changing the Way you Think

My Old Way of Thinking: The Bible is outdated.
My New Way of Thinking: The Word is living and powerful. It is most relevant for my life today.

Give Control to The Spirit

Posted on March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 by Empowering Your HOPE

Change the Way you Think

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. – Romans 12:2

WEEK 2 (March 8 – March 14, 2021)

Give Control to The Spirit

By Hope McCardy & Rashad McCardy

So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.

Romans 8:6

To be endlessly critical, self-focused, deceitful, arrogant, prideful, and so on: it is easy, so natural, requiring little to no effort. Comparing ourselves to others and wanting what they have is simply the order of the day many times. There seems to be an invisible force that automatically propels us to react negatively and push back. And yet, we are constantly living on the edge of uncertainty as to the true position of who we really are.

On the other hand, if we desire to be persons who want to be controlled by the Spirit, our decisions take much effort and must be very intentional. We have to spend time with God daily: in prayer, worship, and in the study of His Word. We must call out to Him: seeking His wisdom and profound revelation. This intentionality takes giving God priority in our lives. We have to keep our minds Word-focused – learning how to hear His voice – as it is this same voice that covers us in His comfort, peace, and gently shows us who we are in Him – genuinely loved and cherished.

We are truly adored and treasured by God.

My Prayer

(Pray for your husband and children as well)

Holy Spirit, I give you permission to teach me. Please show me how to starve and kill my carnal mind. Instruct me as to how I can be spiritually minded at all times. Help me, Lord! In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Memo to Self

Look for a living promise in His Word to grasp onto for my every issue. And allow the Spirit to have His way.

Changing the way you Think

My Old Way of Thinking: I let my sinful nature control my mind.
My New Way of Thinking: I intentionally keep my mind tuned in to the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Be a Living Sacrifice to God

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Empowering Your HOPE

Change the Way you Think

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. – Romans 12:2

WEEK 1 (March 1 – March 7, 2021)

Be a Living Sacrifice to God

By Hope McCardy & Rashad McCardy

And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. – Romans 12:1-2 (NLT)

Just imagine Father God sitting down one day, pondering and contemplating as to:

How can I save my beautiful creation that has chosen a life of sin and has ventured astray? I love them so much that I must find a way to bring them back into fellowship with Me.

Alas, there is but one way. A perfect sacrifice. But where can I find such a God-fearing, sinless candidate?

He sighs as He hangs His head down in the heartbreaking realization that only His Son – His One and only Son – is the only One qualified for the job.

So, with a heavy heart, He succumbs. His great love for mankind pushes Him to consent to the perfect sacrifice.

Thus, armed with genuine agape love for you and me, He permits His precious Son to be crucified to save needy sinners like us.

May God’s tender heart towards us motivate us to make the wise decision to accept His will for our lives.

My Prayer

Lord, with the apt assistance of Jesus, my Savior, and the Holy Spirit, my guide, I choose to seek to move towards walking in Your perfect will daily. Help me, I pray, to select, even today, what is good, pleasing, and perfect in Your sight. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Memo to Self

Purposefully stop and consider a few times a day:

Is what I’m thinking about aligning with God’s will?
Are my actions acceptable to Him?

And then intentionally choose to be a living sacrifice to God.

Changing the Way you Think

My Old Way of Thinking: It’s all about me.
My New Way of Thinking: It’s all about God’s will for my life.

May God’s tender heart towards us motivate us to make the wise decision to accept His will for our lives.

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