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9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work:
As many of you may know I've been struggling more than ever financially. Which means a lot of sleepless nights. Basically I gotta come up with $400 by next Wednesday or it could be Esta la vista house. I currently owe $3800 in consumer debt. Credit cards, I earn about $1250 per month. I recently read and am re reading a book by Craig Hill, and Earl Pitts regarding "Money, Wealth, and Riches. Basically kingdom principles involving finances.
But as I've been going through this book I;m beginning to realize there's more to changing habits involved. There's iniquities that I've lived with seemingly since birth. Money always seems to burn a hole in my pocket. The more I try to hold on to money the quicker it seems to slip between my fingers.
I know many of you may be tired of hearing or I should say reading about my struggles. But I pray I'll eventually win the victory here. I have to believe that theres something I'm not willing to repent from. I'll just need to press in and ask the Holy Spirit what it may be.
10:4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds), 10:5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
So I know I have to learn to use these spiritual weapons. Quit blaming others, accept my own responsibility and cast down strongholds that I've become familiar with. This means risking learning to live outside of my comfort zone. Lets face it when the enemy constructs a stronghold, once we get used to it, we don;t fight it at all. In fact we get defensive whenever some one attempts to cast it down. I find myself treating it as a White Elephant.
Do you know there's a white elephant in your living room? Nooooo What white elephant!
I used the Serenity prayer for years and some one told me the full pray. My reply was noooo who added that Thar other part.
God grant me
the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the Courage to change the things I can,
and the Wisdom to know the difference; Living one day at a time;
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace;
Taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it: Trusting that you will make all things right
if I surrender to your will;
that I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with you forever in the next.
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