I asked my Pastor the other day, "What are some key ways that we can practice now?" in reference to God being our Source for life.

He said: "By continually renewing our minds to the fact that we go to Him first before letting the crunching of numbers effect us negativly. Practice singing praises to God right where you are at. Practice being a doer of the Word which in this case means to praise Him in the trial, praise Him with a heart filled with faith in Him. Practice taking authority over your mind and emotions. Also, by letting God lead you. Ask Him in every case, what should I do here, should I give to this person, should I give to this need or is there anything else you would have me do? That's being a servant, that's being usable and that's living a life that glorifies and praises God through our life."

Well, today I had an opportunity to praise Him in the trial. My daughter fell and it looked like in the natural that she possibly had a broken arm. On the way to the emergency room my Mom and I blared the worship music, prayed in tongues, quoted Scripture. And you know what? I was excited. You might be thinking that I'm a careless mom. But you know what? I was excited b/c I knew God had my daughter covered. I was excited b/c the joy of the Lord is my strength. Of course, no one likes to see their child in pain. But there's a lot of people in the world that go through trouble with no hope and end in dire results. I praise God that I'm an overcomer and that I can overcome situations because of Jesus! He is so good.

So God used the nurse to slip my daughter's arm back into place. No broken bones. It took literally one second with no residual. Praise God!