by Barbara Latta @barbaralatta
Compromise. It’s one enemy we all face at some point in our lives.
People break their word, fudge a little on taxes, don’t tell
the complete truth or go along with the latest craze, even if that craze is
destructive, because it’s the cool thing to do. And compromise can go further.
It can lead to crime and immorality and start a never-ending spiral of disintegration
in life.
How can we resist compromise in this world filled with peer pressure?
Hi friends,
This is a special blog post to inform you of the launch of my book, Redemption, the Heartbeat of Christmas: What the Birth of Christ Means to the World. The book will release on October 21, and I am seeking help to get the word out.
If you would be willing to join my launch team, please fill out the google form at this link:
https://forms.gle/
You will receive a link on joining the Facebook page and how to share information. Also a digital copy of the book will be provided to those who sign up.
It's not difficult. All you need to do is share a meme or two once or twice a week to your social media followers. I will be conducting drawings for prizes and we will have fun getting to know each other better.
I appreciate your help as we get ready to spread the word about our Savior's birth.
Blessings to all of you, Barbara Latta
by Barbara Latta @barbaralatta
See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,
redeeming the time, because the days are evil. (Ephesians 5:15–16
NKJV)
How many of us have looked back through the years and wished
our lives had been different in some way? Probably all of us.
What do you think Ephesians 5:15–16 means? We can’t go back
and live the past again. Time can’t be placed in a piggy bank and saved like
money. Hours can’t be earned like our salary.
Minutes are not retrievable like lost coins. Time passes and
disappears. Because of this we can look back and feel guilt and shame over unproductive
days or wrongs we have done.
Can time be redeemed?
by Barbara Latta @barbaralatta
The temptations from the enemy have not changed since
mankind fell. He whispers through TV, radios, and electronics with headlines,
debates, opinions, advertisements, and entertainment that compete for our
attention with engraved invitations to participate in the banquet of worldly
living.
Words can come from our own minds due to past
experiences. Other people may say things that don’t intend harm, but we can take
their conversations the wrong way and create assumptions that hurt our hearts.
How do we resist letting these thoughts grab our minds?
Why do we fall into envy and jealousy so easily?
Envy or
jealousy: that green-eyed monster that can plague us to the point of stress and
depression if we allow the talons to grip our thoughts.
Why do we
fall into envy or jealousy so easily?
Is there a difference in these two words?
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| How to focus on the goodness of God |
by Barbara Latta @barbaralatta
When we don’t get our way about something, or we experience
a bad situation, our minds don’t think about the goodness of our heavenly
Father.
Our humanity defaults to negative thinking unless we make the effort to turn our thoughts the opposite direction. Much like we change the channel on the TV when the broadcast is not favorable, we can flip the switch on thoughts.
Despite the fallen world we live in, God made a way for His
love to shine through and show us His mercy and grace. He is not the author of
disaster, He is the answer to our ability to overcome.
The Bible contains numerous verses that reveal the goodness
of God. When these Scriptures are scattered through the Word, we don’t always
see how many times the benevolence of the Lord is recorded for us.
Here are 6 verses that show us how to focus on the goodness of God all the time.
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by Barbara Latta @barbaralatta
What happens when we fail but we feel unworthy to ask for
God’s help?
The Lord may have rescued us, but we fell into the same repeated
behavior.
We can then feel guilty for asking for
deliverance again.
We feel unworthy, condemned, and disappointed in ourselves.
