A PEP TALK

Are you tired of being stressed out?  Are you faced with problems, troubles, heartaches and difficulties?  Do you feel whipped, beaten or smothered by life's circumstances? 

Are you ready to get rid of all of the above once and for all?????

Today, I wanna give a little pep talk.  I wanna be a cheerleader for God!  In two seperate instances today, God came through and answered some really big prayers which were highly important to me.  I wanna let you in on a little secret as to how these prayers got answered......and the best part is.................anyone can do it!!!!!

We gotta claim our victories before the outcome is even revealed....We gotta thank God in advance for our future blessings.....We must rejoice at ALL TIMES and PRAISE our way through any and ALL TROUBLES...We must speak to God and tell Him exactly what we need from Him...We must declare our position as a child of the utmost royalty!!!!  By praising God through the storms of our lives, it brimgs us closer into His presence.  It confuses the devil and breaks his dirty little grip over any and ALL situations.  When we declare our victories, we show God that we TRUST HIM and that we BELIEVE HIS PROMISES!

Paul wrote the Book of Philippians.  It is one of the smallest books in the Bible, with just over 100 verses, but it carries such a powerful message.  In the entire Book, the word sin is not even mentioned once.  The theme of Philippians centers around the concepts of JOY, REJOICING and GLADNESS.  It is also important to mention that Paul wrote this powerful book while he was a prisoner in Rome while awaiting trial.  How's that for praising through a storm?

Philippians 4 is an awesome chapter of the Bible.  It centers around "The Power of Christ."  It tells us stand fast in the Lord (4:1) and to REJOICE in the Lord always (4:4).  We are reminded to be anxious for nothing, but through prayer and thanksgiving to let our requests be made known to God.  It tells us to meditate on what is pure, lovely and praiseworthy (4:8).  It goes on to declare, "I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me (4:13).  Towards the end of the chapter, we are told that God shall supply ALL our needs according to His riches in glory by Jesus Christ (4:19).

If ALL these things worked for Paul, they will work for me, for you and for us all! 
If you dont believe me, TRY IT!