My Life in Christ: Goals for the Summer
As the first day of summer vacation officially started for me today, today also marks the first day of staying at home in Bakersfield. It was great seeing my family and everything, but sometimes I really miss my alone time, especially with the Lord. However, I can't let this be an excuse not to turn to the Lord, so right now, I'm determined to get into my Spirit. Today was a pretty typical day at home, but it was cut short as we woke up pretty late. Typical routine of waking up, reading some ministry, etc., working out, cooking for the young people's meeting, and going to the young people's meeting. However, as today winds down, I just realized throughout my busy day, I just need some personal intimate time with my Lord. I don't want God to be my mom's God or someone else's God, but I just want God to be MY God. Thus, starting my goals I want for this summer before it ends and it's too late for anything.
1) Enjoy the Lord day by day, moment by day.
2) Read the Bible every day--Set a daily reading schedule, possibly follow the reading schedule with UCR.
3) Lose 20 lbs before leaving to pittsburgh.
Lord, you really need to deal with this issue of my weight and other insecurities, and food obsession. Yes, I am over it 99% of the time, but sometimes Satan likes to attack me and tell me that it's not over, and that I still have a binge eating disorder, and gets me to relapse back into it. However, bind the enemy! Lord I won't believe Satan's lies to me anymore! You have overcome and defeated him!!! Although I cannot do it and will never be able to make it on my own, Praise the Lord that You have overcome all things. If you can overcome death, then what small thing it is for You to overcome my eating situation and more. Lord, you are good. I trust in You completely and absolutely because You ARE. You are everything I need and You daily supply me with Yourself. Honestly Lord You are all that I really strive and need. There is nothing else I desire on earth than You.
4) Let go of the past and strive towards the goal, which is Christ Himself.
Lord I sometimes don't know how to let go of the past and keep remembering what happened before but Lord have mercy on me. I just need You.
5) Stop biting my nails.
This is just a bad habit that makes me sick, and it increases in frequency especially when I'm stressed. Lord, cause me to see that no other one can destress me than You alone.
"For those who are according to the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but those who are according to spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace." Romans 8:5-6 This reminds me definitely of the young people meeting which talks about clearance of the past (from the book Experience of Life by Witness Lee)
"What are the things of the past that need to be cleared away after we are saved? What are the objects which must be ended and cleared up? Altogether there are four categories: 1) unrighteous matters, 2) improper matters, 3) evil and unclean matters, 4) old ways of living. "
The old way of living ends with the old life, and the new way of living begins with the new life. Thus man has changed to a new human living. It can be said, therefore, that what really wrecks the old manner of living is the salvation of the Lord. Whoever receives the Lord’s salvation has his old human living wrecked and terminated, and his new human living begun and being built up.How then should we regard the ending of the old human living and the beginning of the new? We are not saying that after a person is regenerated he should change his present occupation—stop going to school, close his business, ignore caring for his family—and go out preaching. The ending of the old human living means that after a person is regenerated, he may continue in his original profession, provided that it is proper, but the taste within him is changed, his mood is changed, and his feeling is changed. No matter what a person does before he is regenerated, his taste, his mood, and his feeling are all toward the world, all desiring to accomplish something in the world. The more he works, the more he relishes his work and the deeper he enters into it. But after regeneration, when God’s life enters into him, that taste within him becomes tasteless, that mood is changed, and his feeling is also changed. He even has a different taste for eating, clothing, and other daily necessities. In this sense, his old way of living is ended, and his old life comes to a conclusion.
Although this ending of the old way of living is a preliminary experience of a Christian, yet it has a deep effect upon his future walk with the Lord. When our old way of living comes to an end, our ambition and interest in the world are changed, our estimation and point of view toward men and all matters are also changed, and our purpose in life is different than before. Thus we can escape from all anxieties, leave all our burdens behind, and run the race in the way of the Lord.
III. THE BASIS OF THE CLEARANCE OF THE PAST
The clearance of the past is not based on the demand of outward regulations, but on the sense of life within.How far should we go in putting an end to the things of the past? To what degree should we proceed? The degree is expressed in Romans 8:6 as “life and peace.”The witness of life and peace within is not sufficient, of course, to prove that all our past which needs to be cleared up has already been dealt with. It only indicates that we have attended to everything according to the demand of our inner feeling. It is possible that later, when our life has grown and our feeling increased, we will feel there is more which needs to be put to an end. " --Experience of Life by Witness Lee
6) Keep me turning to the Lord and not to backslide (like spring break),and not fear going back to how I was before. "Do not be afraid, for I am with you;/ Do not be dismayed, for I am your God./ I will strengthen you; surely I will help you;/ Surely I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness." Isaiah 41:10
7) Deeper experiences of Christ, and love Him with my entire being.
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