This Saturday my family will be serving at our church’s annual Easter egg hunt. This annual event generally brings children and families peacefully from both the congregation and nearby neighborhoods. Fun and games are on the menu for the children who will be putting their expectations and  appetites on autopilot to feed on these joyous activities. It is a time for them to run and rush to search under every nook and cranny looking for those beautiful designs on those prized eggs.

These kids are fully charged and powered to resurrect every beautifully hidden painted egg, probably not so much to wolf them down but merely to simply have fun during their annual routine of seeking the competitive edge over their peers.

I’m reminded of how our lives sometimes can seem to slip into autopilot mode as the best within us are hidden from view while simply doing the routine things for the sake of just doing life… …competing for attention, recognition or  acceptance.

Just think about this for a moment. If we aren’t careful, life can sometimes become so mundane that we forget there is a rhyme and reason for being here. Our lives have purpose. We may not always know what it is but one thing for sure by running and rushing each day in search of the competitive edge will certainly not resurrect the dead areas in our lives. Gifting and talent, innovations and inventions dwell deep within us and today the challenge is RESURRECT THEM!

Take your destiny off autopilot. Write the vision. Read the vision. Speak the vision. Put your destiny in good hands – your own.

1.  Take your destiny off auto-pilot. Purpose today to opp-in and take advantage of opportunities that will better your quality of life. See the assistance of  like-minded people. Some things can’t be accomplished alone. And don’t just have a come-se come-si attitude, or whatever will be, will be outlook. Take control. Navigate by your gut. If you feel passionate about it, then do it.

2.  Write the vision. Make a list of the things that you feel and know needs resurrecting in your life. Perhaps it’s taking care of your body, exercising or clearing your heart and mind of the past so the new you can emerge, better habits, less distractions. Write down those areas that are dead that needs reviving.

3.  Read the vision. Read what you’ve written over and over each day.

4. Speak the vision. Speak what you’ve written over and over each day.         Speak in the first person, “I am,  I will,  I can.”

5. Put your destiny in good hands – your own. Step out, take action,        ignore the nay-sayers, stay focused, just do it!

Easter season brings to remembrance of Someone who was once dead; Who was resurrected by the power of divine purpose and destiny. This same power dwells within you. Give power to that purpose. Resurrect your life today!

I always enjoy sharing my passion with you, and I equally enjoy your comments. Happy Easter!

Sharing my passion,

Deana

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This morning I received some news that left me feeling as if I’d been kicked in the stomach. Although a misunderstanding occurred, I didn’t know how to fix it. As a matter of fact, in my own strength I couldn’t fix it. I began praying about it and got the notion to call a partner ministry to pray the prayer of agreement with me. I knew what’s mine is mine.

I share this with you because sometimes we take the circumstances of life as another bump in the road. We too often succumb to situations as if they are merely a part of living. A win some, lose some attitude. But the Lord has promised that He would supply all of our need according to His riches in glory. Most often, we use that passage when seeking a financial need. But that passage says, He will supply ALL our need. All means All. Put that in the forefront of your thinking so it can wash away the thoughts of defeat that life wants to hand you.

I kept the thought of God’s grace and the knowing that He would workout this situation for me. I went to Him in faith, and kept expecting to receive a turnaround at any minute. Within two hours I received the turnaround that I was seeking. Because I turned my dilemma over to Him, I was no longer responsible for it.

How to Hold on to What’s Yours

1. Ask God for direction and His wisdom.
2. Shut out anxiety and panic.
3. Get quiet and wait for the answer.
4. Expect Him to answer you.
5. Whatever He tells you to do, do it!

Be encouraged today to receive the divine supply of His love, mercy, grace, protection, peace, joy, healing and deliverance from thoughts that life can hand you what it wants you to have. Dare to believe God for what He has promised to give you. Don’t allow circumstances and situations to defeat you, especially when there’s been a misunderstanding. Go to God today and discover what is yours.

I appreciate you taking the time to allow me to share with you. Allow this first work day of the year set the standard for what you endeavor the remaining days of 2010 to be. What’s yours is yours. Hold on to that.

Sharing my passion,

Deana