Yes, I did it! I began the arduous task of decluttering my tax information for 2012. And I am also thankful to say that my tests came back negative. So at this point, I am assuming that I had a nasty GI bug that took up a one week’s residence. I trust that you too found success in your endeavors to get decluttered and organized, and particularly with those paper piles.
Having spent the past six weeks on CHG #7, I thought it would be nice to take a little reprieve before starting in with CHG #8. So, I am going to share what many of my clients and students have come to call “Colleen’s Quips and Quotes.” Some of them may sound familiar to you, since they do come out of my teaching. And if they do, then that is a good indication of what you are learning and retaining.
Colleen’s Quips and Quotes
• We all need help with whatever we are going through.
• No one person has all the answers, but God does.
• Get clear on what your heart desires.
• Our greatest clutter starts in our head and moves to our heart.
• You can deal with anything when you discover the reality and practicality of God and His Word.
• The 12 CHG’s are the practical tools for lessening your clutter and experiencing healing.
• God’s Word is an endless supply of hope, love, and truth.
• You can hear God speaking if you listen to His Word.
• My prayer time and going to God’s Word, is like a phone call to God, and He always picks up.
• God always answers prayers in His timing and way, not in my timing or my expectations.
• The 12 CHG’s are the result of listening and obeying to the Lord’s direction in my life.
• The number 12 is symbolic of the 12 disciples who followed and learned from Jesus.
• Prayer is the ongoing, never ending opportunity, to communicate with God and be specific.
• When I pray, I am gathering the thoughts and feelings that I want to share with God.
• When I write down my prayers, I can better see what I wanted to say and reflect on what I said.
• Going to God’s Word helps me to sort through the thoughts and feelings of my prayers.
• God’s Word is a prayerful communication to me about His thoughts and feelings.
• God will always prove to you that He is who He says He is.
• God’s Word gives me a direction and plan.
• Jesus saved me from the sin and darkness of myself, the world I live in, and the world yet to come.
• Our prayers can have so much in them, that even they, can get very cluttered.
• Cluttered prayers can cause us to not remember what we prayed.
• Cluttered prayers can reflect the cluttered communication that we have with others.
• Communication with God and others improves when we get specific, use less words, and listen.
• Be WATCHFUL of non verbal communication, it can say more than the words that are spoken.
• Be WAITFUL in speaking because goodness and abundance come to those who wait.
• People who deal with ADD issues often see and hear the written message over the verbal message.
• Foolishness is = to talking too much.
• Wisdom is = to listening.
• The Old Testament Book of Habakkuk shows us that we can go to God with our prayers and He will reply.
• Change is gradual, purposeful, watchful, and waitful.
• With God’s power, you can change yourself but not someone else.
• Are you doing what God is asking you to do?
• CPR WARNINGS: the heart warnings of God’s love that get misinterpreted as His negativity.
• God is not looking down on us and pointing His finger at us.
• SHE – The Safe, Healthy, and Edifying relationships that God wants you to have.
• Determine what to hold on to and what to let go of by asking if it is safe, healthy and edifying.
• God lifts me out of my piled up clutter.
• True love is safe, healthy, and lifts us up.
• You cannot afford to not spend time with God.
• Create time to be available to God.
• Your attitude is based on how you think, feel, and behave.
• We hold our breaths when we are anxious, so remind yourself to breathe.
• Lack of sleep will rob you of what you can effectively accomplish in less time, so rest.
• Give yourself permission to spend time with yourself.
• My value is not based on how much I can do or how fast I can do it.
• Observe the 2 year old and learn how to say “NO.”
• Pray before you say “YES.”
• Being BUSY is Being Under Satan’s Yoke.
• What do I need to do verses what do I want to do.
• Believing leads to receiving, so believe to receive.
• Be still means to be, to become, to be quiet, to slow down, to receive, and take in.
• You cannot give what you do not have or have not received.
• Think with your head instead of your tail.
• Let go of saying but….but….but…..
• God always loves us even when we do not love Him, ourselves, or others.
• God’s love and acceptance of me does not increase by me doing good works.
• I cannot earn God’s love, it is freely given to me as a result of His grace.
• When I focus on my past sins and faults, I create distance between me and God.
• It is my choice to decide if I will choose to love God.
• I will learn to love God’s way when I come into a relationship with Jesus Christ.
• Where have I looked and not found the Lord?
• Where have I looked and found the Lord?
• How have I hurt or offended God?
• What do I think about God?
• What do I feel for God?
• What does God think about me?
• What does God feel for me?
• How does the world measure success?
• How does God measure success?
There is lots of spiritual food to chew on here, so as your SW, take the next week to see how you think and feel in response to “Colleen’s Quips and Quotes.” I will use next week to continue sharing some of the more favored quips and quotes before introducing you to CHG #8.
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