Day 9

   Today our journal reminds us to:  maintain our journals, and contenue to meditate & listen.

   Thoughts: 
    Reflect on the battle that ensues between the carnal man and the spirit.
    How has God's presence become more clear through this experience?

    The carnal man VS spirit..I feel this on a dialy basis.  Some days more than others.  God has helped me to recognize many of my weakness and when the devil is trying to attack me.  I have had times when he has come at me in a different form/way than I am use to with the same issues, but in looking for the old sometimes you miss the new(attack methods).  So I know how a person can fall multiple times in the same area.  On a good day I tend to be less reliant on the Lord and not so anxious to hear from Him..in the idleness of comfort we think nothing bad is getting in.  Our guard comes down & we shift our focus to other things in our lives.  I have learned that this is when we mess up...in thinking after a battle/tough situation that it's over.  We tend to look past the small things we let in such as the music we listen to, nasty jokes we repeat, gossip, movies we watch/tv shows, books we read, additudes we have...exc., that all this doesn't matter, but I beg to differ.  I am not speaking as a religous judgemental christian, but from my own personal experience. I have no desire 2b a judgemental religous christian.  I want to know the Lord contenually & always stay in His presence.  I am saying that each choice we make effects us & the people around us...family, friends & even strangers.  As Pastor Franklin says "Every deed has a seed." meaning the deeds you choose to do in this lifetime create a seed for future generations.  We are either sowing iniquity for the next generation or equity for the next generation, spiritually & righteously, for the next generation.  I have to admit that having my 1st child is what pushed me to want to have a better relatonship with the Lord.  At 1st it wasn't for me, it was 2b a better example and a better mother/person for my child(now children), than I myself knew how to be.  But look at me now...what a blessing my kids are to me and how my relationship with the Lord has really blossomed from that.  Now I have to return the favor and make sure they know Him like I do.  I can't afford to take any chances.  I must do what I feel the Lord wants me to do, the right thing...get all the trash out of our lives.  I have heard a saying, "If you don't take out the trash, after a while you'll start smelling like it!" 

    Prayer focus:  Family

    I pray that family generational curses will be broken, so that my kids and the children in our families never have to experience the bondages and curses that have stuck with our fimilies in the past generations.  They have no right, power or authority over any of us in Jesus name.  Lord give us all needed knowledge, wisdom &  understanding to make right choices/decisions.  To stand firm with the Lord always, no matter what others may say or think of us.  To be different & set apart from the world and it's normalcy and boldly not care to be different for our Lord and Savior.  In Jesus name..AMEN!