Book of Proverbs – The Anointing

Anointing – to choose by or as if by divine election.

What does it mean to have an anointing on your life? It means God has chosen to work through you and gives you an opportunity to do something with ease, so it is not a struggle.
All of us would love to do things in our lives with ease since life can be so hectic. A good example of this is Christmas time and holiday shopping. Things sometimes get very chaotic at this time of the year. When we have the anointing in our lives, we don’t feel overwhelmed and anxious. With the anointing things flow like tranquil waters in a lake, like an eagle gliding through the air, and like a dinner, you watch being prepared at Kobe’s restaurant. If you have never dined at Kobe’s it is a Japanese Steakhouse Restaurant where the chefs prepare the food right in front of you on teppanyaki stainless steel grills. These grills are usually powered with gas and the chefs prepare quite an entertaining show while they are cooking your food. The tricks that they do on the grills with flaming hot fire are great and they do them with such ease. Book of Proverbs – The Anointing. Check out my website

How do we receive the anointing on our lives? We must keep peace in our lives. We must stay away from strife. We must be sensitive to The Holy Spirit because he is our helper, instructor, and educator. We need to have an intimate relationship with God because it is possible to have an anointing on your life for everything, not just things involving church or ministry. When you have an anointing on your life you can accomplish whatever it is you need to do in all areas of your life. Book of Proverbs – The Anointing

As with anything where God is concerned, he is always looking for willing vessels. If we will make ourselves available God will work through us and do amazing things. Strive for peace and keep the anointing on your life. Book of Proverbs – The Anointing. Check out my website

 

 

 

Christian Books – Donna Louis – Only God Can

God – the Being perfect in power, wisdom, and goodness who is worshipped as creator and ruler of the universe. A being or object believed to have more than natural attributes and powers and to require human worship; specifically. – Christian Books – Donna Louis – Only God Can. Check out my website

God can do anything and everything even though we sometimes think and feel certain things are impossible even for God. Let’s look at some of the things that only God can do and did. – Christian Books – Donna Louis – Only God Can.

In today’s society, there are so many people dealing with sadness, hopelessness, dejection. Society categories this as depression. Human beings on a whole figure that we are 100% achievers. An achiever is always looking to get or attain something because of great exertion. Like Joyce Meyer says, “we are meant to be believers, not achievers. The achiever works and works…saved by grace but living by human effort. However, the believer rests in the grace of God…and follows the leading of the Holy Spirit into an abundant productive victorious life.”

In the examples of biblical stories that you will read below, you will see that even in biblical times people struggled with depression and relied on exertion. However, in their time of need when they could not fix their situation no matter how they tried it came down to one thing – Only God Can. Check out my website

The Beginning

In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. And God said, let there be light: and there was light. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and overall the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Genesis 1 verses 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 16, 20, 24, and 26. – Christian Books – Donna Louis – Only God Can. Check out my website

The Red Sea

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you today: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more forever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. And the Lord said unto Moses, wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. – Exodus 14:13-16. Christian Books – Donna Louis – Only God Can.

Daniel In the Lion’s Den

Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. Then the king went to his palace and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him. Then the king arose very early in the morning and went in haste unto the den of lions. And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live forever. My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also, before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. Then was the king exceedingly glad for him and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So, Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him because he believed in his God. – Daniel 6:16-23. Christian Books – Donna Louis – Only God Can.

Jonah in the Belly of the Whale

Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly, and said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight, yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me forever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God. When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord. And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. – Jonah 2:1-10. Christian Books – Donna Louis – Only God Can.

Three Hebrew Boys Delivered from the Fiery Furnace

Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image: And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore, he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Therefore, because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. – Daniel 3:10-27. Christian Books – Donna Louis – Only God Can. Check out my website

Modern Day Miracles that Only God Can

Baby Born with Heart Outside Her Body – Leicester, England

Brain Dead Woman Gives Birth to a Healthy Baby – Lisbon, Portugal

Man, Who Survived For 555 Days Without A Heart Waiting for A Transplant Survived on An Artificial Device Doctors Implanted in Him – Ann Arbor, Michigan

Dog survives 5 weeks on highway median with a broken leg – Sacramento, CA

Eight-month-old baby girl stuffed in a plastic trash bag abandoned survived 72 hours before found – Elmira NY

 

With all this truth and documentation what makes you think that God cannot produce a miracle for you. Whether it is restoring your health, providing you with a new job, saving your business, giving you a spouse, lifting you to higher heights after bankruptcy, getting you approved for that dream car you want, giving you that dream vacation you always wanted. Remember ONLY GOD CAN! Christian Books – Donna Louis – Only God Can. Check out my website

 

 

 

 

 

 

The seasons have changed again, and Summer is finally here! Christian Books – Donna Louis – The Half-Way Point

It is July and we have all reached the halfway point of the year. We have gone through the first six months of the year. No doubt we have all had many ups and downs. We have encountered many trials as well as many moments of euphoria.

At the beginning of the year, we had a lot of hopes and dreams that this would be the breakthrough year in many areas of our lives. We made a list of goals that we intended to accomplish no matter what. However here we are starting the second part of the year and we have not accomplished anything near what we had planned. There are some of us that may not have even checked off one of the goals on our list. So where do we go from here? Christian Books – Donna Louis – The Half-Way Point. Check out my website

We do like the classic Frank Sinatra song says, “Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.” We must remember the old saying, “if at first, you don’t succeed try, try, again.”

 

 

We all have become a set of people that want instant gratification. That is very evident with all the fast food places to eat. Let’s not forget drive-through where we don’t even have to get out of the car!

Whether it is getting out of debt, losing weight, quitting smoking, etc, etc., we must go back to the grassroots method. Nothing happens overnight but if we keep at it and pursue it with our whole heart eventually we will reach the finish line and have success. – Christian Books – Donna Louis – The Half-Way Point.

I am sure that some of you when you were a kid had jigsaw puzzles you would put together. You would start off strong and could match the right pieces where they belonged easily. However, as you went along almost always when you picked up a piece to interlock into the puzzle it was the wrong piece. After a while what you thought you would have had completed in a brief period was taking hours. Through the euphoria, frustration, and timing eventually, you finally completed the puzzle and you were so happy once it was done. You smiled a big smile and stuck out your chest and proclaimed victory. Christian Books – Donna Louis – The Half-Way Point.

This is the way it is in adult life as well as we tackle our goals. Things don’t always shape up the way we want but that doesn’t mean we give up! Try reassessing your goals. Maybe some of them were unrealistic from the beginning.

If you are looking to get out of debt don’t expect it to happen overnight. You didn’t get yourself into debt in an abbreviated period of time so don’t expect it to go away in a fleeting moment. Sure, you can engage with a debt consolidation firm and tie all the debt into one payment, or you can file bankruptcy. Even with debt consolidation, you will still have a bill to pay over an extended period. If you go with bankruptcy sure all the debt is gone but you will have 10 years to wait for it to drop off your credit report. Christian Books – Donna Louis – The Half-Way Point.

If you are looking to lose weight that also will not happen overnight. You didn’t gain the extra 30, 50, 70, 100, or more lbs. overnight. They say the natural and safe way to lose weight is to lose about 10lbs. per month which amounts to 2.5 lbs. per week. Set a realistic weight loss amount and then remember to give yourself wiggle room. Try using the 80/20 rule. Eat right 80% of the time and allow yourself the 20% for the times for when you just must have the big bucket of popcorn loaded with butter at the movies or, your favorite flavor ice-cream or, whatever it is that you enjoy that you just must have sometimes. Christian Books – Donna Louis – The Half-Way Point.

If you are looking to quit smoking and you have been smoking for over 10 or 20 years don’t expect to just quit in one week. Now don’t get me wrong there are miracles that take place in our lives now and then. This one I can say for myself was a miracle. My husband and I both smoked for over 20 years. One day back in the year 2001 my husband decided he was just going to quit smoking cold turkey because he refused to pay $4.00 a pack for cigarettes. He told me you can keep smoking if you want but I quit. Well, I decided I would try it as well. I was never a heavy daily smoker only ½ a pack a day or on stressful days maybe ¾’s of a pack. However, I tried it along with him and honestly, God took the cravings from us both almost immediately. I had some temptations in the first week but never gave in and after that, we never picked up cigarettes again. This has been over 19 years now. I don’t recommend this method for everyone but please don’t be harsh on yourself if you are not able to quit for 3 months and then you have a lapse. Don’t think to yourself I will never be able to quit, this is just my life. I will always be a smoker. No, don’t put that branding on your life. Remember what the bible says, I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. – Philippians 4:13. We all have goals and things we want to conquer including me.

So, enjoy your summer, live life to the fullest, thank God for life because the next day is not promised to any of us, and be grateful you made it to the halfway point because there are so many who did not. Reassess your goals and grab the bull by the horns and roar into The Halfway Point! Christian Books – Donna Louis – The Half-Way Point. Check out my website